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" Like Jesus, every human being has enough memories in his past to occupy his time and thoughts continually. It is not the remembrance of these incidents but the reliving of them that creates havoc in our souls. "

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" It is good to have an intellectual awareness of our dependence upon God - to understand how great He is and how very small we are in His sight. "

Mother Angelica

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" Even if my fellow man has proven faithless time after time, I can at least retain a hope that he will improve, pray for him, and think kindly without frustration and disappointment. "

" I have a tendency to judge everything in its relationship to me instead of the value it has in God's eyes. I cannot judge everything solely on its good or bad effect on me. "

" 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. "

" We resemble computers intellectually and animals emotionally. "

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

" Man can and does rationalize his sins. He finds reasons for all his weakness, invents excuses that first calm and then deaden his conscience. He blames God, society, education, and environment for his wrong doing. "

" Every Christian is important - important to God, to the world, and to the kingdom. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Each one of us sees Jesus in a different way. To some, He was prophet, for they needed to know the kingdom was at hand. But most of all, He was the son of God, and He came to experience the consequences of the curse the Father had put upon mankind when Adam and Eve disobeyed. "

" Some people spend their time and thoughts in feeling, hearing, seeing, and listening. Whatever cannot be felt or experienced they will not accept. We call these people 'emotional.' "

" 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. "

" When our neighbor's personality possesses harsh qualities, we show our love by not voluntarily provoking those qualities in any way. Past experience shows us what upsets a person, so in their presence we are careful not to do or say those things that cause anger. We are self-effacing. "

" When man invents or produces anything of any value, volumes are written on the subject. "

" No man can see God in this life and live because His glory would annihilate our poor, weak human nature. "

" Jesus showed me what it means to be holy - he did his father's will no matter how difficult it was to accomplish. "

Mother Angelica

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Father

" Every Christian who strives for holiness of life experiences dryness of soul. It is to most people a heart-rending experience. It is a paradox, for the soul becomes confused when it realizes the harder it strives the further away Jesus seems to be. "

" No creature, not even the most exalted angel, can understand God or have perfect knowledge of Him. "

" Jesus made Himself available to everyone. Unlike former prophets and the religious men of His day, who often kept themselves aloof, Jesus was easy to approach and always ready to give his help. "

" 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. "

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

" When our weaknesses affect health and friendship, we are very much aware of their existence. "

" 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.' "

" Jesus wants us to trust him to take care of all our yesterdays and tomorrows. "

Mother Angelica

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" We live in an age that stresses personal goals, careers, happiness, work and religion. The emphasis is on the individual and how best that individual can satisfy himself. "

" The heart of Jesus is compassionate and understanding. It has felt the sting of ingratitude, and when my heart suffers from that same offense, I can turn to him, and he understands my feelings. "

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

" The woman is a gentle, loving bond who encourages, consoles, builds, reconciles, and makes all things new and vibrant. The woman is strength in time of suffering, courageous in failure, intuitive in time of danger. A woman is ingenuous when all fails, resourceful in times of want, and a true helpmate for man. "

" Two of man's basic needs are to love and to share. Both of these needs are satisfied in greater or lesser degree by friendship. "