Lent, Day 30
It is blasphemy if you pray before God while you are full of anger. – St. Ephraem the Syrian Exodus 32:7-14 7 And the LORD said to Moses, “Go down; for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves; 8 they have turned aside quickly out of the [...]
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To be perfect in our vocation is nothing else than to fulfill the duties which our state of life obliges us to perform, and to accomplish them well, and only for the honor and love of God. – St. Francis de Sales Isaiah 7: 10 – 14 10 Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, 11 [...]
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We must give alms. Charity wins souls and draws them to virtue. – St. Angela Merici Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 1 Then he brought me back to the door of the temple; and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east); and the water was [...]
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Every virtue in your soul is a precious ornament which makes you dear to God and to man. But holy purity, the queen of virtues, the angelic virtue, is a jewel so precious that those who possess it become like the angels of God in Heaven, even though clothed in mortal flesh. – St. John [...]
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I’m actually a day late on my post for Sunday because of a minor family crisis. Today I wake up knowing God is so very good and he has enough mercy and grace for all of us. Nothing we do can separate us from his love and mercy. Isn’t that liberating? There is no sin [...]
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You ask me a method of attaining perfection. I know of love – and only love. Love can do all things. – St Therese of Lisieux Hosea 6: 1 – 6 1 “Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn, that he may heal us; he has stricken, and he will bind [...]
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Be humble in this life, that God may raise you up in the next. Be truly moderate and do not punish or condemn anyone immoderately. Be gentle so that you may never oppose justice. Be honorable so that you may never voluntarily bring disgrace upon anyone. Be chaste so that you may avoid all the [...]
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If my conscience were burdened with all the sins it is possible to commit, I would still go and throw myself into our Lord’s arms, my heart all broken up with contrition. I know what tenderness He has for any prodigal child of His that comes back to Him. – St. Therese of Lisieux 2 [...]
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Who teaches the soul if not God? – Saint John of the Cross Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 1 “And now, O Israel, give heed to the statutes and the ordinances which I teach you, and do them; that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of [...]
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We do not have to talk very much in order to pray well. We know that God is there in His holy tabernacle; let us open our hearts to Him; let us rejoice in His Presence: This is the best prayer. – St. John Vianney Daniel 3: 25, 34 – 43 25 In the fire [...]
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