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maxim[4][19] = "The sick man must not fear when he is tempted to lose confidence; for if he has sinned, Christ has suffered and paid for him."; | maxim[4][19] = "The sick man must not fear when he is tempted to lose confidence; for if he has sinned, Christ has suffered and paid for him."; | ||
maxim[4][20] = "Let the sick man enter into the side of Jesus and His most holy wounds; let him not be afraid, but fight manfully, and he will come forth victorious."; | maxim[4][20] = "Let the sick man enter into the side of Jesus and His most holy wounds; let him not be afraid, but fight manfully, and he will come forth victorious."; | ||
maxim[4][21] = "The true way to advance in holy virtues is to persevere in | maxim[4][21] = "The true way to advance in holy virtues is to persevere in holy cheerfulness."; | ||
maxim[4][22] = "The cheerful are much easier to guide in the spiritual life than the melancholy."; | maxim[4][22] = "The cheerful are much easier to guide in the spiritual life than the melancholy."; | ||
maxim[4][23] = "Those who wish to enter upon the religious life should first of all mortify themselves for a long time, and particularly mortify their will in things to which they have the greatest repugnance."; | maxim[4][23] = "Those who wish to enter upon the religious life should first of all mortify themselves for a long time, and particularly mortify their will in things to which they have the greatest repugnance."; | ||
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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.”
- 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.