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10th August 2009, 07:45 PM
|  | One of God's handmaidens
     
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Reps: 2,960,314,619,125,206,016 (power: 2,960,314,619,125,224) | | | Reading of the Saints' Lives
Reading the Saints' lives makes me feel closer to God. Anybody else feel this way?
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"The greater the love, the greater the sufferings of the soul.
The fuller the love, the fuller the knowledge of God.
The more ardent the love, the more fervent the prayer.
The more perfect the love, the holier the life." ~St. Silouan
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The Father is my hope, the Son my refuge, the Holy Spirit my protection: All-Holy Trinity, glory to You!
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PRAY constantly to FIND GOD.
LOVE greatly to KNOW GOD.
PARTAKE of His Sacraments to EXPERIENCE GOD.
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11th August 2009, 07:17 PM
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Reps: 7,141,886,560,927,118,336 (power: 7,141,886,560,927,129) | | | Yes. The lives of the saints are often part of my spiritual reading.
Michael
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14th August 2009, 06:08 AM
|  | Miserere nobis.
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Reps: 38,736,948,355,451,192 (power: 38,736,948,355,455) | | | Yes, very much so. However, I'm running out of books on saints. Any suggestions?
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Have mercy on me, God, in your goodness; in your abundant compassion blot out my offense.
Wash away all my guilt; from my sin cleanse me.
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14th August 2009, 06:10 AM
| | Memento mori
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Reps: 413,915,184,494,853,568 (power: 413,915,184,494,861) | | I like to follow the Saint of the Day feature on americancatholic.org. There's so much to be learned for their lives. 
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