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At any moment our salvation can be achieved. Let us
not under estimate that moment. Oh, the value of a
moment! In a moment sin is destroyed and grace is
regained; in it is decided our eternal destiny. O God, give me this
moment, make it the first link in the chain that must lead me to
you. Yes, you can give it to me at this very moment. (Writings 19)

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St. Agnes obtained the glorious crown of martyrdom
because throughout her life she was always faithful to
God, even in little things. (Writings 351)

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Let us pray for one another for strength to bear in a
Christian spirit the burden of human frailty. Let us
remember that we have our inheritance in Heaven, not
here below. (Letters 48)

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Whenever I talk about good and worthwhile things, I feel
within myself a power that lifts me up to a pure and
peaceful region, one that is not of this earth. I feel, I might
say, an instinct toward progression, a desire for perfection, an
aspiration toward Heaven. (Letters 5)

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Choose some beautiful soul for your model and follow it

at all costs. (Letters 31)
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Why not achieve in ourselves what we desire to see in
others? O Lord, help us to take this first step that shall
open up us to the way of perfection which till now we have merely
skirted and never resolutely entered. Yes, whatever may be the
present state of our conscience, we have urgent need to change our
lives. (Letters 36)

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How much time lost; how many useless preoccupations;
how much self-love; how little detachment from things
that do not relate to God; what a skimpy measure of