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Lord, you have been our refuge
in all generations.
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Psalm 90:1 |
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Let us stand fast in what is right
and prepare our souls for trial.
Let us wait upon God’s strengthening aid.
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St. Boniface, 8th century
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Do not weary yourself
with getting rich. |
Proverbs 23:4 |
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Don't be anxious about what you have
but about what you are.
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St Gregory the Great, 4th century
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Speaking the truth in love,
we are to grow up in every way into him
who is the head, into Christ. |
Ephesians 4:15 |
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Truth suffers, but never dies.
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St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century
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Father, sanctify them in the truth. |
Jesus; John 17:17 |
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Those who are led by the truth have true ideas,
and so, many ignorant people are wiser than the learned.
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St. John Vianney, 19th century
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What does the Lord require of you
but to act justly.
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Micah 6:8 |
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The different applications of justice are:
reverential fear of God, respect for religion,
the sense of duty to one's immediate family,
the love of what is fair, hatred for what is evil,
a sense of gratitude.
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St. Anthony of Padua, 13th century
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Lead a life worthy of the calling
to which you have been called,
with all lowliness and meekness.
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Ephesians 4:1 |
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Christ lived an ordinary life having no high position,
to recall others from an inordinate greed for honors.
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St. Thomas Aquinas, 13th century
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What have you
that you did not receive? |
1 Corinthians 4:7 |
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Whatever wisdom,
whatever virtue you believe yourselves to possess,
attribute it all to Christ,
who is the Wisdom and the Knowledge of God.
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century
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Have a tender heart and a humble mind. |
1 Peter 3:8 |
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It is to the humble that Christ belongs.
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St. Clement of Rome, 1st century
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