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If we have died with Christ,
we believe that we shall also live with him.
Romans 6:8
 


The way to life is through death.

 
St. Leo the Great, 5th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
God is light.
1 John 1:5
 


God is life itself;
light, wisdom, goodness and eternal blessedness.

 
St. Anselm, 12th century

 
 
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By patience
you will possess your souls.
Luke 21:19
 


Jesus teaches us
to live in the present moment of our life,
to live it well, to live it profoundly, perfectly, and fully.

 
Chiara Lubich, foundress of Focolare; 20th century

 
 
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Live in love.
Ephesians 5:1
 


We must live
as those brought to newness of life.

 
Servant of God, Catherine Doherty, 20th century

 
 
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You know not how the breath of life
fashions the human frame
in the mother’s womb.
Ecclesiastes 11:5
 


Faced with the sacredness of life and of the human person,
wonder is the only appropriate attitude.

 
Bl. John Paul II, 20th century

 
 
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In him was life,
and the life was the light of men.
John 1:4
 


God himself is the very life of our being.

 
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 19th century

 
 
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The Lord God breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life;
and man became a living being.
Genesis 2:7
 


The soul is a breath of living spirit
that with excellent sensitivity permeates the entire body
to give it life.

 
St. Hildegard of Bingen, 12th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
If we have died with Christ Jesus,
we shall also live with him.
2 Timothy 2:11
 


The daily pattern of our life
flows from the Paschal Mystery.
With Christ we have died and risen.
We must live as those brought to newness of life.

 
Servant of God, Catherine Doherty, 20th century

 

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