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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.

Bernard of Clairvaux

It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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Faults Humility Wish
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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Charity Poison Slander
O Blessed Mary, whoever loves you honors God; whoever serves you pleases God; whoever invokes your holy name with a pure heart will infallibly receive the object of his petition.
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Blessed Evoke Heart Name
How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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Beautiful Modesty Virtue
Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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Jesus Made Sacrament
Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.
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Appearance Body Flesh Soul
I do a great wrong in His sight, when I beseech Him that He will hear my prayer, which as I give utterance to it, I do not hear myself. I entreat Him that He will think of me; but I regard neither myself nor Him.
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Heart Prayer Regard Thinking
Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.
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Enjoyment Love May Order
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
Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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Eye Mean Returning Salutary
We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
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Engagement Love Relationship
Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
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Financial Mazes Stewardship
Let no one believe that he has received the divine kiss, if he knows the truth without loving it or loves it without understanding it. But blessed is that kiss whereby not only is God recognized but also the Father is loved; for there is never full knowledge without perfect love.
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Believe Father Love
Love me, love my dog.
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Dog Love Wisdom
Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.
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Catholic House Together
True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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Demand Reward Rewards

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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