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I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.

Bernard of Clairvaux

Nay, what is worse, turning over corrupt and evil thoughts in mine heart, I thrust a dreadful offensiveness into His presence.
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Dreadful Offensiveness Presence
True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.
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Past Regret Resolving Saint
Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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Eye Mean Returning Salutary
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Prayer Temptation Virtue
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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Charity Poison Slander
Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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Jesus Made Sacrament
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
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
If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.
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Confession Saint Sin
The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man’s heart.
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Heart Men River
Grace is necessary to salvation, free will equally so – but grace in order to give salvation, free will in order to receive it.
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Giving Grace Order
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
God will become visible as God’s image is reborn in you.
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Gods Reborn Spirituality Will
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
He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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Deeds Hypocrisy Scripture
Both the nail and the wound cry out that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself… Through these sacred wounds we can see the secret of his heart, the great mystery of love.
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Christ Cry Heart Love Mystery Nail Sacred

I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.

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