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If the love of God is in your heart, you will understand that to suffer for God is a joy to which all earthly pleasures are not to be compared.— St. Ignatius.
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The world around us is, as it were, a book written by the finger of God; every creature is a word on the page. We should apply ourselves well to understand the signification of the volume. — Ven. Bartholomew of Martyrs.
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A man of prayer is capable of everything. He can say with St. Paul, "I can do all things in Him who strengthened me." — St. Vincent de Paul.
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Whilst here below our actions can never be entirely free from negligence, frailty, or defect; but we must not throw away the wheat because of the chaff. — Ven. John Tauler.
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Strive always to preserve freedom of spirit, so that you need do nothing with the view of pleasing the world, and that no fear of displeasing it will have power to shake your good resolutions. — Ven. Louis de Blois.
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Wo to us poor sinners if we had not the Divine Sacrifice to appease the Lord! — St. Alphonsus.
