"All times are dangerous times."
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"In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks."
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"Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love."
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"With all this wide and beautiful creation before me, the restless soul longs to enjoy its liberty and rest beyond its bound."
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"I often thought my constitution would never endure the work I had to do, (but) the Lord said to me: 'Daughter, obedience gives strength.'"
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"Our greatest gain is to lose the wealth that is of such brief duration and, by comparison with eternal things, of such little worth; yet we get upset about it and our gain turns to loss."
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"In the presence of Jesus in the Holy Sacrament we ought to be like the Blessed in heaven before the Divine Essence"
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"Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things."
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"Don't be curious of matters that don't concern you; never speak of them, and don't ask about them."
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"If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly."
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"Be kind to all and severe to thyself."
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"Love turns work into rest."
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"From moment to moment one can bear much."
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"Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention."
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"How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer."
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"Keep this in mind, for it is very important advice, so do not neglect it until you find you have such a fixed determination not to offend the Lord that you would rather lose a thousand lives and be persecuted by the whole world, than commit one mortal sin, and until you are most careful not to commit venial sins."
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"I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible."
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"I don't know what heavy penance could have come to mind that frequently I would not have gladly undertaken rather than recollect myself in the practice of prayer."
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"How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor."
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"The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit."
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