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LIFE is given us that we may learn to die well, and we never
think of it! To die well we must live well.
- On Death (Sp.)
WITH the thought God sees me! We should never sin.
- Homily (Sp.)
IF you cannot give an alms yourself you can pray that God
will inspire someone else to do so.
- Catechism on Almsgiving (M.)
OUR Lord took that good Heart of His that He might love us with it.
- Sermon on the Divine Mercy (D.)
O MY God, I desire to love You more than all the Angels and all the
Saints put together. I adore Thee with them, and unite my love with
that which Thy Blessed Mother had for Thee, when she was on earth . . . .
- A Prayer of the Cure d'Ars to Jesus Christ (D.)
WE may well be astonished that God was obliged to make a
commandment to forbid us to take His Name in vain.
- Sermon on the Second Commandment.
WHEN one has no consolations, one serves God for Himself alone;
but when one has them one is liable to serve Him out of love for self.
- The Cure d'Ars and the Love of God (D.)