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Don't consider me too demanding if I ask you once again to set great store by holy books and read them as much as you can. This spiritual reading is as necessary to you as the air you breathe.
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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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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Recommend me to the Lord and to the Virgin Mother because I am in extreme need of their help.
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God commands us to love Him, not as much as He deserves, because He knows our capabilities and therefore He does not ask us to do what we cannot do. But He asks us to love Him according to our strength, with all our soul, all our mind, and all our heart.
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The harm that comes to souls from the lack of reading holy books makes me shudder... What power spiritual reading has to lead to a change of course, and to make even worldly people enter into the way of perfection.
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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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Love Our Lady and make her loved always recite the Rosary and recite it as often as possible.
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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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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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Faith guides even us and we follow its sure light on the way which conducts us to God and His homeland.
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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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As gifts increase in you, let your humility grow, for you must consider that everything is given to you on loan.
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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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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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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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