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SENTENCES OF ST. GAËTAN:

Taken from his Biography, by the Rev. P. D. G. Silos.

  1. Pious exercises are a necessary means to maintain a religious spirit in the heart, but the essence of religion consists in an entire conformity of our will to the will of God.
  2. All the enjoyments of this life are deceptive, because they do not satisfy, but only puff one up; God alone who made our hearts can fill them with consolations.
  3. He who fully realises his own vileness in the sight of God, will naturally be patient, gentle, and sweet, in dealing with his neighbour.
  4. No one should be foolish enough to meddle in