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No prayers are so acceptable to God as those which we offer Him after communion. — St. Alphonsus.

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It avails nothing to subdue the body, if the mind allows itself to be controlled by anger. — St. Gregory the Great.

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What is it that renders death terrible? Sin. We must therefore fear sin, not death. — St. Alphonsus.

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The Blessed Virgin is of all the works of the Creator the most excellent, and to find anything in nature more grand one must go to the Author of nature Himself. — St. Peter Damian.

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If we would advance in virtue, we must not neglect little things, for they pave the way to greater. — St. Teresa.

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When one has fallen into some fault, what better remedy can there be than to have immediate recourse to the Most Blessed Sacrament? — St. Alphonsus.

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Afflictions are the most certain proofs that God can give us of His love for us. — St. Vincent de Paul.