Mary, Help of Christians Part 42

Should we fall a thousand times in a day, a thousand times we must rise again, always animated with unbounded confidence in the infinite goodness of G.o.d.--VEN. LOUIS OF GRANADA.

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G.o.d's way in dealing with those whom He intends to admit soonest after this life into the possession of His everlasting glory, is to purify them in this world by the greatest afflictions and trials.--ST.

IGNATIUS.

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After the flower comes the fruit: we receive, as the reward of our fatigues, an increase of grace in this world, and in the next the eternal vision of G.o.d.--BL. HENRY SUSO.

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G.o.d refuses no one the gift of prayer. By it we obtain the help that we need to overcome disorderly desires and temptations of all kinds.--ST.

ALPHONSUS.

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To establish ourselves in a virtue it is necessary to form good and practical resolutions to perform certain and determined acts of that virtue, and we must, moreover, be faithful in executing them.--ST.

VINCENT DE PAUL.

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Love ought to consist of deeds more than of words.--ST. IGNATIUS.

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There are many things which seem to us misfortunes and which we call such; but if we understood the designs of G.o.d we would call them graces.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

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Let us abandon everything to the merciful providence of G.o.d.--BL. ALBERT THE GREAT.

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Jesus Christ, our great Model, suffered much for us; let us bear our afflictions cheerfully, seeing that through them we have the happiness of resembling Him.--BL. HENRY SUSO.

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Remember that virtue is a very high and rugged mountain, difficult to ascend, and requiring much fatigue and exertion before we arrive at the summit to rest.--BL. HENRY SUSO.

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Labor to conquer yourself. This victory will a.s.sure you a brighter crown in heaven than they gain whose disposition is more amiable.--ST.

IGNATIUS.

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We should not examine articles of faith with a curious and subtle spirit. It is sufficient for us to know that the Church proposes them.

We can never be deceived in believing them.--ST. VINCENT DE PAUL.

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We should guard against jealousy, and even the slightest sentiment thereof. This vice is absolutely opposed to a pure and sincere zeal for the glory of G.o.d, and is a certain proof of secret and subtle pride.-- ST. VINCENT DE PAUL.

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Charity requires us always to have compa.s.sion on human infirmity.--ST.

CATHERINE OF SIENA.

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When one does not love prayer, it is morally impossible for him to resist his pa.s.sions.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

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Docility and easy acquiescence with good advice are the signs of a humble heart.--VEN. JULIENNE MOREL.

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There is nothing richer, nothing surer, nothing more agreeable than a good conscience.--BL. BARTHOLOMEW OF MARTYRS.

March

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IT SEEMS as if G.o.d granted to other saints to free us from some particular needfulness; but I know by experience that the glorious St.

Joseph a.s.sists us generally in all our necessities.--ST. TERESA.

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A most powerful and efficacious remedy for all evils, a means of correcting all imperfections, of triumphing over temptation, and preserving our hearts in an undisturbed peace, is conformity with the will of G.o.d.--ST. VINCENT DE PAUL.

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It often happens that when we take less care of our body, we have better health than when we bestow upon it too much care.--ST. TERESA.

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Do nothing, say nothing before considering if that which you are about to say or do is pleasing to G.o.d, profitable to yourself, and edifying to your neighbor.--ST. IGNATIUS.

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Sometimes G.o.d leaves us for a long time unable to effect any good, that we may learn to humble ourselves, and never to glory in our efforts.-- ST. VINCENT FERRER.

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