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Let us remember the devil labors hard to disturb us at the time of recollection in order to make us abandon it. Let him then who omits mental prayer on account of distractions be persuaded that he gives delight to the devil.

Alphonsus Liguori

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Alphonsus Liguori
Age: 90 †
Born: 1696
Born: September 27
Died: 1787
Died: August 9
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Alfonso Maria de'
saint Liguori
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Alphonsus Mary Antony John Cosmas Damian Michael Gaspard de' Liguori Liguori
St. Alphonse Maria di Liguori
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