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Whatsoever good  work  you  undertake,  pray earnestly to  God  that  He  will  enable  you  to  bring it to  a  successful  termination. — St. Benedict.

What is  a  fruitless  repentance,  defiled  almost immediately by  new  faults? — St. Bernard.

You propose  to  give  up  everything  to  God;  be sure,  then,  to  include  yourself  among  the  things to be  given  up. — St. Benedict.

If you  can  find  a  place  where  God  is  not,  go there  and  sin  with  impunity. — St. Anselm.

He can  not  err  who  is  constantly  with  the  visible Head  which  Jesus  Christ  has  left  to  His Church, as  its  foundation,  rule,  teacher,  and  defender of  the  Faith. — St. Alphonsus.

The more  numerous  the  gifts  we  have  received from God,  the  greater  the  account  we  must  render to  Him. — St. Gregory the  Great.

True penance  consists  in  regretting  without ceasing the  faults  of  the  past,  and  in  firmly  resolving to  never  again  commit  that  which  is  so deplorable. — St. Bernard.