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“Stand firm against the devil, and he will run away from you.” [James 4:7]
 
The “unbelieving husband is made one with the saints through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made one with the saints through her husband. If this were not so, your children would be unclean, whereas in fact they are holy.” [1Corinthians. 7:16, 14]
 
The virtuous will ask, “Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You; or thirsty and give You drink?” and He will answer: “I tell you solemnly, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it for me.” [Matthew 25:37-40]
 
“It is God’s will that in this world souls shall dispense to each other, by prayer, the treasures of Heaven, in order that when they reach their everlasting Home they may love one another with grateful hearts, and with an affection far in excess of that which reigns in the most perfect family on earth.”

“I have often thought that perhaps I owe all the graces, with which I am laden, to some little soul whom I shall know only in Heaven.” [Saint Therese of Lisieux]
 
“Blessed are You, Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth! You have revealed to little ones, the mysteries of Your Kingdom!” [Matthew 11:25]
 
Blessed Mary of the Cross, wrote, “My one prayer is that God may bring glory to Himself out of all this confusion and that He may protect the interests of our Holy Church and not suffer anything but good to come out of the present sufferings.”
 
“It is not a loss of patience if one asks Jesus to take away pain, when this becomes insupportable to us and beyond our strength, nor does one lose the merit of the suffering which is offered, by asking this of God.” [St Pio]
 
“When least you are expecting to be liberated, Jesus, who cannot bear to keep you long in affliction, will come and relieve and comfort you, giving you new courage.” [St Pio]
 
“What does it matter whether Jesus wishes to guide you to heaven by the way of the desert or by the fields, so long as you get there by one way or the other? Put away excessive worrying which results from trials by which the good Lord has desired to test you; and if this is not possible resign yourself to the divine will.” [St Pio]
 
“Humility and purity are the wings which carry us to God.” [St Pio]
 
“Sin against charity is like piercing God in the pupil of the eye.” [St Pio]
 
“The spirit of God is always a spirit of peace, and in the case of grave sin, it makes us feel a tranquil sorrow, humble, confident, and this is due to His mercy.

The spirit of the demon, on the contrary, makes us in our sorrow feel something like anger against ourselves, whereas our first charity must be towards ourselves. So, if certain thoughts agitate you…Such agitation comes from the devil.” [St Pio]
 
“Each soul…is a stone destined to build up the eternal edifice…it has to be polished with the blows of hammer and chisel…these hits of the chisel are the shadows, the fears, the temptations, the afflictions of the spirit, the spiritual tremors with some aroma of desolation, and also physical illness.” [St Pio]
 
“Be certain that the more a soul loves God, the less he feels it…God is incomprehensible…so that the more a soul enters into the love of this Supreme Good…this sentiment of love towards Him seems to diminish, to the point of seeming to love Him not at all…Say rather that you love, and that you wish to love with a perfect and consummate love. This good cannot be obtained in its completion except in the next life!” [St Pio]
 
“Anyone who does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” [Mark 10:13]
 
“Let the heavens rejoice and all who live there; but for you, earth and sea, trouble is coming—because the devil has gone down to you in a rage, knowing that his days are numbered.” [Revelation 12:9-12]
 
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you before you came to birth I consecrated you” [Jeremiah 1:5]
 
“Stop your crying and wipe away your tears. All that you have done for your children will not go unrewarded; they will return from the enemy’s land. There is hope for your future; your children will come back home. I, the Lord, have spoken.” [Jeremiah 31:16-17]
 
“Take courage, my children, call on God: He will deliver you from tyranny, from the hands of your enemies.” [Baruch 5:21]
 
“As by your will you first strayed away from God, so now turn back and search for Him ten times as hard…so will He rescue you and give you eternal joy.” [Baruch 4:21, 4:28]
 
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