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I Love Jesus Christ and that is why I am on fire with the desire to give Him souls, first of all my own, and then an incalculable number of others.
Alphonsus Liguori
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Alphonsus Liguori
Age: 90 †
Born: 1696
Born: September 27
Died: 1787
Died: August 9
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The sufferings endured for God are the greatest proof of our love for Him.
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As all our wickedness consists in turning away from our Creator, so all our goodness consists in uniting ourselves with Him.
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Let us make up for lost time. Let us give to God the time that remains to us.
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No, he can never be lost who recommends himself to thee, O Mary.
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Mary obtains salvation for all who have recourse to her. Oh! If all sinners had recourse to Mary, who would ever be lost? ... He who is protected by her will be saved he who is not will be lost.
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Let your constant practice be to offer yourself to God, that He may do with you what He pleases.
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You will gain more by receiving scorn peacefully than if you fasted for a week on bread and water. It is good to humble ourselves but it is much more worthwhile to accept the humiliations that come to us from others.
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A true servant of Mary cannot be lost.
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The definitions of the Church are the rules of true faith.
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God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.
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Those who say the Rosary daily and wear the Brown Scapular and who do a little more, will go straight to Heaven.
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Were you to ask what are the means of overcoming temptations, I would answer: The first means is prayer the second is prayer the third is prayer and you should you ask me a thousand times, I would repeat the same.
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