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Such is the compassion, such the love which Mary bears us, that she is never tired of praying for us.

Alphonsus Liguori

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Alphonsus Liguori
Age: 90 †
Born: 1696
Born: September 27
Died: 1787
Died: August 9
Catholic Priest
Composer
Lawyer
Poet
Writer
Napoli
Alfonso Maria de'
saint Liguori
Alfonso Maria de' Liguori
Alphonsus Mary Antony John Cosmas Damian Michael Gaspard de' Liguori Liguori
St. Alphonse Maria di Liguori
Alphonsus Liguori
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Mary
Praying
Bears
Tired
Compassion
Never

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A true servant of Mary cannot be lost.
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A soul who loves Jesus Christ desires to be treated the way Christ was treated-desires to be poor, despised, and humiliated.
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He who wishes to find Jesus should seek Him, not in the delights and pleasures of the world, but in mortification of the senses.
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Let us, at any rate, give heed to suffer joyfully the crosses that God sends us, because they all, if we are saved, will become for us eternal joys. When infirmities, pains, or any adversities afflict us, let us lift up our eyes to heaven and say, One day all these pains will have an end, and after them I hope to enjoy God forever.
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There is no one, however wicked, whom Mary does not save by her intercession when she wishes ... He who has recourse to Mary shall be saved.
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There is nothing more pleasing to God, than to see a soul who patiently and serenely bears whatever crosses it is sent this is how love is made, by putting lover and loved one on the same level. . . A soul who loves Jesus Christ desires to be treated the way Christ was treated-desires to be poor, despised and humiliated.
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He who embraces the cross and bears it with patience lightens the weight of the cross. Indeed, the weight itself becomes a consolation for God abounds with grace to all those who carry the cross with good will in order to please him.
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Since His delights are to be with you, let yours be found in Him.
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Not only is there no need of an intermediary through whom He would want you to speak to Him, but He finds His delight in having you treat with Him personally and in all confidence.
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By the law of nature, there is no pleasure in suffering but divine love, when it reigns in a heart, makes it take delight in its sufferings.
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A person may be Baptized, and yet not born again to grace, in consequence of not having the necessary dispositions at Baptism.
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In the Great Deluge in the days of Noah, nearly all mankind perished, eight persons alone being saved in the Ark. In our days a deluge, not of water but of sins, continually inundates the earth, and out of this deluge very few escape. Scarcely anyone is saved.
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The way to Heaven is straight and narrow: they who wish to arrive at that place of bliss by walking in the paths of pleasure shall be disappointed and therefore few reach it, because few are willing to use violence to themselves in resisting temptations.
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Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness.
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The sufferings endured for God are the greatest proof of our love for Him.
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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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The heart of man is, so to speak, the paradise of God.
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The definitions of the Church are the rules of true faith.
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No, he can never be lost who recommends himself to thee, O Mary.
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St. Francis Borgia says that he who desires to consecrate himself to God must, in the first place, trample under his feet all regard for what others will say of him. O my God, why do we not ask what Jesus Christ or his holy mother will think of our conduct?
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