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'The truly monk-like intellect is one that has renounced the senses and cannot stand even the thought of sensual pleasure.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

'He who is resigned to the divine will shall always surmount the difficulties he meets with in the service of God. The Lord will accomplish His designs concerning him.'

St. Vincent de Paul

No name for the soldier is given in the canonical Gospels.   
The name Longinus is instead found in the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus.

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'In the face of the never-ceasing snares of the enemy, it is necessary to have each day a fixed hour for review, to enter into one's self and consider carefully, in presence of God, all one's thoughts, words, and actions.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

'Each of our days is marked with the protection of Mary, who is exceedingly anxious to be our Mother, when we desire to be her children.'

St. Vincent de Paul

Has there always been a Pope to participate at an ecumenical council?

St. Cornelius and Cyprian pray for us.

Nice to see a post here on this thread after this time.

She truly is wondrous. Her life of penance truly was astonishing.

Hello curious, my apologies, but I've had to remove the previous post because it was off the topic of the thread, that is 'St. Patrick'.

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