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What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is rightly held to have been handed down by authority.
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In the house of God there is never ending festival the angel choir makes eternal holiday the presence of God's face gives joy that never fails.
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Now the Apostle, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, says, Knowledge inflates: but love edifies. The only correct inerpretation of this saying is that knowledge is valuable when charity informs it. Without charity, knowledge inflates that is, it exalts man to an arrogance which is nothing but a kind of windy emptiness.
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Carnal lust rules where there is no love of God.
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Temperance is a disposition that restrains our desires for things which it is base to desire.
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Beware of bad Catholics.
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Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
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The one who sings, prays twice.
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For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they were washed in the sacred font of baptism.
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The world's verdict is conclusive.
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Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
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Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.
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So while he made you without you, he doesn't justify you without you.
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The greatest evil is physical pain.
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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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What grace is meant to do is to help good people, not to escape their sufferings, but to bear them with a stout heart, with a fortitude that finds its strength in faith.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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Punishment is justice for the unjust.
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What is time? If I am not asked, I know if I am asked, I don't.
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Love, and do what you will. If you are silent, be silent for love or if you cry out, cry out for love. If you chastise, chastise for love if you spare, spare for love.
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