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At the name of Jesus
every knee should bow.
Philippians 2:10
 


Wherever there is the Lord's name,
everything will be well.

 
St. John Chrysostom, 4th century

 
 
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Christ loved us
and gave himself up for us.
Ephesians 5:2
 


Our Lord submitted to death, enduring it willingly,
because by this means he would be able to destroy death
in spite of itself.

 
St. Ephraem, 4th century

 
 
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We preach Christ crucified;
a stumbling block to Jews
and folly to Gentiles.
1 Corinthians 1:23
 


Christianity will always be seen by this world as a living paradox,
a madness for some, a scandal for others.
For us, it is a divine truth and reality.

 
St. James Alberione, 20th century

 
 
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You are my friends
if you do what I command you.
Jesus; John 15:14
 


Our blessed friend is Jesus;
it is his will and plan that we cling to him,
and hold tight always, in whatever circumstances.

 
Julian of Norwich, 14th century

 
 
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Without having seen him you love him.
1 Peter 1:8
 


In Christ we see the object of our love,
by the Spirit we are empowered to love him.

 
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century

 
 
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Christ Jesus...
emptied himself.
Philippians 2:7
 


The price Our Lord paid was nothing short
of the whole treasure of his blood, poured forth to the last drop.
He shed his whole life for us; he left himself empty of his all.

 
Bl. John Henry Newman, 19th century

 
 
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You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.
Psalm 16:2
 


God is supreme wealth, supreme wisdom, supreme goodness,
and supreme beauty.

 
St. Catherine of Siena, 14th century

 
 
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Christ, the power of God
and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 1:24
 


Through Christ,
the Lord willed that we should taste eternal knowledge.

 
St. Clement of Rome, 1st century

 

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