The Christian must keep in mind that the value of his good works depends on the love that motivates him to perform them for God. Those works are most perfect when wrought in the most sincere love of God, and with the least regard to present or future self-interest, joy, and sweetness, consolation and praise.
— St. John of the Cross
| Colossians 3: 12 – 17
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| 12 | Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience, |
| 13 | forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. |
| 14 | And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. |
| 15 | And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. |
| 16 | Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. |
| 17 | And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. |
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| John 16: 5 – 11
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| 5 | But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, `Where are you going?’ |
| 6 | But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. |
| 7 | Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. |
| 8 | And when he comes, he will convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: |
| 9 | concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; |
| 10 | concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more; |
| 11 | concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. |
Unless you strive after virtues and practice them, you will never grow to be more than dwarfs.
— St. Theresa of Avila
In all we think, say, and do let us proclaim the glory of our good and loving God!
| Psalms 145: 10 – 13, 21
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| 10 | All thy works shall give thanks to thee, O LORD, and all thy saints shall bless thee! |
| 11 | They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and tell of thy power, |
| 12 | to make known to the sons of men thy mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of thy kingdom. |
| 13 | Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endures throughout all generations. The LORD is faithful in all his words, and gracious in all his deeds. |
| 21 | My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. |
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Before prayer, endeavor to realize whose Presence you are approaching, and to whom you are about to speak. We can never fully understand how we ought to behave towards God, before whom the angles tremble.
— St. Teresa of Avila
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What Revelation makes known to us is confirmed by our own experience. For when man looks into his own heart he finds that he is drawn towards what is wrong and sunk in many evils which cannot come from his good Creator. Often refusing to acknowledge God as his source, man has also upset the relationship which should link him to his last end, and at the same time he has broken the right order that should reign within himself as well as between himself and other men and all creatures.
— Gaudium et spes
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