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God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.
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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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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.
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Let no one believe that he has received the divine kiss, if he knows the truth without loving it or loves it without understanding it. But blessed is that kiss whereby not only is God recognized but also the Father is loved for there is never full knowledge without perfect love.
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Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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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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Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.
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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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Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.
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What of the souls already released from their bodies? We believe that they are overwhelmed in that vast sea of eternal light and of luminous eternity
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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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Who loves me will love my dog also.
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Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor's glory.
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He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
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My child, seek those things which make for peace. Cease to stir up the King against the Church, and urge upon him a better course of action. If you will promise to do this, I in return promise to entreat the merciful Lord to grant you offspring.
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To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.
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God will become visible as God's image is reborn in you.
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Death is the gate of life.
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The heart of Christ can be seen through the openings of his wounds. For what can prove to me so clearly as your wounds that you, O Lord Jesus, are sweet & mild & plenteous in mercy.
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Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children.
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