Thoughts and Counsels of the Saints for Every Day of the Year Part 2

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G.o.d refuses no one the gift of prayer. By it we obtain the help that we need to overcome disorderly desires and temptations of all kinds.--ST.

ALPHONSUS.

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To establish ourselves in a virtue it is necessary to form good and practical resolutions to perform certain and determined acts of that virtue, and we must, moreover, be faithful in executing them.--ST.

VINCENT DE PAUL.

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Love ought to consist of deeds more than of words.--ST. IGNATIUS.

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There are many things which seem to us misfortunes and which we call such; but if we understood the designs of G.o.d we would call them graces.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

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Let us abandon everything to the merciful providence of G.o.d.--BL. ALBERT THE GREAT.

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Jesus Christ, our great Model, suffered much for us; let us bear our afflictions cheerfully, seeing that through them we have the happiness of resembling Him.--BL. HENRY SUSO.

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Remember that virtue is a very high and rugged mountain, difficult to ascend, and requiring much fatigue and exertion before we arrive at the summit to rest.--BL. HENRY SUSO.

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Labor to conquer yourself. This victory will a.s.sure you a brighter crown in heaven than they gain whose disposition is more amiable.--ST.

IGNATIUS.

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We should not examine articles of faith with a curious and subtle spirit. It is sufficient for us to know that the Church proposes them.

We can never be deceived in believing them.--ST. VINCENT DE PAUL.

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We should guard against jealousy, and even the slightest sentiment thereof. This vice is absolutely opposed to a pure and sincere zeal for the glory of G.o.d, and is a certain proof of secret and subtle pride.-- ST. VINCENT DE PAUL.

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Charity requires us always to have compa.s.sion on human infirmity.--ST.

CATHERINE OF SIENA.

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When one does not love prayer, it is morally impossible for him to resist his pa.s.sions.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

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Docility and easy acquiescence with good advice are the signs of a humble heart.--VEN. JULIENNE MOREL.

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There is nothing richer, nothing surer, nothing more agreeable than a good conscience.--BL. BARTHOLOMEW OF MARTYRS.

March

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IT SEEMS as if G.o.d granted to other saints to free us from some particular needfulness; but I know by experience that the glorious St.

Joseph a.s.sists us generally in all our necessities.--ST. TERESA.

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A most powerful and efficacious remedy for all evils, a means of correcting all imperfections, of triumphing over temptation, and preserving our hearts in an undisturbed peace, is conformity with the will of G.o.d.--ST. VINCENT DE PAUL.

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It often happens that when we take less care of our body, we have better health than when we bestow upon it too much care.--ST. TERESA.

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Do nothing, say nothing before considering if that which you are about to say or do is pleasing to G.o.d, profitable to yourself, and edifying to your neighbor.--ST. IGNATIUS.

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Sometimes G.o.d leaves us for a long time unable to effect any good, that we may learn to humble ourselves, and never to glory in our efforts.-- ST. VINCENT FERRER.

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We easily lose peace of mind, because we make it depend, not on the testimony of a good conscience, but on the judgment of men.--BL.

BARTHOLOMEW OF MARTYRS.

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You may fast regularly, give alms, and pray without ceasing, but as long as you hate your brother, you will not be numbered among the children of G.o.d.--VEN. LOUIS DE BLOIS.

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He who at the hour of death finds himself protected by St. Joseph, will certainly experience great consolation.--ST. TERESA.

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