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If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me. Joan of Arc

God Me Put Am May Keep

I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment. Pope John Paul II

Home Mother Soil Kiss Duty Difficult Consider Our Earthly Sublime Hands Placed Moment Homeland Difficult Moment

When in Rome, live as the Romans do; when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere. Saint Ambrose

Live Elsewhere Romans Rome

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart. Saint Augustine

Heart Humility Something Which Strangely

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence. Saint Basil

Remember Power Our Opposite Condition Existence Very Forget Necessary

Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life. Saint Ignatius

Life Day Man Joy Rest Liberal Ought Our Our Lord Those One Day Ourselves Has-Been Find Shall Generous Lord Been Stingy Heaven Poor Much Whom Orphans Need

Let who will scoff and revile - I will not remain silent; neither will I conceal the signs and wonders which have been shown to me by the Lord, who knew all things even before the time of this world, many years before, just as they happened. Saint Patrick

Time Me World Will Signs Before Neither All Things Silent Remain Knew Conceal Lord Been Years Wonders Just Happened Which Who Many Shown Even Things

Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love; for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him. Saint Teresa of Avila

Love God Great Eyes Christ Giving Before Think Our Pledge Strive Ourselves Favors Great Love Bestow Also Him Return Calls Always His Led Graces Whenever To Love Us Should Many Let Us Keep Rouse Recall

Don't let your sins turn into bad habits. Saint Teresa of Avila

Bad Bad Habits Habits Sins Turn Your

It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good. St. Jerome

Good Evil Enough Unless Restrain Shall Also Doing Us

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied. St. Jerome

You Devil Find He Calls Occupied May Whenever Engaged Ever

I understood that the Church had a Heart, and that this Heart was burning with love. Thérèse of Lisieux

Love Heart Church Had Understood Burning

Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh. Francis of Assisi

Wisdom World Simplicity Pure Holy Flesh

Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth. Joan of Arc

Truth People Sometimes Say Hung Children Speaking

War is a defeat for humanity. Pope John Paul II

War Humanity Defeat

My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is. Saint Augustine

Thoughts Experience Vision Light Mind Out Find Attained Glance Thus Withdrew Itself Contradictory Flash Wherein Which Might Images

The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer. Saint Augustine

Prayer Will Longing Thy Also Without Continuance Prayers Your Desire

I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him. Saint Augustine

Friendship Me Long My Friend Miss Him Friend Want

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet. Saint Augustine

Me Give Give Me Chastity Lord Oh

Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and notes many things which do not exist. The same thing frequently takes place with regard to the force of words, when the critic is inferior to the writer. Saint Basil

Words Sometimes Sickness Men Same Thing Sense Think Honey Destroyed Critic Eye See Writer Takes Force Frequently Does Sour Exist Inferior Diseased Taste Same Regard Place Which Notes Many Whose Thing Things

By nature, men desire the beautiful. Saint Basil

Beautiful Nature Men Desire

Avarice is a deadly sin. Saint Patrick

Sin Deadly Avarice

I was freeborn according to the flesh; I am born of a father who was a decurion, but I sold my noble rank - I blush not to state it, nor am I sorry - for the profit of others. In short, I am a slave in Christ to a foreign nation for the unspeakable glory of the eternal life which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Saint Patrick

Life Christ Father Sorry Nation Profit Others State Our Sold Our Lord Rank Born Noble Unspeakable Glory Lord Am Foreign Nor According Short Blush Which Eternal Eternal Life Flesh Who Jesus Slave

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