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it was also used by one of her favourite martyr-saints—the now Blessed Théophane Vénard. On the manuscript of her Autobiography she set the title: "The Story of the Springtime of a little white Flower," and in truth such it was, for long ere the rigours of life's winter came round, the Flower was blossoming in Paradise.
de Lisieux Thérèse • The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse
Patrística - Comentário aos Salmos (101-150) - Vol. 9/3 (Portuguese Edition)
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I am going to pray to St. Martin de Porres, the patron saint of mulattoes, for our cause in the factory. Because he is also invoked against rats, he will perhaps aid us in the office, too.
Walker Percy • A Confederacy of Dunces
As John the Baptist said when he saw Our Lord: “I must decrease; He must increase.”
J. Fulton Sheen • Way to Happiness
Patrística - Contra os Acadêmicos | A Ordem | A grandeza da Alma | O Mestre - Vol. 24 (Portuguese Edition)
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It is the converted, baptized, ordained Augustine who confesses, “Onus mihi, oneri mihi sum”: “I am a burden to myself.”
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
In Augustine’s striking picture, “By your gift we are set on fire and carried upwards: we grow red hot and ascend. We climb ‘the ascents in our heart’ (Ps. 84:7) and sing ‘the song of steps’ (Ps. 121:1). Lit by your fire, your good fire, we grow red-hot and ascend, as we move upwards ‘to the peace of Jerusalem’ (Ps. 122:6).”10 Discipleship should s
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