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No prayers  are  so  acceptable  to  God  as  those which we  offer  Him  after  communion. — St. Alphonsus.

It avails  nothing  to  subdue  the  body,  if  the mind allows  itself  to  be  controlled  by  anger. — St. Gregory the  Great.

What is  it  that  renders  death  terrible? Sin. We must  therefore  fear  sin,  not  death. — St. Alphonsus.

The Blessed  Virgin  is  of  all  the  works  of  the Creator the  most  excellent,  and  to  find  anything in nature  more  grand  one  must  go  to  the  Author of nature  Himself. — St. Peter Damian.

If we  would  advance  in  virtue,  we  must  not neglect little  things,  for  they  pave  the  way  to greater. — St. Teresa.

When one  has  fallen  into  some  fault,  what  better remedy  can  there  be  than  to  have  immediate recourse to  the  Most  Blessed  Sacrament? — St. Alphonsus.

Afflictions are  the  most  certain  proofs  that  God can give  us  of  His  love  for  us. — St. Vincent  de Paul.