Title: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 22, 2012, 05:41:14 AM This is a thread for posting one's favorite saints' quotes, and a regular, every day or so, weather permitting, quote from a saint.
Feel free to post your own favorite saints' quotes to this thread too folks, as long as it's from a saint -- this is a good place. If it isn't, 'holy silence' is good too. 'Seek and ye shall find' some memorable quotes to read and post here. :D Please become a part of this thread! If you subscribe to this topic you will be notified upon the first reply, or next new quote as the case may be, and so keep up to date with inspirational words. :D Sometimes there will even be two quotes a day! Or even more! Title: RE: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 22, 2012, 05:48:35 AM Please visit Saints' Quotes (http://saintsquotes.net/) to find quotations. Visiting every day, for inspiration, or for answers to questions, you will find gifts from God.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 22, 2012, 05:50:39 AM 'The Saints await us; the Angels await us; Mary awaits us; and Jesus stands with the crown in His Hands wherewith to crown us if we shall be faithful to Him.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 22, 2012, 08:36:47 AM "Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ."
-St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 22, 2012, 09:19:39 AM I hope we hear more from pebbles soon! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 22, 2012, 09:33:11 AM I hope we hear more from pebbles soon! :D Hope so too. I am very grateful to her for started the book study on "Genesis", it helped me to read the book. :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 23, 2012, 12:32:12 AM "Since Christ Himself has said, "This is My Body" who shall dare to doubt that It is His Body?"
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 23, 2012, 02:31:00 AM Good evening/morning odhiambo!
There's nothing like the saints for showing the true meaning of the holy scriptures! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 23, 2012, 02:32:17 AM 'For oftentimes by reason of their own sins the tongue of preachers is tied, oftentimes on the other hand it is because of the sins of their people that the gift of eloquence is withheld from pastors. By reason of their own sins the tongue of preachers is tied, according to the words of the Psalmist, "But to the sinner God hath said, Why dost thou declare My justices?" (Ps. xlix. 16.) And again, the voice of preachers is hindered because of the sins of the people, according to the words of the Lord to Ezechiel: "I will make thy tongue stick fast to the roof of thy mouth, and thou shalt be dumb, and not as a man that reproveth, because they are a provoking house" (Ezec. iii. 26).
As though He said expressly: The gift of eloquence is withdrawn from thee, because while the people offend Me by their sins they are not worthy to have the truth preached to them. Through whose fault it is that speech is with drawn from the preacher is no easy matter to decide. But that the silence of the pastor is hurtful to himself sometimes, and to his flock at all times, is beyond all doubt. But if we cannot preach as efficiently as we ought, would that by innocence of life we held the rank that befits our office. For the Gospel adds, "Behold I send you as lambs among wolves."' Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 23, 2012, 02:54:56 AM Good evening/morning odhiambo! There's nothing like the saints for showing the true meaning of the holy scriptures! :D Good evening/morning, Shin! ;D I agree completely. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 23, 2012, 01:08:34 PM 'Lord, how sweet is Thy Spirit! "I know whom I have believed, and I am certain." (2 Tim. 1:12.) I am certain that Thou art in the tabernacle. What happiness to remain during the most silent hours at the foot of the altar! Oh, who will give me the wings of a dove, that I may take my flight of love towards Thy divine Heart?'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 24, 2012, 01:58:28 AM 'Lord, how sweet is Thy Spirit! "I know whom I have believed, and I am certain." (2 Tim. 1:12.) I am certain that Thou art in the tabernacle. What happiness to remain during the most silent hours at the foot of the altar! Oh, who will give me the wings of a dove, that I may take my flight of love towards Thy divine Heart?' St. Paul of the Cross One can feel the passion behind those words of Saint Paul. O:) Saint Paul of the Cross, Pray for us! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 24, 2012, 01:59:45 AM "Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you!"
Saint Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 24, 2012, 04:15:35 AM The sooner the better!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 24, 2012, 04:15:46 AM 'Once our motives are pure and up right, and we seek not our interests, but those of our Lord and Master, He has a constant care over us, because He is infinitely good.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 24, 2012, 07:25:16 AM The sooner the better! I think that Saint Augustine's prayer or "lament", resonates with many of us :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 24, 2012, 07:36:29 AM 'Once our motives are pure and up right, and we seek not our interests, but those of our Lord and Master, He has a constant care over us, because He is infinitely good.' St. Ignatius of Loyola Amen to that. It bring to mind our political class. There is a group of politician traversing the country for what is dubbed as "prayer meetings". During these so called "prayer meetings" presided over by certain pastors, perceived opponents are castigated, hate speeches abound! Anyone who dares to complain is told to leave those who want to pray alone if they themselves hate prayers! They quote for you the Constitution and the Freedom of Speech! How we do misuse the Name of the Lord for our own selfish gains! :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 25, 2012, 08:52:19 AM 'The desire for peace is certainly harbored in every breast, and there is no one who does not ardently invoke it. But to want peace without God is an absurdity, seeing that where God is absent thence too justice flies, and when justice is taken away it is vain to cherish the hope of peace. "Peace is the work of justice" (Is. xxii., 17).
There are many, We are well aware, who, in their yearning for peace, that is for the tranquility of order, band themselves into societies and parties, which they style parties of order. Hope and labor lost. For there is but one party of order capable of restoring peace in the midst of all this turmoil, and that is the party of God. It is this party, therefore, that we must advance, and to it attract as many as possible, if we are really urged by the love of peace.' Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 25, 2012, 09:38:41 AM “Show me the icons that you venerate, that I may be able to understand your faith.”
Saint John of Damascene Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 25, 2012, 09:42:34 AM There's so much to that one odhiambo!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 25, 2012, 09:53:24 AM There's so much to that one odhiambo! Is there perhaps a deeper meaning to the quote that I have missed? I know he was a great defender of the use of icons in the church. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 25, 2012, 09:55:18 AM Take the quote a little farther -- any 'icons', and 'veneration' in a general sense. I.E. not just actual 'icons'..
:D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 25, 2012, 10:03:58 AM Take the quote a little farther -- any 'icons', and 'veneration' in a general sense. I.E. not just actual 'icons'.. :D Here we go then: If I venerate money, for instance, you will know straight away I am of this world, is that it? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 25, 2012, 10:07:17 AM Haha, that's it exactly. :D
What people worship tells you their religion. If you sit in front of a TV all day in veneration, now we know what your idol is! And then there are even people called that.. And the whys thereof you venerate them informs a person about you. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 26, 2012, 12:16:52 AM 'We cannot be saved without a struggle, for this life is a continual warfare. But be of good courage, do not be disheartened or troubled about your faults, but always try to draw from them a love of abjection, which must never for a moment be absent from your heart.'
'We must never be discouraged or give way to anxiety. . . but ever have recourse to the adorable Heart of Jesus.' St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 26, 2012, 12:24:26 AM That sounds like something St. Claude would have said to her!
'There is a breaking of the heart which is gentle and makes it deeply penitent, and there is a breaking which is violent and harmful, shattering it completely.' St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 26, 2012, 05:00:12 AM 'There is a breaking of the heart which is gentle and makes it deeply penitent, and there is a breaking which is violent and harmful, shattering it completely.' St. Mark the Ascetic This is some quote Shin! Let me take it slowly now so I can appreciate it. 'There is a breaking of the heart which is gentle and makes it deeply penitent," This is in like penitance for my sin, but with a firm belief and hope that God has forgiven me and all will go well with my soul were I to die at that moment. Though sorry for my sins, I am at peace with myself. Then" there is a breaking which is violent and harmful, shattering it completely." This now is going overboard with the sorrow for my sin. I am so devastated that I cannot see how God can possibly forgive me. I refuse to accept that I am forgiven. In my sorrow, I end up in despair, a terrible sin against the virtue of Hope. I am agitated, anxious. This situation has caused damage to my heart, "shatterred it completely" :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 26, 2012, 05:12:24 PM That's really thought provoking odhiambo!
A lot of insight! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 26, 2012, 05:16:38 PM 'Parents often prefer to see their children damned with themselves rather than to be saved away from them.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Saint Augusta of Treviso pray for us! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Bailey2 on March 26, 2012, 06:26:00 PM "My political views are those of the Lord's prayer." St. John Bosco
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: martin on March 26, 2012, 07:42:58 PM "My political views are those of the Lord's prayer." St. John Bosco St. John Bosco certainly knew about politics. "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." as opposed to "My will be done on earth and forget about God's law."That's precisely what's wrong with the politics today. This is an excellent thread. Good thinking Baily. Inspired I would say. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 27, 2012, 07:23:13 AM Another that I have come across by Saint John Bosco and is pertinant is:
"A Catholic priest has no politics but the Gospel and fears no recriminations." Don Bosco Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 27, 2012, 09:59:14 AM If you read the story of Don Bosco's life he was under constant thread because of politics, because he lived in very anti-clerical and anti-papal times there were accusations and attempts to set him up, and attempts on his life.
