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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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Bernard of Clairvaux
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Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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It was love that motivated His self-emptying, that led Him to become a little lower than angels, to be subject to parents, to bow His head beneath the Baptist's hands, to endure the weakness of the flesh, and to submit to death even upon the cross
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
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The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
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Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
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With her for guide, you shall never go astray while invoking her, you shall never lose heart so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception while she holds your hand, you cannot fall under her protection you have nothing to fear if she walks before you, you shall not grow weary if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
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