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There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine
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Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
Karl RahnerKarl Rahner Our earnest prayer is that God will graciously vouchsafe prosperity, happiness, and peace to all our neighbors, and like blessings to all the peoples and powers of the earth
William McKinleyWilliam McKinley They who pray with faith have fervour and fervour is the fire of prayer. This mysterious fire has the power of consuming all our faults and imperfections, and of giving to our actions, vitality, beauty and merit.
Frances Xavier CabriniFrances Xavier Cabrini When man is with God in awe and love, then he is praying.
Karl RahnerKarl Rahner Satan tries to limit your praying because he knows your praying will limit him.
Rick WarrenRick Warren The Rosary is the most excellent form of prayer and the most efficacious means of attaining eternal life. It is the remedy for all our evils, the root of all our blessings. There is no more excellent way of praying.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII I don’t mind having these relatives. I’ll give them a little, since they all prayed for my victory.
Manny PacquiaoManny Pacquiao If you prayed as much as you worry, you’d have nothing to worry about.
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