When people in government power saw how he was successful with the children they did not want to see these children becoming friends of the Church. Nowadays they would have done things more efficiently, and simply condemned Don Bosco's oratories for code violations or for teaching hate speech, and then taken them over. That is the standard method of all anti-Catholic movements, get the Church out of charity and replace the Church's charities with the government, so that the people feel obliged and grateful to the government rather than the Church. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 27, 2012, 10:17:03 AM 'How happy is the soul who detaches herself from all pleasure, from all sentiment, from all self-opinionatedness! You will realize this happiness if you put all your satisfaction in the cross of Jesus; that is, if you die on the cross of your Saviour to all that is not God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 27, 2012, 05:18:13 PM 'How happy is the soul who detaches herself from all pleasure, from all sentiment, from all self-opinionatedness! You will realize this happiness if you put all your satisfaction in the cross of Jesus; that is, if you die on the cross of your Saviour to all that is not God.' St. Paul of the Cross How happy indeed! :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 27, 2012, 05:22:16 PM The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Bailey2 on March 27, 2012, 07:02:15 PM The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist. Pope St. Gregory the Great This is sooo true. I pray we all persevere in the acting of love, sometimes easy and sometimes difficult. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 28, 2012, 12:32:42 AM The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist. Pope St. Gregory the Great This is sooo true. I pray we all persevere in the acting of love, sometimes easy and sometimes difficult. One of the Pharisees tested Jesus thus: "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" (Matthew 22:36). Jesus answered him: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments" (Matthew 22:37-40). Love of God and of neighbor. That really is the key to everything! :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 28, 2012, 03:07:17 PM Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.
Saint Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 28, 2012, 03:13:33 PM Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most. Saint Jerome I remember Saint Jerome's razor sharp words in connection with the ladies of his time and make-up. I also still remember your "soap and water" comment Shin :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 28, 2012, 04:04:35 PM Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most. Saint Jerome I remember Saint Jerome's razor sharp words in connection with the ladies of his time and make-up. I also still remember your "soap and water" comment Shin :) Uh-oh. I've forgotten it! What was it? Make-up reminds me of a clown's mask. I know I heard some saint or priest make a remark like this and it has stayed with me. It's stuck with me now so that this is the impression I get. A mask, rather than a part of a person, which makes me feel sorry for the wearer. :( How much more simple, clean and honest and Christian be however plain and the age one truly is. Age has a certain nobility when embraced gracefully.. with it's due respect! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 28, 2012, 06:16:33 PM Uh-oh. I've forgotten it! What was it? Oh, you were commenting on Saint Jerome's stinging remarks on women wearing makeup, lipstick etc. You said soap and water is really all that is necesary; the clean smell of soap. ;D You and Saint Jerome come from the same pod as far as this topic is concerned. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 28, 2012, 06:26:57 PM Uh-oh. I've forgotten it! What was it? Oh, you were commenting on Saint Jerome's stinging remarks on women wearing makeup, lipstick etc. You said soap and water is really all that is necesary; the clean smell of soap. ;D You and Saint Jerome come from the same pod as far as this topic is concerned. Oh I remember! :D I was trying to restrain myself! Then the soap comment came to me! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 29, 2012, 08:37:06 AM Oh I remember! :D I was trying to restrain myself! Then the soap comment came to me! No restraint necesarry so long as your passion is for the good cause of saving souls ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 29, 2012, 05:02:44 PM 'If we wish to make any progress in the service of God we must begin every day of our life with new eagerness. We must keep ourselves in the presence of God as much as possible and have no other view or end in all our actions but the divine honor.'
St. Charles Borromeo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 29, 2012, 10:04:23 PM Something to remember when a person wakes up in the morning! To get off a good start for the day!
There's nothing like keeping memory of the presence of God. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 30, 2012, 02:26:26 AM That quote from St. Charles Borromeo is really sound advise. We cannot go wrong if we adhere to it.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 30, 2012, 05:39:24 PM "If there be here any hidden Roman Catholics, let them pray for me but the prayers of heretics I will not have".
Saint John Ogilvie Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 31, 2012, 12:21:18 AM Deo gratias!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 31, 2012, 12:21:29 AM 'If you practice the holy exercise of Spiritual Communion a good many times each day, within a month you will see yourself completely changed.'
St. Leonard of Port Maurice Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 31, 2012, 03:23:23 AM 'If you practice the holy exercise of Spiritual Communion a good many times each day, within a month you will see yourself completely changed.' St. Leonard of Port Maurice Exercise of Spiritual Communion? Does that mean saying the prayer recommended at the time of Communion when one is not able to actually receive it for one reason or another? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 31, 2012, 10:35:17 AM Yes, that is correct. Holy Communion is the life of the soul.
And so Spiritual Communion is too, the sustenance our life. Here is a thread on this priceless matter (http://saintsworks.net/forums/index.php?topic=1742.0). Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 31, 2012, 10:40:35 AM 'To you, O Master, who loves all mankind
I hasten on rising from sleep. By your mercy I go out to do your work and I make my prayer to you. Help me at all times and in all things. Deliver me from every evil thing of this world and from pursuit by the devil. Save me and bring me to your eternal kingdom, For you are my Creator, You inspire all good thoughts in me. In you is all my hope and to you I give glory, now and forever.' St. Macarius the Wonder-Worker Who has a feast on April 1st too. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 31, 2012, 03:46:09 PM 'To you, O Master, who loves all mankind Yes, he will be center stage at the Saints' thread tomorrow.I hasten on rising from sleep. By your mercy I go out to do your work and I make my prayer to you. Help me at all times and in all things. Deliver me from every evil thing of this world and from pursuit by the devil. Save me and bring me to your eternal kingdom, For you are my Creator, You inspire all good thoughts in me. In you is all my hope and to you I give glory, now and forever.' St. Macarius the Wonder-Worker Who has a feast on April 1st too. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 01, 2012, 01:07:26 AM I will attempt day by day to break my will into pieces.
I want to do God’s Holy Will, not my own” St Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 02, 2012, 03:36:10 AM Isn't that a fine name for a saint?
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 02, 2012, 03:58:17 AM Isn't that a fine name for a saint? They knew how to choose Christian names in those days. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 02, 2012, 08:54:47 AM First Resolution.
letter of Saint Conrad of Parzham "I resolve in the first place to remain continually in the presence of God and to ask myself frequently if I would do this or that if my confessor or superior were watching me and especially if God and my guardian angel were present" Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 02, 2012, 05:18:21 PM In memory of Pope John Paul II who died on 2 April 2005
"...Surely it is important for America that the moral truths which make freedom possible should be passed on to each new generation. Every generation of Americans needs to know that freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. .." Pope John Paul II Homily in Orioles Park at Camden Yards 8 October 1995 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 02, 2012, 11:15:43 PM First Resolution. letter of Saint Conrad of Parzham "I resolve in the first place to remain continually in the presence of God and to ask myself frequently if I would do this or that if my confessor or superior were watching me and especially if God and my guardian angel were present" A good reminder! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 02, 2012, 11:15:55 PM 'The pearl is formed in the shell; but the shell, which has received the dew of heaven, closes itself and sinks to the bottom of the sea, where it engenders the precious pearl. Understand me well. The pearl of genuine virtue is engendered in the depths of the sea of suffering and humility. Thence we pass into the immense ocean of uncreated love and allow ourselves to be swallowed up in its waters.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 03, 2012, 09:25:43 AM In memory of Pope John Paul II who died on 2 April 2005 "...Surely it is important for America that the moral truths which make freedom possible should be passed on to each new generation. Every generation of Americans needs to know that freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. .." Pope John Paul II Homily in Orioles Park at Camden Yards 8 October 1995 I have just learnt that Blessed Pope John Paul is now called Blessed Pope John Paul the Great O:) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 03, 2012, 10:35:26 AM In memory of Pope John Paul II who died on 2 April 2005 "...Surely it is important for America that the moral truths which make freedom possible should be passed on to each new generation. Every generation of Americans needs to know that freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. .." Pope John Paul II Homily in Orioles Park at Camden Yards 8 October 1995 I have just learnt that Blessed Pope John Paul is now called Blessed Pope John Paul the Great O:) Some people call him that, but many others who are devout and knowledgeable about the popes would not. When he is compared to other popes who have that title, there's a difference. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 03, 2012, 10:38:08 AM 'Where sin was hatched, let tears now wash the nest.'
St. Robert Southwell Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 04, 2012, 02:20:33 AM Some people call him that, but many others who are devout and knowledgeable about the popes would not. When he is compared to other popes who have that title, there's a difference. The Church has not spoken then? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 04, 2012, 07:49:10 AM Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
Saint Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 04, 2012, 10:50:56 AM Some people call him that, but many others who are devout and knowledgeable about the popes would not. When he is compared to other popes who have that title, there's a difference. The Church has not spoken then? Exactly, it is only some people saying that. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 04, 2012, 10:57:18 AM Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied. Saint Jerome Idleness is a dangerous state you'll hear more than one saint say! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 04, 2012, 05:15:03 PM Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied. Saint Jerome Idleness is a dangerous state you'll hear more than one saint say! And not just Saints, I have no idea where this saying comes from but there is nothing wrong with it save that it is not from the saints. If it does not pass muster, feel free to remove it. Here it is: "an idle mind is the devil's workshop" I agree 100% ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 04, 2012, 05:44:30 PM "Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best"
Saint Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 04, 2012, 05:58:24 PM Now that's a catchy one!
'Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading.' St. Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 05, 2012, 03:36:22 AM 'Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading.' St. Benedict Quote WORK From an article:Before Benedict in the sixth century, work was done by people who had no choice but to do it. In the Roman Empire, slaves were acquired to do as much of the physical work as possible, and getting one’s hands dirty with manual labor was seen as a curse one was born into. But with Benedict, work became prayer, not to be distinguished from other kinds of mental prayer. Your hands are praying while building a table. Your body is praying not only in kneeling before the altar but in sweating in the fields to produce daily bread. Work was made holy by St. Benedict. What is the Rule of St. Benedict, By. Jon M. Sweeney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 05, 2012, 03:38:34 AM I particularly like the last sentence of the above quoted article, viz: "Work was made holy by St. Benedict".
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 06, 2012, 12:13:33 AM 'When the Arimathean lifted You, lifeless from the Cross, O Lord of Life, he anointed You, O Christ, with myrrh, and wrapped You in a shroud. He was moved by heartfelt love to kiss your body not subject to decay; but was restrained by fear, and rejoicing, he cried out to You: "Glory to Your condescension, O Lover of Mankind."'
from the Vespers of Great and Holy Friday Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 06, 2012, 12:14:44 AM I particularly like the last sentence of the above quoted article, viz: "Work was made holy by St. Benedict". I like it too, though I think it would be more properly said of Our Lord, and His work as a carpenter. :D And then St. Benedict built from there! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 06, 2012, 05:32:05 AM 'When the Arimathean lifted You, lifeless from the Cross, O Lord of Life, he anointed You, O Christ, with myrrh, and wrapped You in a shroud. He was moved by heartfelt love to kiss your body not subject to decay; but was restrained by fear, and rejoicing, he cried out to You: "Glory to Your condescension, O Lover of Mankind."' Amen!from the Vespers of Great and Holy Friday Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 06, 2012, 05:39:50 AM I particularly like the last sentence of the above quoted article, viz: "Work was made holy by St. Benedict". I like it too, though I think it would be more properly said of Our Lord, and His work as a carpenter. :D And then St. Benedict built from there! You are right Shin! it is true that Jesus, through his work as a carpenter, did indeed sanctify manual labor. I had not seen it that way. Saint Benedict did and made it an important part of his Rule. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 06, 2012, 05:54:56 AM “Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.”
Servant of God. Fulton J. Sheen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 06, 2012, 06:32:49 PM "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life"
(Jn 3:16). Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 06, 2012, 06:33:49 PM Amen!
'. . . Holy Scripture says, "At noon he burneth the earth" (Ecclus. xliii. 3), that is to say, in the fervour of His Passion He burns up all mankind with His love. So St. Bernard says, "The chalice thou didst drink, O good Jesus, maketh thee lovable above all things." The work of our redemption easily, brushing aside all hindrances, calls out in return the whole of our love.' St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 06, 2012, 07:38:43 PM Some people call him that, but many others who are devout and knowledgeable about the popes would not. When he is compared to other popes who have that title, there's a difference. The Church has not spoken then? Exactly, it is only some people saying that. Shin, I believe that Pope Benedict XVI is one of these people. Though I'm not saying I agree with him. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 06, 2012, 10:37:00 PM Well, if that's the case, it's sad news to hear.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 07, 2012, 08:40:32 AM Well, if that's the case, it's sad news to hear. Yes. But if it is true that Benedict XVI believes this, I wonder if has he ever called him "the Great." I thought I just read last week that Benedict XVI favors calling John Paul II "the Great" but I don't know if he has ever even referred to John Paul II and "the Great." Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 07, 2012, 01:54:07 PM Well, we can rest assured a future pope will set matters right. God takes care of His Faith and His Church, no matter how hard his people do the opposite.
:D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 07, 2012, 03:22:58 PM Well, we can rest assured a future pope will set matters right. God takes care of His Faith and His Church, no matter how hard his people do the opposite. :D Thanks for the assurance, Shin! :) Here is a Wikipedia entry that confirms that Pope BenedictXVI is one of the people who refer to John Paul II as "the Great." "Since giving his homily at the funeral of Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI has continued to refer to John Paul II as "the Great". At the 2005 World Youth Day in ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Marie_Simon-Pierre" Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 07, 2012, 06:49:16 PM Thanks for the assurance, Shin! :) I expect we'll see a few beatifications annulled in the future. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 07, 2012, 07:28:25 PM Thanks for the assurance, Shin! :) I expect we'll see a few beatifications annulled in the future. :D May God's will be done! :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 07, 2012, 08:02:18 PM May God's will be done! :) Yes, whatever it may be, may God's will be done. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 08, 2012, 01:30:57 AM May God's will be done! :) Yes, whatever it may be, may God's will be done. :crucifix: Exactly! May His Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 08, 2012, 06:22:05 AM May God's will be done! :) Yes, whatever it may be, may God's will be done. :crucifix: Yes. May the flock be properly tended to. A blessed Easter to you, Shin! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 08, 2012, 06:39:08 AM Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at God’s right hand. Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth, because you have died, and now the life you have is hidden with Christ in God. But when Christ is revealed – and he is your life – you too will be revealed in all your glory with him. Colossians 3:1-4 Today's Second Reading. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 09, 2012, 02:53:30 AM 'Finally, the happiness of the person whose will is entirely submitted to God's is constant, unchangeable and endless. No fear comes to disturb it for no accident can destroy it. He is like a man seated on a rock in the middle of the ocean who looks on the fury of the waves without dismay and can amuse himself watching and counting them as they roar and break at his feet. Whether the sea is calm or rough, whichever way the waves are carried by the wind is a matter of indifference to him, for the place where he is is firm and unshakeable.
That is the reason for the peaceful and untroubled expression we find on the faces of those who have dedicated themselves to God.' St. Claude de la Colombiere Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 09, 2012, 03:37:43 AM 'Finally, the happiness of the person whose will is entirely submitted to God's is constant, unchangeable and endless. No fear comes to disturb it for no accident can destroy it. He is like a man seated on a rock in the middle of the ocean who looks on the fury of the waves without dismay and can amuse himself watching and counting them as they roar and break at his feet. Whether the sea is calm or rough, whichever way the waves are carried by the wind is a matter of indifference to him, for the place where he is is firm and unshakeable. That is the reason for the peaceful and untroubled expression we find on the faces of those who have dedicated themselves to God.' St. Claude de la Colombiere Very reassuring :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 09, 2012, 04:14:25 AM Born as a Son,
led forth as a Lamb, sacrificed as a Sheep, buried as a Man, He rose from the dead as a God, for He was by nature God and man. He is all things: He judges, and so He is Law; He teaches, and so He is Wisdom; He saves, and so He is Grace; He begets, and so He is Father; He is begotten, and so He is Son; He suffers, and so He is Sacrifice; He is buried, and so He is man; He rises again, and so He is God. This is Jesus Christ, to whom belongs glory for all ages. Prayer of Saint Melito of Sardis. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 09, 2012, 11:27:38 AM You found something special to keep! :crucifix:
Deo gratias et Mariae semper Virgini! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 09, 2012, 12:07:14 PM You found something special to keep! :crucifix: Deo gratias et Mariae semper Virgini! Shin, that is exactly how I feel. It is a beautiful prayer. I wanted to find out more about the author, Saint Melito. Not much available though. Only that he was a 2nd Century Saint. Born in 110 and died in 180. He became Bishop of Sardis, Lydia which is now part of modern Turkey. Reportedly wrote numerous theological treatises and had the gift of prophesy. His Memorial is 1 April. Thanks to God and to Saint Melito for that beautiful prayer in praise of Jesus! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 10, 2012, 05:53:13 AM "Priests have received a power which God has given neither to angels nor to archangels.
It was said to them: ‘Whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose, shall be loosed.’ Temporal rulers have indeed the power of binding; but they can only bind the body. Priests, in contrast, can bind with a bond which pertains to the soul itself and transcends the very heavens. Did [God] not give them all the powers of heaven?...What greater power is there than this? The Father has given all judgment to the Son. And now I see the Son placing all this power in the hands of men. They are raised to this dignity as if they were already gathered up to heaven" St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 10, 2012, 05:50:09 PM Let us therefore give ourselves to God with a great desire to begin to live thus, and beg Him to destroy in us the life of the world of sin, and to establish His life within us.
St John Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 11, 2012, 07:26:48 AM It's a prayer!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 11, 2012, 08:16:43 AM 'The soul's immortality resides in dispassion and spiritual knowledge; no slave to sensual pleasure can attain it.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 12, 2012, 02:15:02 AM “One must attend first to the salvation of the soul and only then to the salvation of the body”
St. Giuseppe Moscati, "The Holy Physician of Naples" Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 12, 2012, 11:41:29 PM Certainly! The two goals can be in opposition! After all, one of the three great enemies is 'the flesh'!
