"Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him."
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"Christ was either liar, lunatic, or Lord!"
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"Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead."
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"Every cell in us worships God."
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"In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign... Secondly, a just cause... Thirdly... a rightful intention."
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"A man does not always choose what his guardian angel intends."
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"Just as a man cannot live in the flesh unless he is born in the flesh, even so a man cannot have the spiritual life of grace unless he is born again spiritually. This regeneration is effected by Baptism: "Unless a man is born again of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (Jn 3:5)"
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"Grace does not destroy nature, it perfects it."
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"Devotion is a certain act of the will by which man gives himself promptly to divine service."
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"Just as in one man there is one soul and one body, yet many members; even so the Catholic Church is one body, having many members. The soul that quickens this body is the Holy Spirit; and therefore in the Creed after confessing our belief in the Holy Spirit, we are bid to believe in the Holy Catholic Church."
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"But man is freer than all the animals, on account of his free-will, with which he is endowed above all other animals."
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"Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet."
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"Concerning perfect blessedness which consists in a vision of God."
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"It would seem that the ingratitude, whereby a subsequent sin causes the return of sins previously forgiven, is a special sin. For, the giving of thanks belongs to counter passion, which is a necessary condition of justice. But justice is a special virtue. Therefore this ingratitude is a special sin. Thanksgiving is a special virtue. But ingratitude is opposed to thanksgiving. Therefore ingratitude is a special sin."
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"The soul is known by it's acts."
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"Characteristics which define beauty are wholeness, harmony and radiance."
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"First, I say that he draws near to those who make peace with him. For God is the One who brings about peace; and where else should peace dwell than in peace?"
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"The Sacrament of the Body of the Lord puts the demons to flight, defends us against the incentives to vice and to concupiscence, cleanses the soul from sin, quiets the anger of God, enlightens the understanding to know God, inflames the will and the affections with the love of God, fills the memory with spiritual sweetness, confirms the entire man in good, frees us from eternal death, multiplies the merits of a good life, leads us to our everlasting home, and re-animates the body to eternal life"
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"Every truth without exception- and whoever may utter it- is from the Holy Spirit."
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"Beware the man of a single book."
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