For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
[Jesus said,] The graces of My mercy are drawn by means of one vessel only, and that is — trust. The more a soul trusts, the more it will receive (St. Faustins's Diary, 1578) .
“And whenever you fast, do not look somber, like the hypocrites, for they mark their faces to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, p
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered. And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread. But He answer
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