'If you have promised Christ to travel the straight and narrow road, then keep your stomach in check; for if you give in to it, oif you enlarge it, you are breaking your promise. Listen and hear the word of warning: "Wide and spacious is the road of gluttony. It leads to the catastrophe of fornication, and there are many who travel that way. The gate is narrow and the way of fasting is hard, that way leads to the life of purity, and there are few to make the journey" (cf. Matt. 7:13-14) The fallen Lucifer is prince of the demons, and gluttony is prince of the passions. So when you sit at a well-laden table, remember death and remember judgment, and even then you will only manage to restrain yourself a little. And when you drink, keep always in mind the vinegar and gall of your Lord. Then indeed, you will be either temperate or sighing; you will keep your mind humble. For you must not fool yourself. You will not escape from Pharaoh and you will not see the heavenly Passover unless you constantly eat bitter herbs and unleavened bread, the bitter herbs of toil and hard fasting, the unleavened bread of a mind made humble. Join to your breathing the word of him who said: "When devils plagued me, I put on sackcloth, humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer stuck to the bosom of my soul" (Ps. 34:13).' St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 13, 2012, 04:24:30 AM Certainly! The two goals can be in opposition! After all, one of the three great enemies is 'the flesh'! 'If you have promised Christ to travel the straight and narrow road, then keep your stomach in check; for if you give in to it, oif you enlarge it, you are breaking your promise. Listen and hear the word of warning: "Wide and spacious is the road of gluttony. It leads to the catastrophe of fornication, and there are many who travel that way. The gate is narrow and the way of fasting is hard, that way leads to the life of purity, and there are few to make the journey" (cf. Matt. 7:13-14) The "public opinion" ( big bellies are also called "public opinion" ;D) in these parts is that fat bellied men are rich. Which possibly means they can afford to drink as many bottles of beer( the supposed culprit), as they want. ( completely oblivious of Mattew's advise ) :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 13, 2012, 04:27:49 AM "Don't you long to shout to those youths who are bustling around you: Fools! Leave those worldly things that shackle the heart - and very often degrade it - leave all that and come with us in search of Love!"
Saint Josemaria Escriva Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 13, 2012, 05:21:33 AM The "public opinion" ( big bellies are also called "public opinion" ;D) in these parts is that fat bellied men are rich. Which possibly means they can afford to drink as many bottles of beer( the supposed culprit), as they want. ( completely oblivious of Mattew's advise ) :) Whenever I hear of certain times and cultures where fatness is admired all I can do is shake my head! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 13, 2012, 06:51:58 AM The "public opinion" ( big bellies are also called "public opinion" ;D) in these parts is that fat bellied men are rich. Which possibly means they can afford to drink as many bottles of beer( the supposed culprit), as they want. ( completely oblivious of Mattew's advise ) :) Whenever I hear of certain times and cultures where fatness is admired all I can do is shake my head! And who can blame you ;D Where as that may be true in the case of "well covered women" as they are sometimes referred to, for men, it is just an observed fact that they tend to be well of; I do not think that they are admired, not if it is a consequence of overindulgence. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 13, 2012, 11:31:10 AM 'As for those who run after visions, dreams, and the like, we must lay hold of them by the feet and pull them to the ground by force, lest they should fall into the devil's net.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 13, 2012, 03:16:19 PM 'As for those who run after visions, dreams, and the like, we must lay hold of them by the feet and pull them to the ground by force, lest they should fall into the devil's net.' St. Philip Neri Very true and yet we know too that God can talk to a select few through this very same medium. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 14, 2012, 08:01:50 AM "Give something, however small, to the one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God, if we have given what we could."
St. Gregory Nazianzen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 15, 2012, 06:40:10 AM No earthly pleasures, no kingdoms of this world can benefit me in any way. I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
Saint Ignatius of Antioch Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 15, 2012, 01:21:28 PM This is very true.
May people learn to recognize this! And recognize this feeling within their heart! So that it may take ahold of their whole heart. And so too my poor heart. Amen. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 15, 2012, 06:31:30 PM This is very true. May people learn to recognize this! And recognize this feeling within their heart! So that it may take ahold of their whole heart. And so too my poor heart. Amen. often times one knows that "earthly pleasures and the kingdoms of this world" as Saint Ignatius of Antioch puts it are but of a temporary nature, no use to us at all spiritually; the problem is that such earthly things seem to have an attraction that is difficult to resist for most of us. It is a never ending struggle. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 16, 2012, 03:34:37 PM Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin. All hope consists in confession. In confession there is a chance for mercy. Believe it firmly. Do not doubt, do not hesitate, never despair of the mercy of God. Hope and have confidence in confession.
Saint Isidore of Seville Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 16, 2012, 06:18:55 PM Thank God for good confessions!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 17, 2012, 05:43:10 PM "All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle."
Saint Francis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 17, 2012, 05:50:27 PM Very nice! I have not heard that one before!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 17, 2012, 06:12:01 PM Today somebody sent me a fictional "conversation between a student and a lecturer" which she told me is worth reading and it was.
There was something about darkness being the absence of light. Allegorically, sin, which is darkness is the absence of light which is God. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 18, 2012, 05:53:47 AM It makes for a lot of thought doesn't it?
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 18, 2012, 05:56:10 AM 'I am at the sea-shore; a drop of water is suspended from my finger. I ask this water: Poor drop, where would you wish to be? It replies: In the sea. And what do I in answer to this appeal? I shake my finger and let the poor little drop fall into the sea. Now, I ask you, is it not true that this drop of water is in the sea? Certainly it is there; but go and seek it, now that it is lost in the ocean, its centre. If it had a tongue, what would it say? Deduce the consequence and apply the parable to yourself. Lose sight of the heavens, the earth, the sea and its rivers, and all created things, and permit this soul that God has given you to lose herself in this infinitely great and good God Who is her first cause.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 18, 2012, 08:50:23 AM It makes for a lot of thought doesn't it? That it does :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 18, 2012, 10:22:15 PM 'It is never appropriate to speak about the parts of the body that must always be kept hidden and about certain bodily necessities to which nature has subjected all of us or even to name them. If sometimes you cannot avoid this in the case of a sick person or someone who is indisposed, do so in such a courteous manner that the terms you use cannot offend against decorum.'
St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 18, 2012, 11:50:38 PM 'It is never appropriate to speak about the parts of the body that must always be kept hidden and about certain bodily necessities to which nature has subjected all of us or even to name them. If sometimes you cannot avoid this in the case of a sick person or someone who is indisposed, do so in such a courteous manner that the terms you use cannot offend against decorum.' St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle This quote is one after my own heart; I couldn't agree more with St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle. There are many people who see nothing wrong with such "crude talk" as I refer to them. I heard a mother talk to her child once in such explicit terms, repeatedly telling the child to do the deed in a loud voice. I did not know where to look; I felt so completely put off and uncomfortable in that compound I wanted to turn and walk away but I had just arrived for a visit and had no choice but to stay. :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 19, 2012, 03:21:04 AM "Priests have received a power which God has given neither to angels nor to archangels.
It was said to them: ‘Whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose, shall be loosed.’ Temporal rulers have indeed the power of binding; but they can only bind the body. Priests, in contrast, can bind with a bond which pertains to the soul itself and transcends the very heavens. Did [God] not give them all the powers of heaven?... What greater power is there than this? The Father has given all judgment to the Son. And now I see the Son placing all this power in the hands of men. They are raised to this dignity as if they were already gathered up to heaven" St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 19, 2012, 03:30:35 AM "My Jesus! What a lovable contrivance this holy Sacrament was; that You would hide under the appearance of bread to make Yourself loved and to be available for a visit by anyone who desires You!"
St. Alphonsus Ligouri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 19, 2012, 03:41:49 AM "O Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ, and our dear Mother! O all ye holy angels, who, by your adoration in our churches, make up for the little love which your God and our Saviour receives from men, obtain for us the grace to comprehend a little the love of Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Sacrament."
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 19, 2012, 03:44:16 AM As you can see Shin, quotations about The Holy Eucharist are simply irrisistible. :)
I am carried away, can't help myself :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 19, 2012, 03:50:08 AM Just one more and that is it for today ;D
If Angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion. St. Maximilian Kolbe Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 19, 2012, 01:14:20 PM And do not forget! :crucifix:
'If you practice the holy exercise of Spiritual Communion a good many times each day, within a month you will see yourself completely changed.' St. Leonard of Port Maurice Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 19, 2012, 05:15:48 PM And do not forget! :crucifix: 'If you practice the holy exercise of Spiritual Communion a good many times each day, within a month you will see yourself completely changed.' St. Leonard of Port Maurice I remember when you posted this quote earlier, I printed out the prayer and for a while I used to remember to say it; now it it is just in my hand bag, I hardly ever remember to say it. So much for perseverance :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 19, 2012, 05:52:56 PM "I throw myself at the foot of the Tabernacle like a dog at the foot of his Master."
