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Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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
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
How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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Beautiful Modesty Virtue
Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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Firsts Learning Love
Death is the gate of life.
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Death Dying Gates
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
From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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Bliss Earth Thee
Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
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Christian Heart Prayer
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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Fatherland Heaven Joy Memories Presence
Let us not imagine that we obscure the glory of the Son by the great praise we lavish on the Mother; for the more she is honored, the greater is the glory of her Son. There can be no doubt that whatever we say in praise of the Mother gives equal praise to the Son.
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Christian Honored More Mother Son
Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
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Grace Humility Know
It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.
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Humble Humility Lows
Thus understanding and love, that is, the knowledge of and delight in the truth, are, as it were, the two arms of the soul, with which it embraces and comprehends with all the saints the length and breath, the height and depth, that is the eternity, the love, the goodness, and the wisdom of God.
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Arm Delight Knowledge Soul Two Understanding
It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.
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Faults Humility Wish
True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
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Demand Reward Rewards
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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Another Faithfully Men Saint

Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.

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