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I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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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Humble Lasts Next
Who loves me will love my dog also.
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Animal Creature Dog
The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
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Earth Eucharist Heaven
Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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Better Fur Humility Pride
The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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Angel Tears Wine
Ingratitude is the soul’s enemy… Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace.
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Grace Soul Wind
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Prayer Temptation Virtue
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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Forgiving Heart Taken
Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor’s glory.
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Benefactor Benefits Pride Use
To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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Mark Mary Salvation
He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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Faith Giving Inspiration
If then you are wise, you will show yourself rather as a reservoir than as a canal. For a canal spreads abroad water as it receives it, but a reservoir waits until it is filled before overflowing.
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Loss Water Wise
Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children.
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Children Mother Religious
Believe one who has tried, you shall find a fuller satisfaction in the woods than in the books. The trees and the rocks will teach you that which you cannot hear from the masters.
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Believe Book Nature Satisfaction Tree
The measure of love is love without measure.
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Inspirational Love Measure
God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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Giving Gods Will Knows

I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.

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