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He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.

Bernard of Clairvaux

Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
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Heart Jesus Song
Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
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Catholic Desire Wish
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
From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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Bliss Earth Thee
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
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
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
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
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
Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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Eye Mean Returning Salutary
To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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Mark Mary Salvation
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
If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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Fool Masters Spiritual
Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
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Invisible Knowledge Thing Understanding
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Prayer Temptation Virtue
Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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Christian Heart Prayer

He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.

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