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title: "3 Mother Maribel Quotes"
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# Mother Maribel

 **3** quotes in **14** categories

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##  Quotes by Mother Maribel

> [So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-maribel/so-often-we-try-to-alter-circumstances-to-suit-ourselves-instead-of/)

Mother Maribel

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/950/mother-maribel-80305_alter_so-often-we-try-to-alter-circumstances-t_1109908.jpg)

> [Our real work is prayer. What good is the cold iron of our frantic little efforts unless first we heat it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-maribel/our-real-work-is-prayer-what-good-is-the-cold-iron-of-our-frantic/)

Mother Maribel

[Prayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/prayer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed5/mother-maribel-80305_prayer_our-real-work-is-prayer-what-good-is-the_1289311.jpg)

> [Our Lord did not try to alter circumstances. He submitted to them. They shaped his life and eventually brought him to Calvary.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-maribel/our-lord-did-not-try-to-alter-circumstances-he-submitted-to-them-they/)

Mother Maribel

[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/mother-maribel-80305_life_our-lord-did-not-try-to-alter-circumstan_2153672.jpg)

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