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As we  take  the  bitterest  medicine  to  recover or preserve  the  health  of  the  body,  we  should cheerfully endure  sufferings,  however  repugnant to nature,  and  consider  them  efficacious  remedies which God  employs  to  purify  the  soul  and  conduct it  to  the  perfection  to  which  He  called  it. — St. Vincent de  Paul.

To give  up  prayer  because  we  are  often  distracted at  it  is  to  allow  the  devil  to  gain  his  cause. —St. Alphonsus.

Curb the  desire  of  display,  and  do  nothing from human  respect. — St. Vincent de  Paul.

O Mary,  vessel  of  purest  gold,  ornamented with pearls  and  sapphires,  filled  with  grace  and virtue, thou  art  the  dearest  of  all  creatures  to the  eyes  of  eternal  Wisdom. — Bl. Henry Suso.

We must  be  careful  not  to  omit  our  prayers, confession, communion,  and  other  exercises  of piety,  even  when  we  find  no  consolation  in  them. — St. Vincent Ferrer.