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Quotes by Nun

"Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the inviolable dignity of human persons."

"Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the inviolable dignity of human persons."

Helen Prejean, American Nun

Government, Values, Country, Dignity

"The important thing is that when you come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go."

"The important thing is that when you come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go."

Helen Prejean, American Nun

"So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do."

"So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do."

Mother Maribel, American Nun

Circumstance, Circumstances

"Our Lord did not try to alter circumstances. He submitted to them. They shaped his life and eventually brought him to Calvary. I believe we miss opportunities and lovely secrets our Lord is waiting to teach us by not taking what comes."

"Our Lord did not try to alter circumstances. He submitted to them. They shaped his life and eventually brought him to Calvary. I believe we miss opportunities and lovely secrets our Lord is waiting to teach us by not taking what comes."

Mother Maribel, American Nun

Life, Circumstances, Secrets, Waiting

"Our real work is prayer. What good is the cold iron of our frantic little efforts unless first we heat it in the furnace of our prayer? Only heat will diffuse heat."

"Our real work is prayer. What good is the cold iron of our frantic little efforts unless first we heat it in the furnace of our prayer? Only heat will diffuse heat."

Mother Maribel, American Nun

Work, First, Prayer, Will

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