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Let us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it tend not to our condemnation.

Ignatius of Antioch

My dear Jesus, my Savior, is so deeply written in my heart, that I feel confident, that if my heart were to be cut open and chopped to pieces, the name of Jesus would be found written on every piece.
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Confidence Deep Feeling God Heart Myself Pieces Writing
It is right, therefore, that we not just be called Christians, but that we actually be Christians.
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Dedication Reality Religious Right
Now I begin to be a disciple. Let fire and cross, flocks of beasts, broken bones, dismemberment come upon me, so long as I attain to Jesus Christ.
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Beginning Discipline Myself
I hunger for the bread of God, the flesh of Jesus Christ; I long to drink of his blood, the gift of unending love.
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Drink End God Hungry Love Myself
May nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs – let them come to me, provided only I make my way to Jesus Christ.
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God Happiness Myself Struggle Way Wild
Therefore run together as into one temple of God, as to one altar, as to one Jesus Christ, who came forth from one Father, and is with and has gone to one.
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Father God Oneself Run Togetherness
For Faith is the beginning and the end is love, and God is the two of them brought into unity. After these comes whatever else makes up a Christian gentleman.
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Beginning End Faith Love Religious Unity
Let no man’s place, or dignity, or riches, puff him up; and let no man’s low condition or poverty abase him. For the chief points are faith towards God, hope towards Christ, the enjoyment of those good things for which we look, and love towards God and our neighbor.
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Condition Dignity Enjoyment Faith God Hope Low Man Ourselves Place
It is impossible for a man to be freed from the habit of sin before he hates it, just as it is impossible to receive forgiveness before confessing his trespasses.
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Forgiveness Freedom Habit Impossible Man Sin Yourself
Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.
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Appearance God Religion
It is better for me to die in behalf of Jesus Christ, than to reign over all the ends of the earth.
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Better Choice Death Earth End God Myself
It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name.
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Evidence Myself Name Religion
A Christian is not his own master, since all his time belongs to God.
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God Himself Religion Time
I no longer take pleasure in perishable food or in the delights of this world. I want only God’s bread, which is the Flesh of Jesus Christ, formed of the seed of David, and for drink I crave His Blood which is love that cannot perish.
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Drink Food God Happiness Love Myself World
Jesus was born and baptized that by his suffering he might purify the water.
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Born Himself Purity Suffering Water
It is better to be silent and be real than to talk and not be real.
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Better Reality Silence Talk

Let us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it tend not to our condemnation.

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