Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUXWe are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
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With her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, you shall never lose heart; so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception; while she holds your hand, you cannot fall; under her protection you have nothing to fear.
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And truly, O man, if you concentrate hard on the state you are in it will be surprising if you have time for anything else.
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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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The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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Nay, what is worse, turning over corrupt and evil thoughts in mine heart, I thrust a dreadful offensiveness into His presence.
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Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.
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There is no greater misery than false joys.
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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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O Blessed Mary, whoever loves you honors God; whoever serves you pleases God; whoever invokes your holy name with a pure heart will infallibly receive the object of his petition.
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The measure of love is love without measure.
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Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.
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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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Believe one who has tried, you shall find a fuller satisfaction in the woods than in the books. The trees and the rocks will teach you that which you cannot hear from the masters.
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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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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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