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Serve the Lord.
Romans 12:11
 


God accepts our good will and the work of his servants
no matter how we feel.

 
Julian of Norwich, 14th century

 
 
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Blessed are the pure of heart,
they shall see God.
Jesus; Matthew 5:8
 


Seeing God means following him
wherever he might lead.

 
St. Gregory of Nyssa, 4th century

 
 
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We are unworthy servants;
we have only done what was our duty.
Luke 17:10
 


A faithful person must be a servant,
so that he refers all that is his to God.

 
St. Thomas Aquinas, 13th century

 
 
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Take good heed to yourselves, therefore,
to love the Lord, your God.
Joshua 23:11
 


Our salvation consists in loving God.
A soul that does not love God is not living, but dead.

 
St. Alphonse Liguori, 18th century

 
 
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Serve the Lord with gladness.
Psalm 100:2
 


We must serve God in a holy freedom.

 
'The Practice of the Presence of God', Br. Lawrence, 17th century

 
 
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Keep holy the Lord's day.
Exodus 20:11
 


You cannot pray at home as at Church where there is a great multitude,
where exclamations are cried to God as from one great heart,
and where there is something more: the union of minds,
the accord of souls, and the bond of charity.

 
St. John Chrysostom, 4th century

 
 
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Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
Psalm 143:10
 


Let us see what is good and pleasing and acceptable
in the sight of our Maker.

 
St. Clement of Rome, 2nd century

 
 
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My eyes are ever toward the Lord.
Psalm 25:15
 


O Lord, all our trouble comes to us
from not having our eyes fixed upon you.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century

 

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