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maxim[11][27] = "As to temptations, some are mastered by flying from them, some by resisting them, and some by despising them."; | maxim[11][27] = "As to temptations, some are mastered by flying from them, some by resisting them, and some by despising them."; | ||
maxim[11][28] = "In order to acquire prudence, and to make a good judgment, we must have lived long and been intimate with many people."; | maxim[11][28] = "In order to acquire prudence, and to make a good judgment, we must have lived long and been intimate with many people."; | ||
maxim[11][29] = "It is a great perfection in a heart when it is discreet and does not overstep the limits of | maxim[11][29] = "It is a great perfection in a heart when it is discreet and does not overstep the limits of what is appropriate and fitting."; | ||
maxim[11][30] = "We must seek Christ where Christ is not, that is, in crosses and tribulations, in which truly He is not now, but we shall find Him in glory by this road."; | maxim[11][30] = "We must seek Christ where Christ is not, that is, in crosses and tribulations, in which truly He is not now, but we shall find Him in glory by this road."; | ||
Revision as of 08:46, 29 November 2015
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.