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God wants me to be third, never first. God comes first, my neighbor second, and I am third!

— Catherine Doherty Sobernost (1977)

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Humility

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Faith allows us to enter peacefully into the dark night which faces everyone of us at one time or another.

Poustinia (1975)

With God, every moment is the moment of beginning again.

The stranger is simply a friend I haven't met yet.

Poustinia (1975)

Faith sees God's face in every human face.

Poustinia (1975)

Purity of heart is love for the weak who constantly fall.

Poustinia (1975)

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Modesty is an unnatural attitude, and one which is only with difficulty taught to children.

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