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FEBRUARY 18

Quiet Perseverance
PRAYER.

Blessed Lord, in the midst of the turmoil of the world and the bad example of prominent people, let me always be firm in my commitment to You.

MEANTIME, while Satan only threatens, let us possess our hearts in patience; try to keep quiet; aim at obeying God in all things, little as well as great; do the duties of our calling which lie before us, day by day.

"Take no thought for the morrow, for sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof" (Mt 6:34).

-Christ, a Quickening Spirit e



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LEAD KINDLY LIGHT; MINUTE MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY TAKEN FROM THE WORKS OF CARDINAL NEWMAN
Edited by Rev. James C. Sharp
Copyright (c) 1993
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