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Die with Christ…
Let us then die with Christ, to live with Christ.
–Saint Ambrose of Milan (339-397)
Deeds rather than words…
Love is a…
Love is a good disposition of the soul by which one prefers no being to the knowledge of God.
–Saint Maximos the Confessor (580-662)
God is a…
God the Father is a deep root, the Son is the shoot that breaks forth into the world, and the Spirit is that which spreads beauty and fragrance.
–Tertullian (c.160 – 225)
Our actions have an eloquence…
Our actions have a tongue of their own; they have an eloquence of their own, even when the tongue is silent. For deeds prove the lover more than words.
–Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 313-386)
God never tires of forgiving…
God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy.
–Pope Francis (1936-
Wherever a person’s heart…
As scripture says, “Where your heart is, there also is your treasure” [Mt. 6:21]; and surely, wherever a person’s heart is given, wherever their deepest desire draws them, this is indeed their god. If a man’s heart always longs for God, then God will surely be the Lord of the heart.
–Saint Macarius the Great (c. 300-391)
Desire no other path…
A person should desire no other path, even if he is at the summit of contemplation; on this road he walks safely. All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding his life we find that he is the best example. What more do we desire from such a good friend at our side? Unlike our friends in the world, he will never abandon us when we are troubled or distressed. Blessed is the one who truly loves him and always keeps him near.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
True humility…
True humility consists in being content with all that God is pleased to ordain for us, believing ourselves unworthy to be called His servants.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
The power of a soul given…
I believe that if we are to meet so many needs in the world, we must become a living and continual prayer and love much. The power of a soul given wholly to love is great indeed.
–Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880–1906)
The gifts of the Holy Spirit…
The gifts of the Holy Spirit are touched upon in the Lord’s Prayer. Those gifts are not had except from the Father of lights. For that reason Christ, wanting to teach us in what manner we can obtain them, teaches us to ask for them in the Lord’s Prayer. In the first part the gift of fear is asked for, when He says: “Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.” Secondly piety is asked for, when He says: “May Thy Kingdom come.” Third the gift of knowledge is asked for, when He says: “Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” Fourth the gift of fortitude is asked for, when He says: “Give us this day our daily bread.” Bread strengthens the heart of a man. Fifth the gift of counsel is asked for, when He says: “And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.” Sixth the gift of understanding is asked for, when He says: “And put us not to the test.” Seventh the gift of wisdom is asked for, when He says: “But free us from evil. Amen.”
–Saint Bonaventure (1221-1274)
The way of humility…
The way of humility is this: self-control, prayer, and thinking yourself inferior to all creatures.
–Abba Tithoes (a Desert Father)
It is impossible…
Just as one cannot build a ship unless one has some nails, so it is impossible to be saved without humility.
–Saint Synkletike (a Desert Mother) (d.350)
We must sow…
We must sow the seed, not hoard it.
–Saint Dominic (1170-1221)
In times of desolation…
In times of desolation, God conceals Himself from us so that we can discover for ourselves what we are without Him.
–Saint Margaret of Cortona (1247-1297)
Christ’s Eucharistic body…
I understand that, each time we contemplate with desire and devotion the Host in which is hidden Christ’s Eucharistic Body, we increase our merits in heaven and secure special joys to be ours later in the beatific vision of God.
–Saint Gertrude (1256-1302)
The church is…
The church is a collection of souls, brought together in one by God’s secret grace, though that grace comes to them through visible instruments, and unites them to a visible hierarchy. What is seen, is not the whole of the church, but the visible part of it.
–Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
To love the Church
To love the Church is not to criticize her, not to destroy her, not to try to change her essential structures, not to reduce her to humanism, horizontalism and to the simple service of a human liberation. To love the Church is to cooperate with the work of Redemption by the Cross and in this way obtain the grace of the Holy Spirit come to renew the face of this poor earth, conducting it to its consummation in the design of the Father’s immense love.
