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 "Alone
with none but Thee, my God,
I journey on my way;
What need I fear when Thou art near,
Oh King of night and day?
More safe am I within Thy hand
Than if a host did round me stand."
--Attributed
to Saint Columba.
"I was like a stone lying in the deep mire; and He that
is mighty came, and in His mercy lifted me up, and verily raised
me aloft and placed me on the top of the wall. --Saint
Patrick
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"In beautiful things
Saint Francis saw Beauty itself, and through His vestiges imprinted
on creation he followed his Beloved everywhere, making from all
things a ladder by which he could climb up and embrace Him who is
utterly desirable." --Saint
Bonaventure
"From contemplation of the Passion the soul will
receive a new compassion, a new love, new
consolations, and consequently, as it were, a new
state of soul, which seems to be a presage and share
of eternal glory." --Saint
Bonaventure.
"Beware of trying to accomplish anything by force, for God
has given every single person free will and desires to constrain
none; he merely shows them the way, invites them and counsels
them." -- Angela Merici
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"He is rich in spirit who has his riches in his spirit not
his spirit in his riches; he is poor in spirit who has no riches
in his spirit, or his spirit in his riches." --Saint
Francis de Sales.
"Is there anything better on earth than gentleness?
If there were Jesus Christ would have taught it to
us. But Jesus has given us only two lessons.
'Learn from me,' he said, 'for I am meek and
lowly of heart.'" --Saint
Francis de Sales.
"Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow.
The same Everlasting Father, who takes care of you today,
will take care of you tomorrow.
He will either shield you from suffering,
or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
Be at peace then,
and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations."
--Saint
Francis de Sales.
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"The one who is dead can no longer walk.
The one who despairs can no longer be saved."
--John
Climacus, Abbot
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"Without weapons there is no way of killing wild animals.
Without humility there is no way of conquering anger."
--John
Climacus, Abbot
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"True wisdom, then, consists in works, not in great talents,
which the world admires; for the wise in the world's estimation
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. . are the foolish who set at naught the will of God, and know
not how to control their passions." --Saint
Brigit of Sweden.
"In a time of desolation, never forsake the good resolutions
you
made in better times. Strive to remain patient--a virtue contrary
to
the troubles that harass you--and remember that you will be
consoled." --Saint
Ignatius
"These things, good Lord, that we pray for, give us Thy
grace to labor for."
--Saint
Thomas More.
"If I am distracted, Holy Communion helps me become
recollected. If opportunities are offered by each day to offend
my
God, I arm myself anew each day for the combat by reception of
the Eucharist. If I am in need of special light and prudence in
order to discharge my burdensome duties, I draw nigh to my
Savior and seek counsel and light from Him." --Saint
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"The heart is rich when it is content, and it is always
content when its
desires are set upon God." --Saint
Miguel of Ecuador.
"Lift up your heart to God," he said, "sometimes
even at your meals, and when you are in company. . . . It is not
necessary for being with God to be always at church: we may make
an oratory of our hearts." -- Nicholas Herman
"To change your mind from good to bad is the height of absurdity.
True goodness changes from evil to righteousness."--Saint
Polycarp
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" I feel in me the vocation of the Priest. I have the vocation
of the Apostle. Martyrdom was the dream of my youth and this dream
has grown with me. Considering the mystical body of the Church,
I desired to see myself in them all. Charity gave me the key to
my vocation. I understood that the Church had a Heart and that
this Heart was burning with love. I understood that Love comprised
all vocations, that Love was everything, that it embraced all
times and places...in a word, that it was eternal! Then in the
excess of my delirious joy, I cried out: O Jesus, my Love...my
vocation, at last I have found it...My vocation is Love!"
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to hear our prayers, is desirous to bestow Himself upon us; if you
find anything better than Him, ask it; but if you ask anything beneath
Him, you put an affront upon Him, and hurt yourself by preferring
to Him a creature which He framed: Pray in the spirit and sentiment
of love, in which the royal prophet said to Him, 'Thou, O Lord,
are my portion.' Let others choose to themselves portions among
creatures, for my part, You are my portion, You alone I have chosen
for my whole inheritance." --Saint
Austin.
"As birds, wherever they fly, always meet with
the air, so we,
wherever we go, or wherever we are, shall always find God present."
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Let us stand fast in what is right and prepare our souls for
trial... Let us be neither dogs that do not bark nor silent
onlookers nor paid servants who run away before the wolf. --Saint
Boniface
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"O God, Creator of heaven and earth,
cast on me an eye of
pity: deliver me from my miseries: teach me the true way of
pleasing You, and it shall be the whole employment, and
most earnest study of my life to serve You, and to do Your
will." --Pachomius
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