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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.

Bernard of Clairvaux

It 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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Angel Benefit Hands led Motivated Self
And thus communicates, without loss to itself, its superabundant water. In the Church at the present day, we have many canals, few reservoirs.
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Church Loss Present Reservoir Superbundant
The measure of love is love without measure.
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Inspirational Love Measure
there are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self’s sake. 2) Love of God for self’s sake. 3) Love of God for God’s own sake. 4) Love of self for God’s sake.
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Heart Love Self Soul
Death is the gate of life.
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Death Dying Gates
Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
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Financial Mazes Stewardship
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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Benefit Pride Receiving Recieve
What I know of the divine sciences and Holy Scriptures, I learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.
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Life Nature Religion
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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Looking Praying Thinking
Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery; it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.
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Jesus Kings Said Something
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
All things are possible to one who believes.
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All Believe Possible Things
Do what Jesus says… what he commands through his ministers who are in the Church [see 1 Cor 6:4]. Be subject to his vicars, your leaders, not only those who are gentle and kind, but even those who are overbearing [see 1 Pt 2:18].
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Church Command Jesus Leader Minister
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
A truly obedient man does not discriminate between one thing and another, since his only aim is to execute faithfully whatever may be assigned to him.
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Another Faithfully Men Saint
God will become visible as God’s image is reborn in you.
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Gods Reborn Spirituality Will

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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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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