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Our lack of forgiveness makes us hate, and our lack of compassion makes us hard-hearted. Pride in our hearts makes us resentful and keeps our memory in a constant whirlwind of passion and self-pity. Mother Angelica

Forgiveness, Passion, Compassion, Memory

When we begin to build walls of prejudice, hatred, pride, and self-indulgence around ourselves, we are more surely imprisoned than any prisoner behind concrete walls and iron bars. Mother Angelica

Pride, Walls, Build, Prejudice, More

Salvation brings the soul a deep awareness of God's love. Life takes on more meaning, for it now has a purpose. Mother Angelica

Life, Love, God, Purpose, Soul, Deep

Family life is the backbone of mankind, and that life is dependent upon mutual giving, sharing, and receiving from each other. It entails the proper use of each other's successes and failures for mutual up-building. Mother Angelica

Life, Family, Giving, Sharing, Backbone

There are many who are not guilty of doing anything wrong but very guilty of sins of omission - the things they neglect to do - the good things - the kind, thoughtful words, compassionate thoughts and hopeful attitudes they might have had towards their neighbor. Mother Angelica

Good, Words, Thoughts, Good Things, Kind

God knows Himself and every created thing perfectly. Not a blade of grass or the tiniest insect escapes His eye. Mother Angelica

God, Eye, Grass, Insect, Himself, Blade

Holiness of life is not the privilege of a chosen few - it is the obligation, the call, and the will of God for every Christian. Mother Angelica

Life, God, Christian, Privilege, Will

Every retarded, deformed, crippled, handicapped, or senile person, who has been baptized, is a powerhouse for good in a wicked world by reason of the grace of God that dwells in his soul. Mother Angelica

Good, God, Soul, World, Grace, Person

My failures may be my greatest successes. It is in failure that I have often drawn closer to God, learn to depend more on Him than myself, gained self-knowledge, and seen things in their right perspective. Mother Angelica

Failure, Myself, Perspective, God, Learn

Every moment of life is like a sacrament in which we can receive God. It is a channel through which God speaks to us, forms us, and directs us. Mother Angelica

Life, God, Moment, Us, Through, Like

Every Christian who strives for holiness of life experiences dryness of soul. It is to most people a heart-rending experience. It is a paradox, for the soul becomes confused when it realizes the harder it strives the further away Jesus seems to be. Mother Angelica

Life, Experience, Soul, People, Confused

From the time of Adam and Eve, man has tried to escape suffering in any form. Mother Angelica

Time, Man, Suffering, Escape, Tried, Any

I do not ask for the riches that perish or the fame that fades away like a morning mist. Mother Angelica

Morning, Fame, Away, Mist, Like, Ask

The woman is a gentle, loving bond who encourages, consoles, builds, reconciles, and makes all things new and vibrant. The woman is strength in time of suffering, courageous in failure, intuitive in time of danger. A woman is ingenuous when all fails, resourceful in times of want, and a true helpmate for man. Mother Angelica

Strength, Failure, Time, Man, Woman, New

Jesus told us to learn from him how to be meek and humble of heart. We must look at his life if we are to have any concept of what humility is all about. Mother Angelica

Life, Heart, Humble, Humility, Look, Us

Mary's life was a perfect imitation of Jesus. She was humble, hidden, sorrowful and afflicted, but she also knew joys that never entered the heart of man. She is all things to all men that she might understand their failings, though she failed not. Mother Angelica

Life, Heart, Man, Humble, Men, Perfect

Some people spend their time reasoning and thinking out everything, and so anything that cannot be fully understood, they will not accept. We call these people 'intellectuals.' Mother Angelica

Time, People, Thinking, Will, Accept

Obedience is a strong virtue, capable of making me master of my emotions by giving me more strength to conquer my pride as I submit to those above me out of respect for their God-given authority and those below me out of love. Mother Angelica

Love, Strength, Respect, Strong, Me

A sacrament is a visible sign of an invisible reality. Mother Angelica

Reality, Invisible, Sign, Visible

Each angel that God created was in himself a masterpiece. Each one possessed his own degree of intelligence and his own beauty. Mother Angelica

Beauty, God, Intelligence, Angel, Own

Neighbors are competitors instead of partners, suspicious instead of trustful, indifferent instead of helpful, cold instead of loving, greedy instead of generous. We no longer consider ourselves living in neighborhoods, but only as living next to 'hoods.' Mother Angelica

Living, Loving, Neighbors, Only, Next

The sinner who suddenly realizes God's love for him and then looks at his rejection of that love feels a loss similar to the death of a loved one. A deep void is created in the soul and a loneliness akin to the agony of death. Mother Angelica

Love, Loneliness, Death, God, Soul, Deep

To a pagan, there is no purpose to suffering. As a result, he lives a life of loneliness and frustration. Mother Angelica

Life, Loneliness, Purpose, Suffering, He

I must not permit the evil capabilities of human nature to sour my faith in the tremendous good that is possible despite the frailty of that nature. Mother Angelica

Nature, Good, Faith, Evil, Possible

Man can and does rationalize his sins. He finds reasons for all his weakness, invents excuses that first calm and then deaden his conscience. He blames God, society, education, and environment for his wrong doing. Mother Angelica

Education, Man, God, Society, Calm

The wisdom of God is so great that He also knows exactly what I would think and do under every possible circumstance and situation, and he placed me in that state of life and situation best suited for my salvation. Mother Angelica

Life, Wisdom, Best, Great, God, Me

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