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maxim[12][9] = "The sick man may desire to get well, provided he seals his desire by praying, “If it please God,†“If it is good for my soul;†for we can do many good things in health that sickness hinders us from doing."; | maxim[12][9] = "The sick man may desire to get well, provided he seals his desire by praying, “If it please God,†“If it is good for my soul;†for we can do many good things in health that sickness hinders us from doing."; | ||
maxim[12][10] = "In sickness we ought to ask God to give us patience, because it often happens that when a man gets well, he not only does not do the good he proposed to do when he was sick, but multiplies his sins and his ingratitude."; | maxim[12][10] = "In sickness we ought to ask God to give us patience, because it often happens that when a man gets well, he not only does not do the good he proposed to do when he was sick, but multiplies his sins and his ingratitude."; | ||
maxim[12][11] = "The mole is a blind rat that always stays in the ground; it eats earth, and hollows it out, but is never satisfied with it--so, too, the avaricious | maxim[12][11] = "The mole is a blind rat that always stays in the ground; it eats earth, and hollows it out, but is never satisfied with it--so, too, the avaricious person."; | ||
maxim[12][12] = "Penitents should never make vows without the advice of their spiritual fathers."; | maxim[12][12] = "Penitents should never make vows without the advice of their spiritual fathers."; | ||
maxim[12][13] = "If we do make such vows, it is best to make them conditionally: for example, “I make a vow to have two masses said on St. Lucy’s day, with the reservation, 'If I can, if I do not forget it,' because if I do not remember it, I do not wish to be bound.â€"; | maxim[12][13] = "If we do make such vows, it is best to make them conditionally: for example, “I make a vow to have two masses said on St. Lucy’s day, with the reservation, 'If I can, if I do not forget it,' because if I do not remember it, I do not wish to be bound.â€"; | ||
Revision as of 14:23, 11 December 2014
Virgin Mary, Mother of God
- Maxims from September 7 and 8
- To obtain the protection of our Blessed Lady in our most urgent wants, it is very useful to say sixty-three times, after the fashion of a Rosary, “Virgin Mary, Mother of God, pray to Jesus for me.â€
- When we make this prayer to our Blessed Lady, we give her every possible praise in the least possible compass, because we call her by her name of MARY, and give her those two great titles of Virgin, and Mother of God, and then name JESUS, the fruit of her most pure womb.