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Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.

Teresa of Avila

When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.
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Acceptance Best God Praise
Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.
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Direction Happiness Move Reality Right
There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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Difficult Endurance God Ourselves Suffering
Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
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God Respect Servant Thinking Yourself
Teach by works more than words.
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Teaching Word Work
God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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God Myself People Perfection Spiritual
I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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Afraid Beginning Failure Human Myself Trust
If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
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Encouragement Fall Hope Yourself
Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.
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Disturb Enough God Himself Patience
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
Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
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Body God Hands Heart Love Myself Prayer Walk Work
Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Bad Habit Sin Yourself
People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.
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Interest Pay People Reason World
If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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Carry Perfection Reason Seek Understand Yourself
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Answer Prayer Tears
Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.
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Forget Greatness Hide Image Remember Secret Soul Understand Value

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