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"Without sacrifice there is no love." - St. Maximilian Kolbe

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Love is nourished only by sacrifices, and the more a soul refuses natural satisfactions the stronger and more disinterested becomes her tenderness.

St. Therese of Lisieux (Holiness In The Ordinary, Pg. 76)

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Come here to live in profound humility and complete resignation, ready to accept with equanimity of spirit both desolations and consolations, sweetness and tribulations, dryness and repugnances.

St. Francis De Sales (Holiness In The Ordinary, Pg. 18)

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"God alone satisfies." - St. Thomas Aquinas

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Henry David Thoreau Poem

Fame cannot tempt the bard,  Who's famous with his God, Nor laurel him reward, Who has his Maker's nod.

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Through The Heart Of St. Joseph, Pg. 189

"Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength."

-St. Francis de Sales

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Through Heart Of St. Joseph, Pg. 126

"Precious in the eyes of God is mercy shown to those who have nothing to give back."

-Pope Francis

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Tender, Gentle, Firm, And Stand Up For One's Self

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Live by Providence.

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Brief Memories Of The Life Of Joseph Marello Bishop Of Acqui, Pg. 111

God is the boss, and we are His servants. His role is to reveal His Will, and ours is to follow it fully. The more closely we are united to Him with this attitude of conformity and resignation, the more perfect our love will be, for God's Will is infinitely holy and perfect, our source of peace and happiness even amidst life's greatest trials.

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Brief Memories Of The Life Of Joseph Marello Bishop Of Acqui, Pg. 57

If he is holy, let him pray for us; if he is learned, let him teach us; but if he is prudent, let him govern us.

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Brief Memories Of The Life Of Joseph Marello Bishop Of Acqui, Pg. 50

But virtue cannot be kept hidden from others. On the contrary, it is often more evident, the more it is accompanied by modesty.

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Through The Heart Of St. Joseph, Pg. 41

Chaste love is always sustained and strengthened by chaste love.

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Through The Heart Of St. Joseph, Pg. 34

"She [the Church] wants men who have something to tame, rather than those who are tame because they have no energy to be wild."

Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen

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Virtue chosen virtuously is virtuous. - Fr. Greg Finn O.S.J.

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"Since so much gain comes from entering this place [the fifth mansion, the prayer of union] it will be good to avoid giving the impression that those to whom the Lord doesn't give things that are so supernatural are left without hope. True union can very well be reached with God's help, if we make the effort to obtain it by keeping our wills fixed only on that which is God's will .... The Lord has the power to enrich souls through many paths and bring them to these dwelling places without using the short cut that was mentioned."