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Topic: doing good
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Prayer: Small blessings, big impact
Oh, God, it’s winter. I think of the small blessings of cold and chill, ice and snow, and how the season can have a big effect on my mood and…
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“We can expect that our good works, our works of love and mercy and justice will abide. …they will last, remain. What a great promise! When we love, act justly, respond in mercy – it matters; it makes a difference; it bears a fruit that will endure.”
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“Thoughts are swirling around in my head — actions and prayer around water, air, soil, children, women. But how to narrow all the possibilities into one meaningful prayer and one meaningful practice that will carry me through the days of Lent? This will take more quiet, more prayer, some conversation with a soul mate.”
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“If at any day we accomplish some good here, the glory will certainly be [God's] alone...”
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“We are not called upon to do all the good that is possible, but only that which we can do.”
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“Charity consists in loving sincerely persons whose inclinations are most opposed to ours, in pardoning those who injure us.”
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“...what does it matter what becomes of us, provided God's work be accomplished? God's work - ah, it will ever be accomplished.”
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“Make a good offering of all your actions to God in the morning, and then from time to time during the day; for instance, when the clock strikes...”
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“Be humble, like your Mother [Mary], devoted like her to the interests of God and your neighbor...”
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