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What Pleases the Good God?

Posted on 16 July 2017 by Ben (เบ็น)
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VanNothing pleases the good God more than to see, on this earth, a heart that loves him, which is sincere with him, at every step along the path, with every smile, and also amid tears and the smallest of instantaneous pleasures.
Little Brother Marcel Văn CSsR (1928–1959)

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This Certainty

Posted on 7 July 2017 by Ben (เบ็น)
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VanAlways I have this certainty: God is the solid rock, the fundament of my hope.
Little Brother Marcel Văn CSsR (1928–1959)

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I Accept It

Posted on 9 June 2017 by Ben (เบ็น)
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VanJesus, I accept it; yes, I accept this suffering by love for you.
Little Brother Marcel Văn CSsR (1928–1959)

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According to our Faith

Posted on 15 May 2017 by Ben (เบ็น)
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VanAlways remember that God gives his graces according to the measure of our faith.
Little Brother Marcel Văn CSsR (1928–1959)

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Efforts

Posted on 30 April 2017 by Ben (เบ็น)
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VanFor us, perfection is never something of chance. Effort needs to be put into it. Yes, a lot of effort, a lot of individual efforts; and in order that such efforts be efficacious, they must lean on divine grace.
Little Brother Marcel Văn CSsR (1928–1959)

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If It Should Happen…

Posted on 12 April 2017 by Ben (เบ็น)
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VanIf it should happen that your soul is invaded by sadness or encounters some small crosses, accept them with good heart so as to offer them to Jesus.
Little Brother Marcel Văn CSsR (1928–1959)

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In, With, and For

Posted on 15 March 2017 by Ben (เบ็น)
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Make effort to attain to union with God; whether you smile, or walk, or write, in a word, whatever you do, do it uniquely in God, with God, and for God.
Little Brother Marcel Văn CSsR (1928–1959)

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Powerlessness but Confidence

Posted on 22 February 2017 by Ben (เบ็น)
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VanJesus does not like to see you troubled. He wants simply that we are conscious of our powerlessness and that we put in him all our confidence.
Little Brother Marcel Văn CSsR (1928–1959)

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Continually Purified

Posted on 7 September 2016 by Ben (เบ็น)
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VanJesus, let my heart be continually purified, so that I may be more and more united to you.
Little Brother Marcel Văn CSsR (1928–1959)

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The More We Love

Posted on 31 August 2016 by Ben (เบ็น)
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Van with his sister and spiritual directorThe more we love, the more does love fill our heart, and the more closely are we united to Jesus.
Little Brother Marcel Văn CSsR (1928–1959)

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