–Blessed Concepcion Cabrera de Armida (1862-1937)
People are capable…
People are much greater and stronger than we imagine, and when unexpected tragedy comes we see them often grow to a stature that is far beyond anything we imagined. We must remember that people are capable of greatness, of courage, but not in isolation. They need the conditions of solidly linked human unit in which everyone is prepared to bear the burden of others.
Humility and charity…
Humility and charity are the two master-chords: one, the lowest; the other, the highest; all the others are dependent on them. Therefore it is necessary, above all, to maintain ourselves in these two virtues; for observe well that the preservation of the whole edifice depends on the foundation and the roof.
–Saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660)
Conversation with God…
It is not necessary for being with God to be always at church. We may make an oratory of our heart wherein to retire from time to time to converse with Him in meekness, humility, and love. Every one is capable of such familiar conversation with God, some more, some less. He knows what we can do.
–Brother Lawrence (1614-1691)
God will sustain…
So why do you still remain in yourself where you cannot stay? Cast yourself, all of yourself, with confidence into God and he will sustain you, heal you and make you safe.
— Saint Albert the Great (c. 1206-1280)
Temptation passes…
Temptation passes through three stages: suggestion, pleasure in the temptation, and consent.
— Saint Gregory the Great (c. 540-604)
The heart itself…
The heart itself is only a small vessel, yet dragons are there, and lions; there are poisonous beasts and all the treasures of evil; there are rough and uneven roads; there are precipices; but there, too, are God and the angels; life is there, and the Kingdom; there, too, is light, and heavenly cities, and treasures of grace. All things lie within that little space.
–Saint Macarius the Great (c. 300-391)
Let every Christian…
Let every Christian scrutinize himself, and search severely into his inmost heart: let him see that no discord cling there, no wrong desire be harbored.
–Saint Leo the Great (c. 400-461)
For He raised…
For He raised up the falling, healed the sick, satisfied those who were hungry, and filled the poor, and, what is more wonderful, raised us all from the dead. Having abolished death, He has brought us from affliction and sighing to the rest and gladness of this feast, a joy which reaches even to heaven.
–Saint Athanasius the Great (c. 296-373)
We must love Jesus…
The embrace of the Church…
Brothers and Sisters! The all-merciful God desires happiness for us both in this life and in the life to come. To this end He established His Holy Church, so that she might cleanse us from sin, sanctify us, reconcile us with Him and give us a heavenly blessing. The embrace of the Church is always open to us. Let us all hasten their more quickly, we whose consciences are burdened. Let us hasten, and the Church will lift the weight of our burdens, give us boldness before God, and fill our hearts with happiness and blessedness.
— Saint Nectarius of Aegina (1846-1920)
Simply remain in God’s presence…
Were you to simply remain in God’s presence, that would be a great help to you, supporting you in your troubles and helping you to bear them patiently. Be sure that God is more ready than ever to welcome you into his arms, and that as your distress increases so does his mercy towards you increase and abound.
–Saint John Baptist de la Salle (1651-1719)
The servant of God…
The servant of God speaks little, works much, bears all.
— Saint Joseph Calasanz (1556-1648)
God is in the midst of us…
God is in the midst of us, or rather we are in the midst of him; wherever we are he sees us and touches us: at prayer, at work, at table, at recreation.
–Saint Claude de la Colombiere (1641-1682)
This work of teaching is…
This work of teaching is one of the most important in the Church.
–Saint John Baptist de la Salle (1651-1719)
Complete serenity…
Complete serenity of mind is a gift from God; but this serenity is not given with our own intense effort. You will achieve nothing by your own efforts alone; yet God will not give you anything, unless you work with all your strength.
–Saint Theophan the Recluse (1815-1894)
When affliction overtakes you…
Let us prepare for suffering and disappointment, which befit us as sinners, and which are necessary for us as saints. Let us not turn away from trial when God brings it on us, or play the coward in the fight of faith… When affliction overtakes you, remember to accept it as a means of improving your hearts, and pray God for His grace that it may do so.
–Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
Seek truth…
One should not seek among others the truth that can be easily gotten from the Church. For in her, as in a rich treasury, the apostles have placed all that pertains to truth, so that everyone can drink this beverage of life. She is the door of life.
— Saint Irenaeus of Lyons (late Second Century)
About Jesus Christ…
About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they’re just one thing, and we shouldn’t complicate the matter.
–Saint Joan of Arc (1412-1431)
Pray God to reform the Church…
Keep to the ancient way and custom of the Church, established and confirmed by so many Saints under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. And live a new life. Pray, and get others to pray, that God not abandon His Church, but reform it as He pleases, and as He sees best for us, and more to His honor and glory. For in these perilous and pestilential times, you will find no other recourse than to take refuge at the feet of Jesus Christ.
— Saint Angela Merici (1474-1540)
Charity unites us…
Fix our hearts on Jesus crucified…
True reverence for the Lord’s passion means fixing the eyes of our heart on Jesus crucified… No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ. His prayer brought benefit to the multitude that raged against him. How much more does it bring to those who turn to him in repentance. Ignorance has been destroyed, obstinacy has been overcome. The sacred blood of Christ has quenched the flaming sword that barred access to the tree of life. The age-old night of sin has given place to the true light.The Christian people are invited to share the riches of paradise.
–Saint Leo the Great (c. 400-461)
Many Christians desire…
Many Christians desire to be with Christ the Lord when He is glorified, but they do not wish to be with Him in dishonor and reproach, nor to carry their cross.They entreat Him that they may come into His Kingdom, but they do not wish to suffer in the world, and thereby they show that their heart is not right and that they do not truly love Christ. And to tell the truth, they love themselves more than Christ.
–Saint Tikhon (1724-1783)
Our journey brings us…
For the journey’s end must always be wished and longed for by travelers, and so because we ourselves are travelers and exiles in the world we should always be thinking of the journey’s end, that is, the end of our life, for our journey brings us to our native land.
–Saint Columbanus (543-615)
Thus the real church…
Thus the real life of that church consists in the mutual love and dependence, the common prayer, adoration and self-offering of the whole inter-penetrating family of spirits who have dared to open their souls without condition to that all-demanding, all-giving Spirit of Charity, in whom we live and move and without whom we should not exist.
— Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941)
The Church of…
The Church of Christ is One, Holy, Universal and Apostolic. She is herself a single spiritual body, whose head is Christ, and who has the one Holy Spirit abiding in her. The local parts of the Church are members of a single body of the Universal Church, and they, like branches of a single tree, are nourished by one and same sap from a single root. She is called holy because she is sanctified by the holy word, deeds, sacrifice and suffering of her founder, Jesus Christ, to which end He came in order to save human beings and lead them to holiness. The Church is called universal because she is not confined by place, not by time, nor by nation nor language.
–Saint Nicholas of Serbia (1880-1956)
The Catholic Church…
It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention.
–Saint John XXIII (1881-1963)
We have driven Christ away…
What have we done? Christ has left us. We have driven him away. Our hatreds, our pride, our pharisaical self-sufficiency have driven out the Spirit of the Gospel. And Christ has gone. Christ has gone. Oh, how satisfied we are with ourselves! We are the pure, we possess the truth, and we condemn others! But life and history go on.
— Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886-1972)
What is most lacking…
What is most lacking among men of the Church is the Spirit of Christ: humility, selflessness, an open welcome, the capacity of seeing the best in others. We are afraid, we want to hang on to what is over and done with, because we’re used to it. We want to be right over against the others, and under a language of conventional humility we hide the spirit of pride and power. We carry on apart from life. We have made the Church into an organization, just like all the other ones. We have put all our energy into setting it up, and now we put all our energy into keeping it going. And it works more or less; rather less than more, but it works. Only it works like a machine, and not like life.
–Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886-1972)
Everything I own…
Everything I own really belongs to the poor.
— Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231)
Commit everything…
Certainly if we are to come directly, safely and nakedly to our Lord God without hindrance, freely and peacefully, as explained above, and be securely joined to him with even mind in prosperity or adversity, whether in life or in death, then our job is to commit everything unhesitatingly and resolutely, in general and individually, to his unquestionable and infallible providence.
