Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXIf she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
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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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Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
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Let Thy glances fall.Thy cross of agony,My Beloved, look on me;Turn me wholly unto Thee;”Be thou whole,” say openly:”I forgive thee all.
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My child, seek those things which make for peace. Cease to stir up the King against the Church, and urge upon him a better course of action. If you will promise to do this, I in return promise to entreat the merciful Lord to grant you offspring.
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Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
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So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
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How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.
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Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man’s heart.
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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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The piercing nail has become a key to unlock the door, that I may see the good will of the Lord. And what can I see as I look through the hole?
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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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If then you are wise, you will show yourself rather as a reservoir than as a canal. For a canal spreads abroad water as it receives it, but a reservoir waits until it is filled before overflowing.
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Death is the gate of life.
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He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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