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He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.

Ignatius of Antioch

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
I am the wheat of God, and am ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of God.
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God Ground Myself Purity Wild
A Christian is not his own master, since all his time belongs to God.
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God Himself Religion Time
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
Be obedient to the bishop and to one another, as Jesus Christ was in the flesh to the Father, and the apostles to Christ and to the Father and to the Spirit, so that there may be unity in flesh and in spirit.
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Father God Obedience Oneself Spirit Unity
Do everything as if He were dwelling in us. Thus we shall be His temples and He will be within us as our God – as He actually is.
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God Heart Ourselves Spiritual Temple
Your accord and harmonious love is a hymn to Jesus Christ in perfect harmony, and taking your pitch from God, you may sing in unison and in one voice to the Father through Jesus Christ.
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Father God Harmony Love Perfection Voice
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
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
Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men, For cannot he that falls rise again?
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Fall Himself Man Prayer Rise
Christianity is greatest when it is hated by the world.
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Greatness Hate Religion World
Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
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Betrayal Devotion God Oneself
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
Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who is perfect man, empowers me.
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Empowerment God Man Name Suffering Togetherness
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
Jesus was born and baptized that by his suffering he might purify the water.
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Born Himself Purity Suffering Water

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