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Wherever…thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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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Angel Benefit Hands led Motivated Self
Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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Learning Tree Vines
God will become visible as God’s image is reborn in you.
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Gods Reborn Spirituality Will
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
Ingratitude is the soul’s enemy… Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace.
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Grace Soul Wind
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
Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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Prayer Temptation Virtue
Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.
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Hoe Lesson Needs
Love me, love my dog.
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Dog Love Wisdom
How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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Beautiful Modesty Virtue
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
The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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Angel Tears Wine
If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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Fool Masters Spiritual
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
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
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

Wherever…thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.

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Wherever…thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.

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