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This week's thought...
Personal thoughts of Padre Pio on Christian Living -
"Holiness means getting above ourselves; it means perfect
mastery of all our passions. It means having real and continual contempt for
ourselves and for the things of the world to the point of preferring poverty
rather than wealth, humiliation rather than glory, suffering rather than
pleasure. Holiness means loving our neighbor as ourself for love of God. In
this connection, holiness means loving those who curse us, who hate and
persecute us, and even doing good to them. Holiness means living humbly, being
disinterested, prudent, just, patient, kind, chaste, meek, diligent, carrying
out one's duties for no other reason than that of pleasing God and receiving
from him alone the reward we deserve."
St. Maria Goretti,
Pray for Us.
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