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 help those  who  fall  through  weakness  to  rise again. It is  much  more  profitable,  then,  to  approach this  divine  Sacrament  with  love,  respect, and confidence,  than  to  remain  away  through  an excess  of  fear  and  scrupulosity. — St. Ignatius.

Let us  remember  that  every  act  of  mortification is  a  work  for  heaven. This thought  will make all  suffering  and  weariness  sweet. — St. Alphonsus.

Correction should  be  given  calmly  and  with  discernment, at  seasonable  times,  according  to  the dictates of  reason,  and  not  at  the  impulse  of  anger.— Ven. Louis de  Granada.

There is  nothing  more  certain,  nothing  more agreeable, nothing  richer  than  a  good  conscience. — Ven. Bartholomew of  Martyrs.

God, to  procure  His  glory,  sometimes  permits that we  should  be  dishonored  and  persecuted without reason. He wishes  thereby  to  render us conformable  to  His  Son,  who  was  calumniated and  treated  as  a  seducer,  as  an  ambitious man,  and  as  one  possessed. — St. Vincent de Paul.