–Saint Albert the Great (c. 1206-1280)
Continual conversation….
There’s no greater lifestyle and no greater happiness than that of having a continual conversation with God.
— Brother Lawrence (1614-1691)
Without prayer we…
Without prayer we have neither light nor strength to advance in the way which leads to God.
— Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
In prayer the…
The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
Want of wonder…
The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder.
— GK Chesterton (1874-1936)
Experience the mysterious…
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.
— Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
One who receives Holy Communion…
As two pieces of wax fused together make one, so he who receives Holy Communion is so united with Christ that Christ is in him and he is in Christ.
–-Saint Cyril of Alexandria (378-444)
Touch the hearts…
To touch the hearts of your students is the greatest miracle you can perform.
–Saint John Baptist de la Salle (1651-1719)
Christ understands…
Christ, like a skillful physician, understands the weakness of men. He loves to teach the ignorant and the erring he turns again to his own true way. He is easily found by those who live by faith and to those of pure eye and holy heart, who desire to knock at the door, he opens immediately.
–Saint Hippolytus (170-236)
The Word who is with us…
The Word who became all things for us is close to us, our Lord Jesus Christ who promises to remain with us always. He cries out, saying: ‘See, I am with you all the days of this age.’ He is himself the shepherd, the high priest, the way and the door, and has become all things at once for us.
–Saint Athanasius the Great (c. 296-373)
A friend with whom we may…
No medicine is more valuable, none more efficacious, none better suited to the cure of all our temporal ills than a friend, to whom we may turn for consolation in time of trouble, and with whom we may share our happiness in time of joy.
— Saint Aelred of Rievaulx 1110-1167)
By humble, ordinary…
By humble, ordinary good works the love of God is nourished in many hearts.
— Walter Hilton (1340-1396)
Prayer is but a rising…
Prayer is naught but a rising desire of the heart into God by withdrawing of the heart from all earthly thoughts.
–Walter Hilton (1340-1396)
Silence must reign…
Silence must reign in our souls, and our passions must be calmed, if we are to hear the interior Master who speaks in a low voice as friend to friend. If we are habitually concerned with ourselves, how shall we taste the sweetness of the Trinity, the Incarnation, the Redemption, and the Eucharist?
–Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877–1964)
The lamp of grace…
Sometimes the flame of a lamp can leap up and burn furiously. At other times it burns gently and quietly. Sometimes its light leaps up and emits a great radiance. At other times its small flame gives out only a dim light. This is how it is with the lamp of grace in the soul. It is always lit and giving off illumination, but when it burns with special radiance, it is as if the soul were drunk with love for God. At other times, as God himself decides, the light is still there but it is only a dim glow.
–Saint Macarius the Great (c. 300-391)
When we share…
When we share in the Lord’s body and blood, when we eat his bread and drink his cup, this truly means that we die to the world and have our hidden life with Christ in God, crucifying our flesh and its weaknesses and its desires.
–Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe (Fifth – Sixth Century)
When the soul loses its fervor…
When the soul betrays itself and loses the blessed and longed-for fervor, let it carefully investigate the reason for losing it. And let it arm itself with all its longing and zeal against whatever caused this. For the former fervor can return only through the same door through which it was lost.
–Saint John Climacus (c. 525-606)
Difficulties will be smoothed away…
As time goes on, the way will gradually be rendered less rough, and the difficulties will be smoothed away, because the purer our hearts become, the more abundantly we shall receive graces.
–Louis Lallemant (1578–1635)
A minister of God…
Let it be clear in all your relations with the children who are entrusted to you that you look upon yourself as a minister of God, acting with love, with a sincere and true zeal, accepting with much patience the difficulties you have to suffer. The zeal that inspires you is meant to give you these dispositions, recognising that it is God who called you, who has chosen you for this ministry, and who has sent you to work in his vineyard. Fulfill your ministry, then, with all the affection of your heart, working entirely for him.
