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"Watch ye, and pray that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh weak." - Mt 26:41

“It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“It is Jesus that you seek when..." Continue reading: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8031-it-is-jesus-that-you-seek-when-you-dream-of

"...but one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead..." Phil 3:13

Two Weeks Down. Time for a Mumford and Sons celebratory posting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WJyAYhCt1s

"...be renewed in the spirit of your mind: And put on the new man, who according to God is created in justice and holiness of truth." Eph 4

"...either man governs his passions and finds peace, or he lets himself be dominated by them and becomes unhappy." - CCC 2339

No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. Mt6:24

"Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary." - Pope Benedict XVI

"But this kind [of devil] never comes out except by prayer and fasting.” - Matthew 17:20

DAY 7, celebration... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgWGn6cbxAo

"How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to thy word." - Psalm 119:9

"My God ... I will not be a saint by halves, I am not afraid of suffering for You." - St. Therese of the Child Jesus

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried. - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Two contraries cannot coexist in the same subject. - Aristotle

"Love, it will not betray you / Dismay or enslave you, it will set you free / Be more like the man you were made to be" (Mumford & Sons)

"Thank God ahead of time." (Bl. Solanus Casey)

Pray. Hope. Don't worry.