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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.

Teresa of Avila

Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
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Force God Himself Ourselves Willing
It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Dangerous Ourselves Satisfaction
I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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Castle Diamond Heaven Home Myself Soul Thinking
All things pass; Patience attains all it strives for.
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Patience Strive
Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.
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Body Hands Lame Prayer Soul
Love turns work into rest.
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Love One Liner Work
From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.
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Bad Heaven Hotel Life Misery Night
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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Body Care Desire Need Ourselves
It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.
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Freedom Ourselves Sin True
About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.
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Church Silence Women
It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Different Love Nature Way Work
Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.
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Castle Remember Value Worth
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Gentle Hard Self Love Yourself
This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.
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Body Discover Material Mistake Yourself
For pity’s sake, don’t start meeting troubles halfway.
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Pity Start Trouble Way
Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.
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Paralyze People Practice Prayer Soul

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