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The man who is poor in spirit desires and says with his whole heart, Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,…

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It is necessary to rouse the heart to pray, otherwise it will become quite dry. The attributes of prayer must be: love…
...people mostly pray as if there were no God with them, or as if He did not heed their prayers. Let us…
When you say a prayer, He (The Holy Spirit) is in every word of it, and like a Holy Fire, penetrates each…
When you are praying alone, and your spirit is dejected, and you are wearied and oppressed by your loneliness, remember then, as…
Christ is our hope, our cleansing and santification, our resurrection, life and repose. He alone is what we all need, and therefore,…
Love every man in spite of his falling into sin. Never mind the sins, but remember that the foundation of the man…
The man who is poor in spirit desires and says with his whole heart, Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy…
Every man on earth is sick with the fever of sin, with the blindness of sin and is overcome with its fury.…
It would seem, after this, that even when living upon earth we must live as if in the heavenly kingdom, dwelling there…
Wherefore is this? Because our common enemy, the Devil, endeavours with all his might to oppose the intentions of the God-man, Christ.…
Christ wishes to raise men up to heaven, and has given them all the means to attain this; whilst the Devil, who…
Christ taught us truth; the Devil teaches us falsehood, and strives in every way to contradict every truth; devising various calumnies against…

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