Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXIf 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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Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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Prostrate, see Thy cross I grasp,And Thy pierced feet I clasp;Gracious Jesus, spurn me not;On me, with compassion fraught.
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The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
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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?
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The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man’s heart.
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We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
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Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
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The measure of love is love without measure.
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Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
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To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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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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Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
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Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
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