St. John Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 19, 2012, 06:13:39 PM That quote really rings a bell for me. I wish I could live in the sanctuary.
You can always say the prayer ten times in the next hour odhiambo! To make a new beginning! :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 20, 2012, 03:04:05 AM That quote really rings a bell for me. I wish I could live in the sanctuary. You can always say the prayer ten times in the next hour odhiambo! To make a new beginning! :crucifix: Bless you Shin! It is true we do fall but we do not have to remain fallen as Jesus' hand is always outstretched to help us up. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 21, 2012, 05:20:35 AM "God dwells in our midst, in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar."
- St. Maximilian Kolbe Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 21, 2012, 07:09:38 PM "He remains among us until the end of the world. He dwells on so many altars, though so often offended and profaned."
St. Maximilian Kolbe Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 23, 2012, 12:09:41 AM :crucifix:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 23, 2012, 12:38:19 AM Why do you not practice what you preach.
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 23, 2012, 11:56:49 PM 'Use the senses and sense objects as a means to spiritual contemplation but, on the contrary, do not use what provokes the desire of the flesh as food for the senses.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 23, 2012, 11:57:25 PM St. Jerome's quote is a memorable one! And humbling!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 24, 2012, 01:07:45 AM St. Jerome's quote is a memorable one! And humbling! True though few heed him :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 24, 2012, 03:26:39 AM "When you have received Him, stir up your heart to do Him homage; speak to Him about your spiritual life, gazing upon Him in your soul where He is present for your happiness; welcome Him as warmly as possible, and behave outwardly in such a way that your actions may give proof to all of His Presence."
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 24, 2012, 03:35:22 AM A member over at CAF started a thread "I don't get that much out of communion" and wanted to know what experiences others have.
I posted the above quote of Saint Francis de Sales. I hope it helped. I think the benefits we get from Sacraments depends very much on our inner preparedness. If we have faith, Jesus works His miracles in us; without that faith, His hands are as good as tied. :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 24, 2012, 03:48:07 PM “Do you want our Lord to give you many graces? Visit him often. Do you want him to give you few graces? Visit him seldom. Visits to the Blessed Sacrament are powerful and indispensable means of overcoming the attacks of the devil. Make frequent visits to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and the devil will be powerless against you.”
St. John Bosco Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2012, 01:05:14 AM A member over at CAF started a thread "I don't get that much out of communion" and wanted to know what experiences others have. I posted the above quote of Saint Francis de Sales. I hope it helped. I think the benefits we get from Sacraments depends very much on our inner preparedness. If we have faith, Jesus works His miracles in us; without that faith, His hands are as good as tied. :( This sounds like a thread topic to start! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2012, 01:05:54 AM 'Fly, as a pest, that self-satisfaction which begets vanity and inspires you with an esteem of yourself; it comes from the devil.
Thank the Lord that you have the grace to recognize and reject it. Humility of heart, self-contempt, recourse to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the impregnable fortress to which we should ever fly for help -- these are the chief means of guarding against illusion. Those sentiments which enlighten your mind and inflame your will ought, after what you have told me, to be suspected if they occasion you one particle of self-complacency. You should, therefore, banish those imaginations and place yourself in the presence of God, endeavoring with a lively faith to conceive a high idea of the Divine Majesty, that you may the more effectually humble yourself before Him. If the, devil assail you, think of your sins and miseries; do not permit yourself to go further, but reflect on your own nothingness : you will thus baffle the ruses of the demon. Be faithful to this advice.' St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 25, 2012, 02:38:22 AM A member over at CAF started a thread "I don't get that much out of communion" and wanted to know what experiences others have. I posted the above quote of Saint Francis de Sales. I hope it helped. I think the benefits we get from Sacraments depends very much on our inner preparedness. If we have faith, Jesus works His miracles in us; without that faith, His hands are as good as tied. :( This sounds like a thread topic to start! :D Should we start it and see what others have to say? ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2012, 02:50:47 AM Good evening from the other side of the world odhiambo!
Yes! :D I am about to retire. A few words from the desert monks to read, and then lights out I think. God keep you I pray and give you a good day/night! ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 25, 2012, 04:20:17 AM Good evening from the other side of the world odhiambo! Yes! :D I am about to retire. A few words from the desert monks to read, and then lights out I think. God keep you I pray and give you a good day/night! ;D Have a good night's rest Shin, you deserve it. Will start the thread. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 26, 2012, 09:36:04 AM "All the good works in the world are not equal to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass because they are the works of men; but the Mass is the work of God. Martyrdom is nothing in comparison for it is but the sacrifice of man to God; but the Mass is the sacrifice of God for man."
St. John Vianney, Cure d'Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 27, 2012, 03:43:44 AM The more you devote yourself to study of the sacred utterances, the richer will be your understanding of them, just as the more the soil is tilled, the richer the harvest.
Saint Isidore of Seville Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 27, 2012, 05:23:16 AM "All the good works in the world are not equal to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass because they are the works of men; but the Mass is the work of God. Martyrdom is nothing in comparison for it is but the sacrifice of man to God; but the Mass is the sacrifice of God for man." St. John Vianney, Cure d'Ars The sacrifice of God for man. . . The quote from St. Isidore reminds me of something I read elsewhere, I forget from who -- Was it Fr. Furniss? Perhaps St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori? Or..? A desert hermit? In any case, the saint, was advising people who said they got nothing from sermons or books.. Ah I think it was St. Bernardine of Siena! Though he may have been quoting another.. I will have to look it up.. In any case, he was advising people who got nothing out of what they listened to, or so they said.. and he said that little by little, it would penetrate.. it would benefit them.. Like a drop of water on a rock I am thinking.. :D And if the people are concerned it is the sermons themselves that are of poor quality, all they have to do is go to the saints, and however poor their minds eventually it will get through, God willing. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 28, 2012, 06:49:09 AM 'We truly love God and keep His commandments if we restrain ourselves from our pleasures. For he who still abandons himself to unlawful desires certainly does not love God, since he contradicts Him in his own intentions. . . Therefore, he loves God truly, whose mind is not conquered by consent to evil delight. For the more one takes pleasure in lower things, the more he is separated from heavenly love.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 28, 2012, 08:34:43 AM "Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident -- in the most audacious way -- in His Fatherly goodness."
St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 28, 2012, 05:38:41 PM 'Some people seem to glory in displaying their irreligious spirit in what they say by mingling the words of Holy Scripture with profane things, by mocking and making fun of sacred things and religious practices, or by bragging about the sins and infamous deeds they have committed. These are the very people of whom the Wise Man says that their conversations are intolerable, because they make a game and a joke of sin itself (Eccl [Sir] 27:15 [13]).'
St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 29, 2012, 09:57:45 AM “Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.”
Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 30, 2012, 02:50:41 AM "God dwells in our midst, in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar."
St. Maximilian Kolbe Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 01, 2012, 01:50:25 AM I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
Saint Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 01, 2012, 07:18:35 AM I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within. Saint Augustine "that wert within"? I understand what he meant but " that wert within" is a bit much. I am glad English has evolved to such as it is today. ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 02, 2012, 09:29:03 AM Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Saint Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 02, 2012, 11:56:14 AM I remember when I was trying to learn another language, the archaic stuff was all the more to learn!
I haven't heard that St. Augustine quote before. Says it all in a few words! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 02, 2012, 04:14:07 PM 'I promise thee if thou sleep upon straw, it is indeed most warm in winter, and in summer it is very fresh and cool.'
St. Bernardine of Siena :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 02, 2012, 06:33:31 PM 'I promise thee if thou sleep upon straw, it is indeed most warm in winter, and in summer it is very fresh and cool.' St. Bernardine of Siena :D ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 02, 2012, 06:34:32 PM “Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.”
St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 03, 2012, 03:48:10 PM “Beauty is indeed a good gift of God;
but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.” Saint Augustine quotes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 03, 2012, 05:45:45 PM ;D
I tend to think ugliness is a greater gift from God than beauty. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 04, 2012, 03:09:24 AM ;D You are not one to "judge a book by it's cover" then? ;DI tend to think ugliness is a greater gift from God than beauty. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 05, 2012, 08:39:33 AM It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
Saint Ignatius Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 05, 2012, 09:48:15 AM This one makes me think, 'it is hard to obey when we do not love the one whom we obey', and how far I have to change.
:-\ Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 05, 2012, 01:14:33 PM This one makes me think, 'it is hard to obey when we do not love the one whom we obey', and how far I have to change. :-\ It is so true Shin. When we do not obey God, can we honestly still profess to love Him above all else? I know that for most of us, we really want to obey God in all things but sometimes the body is weak. Take my case yesterday. It was First Friday and I wanted to go for the all night prayers which include two Masses; one at around 9.30 pm and the second one at around 5.30 am the next morning to conclude the vigil. It was raining and cold, there was a snarl up of traffic and by the time I reached home I was hungry and tired. ( all excuses I know for not going to church!). I ended up not going. Can I honestly say that I love God above all else when my comfort seemed more important? :( This is the question I am grappling with. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 05, 2012, 02:28:47 PM This is why I see virtue and understanding what it is as so important.
