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 When you  come  before  our  Lord,  speak  to Him  if  you  can;  if  you  cannot,  remain  there, show yourself  to  Him  and  be  not  disturbed. ''(St. F.  of  Sales.)

Time passes  on,  and  our  pains  pass  with  it; but the  glory  which  follows  these  pains  passes not — it is  eternal. ''(St. Bernard.)

The grace  of  the  present  moment  is  perhaps that which  will  decide  our  lot  for  eternity. — ''(Nepven.)

The truly  humble  soul  ought  to  be  delighted when its  humiliation,  and  not  its  humility,  is manifested. ''(St. Bernard.)

Humility does  not  consist  in  being  ignorant of the  graces  which  God  bestows  upon  us,  but in referring  entirely  to  Him  the  gifts  received from His  hand,  and  in  attributing  to  ourselves nothing but  sin  and  weakness. ''(St. John  of the  Cross.)

Above all,  I  love  these  small  virtues,  meekness of  heart,  poverty  of  spirit  and  simplicity  of life;  and  these  more  common  exercises  of  visiting the  sick,  serving  the  poor,  consoling  the afflicted and  the  like,  performed  without  eagerness and  with  true  liberty  of  spirit. Our arms are not  long  enough  to  reach  the  cedars  of