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| My grace is sufficient for you. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:9 |
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Let us not become discouraged, seeing ourselves weak.
Let us strive to strengthen ourselves with humility
and understand that if God does not favor us,
we are nothing.
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St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century
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I have carved you
on the palms of my hands. |
| Isaiah 49:16 |
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Receive Christ with open outstretched hands,
for it was on his own hands that he sketched you;
he laid your foundations on the palm of his hands.
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St Andrew of Crete, 8th century
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| This day I have begotten you. |
| Psalm 2:7 |
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Our heart should burst right out of our body
at the realization of the status and dignity
to which infinite goodness has appointed us.
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St. Catherine of Siena, 14th century
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As the Father has loved me,
so have I loved you. |
| Jesus; John 15:9 |
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When I am completely united to you, O Lord,
there will be no more sorrows or trials;
entirely full of you, my life will be complete.
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St. Augustine, 5th century
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| There is not greater love… |
| Jesus; John 15:13 |
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No greater love can be conceived than this,
that you, Jesus, should purchase my salvation
at the cost of of your life.
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St. Gregory of Nyssa, 4th century
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We come to you,
for you are the Lord, our God. |
| Jeremiah 3:22 |
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In his love God clothes us, enfolds us and embraces us;
that tender love surrounds us, never to leave us.
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Bl. Julian of Norwich, 15th century
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Before I formed you in the womb
I knew you.
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| Jeremiah 1:5 |
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There is no creature who can realize how much,
how sweetly, how tenderly our Maker loves us;
immeasurable love beyond human scope.
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Bl. Julian of Norwich, 15th century
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I have called you by name,
you are mine.
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| Isaiah 43:1 |
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God loves us, and loves us in no small measure.
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St. Cyril of Jerusalem, 4th century
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