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Death is  welcome  to  one  who  has  always  feared God and  faithfully  served  Him. — St. Teresa.

True humility  consists  in  being  content  with  all that God  is  pleased  to  ordain  for  us,  believing ourselves unworthy  to  be  called  His  servants. — St. Teresa.

The best  preparation  for  death  is  a  perfect resignation to  the  will  of  God,  after  the  example of Jesus  Christ,  who,  in  His  prayer  in  Gethsemani prepared Himself  with  these  words,  "Father,  not as  I  will,  but  as  Thou  wilt." — St. Vincent  de Paul.

The errors  of  others  should  serve  to  keep  us from  adding  any  of  our  own  to  them. — St. Ignatius.

There is  more  security  in  self-denial,  mortification, and  other  like  virtues,  than  in  an  abundance of tears. — St. Teresa.

A resolute  will  triumphs  over  everything  with the help  of  God,  which  is  never  wanting. — St. Alphonsus.

If humble  souls  are  contradicted,  they  remain calm; if  they  are  calumniated,  they  suffer  with  pa-