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Love is the first ingredient in the relief of suffering.

Pio of Pietrelcina

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You must not be discouraged or let yourself become dejected if your actions have not succeeded as perfectly as you intended. What do you expect? We are made of clay and not every soil yields the fruits expected by the one who tills it. But let us always humble ourselves and acknowledge that we are nothing if we lack the Divine assistance.
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The Cross will not crush you if its weight makes you stagger, its power will also sustain you.
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I remind you that I belong with great ardor to everyone and for this reason I am suffering immensely for all.
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We are the administrators of our money. We will have to give God an account of the use we make of it up to the last cent.
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Be comforted with this divine thought that your spiritual and physical pains are the test of the Divine Will.
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Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly and if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it is to make you more humble and abject in your own eyes.
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Go to the Madonna. Love her! Always say the Rosary. Say it well. Say it as often as you can! Be souls of prayer. Never tire of praying, it is what is essential. Prayer shakes the Heart of God, it obtains necessary graces!
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The longer the trial to which God subjects you, the greater the goodness in comforting you during the time of trial and in the exaltation after the combat.
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Let us bind ourselves tightly to the Sorrowful Heart of our Heavenly Mother and reflect on it's boundless grief and how precious is our soul.
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It is necessary to be strong, in order to become great: that is our duty. Life is a struggle, which we cannot avoid. We must triumph!
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Recommend me to the Lord and to the Virgin Mother because I am in extreme need of their help.
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Remember that God is within us when we are in a state of grace and outside of us when we are in a state of sin but His angel never abandons us. . . He is our most sincere and faithful friend even when we sadden him with our bad behavior.
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By the virtue of modesty the devout person governs all his exterior acts. With good reason, then, does St. Paul recommend this virtue to all and declare how necessary it is and as if this were not enough he considers that this virtue should be obvious to all.
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In order to console a soul in it's sufferings, point out to it all the good it can still do.
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I beg You, O my God, to be my life, my ship, my haven. You have made me ascend the cross of Your Son and I struggle to accept it as best I can. I am sure that I shall never come down from it.
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May the Heart of Jesus be the goal of all your aspirations.
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Be content to progress in slow steps until you have legs to run and wings with which to fly.
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