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Let us think, if we only got to heaven, what a sweet and easy thing it will be there to be always saying with the angels and the saints, Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus.

Philip Neri

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Philip Neri
Age: 509
Born: 1515
Born: July 21
Catholic Priest
Priest
Florence
Tuscany
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Saint Neri
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Saint Filippo Neri
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St. Philippo di Neri
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To be without pity for other mens falls, is an evident sign that we shall fall ourselves shortly.
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The great thing is to become Saints.
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Give me ten truly detached men. and I will convert the world with them.
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Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to be tempted by the opposite vice. Therefore, look upon every temptation as an invitation to grow in a particular virtue and a promise by God that you will be successful, if only you stand fast.
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We must sometimes bear with little defects in others, as we have, against our will, to bear with natural defects in ourselves. If we wish to keep peace with our neighbor, we should never remind anyone of his natural defects.
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There is nothing the devil fears so much, or so much tries to hinder, as prayer.
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Without mortification nothing can be done.
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To acquire and preserve the virtue of chastity, we have need of a good and experienced confessor.
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The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last.
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Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if he wants anything of you, He will fit you for the work and give you strength.
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It is an old custom of the servants of God to have some little prayer ready and to be frequently darting them up to heaven during the day, lifting their minds to God out of the mire of this world.
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We must often remember what Christ said, that not he who begins, but he that perseveres to the end, shall be saved.
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As soon as we are stripped of the sordid garb of avarice, we shall be clothed with the royal and imperial vest of the opposite virtue, liberality.
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A joyful heart is more easily made perfect than a downcast one.
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First let a little love find entrance into their hearts, and the rest will follow.
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Let us be humble and keep ourselves down: - Obedience! Humility! Detachment!
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