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As for my part, I need to become as reverent as St. Gregory the Great or St. Padre Pio because mystics say that, if a priest would celebrate Mass with the reverence of these priests, it would be easier for the world to convert.
“Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.”
― The Lower Depths and Other Plays
― The Lower Depths and Other Plays
“My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh.”
― The Last Temptation of Christ
― The Last Temptation of Christ
“One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.”
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“If we do not fill our mind with prayer, it will fill itself with anxieties, worries, temptations, resentments, and unwelcome memories.”
― Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots
― Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots
“At that moment, she cannot think of a more reckless, irrational thing than choosing to become a parent.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed
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