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Moreover, from the time when He said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven;' and again, 'He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it; ' no one becomes a member of Christ except it be either by baptism in Christ, or death for Christ.

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Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.

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One generation and another generation; the generation by which we are made the faithful, and are born again by baptism; the generation by which we shall rise again from the dead, and shall live with the Angels for ever.

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In the house of God there is never ending festival; the angel choir makes eternal holiday; the presence of God's face gives joy that never fails.

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We do not sin when we adore Christ in the Eucharist; we do sin when we do not adore Christ in the Eucharist.

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To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of eternal things; to knowledge, the rational knowledge of temporal things.

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Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul's joy and delight. Guard me with the power of Your grace here and in all places. Now and at all times, forever. Amen.

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There is no health in those who are displeased by an element in Your creation, just as there was none in me when I was displeased by many things You had made. Because my soul didn't dare to say that my God displeased me, it refused to attribute to You whatever was displeasing.

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Fill yourselves first and then only will you be able to give to others.

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The Devil invented gambling.

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Understanding is the wages of faith.

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Now the Apostle, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, says, "Knowledge inflates: but love edifies." The only correct inerpretation of this saying is that knowledge is valuable when charity informs it. Without charity, knowledge inflates; that is, it exalts man to an arrogance which is nothing but a kind of windy emptiness.

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The most venerable, clearly understood, enlightened, and reliable constant in the world is not only that we want to be happy, but that we want only to be so. Our very nature requires it of us.

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When, therefore, man lives according to man, not according to God, he is like the devil.

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Human law cannot punish or forbid all evil, since while doing away with evils it would do away with many good things, which would hinder the advance of the common good.

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The peace of the celestial city is the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God, and of one another in God. (City of God, Book 19)

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For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they were washed in the sacred font of baptism.

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So give to the poor; I'm begging you, I'm warning you, I'm commanding you, I'm ordering you.

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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

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He indeed possesses the Character imposed on him, but he wanders as a renegade.

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