St. Philip Neri said.....

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"Experience shows that men given to carnal sins are converted sooner than those who are given to avarice."

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"He who wishes for goods will never have devotion."

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"All sins are highly displeasing to God, but above all sensuality and avarice, which are very difficult to cure."

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"We must always pray God not to let the spirit of avarice domineer over us, but that we may live detached from the affections of this world."

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"If we find nothing in the world to please us, we ought to be pleased by this very not finding anything to please us."

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"He who wishes to attain to perfection must have no attachment to anything."

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"It is a good thing to leave the world and our possessions to serve God, but it is not enough."

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"The greatness of our love of God must be tested by the desire we have of suffering for His love."

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"Let us strive after purity of heart, for the Holy Spirit dwells in candid and simple minds."

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Happy Feast Day of St. Philip Neri!

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"The Holy Spirit is the master of prayer, and causes us to abide in continual peace and cheerfulness, which is a foretaste of Paradise."

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"If we wish the Holy Spirit to teach us how to pray, we must practice humility and obedience."

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"The fruit we ought to get from prayer, is to do what is pleasing to the Lord."

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"A virtuous life consists in mortifying vices, sins, bad thoughts, and evil affections, and in exercising ourselves in the acquisition of holy virtues."

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"Let us be humble and keep ourselves down: Obedience! Humility! Detachment!"