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e should  honor  God  in  His  saints,  and  beseech Him  to  make  us  partakers  of  the  graces He poured  so  abundantly  upon  them. — St. Vincent de Paul.

We may  have  a  confident  hope  of  our  salvation when  we  apply  ourselves  to  relieve  the  souls in purgatory,  so  afflicted  and  so  dear  to  God. — St. Alphonsus.

The example  of  the  saints  is  proposed  to  every one, so  that  the  great  actions  shown  us  may  encourage us  to  undertake  smaller  things. — Ven. Louis de  Granada.

Let us  read  the  lives  of  the  saints;  let  us  consider the  penances  which  they  performed,  and blush to  be  so  effeminate  and  so  fearful  of  mortifying our  flesh. — St. Alphonsus.

The greatest  pain  which  the  holy  souls  suffer in purgatory  proceeds  from  their  desire  to  possess God. This suffering  especially  afflicts  those  who in life  had  but  a  feeble  desire  of  heaven. — St. Alphonsus.