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“ Blessed be God in all his designs. ”

“ Mary gave birth to Christ in a manger at Bethlehem--the rest of us 33 years later--under the cross at Calvary. ”

“ If we only try to show the Dear Lord a good will and ask Him for resignation to the crosses He sends or permits to come our way, we may be sure that sooner or later they will turn out to have been just so many blessings in disguise. ”

“ God bless you and yours! ”

“ The only science that gives purpose to every other science is the science of religion - the science of our happy relationship with, and our providential dependence on God and our neighbor. ”

“ May God bless you and multiply His graces and joys in your soul. ”

“ I give my soul to Jesus Christ. ”

“ It's 'Heaven Begun', for the grateful on earth. ”

“ How little we realize what a benefit it is that we taste sorrow now and then. Get acquainted with the Queen of Martyrs, God's Mother's suffering, and you will learn something of how we ought to love sorrow and pain in this life. ”

“ Let us prepare for our final moment on earth by patient suffering, prayer, and the Sacraments; then we will receive with joyful countenance, the final call of the Divine Lover, the Bridegroom of our souls, and gently pass into eternity. ”