If I can see a particular virtue in Christ, and in a saint, and understand how it is properly practiced, I can aim for and pray for it to be learned by myself. I.e. then I know at least, what the goal is in a particular case. And I have to keep praying to love God more! God help us! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 05, 2012, 07:08:04 PM And I have to keep praying to love God more! God help us! Yes, let us pray for as Saint John Vianney said, "You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God" Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 06, 2012, 07:05:13 AM What prayer could be more true before God the Father than that which the Son, who is Truth, uttered with His own lips?
Saint John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 06, 2012, 09:33:24 AM What prayer could be more true before God the Father than that which the Son, who is Truth, uttered with His own lips? Saint John Chrysostom Very inspiring! I am still moved by the obedience quote. I keep coming back to it and it is helping motivate me to do the work to change my habits. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 07, 2012, 02:45:43 AM I am still moved by the obedience quote. I keep coming back to it and it is helping motivate me to do the work to change my habits. Yes, what I am absorbing from the Forum is helping me too. When I come across quotes like that I treasure them. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 07, 2012, 03:28:35 PM There is no such thing as bad weather. All weather is good because it is God's.
Saint Teresa of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 07, 2012, 05:40:48 PM A good thing to remember in conversation, I try! ;D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on May 07, 2012, 07:39:43 PM Quote There is no such thing as bad weather. All weather is good because it is God's. Saint Teresa of Avila This is what Shin always says! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 08, 2012, 04:02:34 AM Quote There is no such thing as bad weather. All weather is good because it is God's. This is what Shin always says! :DSaint Teresa of Avila We will now join him and start reminding ourselves and others of the same whenever it rains cats and dogs ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 08, 2012, 10:02:42 AM Haha, I don't mind the rain, it's when it's too hot that I have to really work at saying it! ;D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 09, 2012, 04:08:12 AM We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
Saint Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 09, 2012, 11:52:45 AM What a nice turn of phrase!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 10, 2012, 06:00:50 AM Consider all the past as nothing, and say, like David: Now I begin to love my God.
Saint Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 10, 2012, 06:31:02 AM Have you noticed Shin how the Saints all but say the same thing but in different words?
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 10, 2012, 09:41:28 AM Yes I have. :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 10, 2012, 05:43:45 PM “It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.”
Saint Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 10, 2012, 05:45:42 PM And pride that makes them as devils!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 10, 2012, 06:33:23 PM Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 11, 2012, 05:24:36 PM What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
Saint Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 12, 2012, 01:50:08 AM It reminds me of 'what you do for the least' . . .
A cup of water. . . '"Like a tree planted by streams of water," [Ps. 1:3] the soul is irrigated by the Holy Scriptures and acquires vigour, produces tasty fruit, namely, true faith, and is beautified with a thousand green leaves, namely, actions that please God.' St. John of Damascus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 12, 2012, 02:01:11 AM It reminds me of 'what you do for the least' . . . A cup of water. . . '"Like a tree planted by streams of water," [Ps. 1:3] the soul is irrigated by the Holy Scriptures and acquires vigour, produces tasty fruit, namely, true faith, and is beautified with a thousand green leaves, namely, actions that please God.' St. John of Damascus Thought provoking :lilangel: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 13, 2012, 07:28:20 AM All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.
Saint Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 14, 2012, 04:32:25 PM The following is now as well known as the Saint himself :)
Ever Ancient, Ever New Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, but I was not with you. Created things kept me from you; yet if they had not been in you they would have not been at all. You called, you shouted, and you broke through my deafness. You flashed, you shone, and you dispelled my blindness. You breathed your fragrance on me; I drew in breath and now I pant for you. I have tasted you, now I hunger and thirst for more. You touched me, and I burned for your peace. from The Confessions of Saint Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 14, 2012, 11:10:11 PM 'All men are made in God's image; but to be in His likeness is granted only to those who through great love have brought their own freedom into subjection to God. For only when we do not belong to ourselves do we become like Him who through love has reconciled us to Himself. No one achieves this unless he persuades his soul not to be distracted by the false glitter of this life.'
St. Diadochos of Photiki Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 15, 2012, 03:06:31 AM 'All men are made in God's image; but to be in His likeness is granted only to those who through great love have brought their own freedom into subjection to God. For only when we do not belong to ourselves do we become like Him who through love has reconciled us to Himself. No one achieves this unless he persuades his soul not to be distracted by the false glitter of this life.' St. Diadochos of Photiki St. Diadochos of Photiki? Never heard of him :) Tell us a brief account of his life please. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 15, 2012, 04:09:30 AM I can't find much about him. I know he is a bishop, it's said he was born around 400 A.D. and is known for 'On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination' a work of one hundred texts on the subject.
Photiki was part of Epirus, which if you look on a map is the land directly across the water, East of the end of the Italian peninsula. 'No one can love God consciously in his heart unless he has first feared Him with all his heart. Through the action of fear the soul is purified and, as it were, made malleable and so it becomes awakened to the action of love. No one, however, can come to fear God completely in the way described, unless he first transcends all worldly cares; for when the intellect reaches a state of deep stillness and detachment, then the fear of God begins to trouble it, purifying it with full perception from all gross and cloddish density, and thereby bringing it to a great love for God's goodness. Thus the fear which characterizes those who are still being purified is accompanied by a moderate measure of love. But perfect love is found in those who have already been purified and in whom there is no longer any fear, for 'perfect love casts out fear' (1 John 4:18). Fear and love are found together only in the righteous who achieve virtue through the energy of the Holy Spirit in them. For this reason Holy Scripture says in one place: 'O fear the Lord, all you who are His saints' (Ps. 34:9), and in another: ‘O love the Lord, all you who are His saints' (Ps. 31:23). From this we see clearly that the righteous, who are still in the process of being purified, are characterized both by fear and by a moderate measure of love; perfect love, on the other hand, is found only in those who have already been purified and in whom there is no longer any thought of fear, but rather a constant burning and binding of the soul to God through the energy of the Holy Spirit. As it is written, ‘My soul is bound to Thee: Thy right hand has upheld me' (Ps. 63:8. LXX).' St. Diadochos of Photiki, Text 16, 'On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination' 'Very few men can accurately recognize all their own faults; indeed, only those can do this whose intellect is never torn away from the remembrance of God. Our bodily eyes, when healthy, can see everything, even gnats and mosquitoes flying about in the air; but when they are clouded by some discharge, they see large objects only indistinctly and small things not at all. Similarly if the soul, through attentiveness, reduces the blindness caused by the love of this world, it will consider its slightest faults to be very grave and will continually shed tears with deep thankfulness. For it is written, 'The righteous shall give thanks unto Thy name' (Ps. 140:13). But if the soul persists in its worldly disposition, even though it commits a murder or some other act deserving severe punishment, it takes little notice; and it is quite unable to discern its other faults, often considering them to be signs of progress, and in its wretchedness it is not ashamed to defend them heatedly. Only the Holy Spirit can purify the intellect, for unless a greater power comes and overthrows the despoiler, what he has taken captive will never be set free (cf. Luke 11:21-22). In every way, therefore, and especially through peace of soul, we must make ourselves a dwelling-place for the Holy Spirit. Then we shall have the lamp of spiritual knowledge burning always within us; and when it is shining constantly in the inner shrine of the soul, not only will the intellect perceive all the dark and bitter attacks of the demons, but these attacks will be greatly weakened when exposed for what they are by that glorious and holy light. That is why the Apostle says: 'Do not quench the Spirit' (1 Thess. 5:19), meaning: 'Do not grieve the goodness of the Holy Spirit by wicked actions or wicked thoughts, lest you be deprived of this protecting light.' The Spirit, since He is eternal and life-creating, cannot be quenched; but if He is grieved - that is if He withdraws - He leaves the intellect without the light of spiritual knowledge, dark and full of gloom.' St. Diadochos of Photiki, Texts 27 & 28, 'On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 15, 2012, 04:42:18 AM Thank you Shin.
The saint wrote of perfect love, being "found only in those who have already been purified and in whom there is no longer any thought of fear, but rather a constant burning and binding of the soul to God through the energy of the Holy Spirit" There are many saints who had this perfect love. In this day and age, though, where one cannot completely be divorced from the world, attaining this much desired spiritual growth is, well, not easy. Even the very internet we are now so dependent on has it's down side, almost like the T.V :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 15, 2012, 04:53:16 AM It's true, one has to separate oneself!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 16, 2012, 07:12:09 AM "I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God"
Saint Dominic Savio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 16, 2012, 07:15:34 AM "I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God" Saint Dominic Savio Let us resolve here and now to " do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God" just as the Saint wished. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on May 16, 2012, 09:07:02 AM Quote Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! Beautiful!! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 17, 2012, 04:00:15 AM "O Master, make me chaste, but not yet!"
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 17, 2012, 04:08:05 AM "O Master, make me chaste, but not yet!" St. Augustine This quote to me captures the struggles Catholic young adults face in their Christian lives. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 18, 2012, 01:29:29 AM Yes, they haven't realized they have to give it all up completely.
