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There is no greater misery than false joys.

Bernard of Clairvaux

There are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I know: His coming to men, His coming into men, and His coming against men.
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Coming Men Saint Three
To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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Mark Mary Salvation
Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.
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Invisible Knowledge Thing Understanding
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
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
The peacemakers shall be called the sons of God, who came to make peace between God and man. What then shall the sowers of discord be called, but the children of the devil? And what must they look for but their father’s portion?
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Between Children Father God Portion Son
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
As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
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Humility Path Study
How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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Beautiful Modesty Virtue
Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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Catholic Pastor Persecution
Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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Jesus Made Sacrament
Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
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Eye Mean Returning Salutary
There is no greater misery than false joys.
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Greater Joy Misery
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 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 Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth
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Earth Eucharist Heaven

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