"God commands not impossibilities, but by commanding he suggests to you to do what you can, to ask for what is beyond your strength; and he helps you, that you may be able."

St Augustine

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"Shun too great a desire for knowledge, for in it there is much fretting and delusion. Intellectuals like to appear learned and to be called wise. Yet there are many things the knowledge of which does little or no good to the soul, and he who concerns himself about other things than those which lead to salvation is very unwise. "

Thomas à Kempis

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"Try to turn your heart from the love of things visible and bring yourself to things invisible. For they who follow their own evil passions stain their consciences and lose the grace of God. "

Thomas à Kempis

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FROM THE "PENNY CATECHISM"
     

re Article 3 of Apostle's Creed
47.

What is the third article of the Creed?
 

The third article of the Creed is, 'who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary'.
 
48. What does the third article mean?

 

IThe third article means that God the Son took a Body and Soul like ours, in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by the power of the Holy Spirit.
 
  49. Had Jesus Christ any father on earth?
 
 

Jesus Christ had no father on earth: St. Joseph was only his guardian or foster-father.
 
50. Where was our Saviour born?
 

Our Saviour was born in a stable at Bethlehem.
 
51.  On what day was our Saviour born?
 

Our Saviour was born on Christmas Day.