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You are Christ's,
and Christ is God's.
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1 Corinthians 3:23 |
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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.
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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 |
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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.
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St. John Chrysostom, 4th century
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Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water. |
Jesus; John 7:38 |
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Jesus promised to make fountains of living water flow
for those who had faith.
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St. Gregory of Nazianzen, 4th century
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I will never fail you nor forsake you. |
Hebrews 13:5 |
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Unlike our friends in the world,
Christ will never abandon us when we are troubled
or distressed.
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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 |
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When it comes to obeying the commandments
or enduring adversity,
these words uttered by the Father
should always ring in our ears.
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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.
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Jesus; John 20:27 |
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The secret of Christ’s heart
is revealed to us through the cleft of his body.
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century
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I am the way and the truth and the life. |
Jesus; John 14:6 |
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Jesus is the way to be walked,
the truth to be told, the life to be lived.
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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 |
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Everything that Christ did or suffered was for our salvation;
he wanted his body, the Church,
to share the goodness of its head.
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St. Leo the Great, 5th century
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