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“Jesus gave me to understand how a soul should be faithful to prayer despite torments, dryness, and temptations; because oftentimes the realization of God’s great plans depends mainly on such prayer.”
― Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul
― Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul
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“Only by suffering himself and by becoming free of the tyranny of egotism through suffering does man find himself, his truth, his joy, his happiness”
― The Pope Benedict XVI Reader
― The Pope Benedict XVI Reader
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“Love does not consist in words or feelings, but in deeds. It is an act of the will; it is a gift; that is to say, a giving.”
― Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul
― Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul
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“the Lord’s Prayer is nothing less than Christ’s whole teaching, stated in most concise form”
― The Gospel in Brief
― The Gospel in Brief
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