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maxim[12][7] = "The Holy Spirit says of prelates and pastors, "He who hears and obeys his superiors, hears and obeys Me, and he who despises them, despises and disobeys Me.""; | maxim[12][7] = "The Holy Spirit says of prelates and pastors, "He who hears and obeys his superiors, hears and obeys Me, and he who despises them, despises and disobeys Me.""; | ||
maxim[12][8] = "If the servant of God wishes to walk with more security through so many snares scattered in every place, he should have our Blessed Lady as his mediatrix with her Son."; | maxim[12][8] = "If the servant of God wishes to walk with more security through so many snares scattered in every place, he should have our Blessed Lady as his mediatrix with her Son."; | ||
maxim[12][9] = "The sick man may desire to get well, provided he seals his desire | maxim[12][9] = "The sick man may desire to get well, provided he seals his desire by praying, “If it please God,†“If it is good for my soul;†for we can do many good things in health that sickness hinders us from doing."; | ||
maxim[12][10] = "In sickness we ought to ask God to give us patience, because it often happens that when a man gets well, he not only does not do the good he proposed to do when he was sick, but multiplies his sins and his ingratitude."; | maxim[12][10] = "In sickness we ought to ask God to give us patience, because it often happens that when a man gets well, he not only does not do the good he proposed to do when he was sick, but multiplies his sins and his ingratitude."; | ||
maxim[12][11] = "The mole is a blind rat, which always stays in the ground; it eats earth, and hollows it out, but is never satisfied with it: so is the avaricious man or woman."; | maxim[12][11] = "The mole is a blind rat, which always stays in the ground; it eats earth, and hollows it out, but is never satisfied with it: so is the avaricious man or woman."; | ||
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