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•,. TI he Institute of the Blessed \7inJin Mary
1 wa s fou nd ed in 1609 by an En qli sh wo ma n
na me d Ma ry Ward . Ma ny wo me n all ov er the
wo rld ow e a lot to her. He r vis ion wa s tha t

- ·w om en in tim e to co me wo uld do mu ch ' -

- for the ser vic e of the un ive rsa l Ch urc h.

- ben eat h the ba nn er of the Cross.

- un de r the Po pe.

- for the car e of the faith.

- kee pin ~ Go d ev er bef ore the ir eye s.

Ma ry wa s an un usu al wo ma n. He r sto ry is
a fas cin ati n~ on e.

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Mary was the eldest daui;ihter.

of Marmaduke Ward and Ursula WruJht. She~

fJ. Queen Elizabeth I was rulin~ at

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that time 1·n Ene1Iand
"i> • She was a Protestant and so

was born on the 23rd January. 1585. in

durinSJ her reiSJn the Catholics were persecuted
Yorkshire. EnSJland .
because of their faith.
Mary was baptized. Joan. Her confirmation
Mary's parents were very SJOod Catholics. Her
name was Mary and it was by that name she
family had a history of faithfulness and couraSJe
was called.
in the defence of the faith.
Her two brothers were David and GeorSJe,
Her SJreat-SJreat SJrandfather died for his faith.
and her three sisters were Teresa. Elizabeth and
Her maternal ~randmother had spent fourteen
Barbara.
years in prison. It was with this bacl<~round tha-
They were rich and had two houses, at
Mary ~rew up, stron~ and convinced of her
lf
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Mulwith and Newby.
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l\\'hen Mary was very small, she
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was ~ettin~ on to a cha ir nea r an ope n
window. Her mot her noti ced the dan qer
Mary was in and called upo n the nam e of
Jesus to protect her child. Mary imitated her
mother imm edia tely and spo ke her first
word, 'Jesus·. Since Jesus cam e to mean so
much to Mary, this first word of hers was
important.
Jesus
Jf she was sent to stay with her matstori
erna l
es
~~randparents. Her ~randmother told her
of prison life which filled her with love and
coura~e to want to ~ive her life also for her faith.
Mar y love d her qran dmo ther and did
everythinq to please her. Her qrandmother spent
a lot of time in prayer, and since Mary could not
imitate her in this, she would sit with her to please
her.
Even thouqh Mary was reserved and very shy,
she was also a lively little qirl. One day when she
was ten years old. she insisted that the maid
would carry her on her shoulders. She suddenly
fell and was not able to speak. She was sure that
if she said the name of Jesus she would qet
lf
better. which she did.
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Wh en Mary was ten years old her father

came to take her home. On the 2nd February,

1595, while Mary ( 1O) was at Mulwith with her two

sisters, Elizabeth (4) and Barbara (3), a fire broke

out. She was prayin~ the Rosary and was sure that

· Our Lady wo.uld rescue them. Her father came

and brou~hrthem out of the burnin~ house.

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h hen Mary was thirtee n and still li~in!J vJ
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with Mrs. Ardin!Jton she be!Jan preparin!J for her it

First Holy Comm union. from the 15th Au~ust - 8tfi ·

Septem ber.
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One day a messe n~er came from her father and

she sponta neous ly. ran out to meet him to receiv e

the messa~e which her father had sent. The servan t

read out her father's orders that she wasn't to receiv e

her First Comm union until she receiv ed instruc tions

from him. Mary could not believe that her father,

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whom she loved dearly. could ha~e sent that messa~e

and so. after prayer. decide d to receive comm union .

She later found out from her mothe r that her father

II had not sent her that message.

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parents were afraid that Mary would never aqree to stay with her cousin. Barbara Babthorpe at

to marria~e. they sent her away for lonq periods. OsSJodby. Barbara was just seven years old. She

Mary never doubted her parents love. as she says, and Mary spent a lot of time with a servant of the

·1 was the eldest child. much loved. especially by house. MarSJaret Garrett. MarSJaret told them

my father·: but since she spent many years away stories about reliSJious life. It was throuSJh her that

from them she naturally missed them and was Mary heard God's call for the first time.

lonely.
1T Reliqious life no lonqer existed in Enqland.

