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The greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13
 


Charity is the measure
by which the Lord will judge us all.

 
St. Pio of Pietrelcina, 20th century

 
 
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Love is of God.
1 John 4:7
 


It is by loving people that we learn to love God.

 
Bl. Charles de Foucauld, 20th century

 
 
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Do good.
Psalm 37:27
 


Good works are links that form a chain of love.

 
St. Mother Teresa, 20th century

 
 
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Love never fails.
1 Corinthians 13:8
 


Where there is no love, put love,
and you will find love.

 
St. John of the Cross, 16th century

 
 
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My food is to do the will of him who sent me
and to accomplish his work.
Jesus; John 4:34
 


Consider what God wants, and then do it.

 
St. John of the Cross, 16th century

 
 
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Unless a grain of wheat fall to the earth
it remains alone.
Jesus; John 12:24
 


Sacrifice unites us to God.
It makes us greater, and so makes room for God.

 
'They Speak By Silences'; A Carthusian, Anonymous

 
 
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Be rich in good deeds.
1 Timothy 6:18
 


Love turns work into rest.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Judge not
and you will not be judged.
Luke 6:37
 


It is for God alone to be the judge of others.
We have only to look at ourselves.

 
St. Theophane Venard, 19th century

 

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