‘Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.’ Benjamin…
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Trust in God
‘Beware of despairing about yourself; you are commanded to put your trust in God and not in yourself.’ Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
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The power of the smile
‘I never will understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish.’ Mother Teresa
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Kind Words
‘Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.’ Mother Teresa
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Get Satan trembling!
‘Satan trembles when he sees  The weakest saint upon his knees’ William Cowper (1731 – 1800)
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How to pray and work
“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD)
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Tick tock
‘We spend our lives on the run: we get up by the clock, eat and sleep by the clock, get up again, go…
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Jesus is the meal
I recently turned on the radio half way through an interview and overheard someone say the following: ‘The trouble is that most Christians…
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The holiness business
‘There is no shortcut to holiness; it must be the business of our whole lives.’ William Wilberforce
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Sacred?
‘When God purifies the heart by faith, the market is sacred as well as the sanctuary.’ Martin Luther (1483-1546)
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Contemplation
‘Contemplation is like sleep in the arms of God.’ Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
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The Gift of the Holy Spirit
A quote for Pentecost: ‘If you are ever tempted to say, “I wish someone were to leave me something in his will,” allow…
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Waiting upon God
‘Waiting upon God is not idleness, but work which beats all other work to one unskilled in it.’ Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
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Making a life
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” Winston Churchill
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Faith in action
At the end of life we will not be judged by How many diplomas we have received How much money we have made…