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We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.

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His Majesty [the Lord] . . . rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God.
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The words are very distinctly formed but by the bodily ear they are not heard. They are, however, much more clearly understood than they would be if they were heard by the ear. It is impossible not to understand them, whatever resistance we may offer... There is no escape, for in spite of ourselves we must listen...
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Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
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Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
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However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified.
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Let us consider the glorious Saint Paul: it seems that no other name fell from his lips than that of Jesus, because the name of Jesus was fixed and embedded in his heart.
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Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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Our soul can find in the Blessed Sacrament all the joys and consolations it desires.
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That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works---I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones.
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It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
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Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in it enters in different places but it all becomes one.
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God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.
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