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Let us  leave  to  God  and  to  truth  the  care  of  our justification, without  trying  to  excuse  ourselves, and peace  will  truly  spring  up  within  us. — Ven. John Tauler.

Read good  and  useful  books,  and  abstain  from reading those  that  only  gratify  curiosity. — St. Vincent de  Paul.

So great  is  the  goodness  of  God  in  your  regard, that when  you  ask  through  ignorance  for  that which is  not  beneficial,  He  does  not  grant  your prayer in  this  matter,  but  gives  you  something better instead. — St. Bernard.

Men can  use  no  better  arms  to  drive  away  the devil, than  prayer  and  the  sign  of  the  cross. — St. Teresa.

He who  knows  well  how  to  practise  the  exercise of the  presence  of  God,  and  who  is  faithful  in  following the  attraction  of  this  divine  virtue,  will soon attain  a  very  high  degree  of  perfection. — St. Vincent de  Paul.

One of  the  most  admirable  effects  of  holy  communion is  to  preserve  the  soul  from  sin,  and  to