What saves and makes for good children is the life of the parents in the home. The parents need to devote themselves to the love of God. They need to become saints in their relations to their children through their mildness, patience, and love.
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Who can do you harm, my child, if you have Christ inside your heart. Turn your eyes towards Christ. You don't become saints by chasing away the evil. Forget about the evil. You should actually turn your eyes towards Christ and He will save you. Instead of standing at the door and shooing away the enemy, despise him. When you see evil approaching from one direction, you softly give your attention to something else. So, when the evil is coming to offend you, give your interior strength to good, to Christ. Plead: 'Our Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me.' He knows how to give you His mercy and in whatever way that is best for you. And after you are full of good, then you no longer turn your attention towards the evil. With the grace of God, you become good. And then the evil is unable to find a place to stand and disappears.
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When we see our fellow humans not loving God, we become saddened. With sadness, we achieve absolutely nothing. Neither with suggestions. That is also not right. There is a secret; if we understand it, we will help. The secret is our prayer, our devotion to God, so that His grace may act. With our love, with our yearning for the love of God, we will attract His grace to shower upon others who are near us, to awaken them, to stir them towards divine love. Or rather, God will send His love to awaken them all. What we cannot do, His grace will accomplish. With our prayers, we will make everyone worthy of the love of God.
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