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CHAPTER XII. Of Sadness and Sorrow. S. PAUL says that “godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of, but the sorrow of…
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CHAPTER IX. On Gentleness towards Ourselves. ONE important direction in which to exercise gentleness, is with respect to ourselves, never growing irritated with one’s self…
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Penance brings power, Contrition brings Kingdom, repentance brings restoration. We want a new evangelization within the Church; we need a new repentance. Repent, for the…
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From today’s Calendar Saint: He loves, He hopes, He waits. If He came down on our altars on certain days only, some sinner, on being…
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My wife has spoken two prophetic words in my life that relate to commissioning, to one and the same call. The first was given years…
![Mercy](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/08/divine-mercy-470x140.jpg)
All I can ever receive from God is mercy. I can only receive what He gives in mercy, and all I have left to give…