“Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.”
— St. Therese of Lisieux
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Morning Offering – Without Love
Morning Offering – We Cannot Have Full Knowledge All at Once
“We can’t have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.”
— St. Thomas Aquinas
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Morning Offering – Never Give Up Prayer
“Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.”
— St. John of the Cross
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Morning Offering – The Catholic Church is One Body with Many Members
“Just as in one man there is one soul and one body, yet many members; even so the Catholic Church is one body, having many members. The soul that quickens this body is the Holy Spirit; and therefore in the Creed after confessing our belief in the Holy Spirit, we are bid to believe in the Holy Catholic Church.”
— St. Thomas Aquinas
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Morning Offering – Preserve the Warmth of the Family
“Preserve the warmth of the family, because the warmth of the whole world cannot make up for it.”— St. Charbel Makhlouf
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Morning Offering – Sometimes God Does Not Give You What You Desire
“Even when God’s will does not correspond to your own desires, it is always beneficial for you.”
— St. Arnold Janssen
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Morning Offering – The Bread and Wine
“This bread is bread before the words of the Sacrament. But when the words of Christ come to it, it is the body of Christ … Before the words of Christ it is a cup full of wine and water. When the words of Christ become operative, the blood which has redeemed the people is caused to be there.”
— St. Ambrose
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Morning Offering – Put Into Practice the Teachings of Our Holy Faith
“To put into practice the teachings of our holy faith, it is not enough to convince ourselves that they are true; we must love them. Love united to faith makes us practise our religion.”
— St. Alphonsus Liguori
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Morning Offering – Pride is the Root of All Evil
“You must ask God to give you power to fight against the sin of pride which is your greatest enemy—the root of all that is evil, and the failure of all that is good. For God resists the proud.”
— St. Vincent de Paul
Morning Offering – Seek the Glory of Christ
“He who seeks not the Cross of Christ seeks not the glory of Christ.”
— St. John of the Cross
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