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Holy church-that mother who is also a queen because she is a king's bride.

Teresa of Avila

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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
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What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us
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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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Alas, O Lord, to what a state dost Thou bring those who love Thee!
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Don't imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
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Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?
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Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
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God aids the valiant...both to you and to me He will give the help needed.
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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.
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O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.
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Contemplative prayer [oración mental] in my opinion is nothing else than a close sharing between friends it means taking time frequently to be alone with him who we know loves us.
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Our soul can find in the Blessed Sacrament all the joys and consolations it desires.
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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
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To converse with You, O King of glory, no third person is needed, You are always ready in the Sacrament of the Altar to give audience to all. All who desire You always find You there, and converse with You face to face
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Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him.
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I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
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God never changes Patient endurance Attains to all things Who God possesses In nothing is wanting Alone God suffices.
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Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend them as to comprehend God, for, as He has told us, He created us in His own image and likeness.
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Never compare one person with another: comparisons are odious.
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It should be observed that perfect love of God consists not in those delights, tears and sentiments of devotion that we generally seek, but in a strong determination and keen desire to please God in all things, and to promote His glory.
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