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  1. There are those who suffer wounds themselves but bring others the medicine that restores health. - Gregory the Great
  2. We think of Christ as our peace; we may call ourselves true Christians only if our lives express Christ by our own peace. - Gregory of Nyssa
  3. If God has made the Church's foundation firm for ever, how can you fear that this foundation may collapse? - Augustine of Hippo
  4. My sweet Lord ... we image your divinity, and you image our humanity. - Catherine of Siena
  5. O my soul, created to enjoy such exquisite gifts, what are you doing? Where is your life going? - John of the Cross
  6. God, abiding in the soul, breathes forth the life of the soul. - John of the Cross
  7. What, I ask, is more wonderful than the beauty of God? - Basil the Great.
  8. Calling the saints to mind inspires a longing to join their company. The Church of all the first followers of Christ awaits us! - St Bernard
  9. This is the definition of sin: the misuse of powers given us by God to do good. - Basil the Great
  10. Love of God is not something that can be taught. - Basil the Great
  11. Silence is the first language of God. - Thomas Merton (thanks to Jack Clough for this quote)
  12. Apologies for the lack of updates; we've been on a staff retreat. We pick up again today ...
  13. Violence is not overcome by violence, but by forbearance. - John Chrysostom
  14. A pastor should be careful in deciding when to remain silent and be sure to say something useful when deciding to speak. - Gregory the Great
  15. Let us never relax our grip on the hope and pledge of our righteousness: I mean Jesus Christ. - Polycarp
  16. We cannot even look for [God] unless we have already found him, and we cannot find him unless he has first found us. - Thomas Merton
  17. The Lord is always near to those who call on him in truth, in right faith, in unshaken hope, in perfect love. - Ambrose
  18. The soul needs the silence of the desert. - Charles de Foucauld
  19. The discovery of Christ is never genuine if it is nothing but a flight from ourselves. - Thomas Merton
  20. Our whole work must be carried out in a sense of our insufficiency and in a pious, believing dependence on Christ. - Richard Baxter