“Most grateful are they to those who obtain their deliverance from prison, or even a mitigation of their torments. When, therefore, they arrive in Heaven, they will be sure to remember all who have prayed for them.”
~ St. Alphonse Liguori
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“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones,
holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness,
humility, gentleness, and patience” (Col. 3.12).
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“All those who love must be known sooner or later as they are, without pretense, their souls stripped bare.”
~ Caryll Houselander
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“The purpose of mortification is to liberate the spirit and make it plastic in the hands of God.”
~ Thomas Merton, OCSO
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“In his creation of Jeeves he has done something which may respectfully be compared to the work of the Almighty in Michelangelo’s painting. He has formed a man filled with the breath of life.”
~ Hilaire Belloc
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“At one and the same time Christ has taught man to do good by his suffering and to do good to those who suffer. In this double aspect he has completely revealed the meaning of suffering.”
~ Pope St. John Paul II
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“Women are the only realists; their whole object in life is to pit their realism against the extravagant, excessive, and occasionally drunken idealism of men.”
~ G.K. Chesterton
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At its core, nursing is care, and caring is a dance, with ups and downs, rhythms and reels — balance, that is, and harmony.
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