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Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

Teresa of Avila

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The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.
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Hope, O my soul, hope. Watch carefully, for everything passes quickly, even though your impatience turns a very short time into a long one.
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Life is to life in such a way that we are not afraid to die.
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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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Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
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He who has God finds he is lacking nothing.
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If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.
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It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
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Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that God wishes it to remain here in banishment.
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It is only mercenaries who expect to be paid by the day.
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Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Alas, O Lord, to what a state dost Thou bring those who love Thee!
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Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.
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Our soul can find in the Blessed Sacrament all the joys and consolations it desires.
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Her heart is full of joy with love, for in the Lord her mind is stilled. She has renounced every selfish attachment and draws abiding joy and strength from the One within. She lives not for herself, but lives to serve the Lord of Love in all, and swims across the sea of life breasting its rough waves joyfully.
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The true penance comes when God takes away the soul's health and strength for doing penance. Even though I have mentioned elsewhere the great pain this lack causes, the pain is much more intense here. All these things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.
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