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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.

Teresa of Avila

It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.
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Body Human Impossible Refresh Rich Vision
How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
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Failure God Myself Prayer Responsibility
Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Accomplishment Attention Father Heart Ourselves Repeat Time
The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
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Custom God Himself Life Love Prayer
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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Act Love Need Prayer Sick Willing
Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Bad Habit Sin Yourself
If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
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Abandonment Friendship God Leadership True
However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
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Enough God Religious Soft Speak
True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.
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Better Command Existence God Ourselves Perfection True
All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.
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Best Blessing God Himself Life Teaching
It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Dangerous Ourselves Satisfaction
May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.
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Empty Hands Ourselves Reward
Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Conversation Friendship Love Oneself Prayer
Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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Fact God Lost Risk
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
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Change God Patience Strive
We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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Far Greatness Humble Learning Ourselves Purity

All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.

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All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.

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