Prostrate, see Thy cross I grasp,And Thy pierced feet I clasp;Gracious Jesus, spurn me not;On me, with compassion fraught.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXIf anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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If she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
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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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Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
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What does God hate or punish except self-will? Let self-will cease, and there will be no hell. On what does that fire feed except on self-will?
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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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The measure of love is love without measure.
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If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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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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Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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There is no greater misery than false joys.
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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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The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.
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Among us on the earth there is His memory; but in the Kingdom of heaven His very Presence. That Presence is the joy of those who have already attained to beatitude; the memory is the comfort of us who are still wayfarers, journeying towards the Fatherland.
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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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Love is alone sufficient by itself, it pleases by itself and for it’s own sake. It is itself a merit, and itself it’s own recompense. It seeks neither cause, nor consequences beyond itself. It is its own fruit, its own object and usefulness. I love because I love you, I love that I may love.
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