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glory of many years. We, too, must be constantly on the watch,
our hand on the hilt and our eyes fixed on Christ. (Letters 11)

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Whenever you feel tired, lift up your eyes, place you
right hand on your heart. You are in the presence of
the Lord, you are with friends, you are with the whole
Catholic world. The Communion of Saints is a great dogma:
Father, children, brothers, one single current of love. (Letters 23)

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Courage! Time presses on. Woe to us if we find
ourselves unprepared for the day of battle. (Letters 26)

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Let us prepare our weapons, let us strengthen ourselves
in the spirit, let us purify our affections, let us train
ourselves for every kind of struggle, so that in the hour of
need our courage will not waver and our strength will not yield to the
arms of our foes. (Letters 31)

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May God inspire and help us, because it will be to our
misfortune if we turn out to be unfit soldiers on the field

of battle. (Letters 15)
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The humility of Mary most holy is almost infinite, one that
we cannot even imagine. So low did she descend in
humility that only a God made man could surpass her. Surely, next
to Jesus Christ the humblest of all creatures is Mary. (Writings 358)

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At every moment we find occasion to humble ourselves.
At every moment we feel within ourselves the resurgence
of our original sin, and yet dare we with ridiculous
arrogance raise our proud heads? Why not rather confess our
frailties? (Letters 8)

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Let us renew our spirit at every moment, and let us rest in
the mercy of God who absorbs all the frailties of our ailing
nature. (Letters 19)