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" There are many who are not guilty of doing anything wrong but very guilty of sins of omission - the things they neglect to do - the good things - the kind, thoughtful words, compassionate thoughts and hopeful attitudes they might have had towards their neighbor. "

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" Obedience is a strong virtue, capable of making me master of my emotions by giving me more strength to conquer my pride as I submit to those above me out of respect for their God-given authority and those below me out of love. "

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" Married life has become to many a necessary burden, but a burden that is shed very easily. "

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

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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. "

" Salvation brings the soul a deep awareness of God's love. Life takes on more meaning, for it now has a purpose. "

" Men climb mountains, scale heights, venture into the unexplored to prove to other men it can be done. "

" No matter what Jesus did, someone found fault with it. "

" 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. "

" Jesus was happy when people acknowledged his dignity and saddened when they did not, but he never sought their esteem or regard. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" To a pagan, there is no purpose to suffering. As a result, he lives a life of loneliness and frustration. "

" My life is such a contradiction. My soul yearns for holiness and then runs from the mortification necessary to attain it. "

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

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" I must not permit the evil capabilities of human nature to sour my faith in the tremendous good that is possible despite the frailty of that nature. "

" We resemble computers intellectually and animals emotionally. "

" God knows Himself and every created thing perfectly. Not a blade of grass or the tiniest insect escapes His eye. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Jesus did not always like the Apostles' way of acting, but by adapting himself to their temperament, praying for them to his father, giving them a holy example of conduct, he loved them, and that love changed them. "

" 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. "

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

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

" No Christian needs to feel lonely or useless. "

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

" 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. "

" I am not like a pebble on the beach - a grain of sand on the seashore or just one of millions of human beings past, present and future. No, I am a unique human being loved by God as if I were an only child - the only fruit of his creative powers. "

" 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. "

" A family spirit is not always synonymous with family life. Bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh makes for brothers, sisters and relatives, who may be as distant as strangers in a foreign land. "