He who builds a house for himself takes great pains to make… - Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

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He who builds a house for himself takes great pains to make it commodious, airy, and handsome, and says: “I labour and give myself a great deal of trouble about this house, because I shall have to live in it all my life.” And yet how little is the house of eternity thought of!

Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

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Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, C.Ss.R. (September 27, 1696 – August 1, 1787), was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, scholastic philosopher and theologian, and founder of the Redemptorists, an influential religious congregation. He was canonized in 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI. Pope Pius IX proclaimed him a Doctor of the Church in 1871.

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Alternative Names: Alfonso Maria de', saint Liguori • Alfonso Maria de' Liguori • Alphonsus Mary Antony John Cosmas Damian Michael Gaspard de' Liguori Liguori • St. Alphonse Maria di Liguori • Alphonsus Liguori • Saint Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori

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