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• Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the…
• O Lord, we cannot go to the pool of Siloe to which you sent the blind man. But we have the chalice…
• Scripture brought me to the Gate of Paradise, and the mind stood in wonder as it entered.
• The word of God is a tree of life that offers us blessed fruit from each of its branches. It is like…
• It is blasphemy if you pray before God while you are full of anger.
• Blessed the one who meditates on death each day and destroys the base passions lurking in the vines of the heart, for…
• Prayer is converse with God, equal honor with the Angels, progress in good things, averting of evils, righting of sinners.
• O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, meddling, lust of power, and idle talk. But…
• You victorious martyrs who endured torments gladly for the sake of God and Savior, you who have boldness of speech toward the…
• Like the apple of Thine eye preserve me, O Lord God; defend me and beneath Thy wings shelter me from temptations.
• No one is truly poor but except the one who lacks the truth.
• Let books be your dining table, / And you shall be full of delights. / Let them be your mattress,/And you shall…

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