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TO love God with our whole mind is to think of Him often,
and to make it our principal study to know Him well.
- Sermon on the Love of God (Sp.)
GOD acts vigorously and gently; it is good to rely on Him.
- Saying - Vocations and Works (J.V.)
OUR Lord takes pleasure in doing the will of those who love Him.
- The Cure of Ars in his Conversation (Sp.)
THE Saints did not all begin well, but they all ended well.
- Catechism on our Last End (M.)
GOD is like a mother who carries her child in her arms by the
edge of a precipice. While she is seeking all the time to keep
him from danger, he is doing his best to get into it.
- Catechism on the Love of God (D.)
THE Kingdom of God is within us when we love Him and are
in a state of grace.
- On Habitual Grace (Sp.)
TO receive the Blessed Sacrament worthily, one must have a
great desire for union with Jesus Christ.
- Sermon on Communion.
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GOD allowed the Blessed Virgin to be born in poverty,
to the end that her nativity should more closely resemble
that of her Divine Son, of whom the Prophets had foretold
that He would have no place to lay His head.
- Notre-Dame d'Ars, Meditation 4.
WHEN we pray, we should open our heart to God, like
a fish when it sees the wave coming.
- The Cure of Ars in his Catechisms (Sp.)
ALAS! If we put all our trust in God, how much happier we should be!
- Eucharistic Meditation 25.
THE greatest Saints were those who suffered the most.
- Sermon on Afflictions.
WHEN you awake in the night, transport yourself quickly in
spirit before the Tabernacle, saying: "Behold me, my God, I come
to adore Thee, to praise, thank, and love Thee, and to keep Thee
company with all the Angels."
- Precept (J.V.)
HE is hidden from our eyes under the humility of His Sacrament, to try our faith. . . .
- Eucharistic Meditation 21.
WHEN two things are to be done, we may choose the one which is the least pleasant.
- On Self-Denial (Sp.)