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" To learn patience is not to rebel against every hardship. "

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" Asking people for money is giving them the opportunity to put their resources at the disposal of the Kingdom. "

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" Ministers are powerless people who have nothing to boast of except their weaknesses. But when the Lord whom they serve fills them with His blessing they will move mountains and change the hearts of people wherever they go. "

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" Fear is the great enemy of intimacy. Fear makes us run away from each other or cling to each other but does not create true intimacy. "

" When we have nothing to cling to as our own and cease thinking of ourselves as people who must defend privileges, we can open ourselves freely to others with the faithful expectation that our strength will manifest itself in our shared weakness. "

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" Spiritual identity means we are not what we do or what people say about us. And we are not what we have. We are the beloved daughters and sons of God. "

" Prayer is the beginning and the end, the source and the fruit, the core and the content, the basis and the goal of all peacemaking. "

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" When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live. "

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" One of the most beautiful ways for spiritual formation to take place is to let your insecurity lead you closer to the Lord. Natural hypersensitivity can become an asset; it makes you aware of your need to be with people and it allows you to be more willing to look at their needs. "

" When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. "

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