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 orderly desires  and  temptations  of  all  kinds. — St. Alphonsus.

To establish  ourselves  in  a  virtue  it  is  necessary to  form  good  and  practical  resolutions  to perform  certain  and  determined  acts  of  that  virtue, and  we  must,  moreover,  be  faithful  in  executing them. — St. Vincent de  Paul.

Love ought  to  consist  of  deeds  more  than  of words. — St. Ignatius.

There are  many  things  which  seem  to  us  misfortunes and  which  we  call  such;  but  if  we  understood the  designs  of  God  we  would  call  them graces. — St. Alphonsus.

Let us  abandon  everything  to  the  merciful providence of  God. — Bl. Albert the  Great.

Jesus Christ,  our  great  Model,  suffered  much for us;  let  us  bear  our  afflictions  cheerfully,  seeing that  through  them  we  have  the  happiness  of resembling  Him. — Bl. Henry Suso.

Remember that  virtue  is  a  very  high  and rugged mountain,  difficult  to  ascend,  and  re-