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When you do a good action, have the intention of first pleasing God, and then of giving good example to your neighbor. — St. Alphonsus.
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The grace of perseverance is the most important of all; it crowns all other graces. — St. Vincent de Paul.
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Prayer is the only channel through which God's great graces and favors may flow into the soul; and if this be once closed, I know no other way He can communicate them. — St. Teresa.
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To acquire courage it is very useful to read the lives of the saints, especially of those who, after living in sin, attained great sanctity.— St. Alphonsus.
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The truly humble reject all praise for themselves, and refer it all to God. — St. Alphonsus.
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Prayer should be effective and practical, since it has for its end the acquisition of solid virtue and the mortification of the passions. — St. Vincent de Paul.
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We do not keep an account of the graces which God has given us, but God our Lord keeps an ac-