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AIi conven ts had been closed under Kin~

Henry VIII, before Mary was born. Yet the ideal

appeal ed to her, even thouqh she had no contact

with religious Iife at all.

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A.t sixteen Mary beqan to read the lives

of martyrs who h a d •SJiven
th eir lives for th e faith.
She wanted to follow their
example.
S h e always w a n te d
to SJi-ve h e rs e lf
wholeheartedly- to be -wh
olly God's.
From her earliest years sh
e was c o n c e rn e d
about the faith of her peo
ple. She was ready to
die in order to help brinS
J EnSJland bacR to the
Church. But in prayer Go
d showed h e r that the
daily livinSJ of the three vow
s in reliSJious life would
be her way of offerinSJ hers
elf fully to Him.
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Ma ry was twenty now and her parents and

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friends tried to put her off from ente rinq reliqious

life. She pray ed and did pena nce and aske d God
to do His will in her.
In 1606 Mar y was aske d by her pare nts and
her confessor, Fr. Holtby, to mar ry a you n~ man ,
Edm und Neville. She refused.
/ one day. while sayinq Mass. Fr. Holtby upset
the chal ice. He took this as a siSJn from God
and told Mary that he wou ld not stan d in her

lf way from followinq her vocation.

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 ..Mary was filled with qreat joy at beinq · l 1

able at last to follow God 's call. She left hom e

in 1606, with her par ents ' and her · con fess or's
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app rov al, for St. Om er in Fra nce . She had a

letter for Fr. Keynes s.j. who wou ld direct her
further. Mary wan ted ·to be a con tem pla tive
reli~ious. Fr. Keynes dire cted her to the Poo r
Clare sisters.
For ten mon ths Mary was a lay sister nov ice
in _tnat con~re~ation. She be~~ed and did oth er
man ual worR. Mary did not wan t to be a lay

lt sister. She wan ted to live a life of silence.

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In t 60 7. af te r prayer. sh e left to fo un d
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or Clares
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es an d fiv e
professed sisters and tw o lay sisters ca
m e ov er
from the ori~inal Po or Clare co m m un
ity to be~in
th is fo un da tio n.

Mary w as tw en ty -tw o ye ar s ol d an d w
as ve ry
ha pp y he re , fo llo w in ~ th e st ri ct
ru le as a
po stulant. But on th e 2n d May 1609, sh
e felt G od
callin~ he r to do so m et hi n~ else for Hi
s qr ea te r
~lory.
So on th e 14th Se pt em be r, 1609, sh e lef
t w ith
he ap pr ov al of Fr. Ro~er Lee s.j. w ho w
f confessor.
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rr1 Mary did not feel the three years

had been wasted. In the three years (1606 _
An October. 1609, ~ary returned~

England. She went :round_visiting people j

who had lost the faith and in her quiet. qentle
t 609) of her Poor Clare experience s, her
way brought them back to the Church.
burning desire ·to be 'wholly God's' was
deepened and she had been shown that she
was caIIed to do something else.

She was prepared to go on seeking and to

trust God to reveal himself. She was ready to
follow her truth even if no one understood her.
She was ready to face criticism.

lier one aim was to do the will of God. so

she surrendered herself completely into His 'I'

hands. She was sure that He would take her

st ep by step along the path He had planned If
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 While in London . one mornin ~. ~
towards the end of 1609. she was qettinq dressed rJ.,.
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10 ~o out to visit a woman who was wantln q
to en ter reliqiou s life. but who did not have
enouqh money for a dowry. Mary felt that she
hadn' t prayed very well that mornin q and so
decided rhat she would maRe up for this by ~ivin~
a lar~e sum of money to this woman .
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r\1.ary was at the r1lirror combin q her hair.

\\1hen sudden ly she realized clearlythat God was
not wanrin\? her to join any strict order but that
she would do someth in~ that would qive Him
~rearer q1ory.t Two hours passed and all Mary
c ould rem ember was the word 'Glory · . ✓

This experie nce qave Mary deep peace and

happiness . She now ilnew that the one aim of her
-<-f li fe was to live for th e praise and qlory ol God
~ 1n evcryth inq

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 Mary had great spiritual strenqth
and a great gift of attractinq people, so many
young women were ready to qo alonq with
her this time to France. Mary was twenty-four,. Her
companions were Winefrid Wigmore, Susanna
Rookwood, Catherine Smith and Joanna Brown.
Mary Poyntz, Barbara Babthorpe and Barbara
Ward joined her later.

