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Discretion is  necessary  in  spiritual  life. It is its  part  to  restrain  the  exercises  in  the  way  of perfection,  so  as  to  keep  us  between  the  two  extremes.— St. Ignatius.

By denying  our  self-love  and  our  inclinations in little  things,  we  gradually  acquire  mortification and victory  over  ourselves. — St. Teresa.

Should we  fall  a  thousand  times  in  a  day,  a thousand  times  we  must  rise  again,  always  animated with  unbounded  confidence  in  the  infinite goodness of  God. — Ven. Louis of  Granada.

God's way  in  dealing  with  those  whom  He  intends to  admit  soonest  after  this  life  into  the  possession of  His  everlasting  glory,  is  to  purify them in  this  world  by  the  greatest  afflictions  and trials. — St. Ignatius.

After the  flower  comes  the  fruit:  we  receive, as the  reward  of  our  fatigues,  an  increase  of grace  in  this  world,  and  in  the  next  the  eternal vision of  God. — Bl. Henry Suso.

God refuses  no  one  the  gift  of  prayer. By it we  obtain  the  help  that  we  need  to  overcome  dis-