Part 52 (1/2)

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Let us make up for lost time. Let us give to G.o.d the time that remains to us.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

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When thou feelest thyself excited, shut thy mouth and chain thy tongue.--BL. HENRY SUSO.

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If it was necessary that Christ should suffer and so enter by the cross into the kingdom of His Father, no friend of G.o.d should shrink from suffering.--VEN. JOHN TAULER.

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We should grieve to see no account made of time, which is so precious; to see it employed so badly, so uselessly, for it can never be recalled.--BL. HENRY SUSO.

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Every time that some unexpected event befalls us, be it affliction, or be it spiritual or corporal consolation, we should endeavor to receive it with equanimity of spirit, since all comes from the hand of G.o.d.--ST.

VINCENT DE PAUL.

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There are some who sin through frailty, or through the force of some violent pa.s.sion. They desire to break these chains of death; if their prayer is constant they will be heard.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

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”Thy will be done!” This is what the saints had continually on their lips and in their hearts.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

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He who would be a disciple of Jesus Christ must live in sufferings; for ”The servant is not greater than the Master.”--VEN. JOHN TAULER.

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He who submits himself to G.o.d in all things is certain that whatever men say or do against him will always turn to his advantage.--ST. VINCENT DE PAUL.

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If he be blind who refuses to believe in the truths of the Catholic faith, how much blinder is he who believes, and yet lives as if he did not believe!--ST. ALPHONSUS.

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There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.--ST. TERESA.

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Outside of G.o.d nothing is durable. We exchange life for death, health for sickness, honor for shame, riches for poverty. All things change and pa.s.s away.--ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA.

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