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Topic: honesty
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“Really, I am humiliated in seeing Sister St. Francis run in the way of perfection while I just drag along.”
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“Sadness is very hurtful for you, so do not indulge in it, crying like a baby to whom they have not given any candy.”
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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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“She was all this time a good Sister of Providence, and her loss is keenly felt, by none however so deeply as by me.”
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“When a fault is committed in your house, examine seriously before God whether you yourself are not the cause.”
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“This habitual state of calm it is true, has from time to time its tempests. I am sometimes so depressed, so disheartened that I feel inclined to excessive sadness.”
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“To pray for you is a necessity for me, but I am so occupied with what is called business that my prayers are very poor, very miserable.”
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“...you yourself are often the cause of what you suffer. And I say it also in order that you may endeavor to become more amiable and loving, more united to Our Lord...”
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