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• Excerpts from the interview of Sister Lucia of Fatima by Father Fuentes, 1957
• “Not unfrequently the gratification of man’s inordinate desires, so far from satisfying him, only creates other more violent passions…”
• “If men find it so difficult to make known their sins in the secrecy of confession… how will they bear to see them revealed before the universe?”
• “Every moment is worth more to you than all the riches of the universe”
• “Nothing but virtue and devotion can make your soul content in this world.”
• St Alphonsus of Liguori on Ambition
• St. Felix of Cantalicio, Capuchin
• Saint Francis of Sales: “It is a mistake to desire martyrdom, and not to have the courage to bear an injury”
• St. Francis of Sales on the occasions of sin
• Saint John of the Cross: “The path of suffering is far preferable to that of pleasure”
• Saint Thomas More: Standing Fast When Virtue Is Punished
• “… true faith is necessary to salvation no less than morality…”
• Sister Lucia of Fatima: “the two means to save the world are prayer and sacrifice”
• Sister Lucia of Fatima: “… there is no problem, however difficult it may be… that we cannot resolve through the prayer of the Holy Rosary”
• True Capuchin Poor Clares do not owe obedience to Antipopes, such as those currently occupying the Vatican