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  Word of God  
 
I will not leave you desolate;
I will come to you.
John 14:18
 


Christ had the most tender heart that ever beat.

 
Bl. Columba Marmion, 20th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
I have called you friends.
Jesus; John 15:15
 


To those who suffer wounds in fighting his battles,
God opens his arms in loving, tender friendship,
which is more delightful by far
than anything our earthly efforts might produce.

 
St. John of Avila, 16th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Come to me
all who are weary and heavy burdened.
Jesus; Matthew 11:28
 


By the anxieties and worries of this life
Satan tries to dull man's heart
and make a dwelling for himself there.

 
St. Francis of Assisi, 13th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Remain in me and I in you.
Jesus; John 14:23
 


Let us do all things
in the assurance that the Lord dwells within us;
that we may be his shrines.

 
St. Ignatius of Antioch, 1st century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Through Christ you have confidence in God,
who raised him from the dead
and gave him glory.
1 Peter 1:21
 


As we have died with him
and been buried and raised to life with him,
so we bear him within us….in everything we do.

 
St. Leo the Great, 5th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
He himself
bore our sins in his body on the tree,
that we might die to sin
and live to righteousness.
1 Peter 2:24
 


Jesus never sinned; yet he was crucified for you.

 
St. Cyril of Jerusalem, 4th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
God did not send his Son into the world
to condemn the world,
but that it might be saved.
John 3:17
 


To save means to embrace
and to lift up with redemptive love,
the love that is always greater than any sin.

 
Bl. John Paul II, 20th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Send forth your light and your truth;
let them lead me.
Psalm 43:3
 


When we speak about truth and life and redemption,
we are speaking of Christ.

 
St. Ambrose, 4th century

 

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