"Furthermore, the apostolic life does not exclude contemplation but encompasses it and profits by it to know better the eternal truths it must proclaim"
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"All of you desire to belong entirely to God, and God also wants all of you to belong to Him"
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"Since you know the means of getting better, in the name of God, make use of them. Do not take on anything beyond your strength, do not be anxious, do not take things too much to heart, go gently, do not work too long or too hard."
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"Do not be afraid of undertaking too much of what you can do without coming and going; but fear only the thought of doing more than you are doing and more than God is giving you the means to do."
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"...a great good is worth being long desired."
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"It seems to me that the best way will be the one that is most gentle and forbearing, which is more in conformity with the Spirit of Our Lord and more apt to win hearts."
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"It will be easier for you to bring him around to where you want him more by gentleness and patience than by being too uncompromising."
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"The children of our Lord walk gladly in his ways; they have confidence in him, and so when they fall, they rise again; and if, instead of stopping to grumble about the stone they have tripped over, they humble themselves at their fall, this helps them to advance with great strides in his love."
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"In the name of God, Monsieur, let us not be so little attached to God's service that we yield to a useless fear which may cause us to abandon the task He has given us."
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"You can give me no greater consolation nor render greater service to your neighbor than to place yourself in a condition to serve him for a long time"
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"We must be firm but not rough in our guidance and avoid an insipid kind of meekness, which is ineffective. We will learn from Our Lord how our meekness should always be accompanied by humility and grace so as to attract hearts to Him and not cause anyone to turn away from Him."
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"...Omit nothing which can advance his work, and not blame others for the delay."
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". . . [T]hese [ideas] are only suggestions of the evil spirit who, to jeopardize your salvation, suggests to you extraordinary works that are beyond your strength, under the fine pretext of practicing, on your own, the spiritual and corporal works of mercy . . ."
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"God's affairs are accomplished gradually and almost imperceptibly and His spirit is neither violent nor tempestuous."
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"Nevertheless, when one is ill, one should be submissive to the doctor and obey him."
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"[T]hese losses of the Church in the past hundred years give us reason to fear in the present misfortune that in another hundred years we may lose the Church entirely in Europe. So, keeping this fear in mind, blessed are those who cooperate in extending the Church elsewhere."
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"Is it not better to fail after asking advice than to risk acting on our own?"
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"If you think something should be done, take the trouble to write to me about it, and together we will decide the time and manner of doing it."
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"Scorn both these evil suggestions and the wickedness of their author, who is the devil. Be very cheerful and humble yourself as much as you can. Ordinarily, God allows these things to happen to free us from some hidden pride and to engender in us holy humility."
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"A man who behaves poorly in a Community will not do well in a parish."
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