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It is not enough just to wish well we must also do well.
Ambrose
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The Lord was Baptized, not to be cleansed Himself, but to cleanse the waters, so that those waters, cleansed by the flesh of Christ which knew no sin, might have the power of Baptism.
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Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God.
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When in Rome, live in the Roman way.
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Just as riches are an impediment to virtue in the wicked, so in the good they are an aid of virtue.
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The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.
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Prelate, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A gentleman of God.
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As in paradise, God walks in the Holy Scriptures, seeking man.
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And let them remember that prayer should accompany the reading of Sacred Scripture, so that God and man may talk together for we speak to Him when we pray we hear Him when we read the divine saying.
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Reverence: the spiritual attitude of a man to a god and a dog to a man.
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To be content, to find true love, is what essentially drives us all, but if found, would it be recognized?
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Nature has poured forth all things for the common use of all men. And God has ordained that all things should be produced that there might be food in common for all, and that the earth should be in the common possession of all. Nature created common rights, but usurpation has transformed them into private rights.
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How far, O rich, do you extend your senseless avarice? Do you intend to be the sole inhabitants of the earth? Why do you drive out the fellow sharers of nature, and claim it all for yourselves? The earth was made for all, rich and poor, in common. Why do you rich claim it as your exclusive right?
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Remember, then, that you received a spiritual seal, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of knowledge and reverence, the spirit of holy fear. Keep safe what you received. God the Father sealed you, Christ the Lord strengthened you and sent the Spirit into your hearts as the pledge of what is to come.
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Your soul must hold fast to Him, you must follow after Him in your thoughts, you must tread His ways by faith, not in outward show.
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When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise you, whatever church you come to, observe the custom of the place, if you would neither give offence to others, nor take offence from them.
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It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people.
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Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies.
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True repentance is to cease from sin.
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There is no time of life past learning something.
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Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. No one is excepted, not [even] the infant.
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