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Don't neglect your spiritual reading. - Reading has made many saints.

Josemaria Escriva

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The heroic minute.- It is the time fixed for getting up.- Without hesitation: a supernatural reflection and.-.-.- up! The heroic minute: here you have a mortification that strengthens your will and does no harm to your body.
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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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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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Turn to Mary, tota pulchra, all pure and wonderful, and tell her: Our Lady and Mother, the Lord wanted you yourself to look after God and tend him with your own hands. Teach me, teach us all, how to treat your Son!
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If you have so many defects, why are you surprised to find defects in others?
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Have confidence. Return. Invoke our Lady and you'll be faithful.
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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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At the time of your examination(of sins) beware of the devil that ties your tongue.
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If you don't have a plan of life, you'll never have order.
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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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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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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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Don't say, That person bothers me. Think: That person sanctifies me.
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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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All the things that are now worrying you can be put into a smile which shows your love of God.
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You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness.
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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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There is no danger of exaggerating. We an never hope to fathom this inexpressible mystery nor will we ever be able to give sufficient thanks to our Mother for bringing us into such intimacy with the Blessed Trinity.
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Holy Purity is granted by God when it is asked for with humility.
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Faith, joy, optimism. But not the folly of closing your eyes to reality.
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