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" 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. "

Mother Angelica

Personality

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Circumstances

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Existence

Know

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Will

Father

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

" 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. "

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" Death at times seems like a dark tunnel to be traveled, and the future seems bleak. "

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Seems

Tunnel

" Jesus asks me to go to him when I am overburdened. He did not promise to take away those burdens, for I must carry mine as he carried his. "

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Him

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

" 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. "

" People live, work, walk, play, shop, study, and eat with other people. There are few desert dwellers who live alone without depending in some way on people. "

" 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. "

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

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Ask

Away

" 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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" 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. "

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

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Never

Jesus

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

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" 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. "

" At Baptism, I received grace - that quality that makes me share in the very nature of God. "

" God is a spirit and converses with us in a quiet atmosphere because our minds are not capable of listening to his voice when they are filled with noise and confusion. "

" 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. "