In the be~innin~ they lived very strictly like

the Poor Clares. They educated En~lish ~irls and
had a day school and a boardinq school. They
were not a reliqious community but because
~ of their example many younq women joined

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- ;ra ne e. Mary tooR care of the peo ple and so lI
SJOt the disease herself. While she was in bed,
recoverinSJ, towards the en d of 1611, she received
a clear lhJht as to how to orSJanize her Institute.
'Take the sam e of the Society, Father General will
never permit it. Go to him,' were the words she
heard. This brouSJh.t her SJreat peace knowinSJ that
she was to found a conSJreSJration for wo me n
reliSJious, based on the rules of the Society of
Jesus, for the Glory of God. As Mary was warned,
the Jesuits SJave he r no support. She stood alone.

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d~ ·s ~t re at . Sh e wa nt ed to kn ow wh at JI
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sp ec ial qu ali tie s we re ne ed ed in a pe rso n

----nin----q -thi- s ~rou:·. So, durinq her retreat she
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of ho lin ess wa s of a Just Soul; a pe rso n wh o
was co mp let ely un ite d with God -an-d- his
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will -

jus tic e, co mb ine d wi th tot al sin ce rit y an d -- ---

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spiritual fre ed om . Mary wa nte d he r sister-s- -to-

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be wh ole pe op le. at pe ac e wi th the ms elv es.
enjoyin~ a closeness with -- God, talkin ~ _to _him
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· is op s priest s
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M ar y was pre pa red to defend
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People were saying, 'They oa a ou t m town na me of truth
an d
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wh en sh e felt it necessary, in the
g girls!'
cou~t~y! They are just gaIIopin an d for the good
an d ob ed ien ce to Go d's will
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n f
- a ~roup of de dic ate d wo me , ree to mo ve
. of the Ch urc h. Sh e fou gh t
for the rights of
me n co uld do.
h h __ / wo me n. Sh e felt tha t wh at
at t e service of the Church · w ere ve r the
ne ed arose; wo me n co uld als o do.
be ord i f / pa ren ts sp en t
- the ir way of life was to na ry an ~ Those we re the days wh en
simple; ly. Mary saw the
mo ne y ed uc ati ng the ir sons on
on pe uc ati on of girls.
- not bo un d by cloister, co mm na nc es gre at ne ed the re wa s for the ed
or a ny parti.cular dress-
we re also drawn
Ot he rs saw this ne ed too an d
men-
- women were to govern wo · by Mary's unselfishness an d
co mm itm en t to
- theJuw ere to be ev er rea d f
ty sisters.
Which co uld be d Y or an those tasks Go d's will. In 1615 sh e ha d six
on e for the salvation of
souls;

- living in the spirit of freedom

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~ Aary beqan a lonq struqqle to qet the
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~ Pope's approval for her Insti
tute. Sh e had
to qet three Popes to unders Po pe Urban VIII wq et he r with so
tand her :- me Cardinals
- Pope Paul V as ke d Bishop Bl de ci de d to breaR up th e houses
aise to take of the Institute.
ca re of th e co m m un ity an d In 1630 he su pp re ss ed th e Institu
told th em to te an d Mary
co nt in ue Iivinq ho ly lives. In wa s co nd em ne d as a heretic. an
ea rly 1621 d was to be
he di ed . im pr iso ne d. He sa id o! he r later.
·a wo m an
- Pope Greqory XV - He had re of qr ea t pr ud en ce .... ex tra or di na
ce iv ed letters ry co ur aq e
from priests and pe op le. Card .... a ho ly an d ~reat servant oi
inal Mellino God.'
was put in charqe of findinq ou
t about them
and so he had twenty five sp
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 The people who were most a~ainst Mary's
work were the Church authorities, because she
as a woman, went out in service, a thing which
was unh eard of at that time. The Prot esta nt
Archbishop of Canterbury, George Abbot, said
that she was ·more harmful than six Jesuits!' She
was able to love her enemies, so that a companion
said, ·it was bett er to be her enem y than her
friend., She forgave easily those who wronged her
and prayed for them. Meanwhile her work went
on. Schools were ope ned in St. Omer, Rome.
Germany, Austria, Naples and Hungary. Their
success showed that she was meetin~ a great need
}n the Church.
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she was taken before the court and she went Mary had trouble within the c:nve: , [-_.
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before the judges with a rosary in her hand.
With great courage she corrected one of them
when he spoke against Our Lady. She was sent
to prison and she knelt down and kissed the
entrance . The guards were struck by her
calmness. Mary's companio ns were afraid that
she would be put to death because she was
· fearless and did not hide her faith. People had
been hanged for their faith. Mary was
. sentenced to death without a trial. But she did
not lose her confiden ce in God and she
too. Sister Praxedes. a lay sister. had formed a
division among the sisters and had gathered quite
a group around hei: saying, that God was guiding
her. and not Mary, to lead the Institute. In humility.
Mary was ready to listen to Praxedes. and if it was
necessary. to say that she herself was wrong. This
was not done easily by her because Mary believed
that God had guided her all the way. A few days
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consoled and strengthe ned others. Her rich later Praxedes got very sick and died.

