The piercing nail has become a key to unlock the door, that I may see the good will of the Lord. And what can I see as I look through the hole?
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXIt was love that motivated His self-emptying, that led Him to become a little lower than angels, to be subject to parents, to bow His head beneath the Baptist’s hands, to endure the weakness of the flesh, and to submit to death even upon the cross
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The measure of love is love without measure.
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Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.
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Let us affectionately love His angels as counselors and defenders appointed by the Father and placed over us. They are faithful; they are prudent; they are powerful; Let us only follow them, let us remain close to them, and in the protection of the God of heaven let us abide.
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Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
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Many of those who are humiliated are not humble. Some react to humiliation with anger, others with patience, and others with freedom. The first are culpable, the next harmless, the last just.
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What we love we shall grow to resemble.
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When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
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Love me, love my dog.
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There is no greater misery than false joys.
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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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