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No one can have God as his father who does not have the Church as his mother.

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Thou movest us to delight in praising Thee; for Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.

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Angels are spirits, but it is not because they are spirits that they are angels. They become angels when they are sent. For the name angel refers to their office, not their nature. You ask the name of this nature, it is spirit; you ask its office, it is that of an Angel, which is a messenger.

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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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Better to have fewer wants than greater riches to supply increasing wants.

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If faith fails, prayer perishes.

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Fortitude is the disposition of soul which enables us to despise all inconveniences and the loss of things not in our power.

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For so it is, O Lord my God, I measure it! But what it is I measure, I do not know.

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Carnal lust rules where there is no love of God.

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Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

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The measure of charity may be taken from the want of desires. As desires diminish in the soul, charity increases in it; and when it no longer feels any desire, then it possesses perfect charity.

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Poetry is devil's wine.

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Don't hold yourselves cheap, seeing that the creator of all things and of you estimates your value so high, so dear, that he pours out for you every day the most precious blood of his only-begotten Son.

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God's love is unconditional. Be sure that yours is too!

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The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.

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It is easy to want things from the Lord and yet not want the Lord Himself, as though the gift could ever be preferable to the Giver.

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For when God said, "Let there be light, and there was light," if we are justified in understanding in this light the creation of the angels, then certainly they were created partakers of the eternal light which is the unchangeable Wisdom of God, by which all things were made, and whom we call the only-begotten Son of God.

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Cursed is everyone who places his hope in changing the nature of man

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Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self; the heavenly by the love of God.

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When we read a book, our most essential trait - imagination - is given the opportunity to soar.

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