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1844–1895 Italy
Giuseppe Marello (known as Joseph Marello in English; 26 December 1844 – 30 May 1895) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Acqui from 1889 until his death and was also the founder of the Oblates of Saint Joseph. Marello served as an aide to the Bishop of Asti prior to his episcopal appointment after Pope Leo XIII named him to head the Acqui diocese; the pope had known Marello while a cardinal when the pair participated in the First Vatican Council more than a decade before.
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Our heart is a very barren ground, which continually needs rain from the sky to produce good fruit.
One should not move one's tongue, heart, or foot without first consulting the Holy Spirit.
In a society where Sunday is not sanctified, everything goes into revolution.
We must serve God out of necessity, to exclude the servitude of the Devil.
When you have less will to speak then it is time to speak.
Those who have patience in every place do no little.
Those who try to make speech fall on themselves are like children blowing through straws to make soap bubbles.
Simplicity is also being able to feel for half an hour a person getting on your nerves.
There are geniuses sent to regulate the destiny of humanity who in a few years complete the work of many centuries.
Overwhelming attachment to our judgments is the first impediment to perfection.
By lifting up the souls in Purgatory we make ourselves indebted to the Lord.
The civilizing action of the gospel is still at its beginning.
Treating those who, for some reason, don't deserve it better.
The two wings for flying to Heaven are purity and humility.
Thoughts against charity must be suffocated by charity.
Unwrapping wounds to see if they heal is nonsense.
Not many plausible stories: facts are needed.
Take scissors and cut out vain thoughts.
Of all the good wishes you will give you these days, let us not take the best ones, those that concern eternal goods. he children of darkness do not love: they lust.
The Devil often paints us a vividly colored picture of other people's flaws, and obscures our own.
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