–Saint John Baptiste de la Salle (1651-1719)
Even though knowledge…
Even though knowledge is true, it is still not firmly established if unaccompanied by works. For everything is established by being put into practice.
–Saint Mark the Ascetic (Fifth Century)
The Eucharist is a fire…
The Eucharist is a fire which inflames us.
— Saint John of Damascus (c. 676-750)
The Word of God…
If the Word of God is living and powerful, and if the Lord does all things whatsoever he wills; if he said, “Let there be light,.” and it happened; if he said, “Let there be a firmament,” and it happened; …if finally the Word of God himself willingly became man and made flesh for himself out of the most pure and undefiled blood of the holy and ever Virgin, why should he not be capable of making bread his Body and wine and water his Blood?… God said, “This is my Body“, and “This is my Blood.”
— Saint John of Damascus (c. 676-750)
Love not there! Beware…
Whatever the program, for whatever purpose or cause, if love is not there, then beware. Without love there can be temporary successes, but with time they crumble.
–Saint John XXIII (1881-1963)
Prayer is not…
Prayer is not what is done by us, but rather what is done by the Holy Spirit in us.
–Henri Nouwen (1932–1996)
What makes a saint…
To follow God’s will with all one’s heart: that is what makes one a saint.
–Marcel Nguyễn Tân Văn (1928–1959)
Let the meaning of your words…
Let the meaning of your words shine forth, let it blaze out from them. Let no word escape your lips in vain or be uttered without depth of meaning.
–Saint Ambrose of Milan (339-397)
Esteem for silence…
There are times when good words are to be left unsaid out of esteem for silence.
–Saint Benedict (480-547)
Life and death are one…
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
–Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
So great a blessing…
Anyone who is not begun to pray, I beg, for the love of the Lord, not to miss so great a blessing. There is no place here for fear, but only desire.
–Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582)
Do not lose heart…
Therefore if you occasionally lapse into sin, do not lose heart and cease trying to advance, for God will draw good even out of our falls.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Do God’s will, not our own…
Our obligation is to do God’s will, and not our own. We must remember this if the prayer that our Lord commanded us to say daily is to have any meaning on our lips. How unreasonable it is to pray that God’s will be done, and then not promptly obey it when he calls us from this world!
–Saint Cyprian of Carthage (c. 200-258)
We should submit to God’s will…
It is not God’s will that we should abound in spiritual delights, but that in all things we should submit to his holy will.
–Blessed Henry Suso (c. 1295-1366)
Aim to please God…
With those who are perfect and walk with simplicity, there is nothing small and contemptible, if it be a thing that pleases God; for the pleasure of God is the object at which alone they aim, and which is the reason, the measure, and the reward of all their occupations, actions, and plans; and so, in whatever they find this, it is for them a great important thing.
— Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez (1532-1617)
Endure any trial…
One should always endure any trial for the sake of God with gratitude. Our life is a single minute in comparison with eternity; and therefore, according to the Apostle, “The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” (Rom. 8:18)
— Saint Seraphim of Sarov (1754-1833)
Imprisoned by attachment…
When a person is no longer imprisoned by attachment to anything he or she become free to enjoy them for what they truly are.
–Abba Moses (330-405) A Desert Father
We owe God three things…
Three things we owe God: love, service, and reverence.
–Saint John of God (1495-1550)
The preaching of…
The preaching of the faith has lost nothing of its relevance in our times. The Church has a sacred duty to proclaim it without any whittling-down, just as Christ revealed it, and no consideration of time or circumstance can lessen the strictness of this obligation.
–Saint Martin (d. 655)
God is nearer…
You need not cry very loud; he is nearer to us than we think.
–Brother Lawrence (1614-1691)
The Mass is so pleasing…
There is no prayer or good work so great, so pleasing to God, so useful to us as the Mass.
–Saint Lawrence Justinian (1381-1456)
As the body…
As the body cannot be sustained without corporeal food, nor continue in natural life, so without this life-giving food the soul cannot persist in the spiritual life of grace.
