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St. Augustine and St. Thomas define mortal sin to be a turning away from God: that is, the turning of one's back upon God, leaving the Creator for the sake of the creature. What punishment would that subject deserve who, while his king was giving him a command, contemptuously turned his back upon him to go and transgress his orders? This is what the sinner does; and this is punished in hell with the pain of loss, that is, the loss of God, a punishment richly deserved by him who in this life turns his back upon his sovereign good.

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He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts in God can do all things.

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When we see a beautiful object, a beautiful garden, or a beautiful flower, let us think that there we behold a ray of the infinite beauty of God, who…

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After the love which we owe Jesus Christ, we must give the chief place in our heart to the love of His Mother Mary.

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If you embrace all things in this life as coming from the hands of God, and even embrace death to fulfill His holy will, assuredly you will die a sai…

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Yet you should practice the greatest possible love and confidence in treating with Him.

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Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.

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Let us thank God for having called us to His holy faith. It is a great gift, and the number of those who thank God for it is small.

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There is a practice that is most powerful in keeping us united with God. That practice is the constant recollection of His presence.

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Perfect love of God means the complete union of our will with God's.

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