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Faith, joy, optimism. But not the folly of closing your eyes to reality.

Josemaria Escriva

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You always leave the Rosary for later, and you end up not saying it at all because you are sleepy. If there is no other time, say it in the street without letting anybody notice it. It will, moreover, help you to have presence of God.
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Don't say, That person bothers me. Think: That person sanctifies me.
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Have confidence. Return. Invoke our Lady and you'll be faithful.
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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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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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Say the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail Mary's which purifies the monotony of your sins!
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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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Holy Purity is granted by God when it is asked for with humility.
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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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As soon as you willfully allow a dialogue with temptation to begin, the soul is robbed of peace, just as consent to impurity destroys grace.
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You go to pray to become a bonfire, a living flame, giving light and heat.
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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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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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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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At the time of your examination(of sins) beware of the devil that ties your tongue.
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You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness.
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If you say the Holy Rosary every day, with a spirit of faith and love, our Lady will make sure she leads you very far along her Son's path.
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An hour of study, for the modern apostle, is an hour of prayer.
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Don't neglect your spiritual reading. - Reading has made many saints.
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