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There are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I know: His coming to men, His coming into men, and His coming against men.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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Wherever...thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there thy temple is there.
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God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.
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Action and contemplation are very close companions they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.
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The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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It's not as if grace did one half of the work and free choice the other each does the whole work, in its own peculiar contribution. Grace does the whole work, and so does free choice - with this one qualification: That whereas the whole is done in free choice, so is the whole done of grace.
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If then you are wise, you will show yourself rather as a reservoir than as a canal. For a canal spreads abroad water as it receives it, but a reservoir waits until it is filled before overflowing, and thus communicates, without loss to itself, its superabundant water. In the Church at the present day, we have many canals, few reservoirs.
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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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If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.
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Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.
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When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.
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There are some who wish to learn for no other reason than that they may be looked upon as learned, which is ridiculous vanity ... Others desire to learn that they may morally instruct others, that is love. And, lastly, there are some who wish to learn that they may be themselves edified and that is prudence.
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