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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.

St. Jerome

And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast out of Paradise, they were immediately married.
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Fall Heaven Maintain Marriage Religious Sex Sin
Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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Do not let your deeds believe your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, “Why do you not practice what you preach?
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Action Practice Talk Word Yourself
When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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Deep Easy Fast Talk
Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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Friendship Thinking True
Music to me is a voice, my voice, it’s my way of expressing what colours can I bring in, what emotions, what feel. What ideas can I bring out from these instruments that would make this song come alive.
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A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
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If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a time in this world, and forever in the next.
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It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.
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A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
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Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.

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