–Denis the Carthusian (1402-1471)
Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament…
Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament has His hands full of graces, and He is ready to bestow them on anyone who asks for them.
–Saint Peter of Alcantara (1499-1562)
Consider the generosity…
Consider the generosity of our Savior: what He acquired by dying becomes ours by eating. As often as we receive this Sacrament with proper dispositions, we make our own the fruits of all the labors, injuries and sufferings of His life, especially those borne at the time of His passion and death. Just as the power and the sensations of the head reach all the members of the body, in the same way, because Christ is “the head of the Church which is His Body” (Eph. 1:23), the treasures of His grace are made abundantly available to all who through charity are one with Him as living members.
–Blessed Lois of Grenada (1505-1588)
If Jesus is all for us…
If the Blessed Sacrament is Jesus all for us, is it not the most legitimate of conclusions that we should be all for Him? We should be all for Jesus, if Jesus is our all. And what does this mean? Surely, among other things, that the Blessed Sacrament should be to us just the single overpowering fact of the world. Our hands hold Him; our words make Him; our tongue rests Him; our body compasses Him; our souls feel Him; our flesh feeds upon Him, Him, the Infinite, the Incomprehensible, the Immense, the Eternal. Must not all life be looked at in this light, just as the whole Church lies in this light and has no other?
–Frederick Faber (1814-1863)
To form young Christians…
What kind of work can be more noble than to cultivate the minds of young people, guarding it carefully, so that the knowledge and love of God and His holy precepts go hand-in-hand with learning? To form young Christians and citizens — isn’t this the most beautiful and noble-minded way to make use of life, of all one’s talents and energy?
— Saint John Cantius (1390-1473)
Thank God for the ministry…
Thank God for the grace he has given you in sharing in the ministry of the apostles and of the great bishops and pastors of the Church. Take pride in your ministry.
–Saint John Baptiste de la Salle (1651-1719)
If you have a heart…
If you have a heart, you can be saved.
–Abba Pambo (A Desert Father)
In friendship are…
In friendship are joined honor and charm, truth and joy, sweetness and good-will, affection and action. And all these take their beginning from Christ, advance through Christ, and are perfected in Christ.
–Saint Aelred of Rievaulx 1110-1167)
They sin as easily as they…
And when I see the way people live — so many of them set in their ways and living in habitual mortal sin; not a day goes by that they do not add to the number of their sins. They sin as easily as they would take a glass of water; they commit iniquities as if it were a joke, for a laugh. They are really tragic figures, marching on their own two feet toward hell.
— Saint Anthony Claret (1807-1870)
In Holy Scripture…
In the Holy Scriptures we see God face to face, and ourselves as we are.
–Saint John of Kronstadt (1829-1908)
The Christian life…
The Christian life is a continuation and completion of the life of Christ in us. We should be so many Christs here on earth, continuing His life and His works, laboring and suffering in a holy and divine manner in the spirit of Jesus.
–Saint John Eudes (1601-1680)
Body and Blood of Christ…
The effect of our sharing in the body and blood of Christ is to change us into what we receive.
–Saint Leo the Great (c. 400-461)
Touching the hearts…
God gives you the power to perform miracles by touching the hearts of those entrusted to your care. This is the greatest miracle you can perform and one which God expects of you. Frequently ask him for the grace to touch hearts. (Meds 180,139, 81)
–Saint John Baptiste de la Salle (1651-1719)
Children have an advantage…
Thus speaks the Lord and His word is holy and true. What kind of advantage do children have over adults? They have three advantages: in faith, in obedience and in forgiveness. The child asks the parent about everything and whatever the parent replies, the child believes its parent. The child is obedient to its parent and easily subordinates its will to the will of the parent. The child is forgiving even though he provokes easily, but the child forgives quickly… In addition to that, comes purity and joy. A child is not greedy; a child is not lustful; and a child is not vain glorious. The child has an eye unspoiled by vices and a joy unspoiled by worries.
— Saint Nicholas Velimirovic (1880-1956)
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