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• Saint George and the Dragon!-Bonny Saint George for Merry England!-The castle is won!

  Walter Scott

  Dragons, Saint George, Castles

  Walter Scott (2016). “Ivanhoe, Complete: Scott's Works Vol.1”, p.297, VM eBooks

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• The unbreakable bond between love of God and love of neighbor is emphasized. One is so closely connected to the other that to say that we love God becomes a lie if we are closed to our neighbor or hate him altogether. Saint John's words should rather be interpreted to mean that love of neighbor is a path that leads to the encounter with God, and that closing our eyes to our neighbor also blinds us to God.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Hate, Lying, Mean

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• I will go peaceably and firmly to the Catholic Church: for if Faith is so important to our salvation, I will seek it where true Faith first began, seek it among those who received it from God Himself.

  Elizabeth Ann Seton

  Catholic, Important, Church

  Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (2000). “Elizabeth Ann Seton: A Woman of Prayer : Meditations, Reflections, Prayers, and Poems Taken from Her Writings”, University Press of Amer

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• Whoever wishes to hold the fortress of contemplation must first of all train in the camp of action.

  Pope Gregory I

  Wish, Firsts, Action

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• We ascend to the heights of contemplation by the steps of action.

  Pope Gregory I

  Height, Steps, Action

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• In the active life all the vices are first of all to be removed by the practice of good works, so that in the contemplative life a man may, with now purified mental gaze, pass on to the contemplation of the Divine Light.

  Isidore of Seville

  Men, Contemplative Life, Light

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• Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.

  John of the Cross

  Men, Feet, Doe

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• God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.

  John of the Cross

  Fall, World, Glances

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• It is good to read the testimonies of Scripture; it is good to seek the Lord our God in them. As for me, however, I have already made so much of Scripture my own that I have more than enough to meditate on and turn over in my mind. I need no more . .. I know Christ, the poor crucified One.

  Francis of Assisi

  Mind, Needs, Scripture

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• It is almost certain that excess in eating is the cause of almost all the diseases of the body, but its effects on the soul are even more disastrous.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Soul, Excess, Body

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• He who desires nothing but God is rich and happy.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Desire, Rich

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• God being infinite beauty, the soul united to Christ draws upon himself the admiring and tender gaze of the Angels, who, were they capable of any passion, would be filled with envy at his lot.

  Pope Pius X

  Passion, Angel, Infinite Beauty

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• In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.

  Teresa of Avila

  Giving, Thanks, Providence

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• That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works---I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones.

  Teresa of Avila

  Mean, Rewards, Majesty

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• When I see the need for Divine teaching and how hungry people are to hear it, I am atremble to be off and running throughout the world, preaching the word of God. I have no rest, my soul finds no other relief, than to rush about and preach.

  Anthony Mary Claret

  Running, Teaching, People

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• I wealthiest am when richest in remorse.

  Robert Southwell

  Remorse

  Saint Robert Southwell (1872). “The Complete Poems of Robert Southwell”, p.40

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• Where sin was hatch'd, let tears now wash the nest, Where life was lost, recover life with cries.

  Robert Southwell

  Tears, Nests, Sin

  "The poetical works of the Rev. Robert Southwell".

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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.

  Teresa of Avila

  Divine Help, Helping, Failing

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1966). “The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus”

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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.

  Teresa of Avila

  People, Doe, Littles

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• Our Lord has created persons for all states in life, and in all of them we see people who who achieved sanctity by fulfilling their obligations well.

  Anthony Mary Claret

  People, Lord, States

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• We should have no more use or regard for money in any of its forms than we have for dust. Those who think it is worth more, or who are greedy for it, expose themselves to the danger of being deceived by the Devil.

  Francis of Assisi

  Thinking, Dust, Should Have

  Saint Francis (of Assisi) (1964). “Writings”

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• Our greatest gain is to lose the wealth that is of such brief duration and, by comparison with eternal things, of such little worth; yet we get upset about it and our gain turns to loss.

  Teresa of Avila

  Loss, Upset, Littles

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1966). “The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus”

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  By the anxieties and worries of this life Satan tries to dull man's heart and make a dwelling for himself there.

  Francis of Assisi

  Heart, Men, Dwelling

  Saint Francis (of Assisi) (1964). “Writings”

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• For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway.

  Teresa of Avila

  Sake, Trouble, Pity

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1966). “The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus”

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• We must give alms. Charity wins souls and draws them to virtue.

  Angela Merici

  Winning, Giving, Soul

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