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Look to the Lord and his strength.
Psalm 105:4
 


We should be suppliant before God
and turn to his compassion,
rejecting empty works, quarreling and jealousy,
which only lead to death.

 
St. Clement of Rome, 1st century

 
 
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Love one another
as I have loved you.
Jesus; John 15:12
 


Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

 
Bl. Teresa of Calcutta, 20th century

 
 
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Humbly regard others
as more important than yourselves.
Philippians 2:3-4
 


Do not ever think yourselves better
than your companions.

 
St. Cuthbert, 7th century

 
 
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As servants of Christ
do the will of God from the heart.
cf. Ephesians 6:6
 


The duty of the moment is the duty of God;
it is what you should be doing at any given time,
in whatever place God has put you.

 
Servant of God, Catherine Doherty, 20th century

 
 
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Be holy,
for the Lord your God is holy.
Leviticus 11:44
 


Holiness consists simply in doing God's will
and being just what God wants us to be.

 
St. Therese of Lisieux, 19th century

 
 
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He must increase,
but I must decrease.
John 3:30
 


By how much the more a person dies to himself,
by so much more they live to God.

 
St. Catherine of Siena, 14th century

 
 
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The Lord beholds the ways of man.
Proverbs 5:21
 


We should always and everywhere
be careful over what we do, what we say, what we think,
since nothing we ever do, say, or think,
will be without God’s seeing hearing or observing it.

 
St. Robert Bellarmine, 17th century

 
 
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Let love be genuine;
hold fast to what is good.
Romans 12:9
 


As love grows within you, so beauty grows;
for love is the beauty of the soul.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

 

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