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Be content to progress in slow steps until you have legs to run and wings with which to fly.

Pio of Pietrelcina

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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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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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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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Recommend me to the Lord and to the Virgin Mother because I am in extreme need of their help.
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Never rise from the table without having given due thanks to the Lord. If we act in this way, we need have no fear of the wretched sin of gluttony.
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Let us remember that the Heart of Jesus has called us not only for our own sanctification, but also for that of other souls. He wants to be helped in the salvation of souls.
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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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May the Heart of Jesus be the goal of all your aspirations.
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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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Every Holy Mass, heard with devotion, produces in our souls marvelous effects, abundant spiritual and material graces which we, ourselves, do not know...It is easier for the earth to exist without the sun than without the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass!
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May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every heavenly blessing.
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The Church is the house of God. It is forbidden for men to enter with bare arms or in shorts. It is forbidden for women to enter in trousers, without a veil on their head, in short clothing, low necklines, sleeveless or immodest dresses.
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Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother.
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On this earth everyone has his cross. But we must act in such a way that we be not the bad, but good thief.
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Pray, hope and don't worry. Anxiety doesn't help at all. Our Merciful Lord will listen to your prayer.
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Prayer is the best weapon we have it is the key to God's heart. You must speak to Jesus not only with your lips, but with your heart. In fact on certain occasions you should only speak to Him with your heart.
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Always humble yourself lovingly before God and man, because God speaks to those who are truly humble of heart, and enriches them with His gifts.
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Always stay close to this Heavenly Mother, because she is the sea to be crossed to reach the shores of Eternal Splendour.
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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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It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do so without the Holy Mass.
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