Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament is the queen of all devotions. It is the central devotion of the Church. All others gather round it, and group themselves there as satellites; for others celebrate his mysteries; this is Himself. It is the universal devotion. No one can be without it, in order to be a Christian. How can a man be a Christian who does not worship the living Presence of Christ?

Frederick William Faber

Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning; and these three last have never converted any.

Frederick William Faber

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The great fact is, that life is a service. The only question is, "Whom will we serve?

Frederick William Faber

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Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still.

Frederick William Faber

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Now are the days, of humblest prayer,

Frederick William Faber

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There is a grace of kind listening, as well as a grace of kind speaking.

Frederick William Faber

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Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.

Frederick William Faber

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There are no disappointments to those whose wills are buried in the will of God.

Frederick William Faber

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Poor human nature cannot do everything; and kindness is too often left uncultivated, because men do not sufficiently understand its value. Men may be charitable, yet not kind; merciful, yet not kind; self-denying, yet not kind. If they would add a little common kindness to their uncommon graces, they would convert ten where they now only abate the prejudice of one.

Frederick William Faber

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Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song which had lost its way and come to earth.

Frederick William Faber

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We must remember that if all the manifestly good men were on one side and all the manifestly bad men on the other, there would be no danger of anyone, least of all the elect, being deceived by lying wonders. It is the good men, good once, we must hope good still, who are to do the work of Anti-Christ and so sadly to crucify the Lord afresh.... Bear in mind this feature of the last days, that this deceitfulness arises from good men being on the wrong side.

Frederick William Faber

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We must have passed through life unobservantly, if we have never perceived that a man is very much himself what he thinks of others.

Frederick William Faber

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Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.

Frederick William Faber

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Deep theology is the best fuel of devotion; it readily catches fire, and once kindled it burns long.

Frederick William Faber

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Many a friendship - long, loyal, and self-sacrificing - rested at first upon no thicker a foundation than a kind word.

Frederick William Faber

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He draws us to Himself by grace, by example, by power, by lovingness, by beauty, by pardon, and above all by the Blessed Sacrament. Every one who has had anything to do with ministering to souls has seen the power which Jesus has. Talent is not needed. Eloquence is comparatively unattractive. Learning is often beside the mark. Controversy simply repels... All the attraction of the Church is in Jesus, and His chief attraction is the Blessed Sacrament

Frederick William Faber

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Small things are best: Grief and unrest To rank and wealth are given; But little things On little wings Bear little souls to Heaven.

Frederick William Faber

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Holiness is an unselfing of ourselves.

Frederick William Faber

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Many there are who, while they bear the name of Christians, are totally unacquainted with the power of their divine religion. But for their crimes the Gospel is in no wise answerable. Christianity is with them a geographical, not a descriptive, appellation.

Frederick William Faber

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Each hour comes with some little faggot of God's will fastened upon its back.

Frederick William Faber

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Love's secret is always to be doing things for God, and not to mind because they are such very little ones.

Frederick William Faber

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