If only more people were raised as Christians from their youngest childhood, by parents who were examples of Christian life, and separate from the world! 'To abstain from sinful actions is not sufficient for the fulfillment of God's law. The very desire of what is forbidden is evil.' St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle St. Paschal Baylon, pray for us. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 18, 2012, 04:43:48 AM Where sin was hatched, let tears now wash the nest.
St. Robert Southwell Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 18, 2012, 11:17:47 PM 'He who wishes to purify his faults purifies them with tears and he who wishes to acquire virtues, acquires them with tears.'
St. Poemen St. Poemen and St. Robert Southwell, pray for us. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 19, 2012, 01:54:53 AM 'To him who hungers after Christ grace is food; to him who is thirsty, a reviving drink; to him who is cold, a garment; to him who is weary, rest; to him who prays, assurance; to him who mourns, consolation.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 19, 2012, 12:14:49 PM According to SQPN, St. Mark the Ascetic reportedly knew the Scriptures by heart.
He was not the only one. I have come across at least one other; I forget which saint. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 19, 2012, 12:28:58 PM My daughter, I see more Pharisees among Christians than there were around Pilate.
St. Margaret of Cortona Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 19, 2012, 10:34:55 PM Sigh, that's been in my thoughts lately, actually. And here is this quote.
Some many people treating Our Lord's words, and His saints so irreverently and looking for ways to cast aspersions or insinuate problems. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 20, 2012, 04:11:04 AM 'He who loves Jesus trains himself in suffering: perseverance in suffering dispels listlessness.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 20, 2012, 08:42:13 AM Mount Calvary is the academy of love.
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 20, 2012, 03:35:19 PM Proud is many a man who looks down on his neighbor because the wool of his gown is finer! Yet as fine as it is, a poor sheep wore it upon her back before it came upon his back, and all the while she wore it, she was after all still only a sheep. And why should he now think himself better than she was simply by having that wool-----wool that, even though it is now his, is still not so truly his as it was truly hers? :)
St. Thomas More Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 22, 2012, 08:29:46 AM The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 22, 2012, 08:51:28 AM Proud is many a man who looks down on his neighbor because the wool of his gown is finer! Yet as fine as it is, a poor sheep wore it upon her back before it came upon his back, and all the while she wore it, she was after all still only a sheep. And why should he now think himself better than she was simply by having that wool-----wool that, even though it is now his, is still not so truly his as it was truly hers? :) St. Thomas More Quite a find odhiambo! ;D Quite a find! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 22, 2012, 08:53:48 AM Hi Shin!
A real gem yes ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 22, 2012, 11:14:59 AM 'The intellect freed from the passions becomes like light, unceasingly illumined by the contemplation of created beings.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 23, 2012, 06:49:34 AM 'The intellect freed from the passions becomes like light, unceasingly illumined by the contemplation of created beings.' St. Thalassios the Libyan That needs some thought to unravel. I am a bit dull witted this morning ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 23, 2012, 07:10:59 AM Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: martin on May 23, 2012, 10:16:16 AM Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent. St. John of the Cross I was reading how the little children of Fatima used every trial that came their way as an offering to console the Herats of Jesus and Mary and plead mercy on poor sinners. I need to keep this in mind and stop complaining. :-[ Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 23, 2012, 04:18:19 PM Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent. St. John of the Cross I was reading how the little children of Fatima used every trial that came their way as an offering to console the Herats of Jesus and Mary and plead mercy on poor sinners. I need to keep this in mind and stop complaining. :-[ Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 24, 2012, 09:25:29 AM Beside each believer stands an Angel as protector and shepherd, leading him to life.
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 24, 2012, 09:28:15 AM Beside each believer stands an Angel as protector and shepherd, leading him to life. St. Basil the Great I thought that when God created us, He gave each one of us a Guardian Angel. From the quote, it seems that only Believers have Guardian Angels. Is that the case? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 24, 2012, 09:37:23 AM No, I do believe it is everyone, I think he is simply saying it non-exclusively.
It's great to meditate on a quote and work at understanding it! :D I think St. Thalassios' quote is one of those for a good deal of thought. It makes me think of the difference in thought itself, when thought itself is virtuous, or not. And something I heard of once called the 'principle of the integral good', which is "good is from an integral cause, evil from any defect whatsoever." I think to truly understand this quote you have to experience it in the end. But it's helpful guidance too. God help us on the journey! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 25, 2012, 03:25:43 AM When tempted, invoke your Angel. he is more eager to help you than you are to be helped! Ignore the devil and do not be afraid of him: He trembles and flees at the sight of your Guardian Angel.
St. John Bosco Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 25, 2012, 09:02:56 AM How magnificent it is to know you have a guardian and protector and friend like this your entire life. :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 25, 2012, 09:04:23 AM 'Come, Lord, work upon us, set us on fire and clasp us close, be fragrant to us, draw us to your loveliness, let us love, let us run to you.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 25, 2012, 05:37:12 PM How magnificent it is to know you have a guardian and protector and friend like this your entire life. :D The sad fact is that few realize it. :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 27, 2012, 07:44:33 AM Just as a man cannot live in the flesh unless he is born in the flesh, even so a man cannot have the spiritual life of grace unless he is born again spiritually. This regeneration is effected by Baptism: "Unless a man is born again of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" [Jn 3:5].
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 27, 2012, 07:55:36 AM Whenever I am asked if I am born again, I am always at a loss how to answer;
well, not anymore; now, thanks to St. Thomas Aquinas, I know just how to answer that frequently asked question and it will be something like this: Yes and No! I am not a born again Christian, not the one you have in mind. I am Catholic. Born again of water and the Holy Spirit at the time I was baptized and confirmed! How is that for an answer? ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 27, 2012, 04:21:45 PM Pretty good odhiambo! :D
The more I think of spiritual virtue, infused virtue, the more I think of how the Christian way of life is so different fundamentally, outside and in, than the worldly way of life. All the ways of acting, the entertainment, the daily life, everything is different. It frightens me to see how far I have to go and little I know. 'The reason why the lukewarm run so great a risk of being lost is because tepidity conceals from the soul the immense evil which it causes.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 28, 2012, 08:32:55 AM Pretty good odhiambo! :D The more I think of spiritual virtue, infused virtue, the more I think of how the Christian way of life is so different fundamentally, outside and in, than the worldly way of life. All the ways of acting, the entertainment, the daily life, everything is different. It frightens me to see how far I have to go and little I know. God is merciful; we can but hope. :crucifix: I have realised that the more we try the more we indeed grow in the faith. Once you start losing interest in some of the things you once thought were vital to a good life, you know you are inching forwards. :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 28, 2012, 08:37:37 AM "There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved".
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 29, 2012, 05:13:51 AM There is no place else to go!
'O most loveable Jesus, the sighs of my heart rise up to you.' St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 29, 2012, 05:51:06 AM There is no place else to go! 'O most loveable Jesus, the sighs of my heart rise up to you.' St. Bernadette Soubirous And to think that people actually leave the Church :speachless: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 29, 2012, 06:29:45 AM “Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.”
Saint Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 30, 2012, 04:27:16 AM Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.
Saint Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 30, 2012, 03:02:50 PM What a miracle to have a mother so full of grace! :D
'God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.' St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 31, 2012, 04:08:04 AM What a miracle to have a mother so full of grace! :D 'God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.' St. Augustine This is true even if they may seem undeserving. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 31, 2012, 04:42:56 AM Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
Saint Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 31, 2012, 12:30:13 PM What a miracle to have a mother so full of grace! :D 'God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.' St. Augustine This is true even if they may seem undeserving. Yes, it took me time to learn that lesson odhiambo! Thankfully you have learned it! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 31, 2012, 06:01:52 PM Learning is a lifelong process Shin, it never ends. ;D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: martin on May 31, 2012, 07:24:45 PM Those quotes provide plenty of food for thought.
The saints can say so much with so few words. O:) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 01, 2012, 03:18:07 AM 'My dear brethren, I call that man bad company who is without religion, who does not concern himself with either the commandments of God or those of the Church, who does not recognize Lent or Easter, who seldom comes to church or, if he does come, then only to scandalize others by his irreligious ways. You ought to shun his company; otherwise you will not be long in becoming like him without your even noticing it.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 01, 2012, 05:52:00 AM 'My dear brethren, I call that man bad company who is without religion, who does not concern himself with either the commandments of God or those of the Church, who does not recognize Lent or Easter, who seldom comes to church or, if he does come, then only to scandalize others by his irreligious ways. You ought to shun his company; otherwise you will not be long in becoming like him without your even noticing it.' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars He is so right. There is always a risk even in just associating with those of other faiths. I know that this could be considered discrimination, but it is a fact that Catholics in the presence of Non-Catholics are reluctant to be"Catholics", if I can put it that way. A poster over at CAF admitted to not making the Sign of the Cross before eating in school for fear of being ridiculed by other students. :( The Desert Fathers and Mothers sure knew how to solve this problem. Talking of the Desert Fathers and Mothers,what of Confession, Holly Communion, Holy Mass and so on? Did they sacrifice all that on the alter of constant prayer, solitude , sacrifices etc? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 01, 2012, 12:55:12 PM That reminds me of one of my favorite sermons.