friends paid some money for her and got her

freed. I

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jf.. condemned as a heretic. Mary lmew she Was

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innocent and so she wrote to the Pope and the The sisters had been told to watch her ni~ht and

day and to qive her only what was necessary. The

Cardinals. But on 7th February at about 4 a.m.
sisters expected someone who would be difficult
three priests came to take her to prison. She was
to manaqe. but they were surprised when Mary
taken to a convent of St. Clare at Anqer. It was
came - calm. humble. patient and coura~eou s.
built on wasteland. Her room was to be doubled

locked and chained. She was locked up in the

oldest part of the house. far away from the nuns'

quarters. The ceilinq was very low, it could be

touched by hand. Two very small windows, which

were barred, looked out on the qraveyard .

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Mary didn't thinR she would live Ion

there. but she placed herself in God's hands and

received great peace. She felt God calling her to

do something to prove that she was innocent. She

told her companions what they were to do to

have her released. She called her prison 'my

palace' and always praised the sisters of the

Anger Convent. 'Be merry and doubt not your

Master,' was her constant messaqe.

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an d the do ct or s sa id th at sh e w ou
-~· re m ai ne d there. The do ct or asR
l~ di e if she
ed 1f sh e could
receive th e Last Sa cr am en ts bu t D
ea n Golla, who
was in char~e, refused, un le ss sh e
si ~n ed a paper
sayin~, th at if sh e ha d sa id or do
ne anythin~
a~ainst th e faith, sh e w as so rr y for
it. Sh e did not
si~n, bu t w ro te a no te sayin~, th at
sh e ha d never
do ne or said an yt hi n~ a~ainst th e
C hu rc h.
Mary re ce iv ed th e Last Sa cr am en
ts on th e 1st
April 1631, bu t sh e Rnew th at sh e
w as no t ~oin~
to die. Sh e re co ve re d completely.
O n th e 15th
April th e sisters re ce iv ed a m es
sa ~e fr om the
Po pe askin~ fo r h er re le as e. S
he as R ed to
st ay til l P al m S un da y be ca us e
tw en ty th re e
ye ar s ea rl ie r sh e ha d left th e P
oo r C la re s on
th at day. Sh e offered herself on ce
G od . Sh e ha d sp en t ni ne weeR
a~ ai n to 1f
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1f In 1639. Mary asked pel"mission to return
to En~land and the Pope a~reed. So she left

Rome on May 20th, 1639. The sisters came

to~ether and lived in Hutton Rudby They were

surrounded by a poor population, for whom

Mary and her sisters cared.

Mary lived and worked for others and was

the centre of their joy and happiness. She

consoled people in qrief, was a helper in time

of need, available, kind and sympathetic to all.

