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We have received so many calls and letters of gratitude by those who were given this card... it gave them such genuine comfort in their time of sorrow, and helped them through a difficult time. Front of Card reads: “We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials” St. Teresa of Avila Back of card has several more quotations about the value of suffering, along with the bookmark, which contains this quote from St. Francis de Sales: The Everlasting God has in His wisdom foreseen from eternity the cross He now presents to you as a gift from His inmost Heart. This cross He now sends you He has considered with His all-knowing eyes, understood with His divine mind, tested with His wise justice, warmed with loving arms and weighed with His own Hands, to see that it be not one inch too large and not one ounce too heavy for you. He has blessed it with His Holy Name, anointed it with His grace, perfumed it with His consolation, taken one last glance at you and your courage, and then sent it to you from heaven, a special greeting from God to you, an alms of the all-merciful love of God.
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