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Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man

Bernard of Clairvaux

Prostrate, see Thy cross I grasp,And Thy pierced feet I clasp;Gracious Jesus, spurn me not;On me, with compassion fraught.
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Compassion Fall Fraught Gracious Jesus
Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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Christian Heart Prayer
What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields.
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Fields Scripture Woods
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Prayer Temptation Virtue
What we love we shall grow to resemble.
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Creative Grows Love
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
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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Forgiving Heart Taken
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
The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.
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God Love Loving Religious
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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Cease Except Feed Fire Hate Self
God will become visible as God’s image is reborn in you.
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Gods Reborn Spirituality Will
Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
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Action Good Life Work
there are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self’s sake. 2) Love of God for self’s sake. 3) Love of God for God’s own sake. 4) Love of self for God’s sake.
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Heart Love Self Soul
Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!
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Jesus Made Sacrament
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
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

Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man

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