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orderly desires and temptations of all kinds. — St. Alphonsus.

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To establish ourselves in a virtue it is necessary to form good and practical resolutions to perform certain and determined acts of that virtue, and we must, moreover, be faithful in executing them. — St. Vincent de Paul.

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Love ought to consist of deeds more than of words. — St. Ignatius.

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There are many things which seem to us misfortunes and which we call such; but if we understood the designs of God we would call them graces. — St. Alphonsus.

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Let us abandon everything to the merciful providence of God. — Bl. Albert the Great.

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Jesus Christ, our great Model, suffered much for us; let us bear our afflictions cheerfully, seeing that through them we have the happiness of resembling Him. — Bl. Henry Suso.

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Remember that virtue is a very high and rugged mountain, difficult to ascend, and re-