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Ir
1r made her confession and received Communion
for the last time. She wa nte d
to rec eiv e the Last
Her last wo rd s we re. "G od will assist an d he \p yo u
Sacraments. bu t the priest did
no t thinR she was
SJOinSJ to die . On the 18th.Jan an d wh en Go d sh all en ab le me to be in place l will
uary sh e asRed aqain
. G d's vo ca tio n in yo u co
ser ve yo u. Liv
for the Last Sa cra me nts bu t e o nstantly.
the re wa s no priest.
em ca cio us ly an d aHectiona
She saw the sad ne ss of he r tely."
sisters. so sh e asRed
them to join he r in sirnJinq Her bo dy wa s hi<e pt fro m Monday to Wednesday
a hy mn of praise to
11' an d wa s bu rie d ne xt to the po
I God. The sisters we re in tea rs rch oi the Osbaldwid~
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bu t Mary co nti nu ed
sin~in~ to the en d. ~
II Ch urc h.

On th e 30 th Ja nu ar y 16 45

she died at the aqe of sixty ye

. at 11 o'c loc l! 1
ars an d eiq ht days. . \

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After Mary's death, Barbara
Babthor pe succeed ed her as the Chief
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Superior . and then Mary Poyntz.

In 1703 - Pope Clement XI approved the 81
Rules.
In 17 45 - Pope Benedict XIV approved the
Constitutions of the Institute and
that a Superior General would
~overn the sisters.
In 1821 - The Irish branch of the Institute was
born throu~h Teresa Ball ..
In 1848 - from Ireland the North American
branch was founded in Toronto.
lnl877 - the ori~inal Institute.founded in the
17th century was confirmed by
Pope Pius IX.
- Mary Ward was officially recoSJnised
as 'foundres s of the Institute of the
Blessed Vir~in Mary.·

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:ft: In 1951 - Pope Pius XII calld Mary Warct
~ r that 'inc omp arab le wom an who m En~Ianct.
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}[.in her bloodiest and darkest time. qave to the

~~- Church' .

In 1979 - Mary's vision of 1611 'Take the same

of the Society' was fulfilled, in that
the Jesuit Constitutions were ~ranted
to the Institute.
In 1982 - Pope John Paul II nam ed Mary with
the ~reat Saints of Northern Britain
as 'that extraordinary woman of
Yorkshire.'

Over 300 years after her death, the work of Mary

Ward was at last accepted.It was her vision that
made possible the work, not only for her own
nuns. but for all the qrea t reliqious orders of
wom e~ dev oted to edu cati on in the comin!J lI
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i\ct not out of fear. but solely from love,
Love of the Cross ~

'Who ever will serve God accor ding

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to her stat~. must of necessity love

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the cross and be ready to suffer much~:r•
vocation of love.·
for Christ's sake.·
'Be ashamed to say that anyth ing appears
'Suffering with out sin is no burden.·
hard to you in the servi ce of God; for to
'Be solid and fit to endu re what soeve r
those who love. all is light.·
cross es shall come to you.·
'Those only truly love who are wholly
'The best way to bear troub les with
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equa nimi ty is to thank God heart ily for
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Ii The Will of God Joyfulness in Serv ice

'Let us let God do what He will.' ·Show yours elf at all times glad and
'Take aII. even the least thing, as comi ng joyful. for Almighty God loves a cheerful
directly from God.· giver.'
'I do not desire to know or to have any 'Be merr y and doub t not our Master.·
other than His will.· 'In our callin g a cheer ful mind . a good
'God has His times for all.· l!
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'Be confiden t in God and more than ever

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'If you show service to anyone. do it ;~•t, ~
Jl. ~ratefuI to His unseen qoodnes s.· willinqly.· IJ
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'Do your best and God will help.· 'Be all thinqs to all men. so that you may
'God is rich enouqh for us all.· win all for God.'
'If we see a fault in our neiqhbo ur. we
Sincer ity should certainly dislike t\ e fault. but not
'Be not content to appear qood in the eyes the person. rememb erir;how dearly
of men only, but strive also to be so in God loves him.· I
God's eyes.· 'Be compas sionate and merciful towards
'Love and speak the truth at all times.· the poor. and qenerou s also if you have
the means. and do not call them beqqars. ·
'Show yourself as you are. and be what
you show yourself.· A Calm, Peacef ul Spirit
Faithfulness to the Work at Hand 'Let not anythinq disturb the peace of
'Do qood and do it weII. · your heart. not even your sins. ·

'Faithfulness is not so much to be praised 'Whatever distracts or disturbs you inwardly

in qreat as in little thinqs. · J[ ].!!.,.l comes not from God: for the Spirit of God
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