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Holy Purity is granted by God when it is asked for with humility.
Josemaria Escriva
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Don't judge without having heard both sides. Even persons who think themselves virtuous very easily forget this elementary rule of prudence.
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It's true he was a sinner. But don't pass so final a judgement. Have pity in your heart and don't forget that he may yet be an Augustine, while you remain just another mediocrity.
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To begin is easy to persevere is sanctity.- Let your perseverance not be a blind consequence of the first impulse, the work of inertia: let it be a reflective perseverance.
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Don't say, That person bothers me. Think: That person sanctifies me.
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At the time of your examination(of sins) beware of the devil that ties your tongue.
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All the things that are now worrying you can be put into a smile which shows your love of God.
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If you have so many defects, why are you surprised to find defects in others?
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Faith, joy, optimism. But not the folly of closing your eyes to reality.
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You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness.
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Our Lady listens attentively to what God wants, ponders what she doesn't fully understand and asks about what she doesn't know. Then she gives herself completely to doing the divine will.
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God is here. This truth should fill our lives, and every Christmas should be for us a new and special meeting with God, when we allow his light and grace to enter deep into our soul.
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If you don't have a plan of life, you'll never have order.
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Compromise is a word found only in the vocabulary of those who have no will to fight.
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Say the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail Mary's which purifies the monotony of your sins!
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Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps.
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'You told me, Father, that after my past life it is still possible to become another St. Augustine. I don't doubt it, and today more than yesterday I want to try to prove it.' But you have to cut out sin courageously from the root, as the holy Bishop of Hippo did.
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An hour of study, for the modern apostle, is an hour of prayer.
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There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and nullify the savage work of those who think man is a beast. And that crusade is your work.
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