Quotemeal: Aug. 20th, 2019

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

"Purity of heart and simplicity are of great force with Almighty God, who is in purity most singular, and of nature most simple."
— St. Gregory the Great

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— S. D. Gordon —
"Peace is to be found in the acceptance of things we are unable to change."
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Illustration of St. Gregory the Great — "Purity of heart and simplicity are of great force with Almighty God, who is in purity most singular, and of nature most simple."

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