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You are Christ's,
and Christ is God's.
1 Corinthians 3:23
 


Christ is everything for us.
If you wish to cure a wound, he is doctor;
if you burn with fever, he is fountain;
if you are oppressed by iniquity, he is justice;
if you are in need of help, he is strength;
if you fear death, he is life.

 
St. Ambrose, 4th century

 
 
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I consider everything as a loss
because of the supreme good
of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.
Philippians 3:8
 


The most important thing to St. Paul
was that he knew himself loved by Jesus Christ.
In being loved by Jesus he thought of himself
as possessing everything.

 
St. John Chrysostom, 4th century

 
 
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Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.
Jesus; John 7:38
 


Jesus promised to make fountains of living water flow
for those who had faith.

 
St. Gregory of Nazianzen, 4th century

 
 
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I will never fail you nor forsake you.
Hebrews 13:5
 


Unlike our friends in the world,
Christ will never abandon us when we are troubled
or distressed.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century

 
 
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This is my Son, the beloved,
in whom I am well pleased;
listen to him.
Luke 9:35
 


When it comes to obeying the commandments
or enduring adversity,
these words uttered by the Father
should always ring in our ears.

 
St. Leo the Great, 5th century

 
 
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Put your finger here,
and see my hands;
put out your hand, and place it in my side.
Jesus; John 20:27
 


The secret of Christ’s heart
is revealed to us through the cleft of his body.

 
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century

 
 
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I am the way and the truth and the life.
Jesus; John 14:6
 


Jesus is the way to be walked,
the truth to be told, the life to be lived.

 
Bl. Teresa of Calcutta, 20th century

 
 
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Christ is the head of the church, his body,
and is himself its Savior.
Ephesians 5:23
 


Everything that Christ did or suffered was for our salvation;
he wanted his body, the Church,
to share the goodness of its head.

 
St. Leo the Great, 5th century

 

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