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And indeed we believe you [God] to be something than which a greater cannot be conceived.


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For I do not seek to understand in order to believe, but I believe in order to understand. For I believe this: unless I believe, I will not understand.



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God does not delay to hear our prayers because He has no mind to give; but that, by enlarging our desires, He may give us the more largely.



Remove grace, and you have nothing whereby to be saved. Remove free will and you have nothing that could be saved.

Remove grace, and you have nothing whereby to be saved. Remove free will and you have nothing that could be saved.



God is that, the greater than which cannot be conceived.

God is that, the greater than which cannot be conceived.



A single Mass offered for oneself during life may be worth more than a thousand celebrated for the same intention after death.

A single Mass offered for oneself during life may be worth more than a thousand celebrated for the same intention after death.



Let no worldly prosperity divert you, nor any worldly adversity restrain you from His praise.

Let no worldly prosperity divert you, nor any worldly adversity restrain you from His praise.



God often works more by the life of the illiterate seeking the things that are God's, than by the ability of the learned seeking the things that are their own.

God often works more by the life of the illiterate seeking the things that are God's, than by the ability of the learned seeking the things that are their own.



I believe in order that I may understand.

I believe in order that I may understand.



Therefore Lord, not only are you that than which a greater cannot be thought but you are also something greater than can be thought.

Therefore Lord, not only are you that than which a greater cannot be thought but you are also something greater than can be thought.



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Idleness is the enemy of the soul.





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