"O Lord, if I could fly to my……" — Josephine Bakhita
"O Lord, if I could fly to my people and tell them of your goodness at the top of my voice, oh how many souls would be won!"
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- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- For it is in giving that we receive. — Francis of Assisi
- While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. — Francis of Assisi
- It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. — Francis of Assisi
- Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
- If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel… — Saint Augustine
- Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. — Saint Augustine
- He that is jealous is not in love. — Saint Augustine
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- If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other… — Saint Augustine
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- God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine