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" God's word is always effective and produces whatever it expresses. My words, on the contrary, cannot create anything; I can only change what already is into something else. "

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" God's grace is at its best in weakness, so we need never fear our weakness. In fact, these weaknesses will determine in what way we shall glorify God for all eternity. "

" Jesus feels my sorrow greater than I, for his love is infinite, and he suffers in an infinite way. "

" Healing and miracles have been a mystery to men of all times. To some, the phenomenon is frightening, while others find it exhilarating. "

" To see a friend who has suffered the loss of all things begin again with trust and love, gives us strength to continue on. "

" A sacrament is a visible sign of an invisible reality. "

" Every moment of life is like a sacrament in which we can receive God. It is a channel through which God speaks to us, forms us, and directs us. "

" For thirty years, Jesus never allowed his divinity to manifest itself. He was infinitely superior to everyone but never showed it. "

" Men are not born saints with special gifts and privileges. They fight against the world, the flesh and the devil, and as they conquer, the spirit of Jesus begins to shine through with more clarity. "

" Love has been defined, analyzed, explained and excused. It has been the cause of wars, feuds, heroism, martyrdom, inordinate passion, and beautiful friendships. It pulls two people of opposite temperaments together into a married state and permits them to live happily. It makes friends understand each other without the necessity of words. "

" Humility is preserved when I give credit where credit is due - to God. "

" God cannot forgive a sinner who does not acknowledge his sin. "

" My failures may be my greatest successes. It is in failure that I have often drawn closer to God, learn to depend more on Him than myself, gained self-knowledge, and seen things in their right perspective. "

" Family life is the backbone of mankind, and that life is dependent upon mutual giving, sharing, and receiving from each other. It entails the proper use of each other's successes and failures for mutual up-building. "

" God has always worked wonders through his prophets to increase the faith of His chosen people or to correct their disobedience. "

" The Christian experiences and lives a paradox. He possesses joy in sorrow, fulfillment in exile, light in darkness, peace in turmoil, consolation in dryness, contentment in pain and hope in desolation. "

" God has given each one of us a gift greater than a thousand I.B.M. machines. It is called a memory, and everything that passes through our five senses is stored in this faculty. "

" I do not ask for the riches that perish or the fame that fades away like a morning mist. "

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" When we begin to build walls of prejudice, hatred, pride, and self-indulgence around ourselves, we are more surely imprisoned than any prisoner behind concrete walls and iron bars. "

" We are so accustomed to love on a human level that we find loving God for Himself either impossible or beyond our capabilities. We tend to love those who appeal to us, render us a service, or are good to us. In the degree they perform these various services, we love them. "

" Each angel that God created was in himself a masterpiece. Each one possessed his own degree of intelligence and his own beauty. "

" I cannot bring Christ to my neighbor and to the world if I have not first given him to my family. "

" There should be in the life of every married couple a continual building of the sacrament. "

" Love fills and empties simultaneously. It makes us reach out to God, ready to be pruned, recklessly desiring whatever the cost. It soothes the aching heart and then makes it thirst for more. "

" We must look at the personality of Jesus and see him under various circumstances - circumstances not unlike our own - and then praise him by imitating him to the best of our ability. "

" Every individual we meet is different than we are. Members of the same family differ one from the other. Friend differs from friend, husband from wife, sister from brother, nation from nation. All these differences make 'feeling' love difficult and isolated to specific individuals according to our tastes and their personalities. "

" We resemble computers intellectually and animals emotionally. "

" The wisdom of God is so great that He also knows exactly what I would think and do under every possible circumstance and situation, and he placed me in that state of life and situation best suited for my salvation. "

" Neighbors are competitors instead of partners, suspicious instead of trustful, indifferent instead of helpful, cold instead of loving, greedy instead of generous. We no longer consider ourselves living in neighborhoods, but only as living next to 'hoods.' "

" Love is an emotional feeling on a human level and a faith experience on a supernatural level. "