In it was a story about a little girl going to kindergarten for the first time, and trying to say grace. It's a reason why it's so necessary for there to be Christian society, and government, rather than a pluralistic society. Absolutely necessary. Only because of the profound ignorance today of what Christianity is, are people living their lives and raising their children as they are. 'Obviously the need of this Christian instruction is accentuated by the decline of our times and morals. It is even more demanded by the existence of those public schools, lacking all religion, where everything holy is ridiculed and scorned. There both teachers' lips and students' ears are inclined to godlessness. We are referring to those schools which are unjustly called neutral or lay. In reality, they are nothing more than the stronghold of the powers of darkness.' Pope St. Pius X, 'Editae Saepe' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: martin on June 01, 2012, 06:34:08 PM Quote 'Obviously the need of this Christian instruction is accentuated by the decline of our times and morals. It is even more demanded by the existence of those public schools, lacking all religion, where everything holy is ridiculed and scorned. There both teachers' lips and students' ears are inclined to godlessness. We are referring to those schools which are unjustly called neutral or lay. In reality, they are nothing more than the stronghold of the powers of darkness.' Pope St. Pius X, 'Editae Saepe' Shin I was reading that quote thinking it was your own til I scrolled on down and saw it was from Pope St. Pius X. It certainly sounds like things you've written before on the subject. :) Getting involved with this school catechises I've discovered that things are actually worse than I first imagined.; I think it will take direct intervention from the Lord to put things right but we still must do our own little bit. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 01, 2012, 09:06:56 PM Yes, pray and work! Bring as much grace to the situation as the Lord wills.
I think of that quote often if I say anything about the subject! Thank God for Pope St. Pius X and his writing on education! I pray he intercedes for us in regards to the help you're trying to bring to education. If only people had listened enough to his words! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 01, 2012, 09:07:24 PM 'Abba Paphnutius said, "When I was walking along the road, I happened to lose my way and found myself near a village adn I saw some people who were talking about evil things. So I stood still, praying or my sins. Then behold an angel came, holding a sword, and he said to me, "Paphnutius, all those who judge their brothers perish by his sword, but because you have not judged, but have humbled yourself before God, saying that you have sinned, your name is written in the book of the living!"
'Abba Poemen said that Abba Paphnutius used to say, 'During the whole lifetime of the old men, I used to go see them twice a month, although it was a distance of twelve miles. I told them each of my thoughts and they never answered me anything but this, "Wherever you go, do not judge yourself and you will have peace." 'Amma Sarah sent someone to say to Abba Paphnutius, "Have you really done the work of God by letting your brother be despised?" and Abba Paphnutius said, "Paphnutius is here with the intention of doing the work of God, and he has nothing to do with anyone else." - the sayings of the Desert Fathers Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 02, 2012, 05:52:04 AM Quote 'Obviously the need of this Christian instruction is accentuated by the decline of our times and morals. It is even more demanded by the existence of those public schools, lacking all religion, where everything holy is ridiculed and scorned. There both teachers' lips and students' ears are inclined to godlessness. We are referring to those schools which are unjustly called neutral or lay. In reality, they are nothing more than the stronghold of the powers of darkness.' Pope St. Pius X, 'Editae Saepe' Shin I was reading that quote thinking it was your own til I scrolled on down and saw it was from Pope St. Pius X. It certainly sounds like things you've written before on the subject. :) Same here martin. Shin, I honestly thought it was your say on the subject because it sounded so like you; until I realized it was a quote ;D Imagine this problem we are facing now was a problem even then, some one hundred years ago, give or take. :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 02, 2012, 09:44:25 AM "Be just and fair in all you do. Always put yourself in your neighbour's place, and put him into yours, and then you will judge fairly. Sell as you would buy, and buy as you would sell, and your buying and selling will alike be honest. These little dishonesties seem unimportant, because we are not obliged to make restitution, and we have, after all, only taken that which we might demand according to the strict letter of the law; but, nevertheless, they are sins against right and charity, and are mere trickery, greatly needing correction-nor does any one ever lose by being generous, noble-hearted and courteous. Be sure then often to examine your dealings with your neighbour, whether your heart is right towards him, as you would have his towards you, were things reversed-this is the true test of reason."
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 02, 2012, 09:47:15 AM "Be just and fair in all you do. Always put yourself in your neighbour's place, and put him into yours, and then you will judge fairly. Sell as you would buy, and buy as you would sell, and your buying and selling will alike be honest. These little dishonesties seem unimportant, because we are not obliged to make restitution, and we have, after all, only taken that which we might demand according to the strict letter of the law; but, nevertheless, they are sins against right and charity, and are mere trickery, greatly needing correction-nor does any one ever lose by being generous, noble-hearted and courteous. Be sure then often to examine your dealings with your neighbour, whether your heart is right towards him, as you would have his towards you, were things reversed-this is the true test of reason." St. Francis de Sales Amen! Amen! Saint Francis and thank you! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 03, 2012, 09:19:57 AM 'When the door of the steam baths is continually left open, the heat inside rapidly escapes through it; likewise the soul, in its desire to say many things, dissipates its remembrance of God through the door of speech, even though everything it says may be good. Thereafter the intellect, though lacking appropriate ideas, pours out a welter of confused thoughts to anyone it meets, as it no longer has the Holy Spirit to keep its understanding free from fantasy. Ideas of value always shun verbosity, being foreign to confusion and fantasy. Timely silence, then, is precious, for it is nothing less than the mother of the wisest thoughts.'
St. Diadochos of Photiki Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 03, 2012, 09:21:23 AM 'When the door of the steam baths is continually left open, the heat inside rapidly escapes through it; likewise the soul, in its desire to say many things, dissipates its remembrance of God through the door of speech, even though everything it says may be good. Thereafter the intellect, though lacking appropriate ideas, pours out a welter of confused thoughts to anyone it meets, as it no longer has the Holy Spirit to keep its understanding free from fantasy. Ideas of value always shun verbosity, being foreign to confusion and fantasy. Timely silence, then, is precious, for it is nothing less than the mother of the wisest thoughts.' St. Diadochos of Photiki In other words: " Silence is golden" ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 03, 2012, 02:02:14 PM :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 04, 2012, 08:11:20 AM 'Put in practice these precious words: suffer, be silent. By doing so, you will become in a short time holy and perfect.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on June 04, 2012, 09:47:18 AM Quote Put in practice these precious words: suffer, be silent. By doing so, you will become in a short time holy and perfect.' St. Paul of the Cross Easier to suffer than to be silent! So much to learn from the Saints. O:) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 05, 2012, 04:28:22 AM Quote Put in practice these precious words: suffer, be silent. By doing so, you will become in a short time holy and perfect.' St. Paul of the Cross Easier to suffer than to be silent! So much to learn from the Saints. O:) I agree Patricia :) Silence is a virtue in certain conditions but in others, one is obliged to speak. Listen to the prophet Isaiah in the next post. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 05, 2012, 04:28:49 AM For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet, till her righteousness shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch.
Isaiah 62:1 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 05, 2012, 04:30:03 AM 'Take with you everywhere this spirit of prayer and interior recollection. Go out of yourself, and lose yourself in God; go out of time, and lose yourself in eternity.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 05, 2012, 04:30:28 AM There's so deep a meaning to 'silence'.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 05, 2012, 04:44:32 AM There's so deep a meaning to 'silence'. That is true Shin. There is also the " Prayer of Silence". I try this prayer at times during my weekly Eucharistic Adoration but I am no good at it. I soon give up and read instead, especially at those times when I am not collected and cannot pray properly. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 06, 2012, 11:50:09 AM 'There was once a solitary who had built himself a royal palace in the trunk of an oak-tree; he had placed thorns inside of it, and he had fastened three stones over his head, so that when he raised himself or turned over he might feel the stones or the thorns. And we, we think of nothing but finding good beds, that we may sleep at our ease.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 08, 2012, 04:32:40 AM 'Wickedness is an intricate net; and if someone is careless when partially entangled, he gets completely enmeshed.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 09, 2012, 02:56:30 AM That's one of my favorite St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney qoutes odhiambo. It really speaks to me of what the life of a saint is.
The St. Mark quote makes me think of these times especially, where everything has fallen apart. The only way out is to follow the saints, and get clear, far clear, of the world's conversations and entertainments. I wish I could pray decently. I am not pleased with my prayer life. I think it is because I lack virtue. I think the more virtue one has the better in this regard.. Without sufficient virtue it would be, I think, no wonder, that prayer was not what it should be, because one was not developing the interior qualities for it. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 09, 2012, 04:44:07 AM That's one of my favorite St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney qoutes odhiambo. It really speaks to me of what the life of a saint is. Was he referring to St. Simon Stock or was there another Saint who lived a similar life? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 09, 2012, 05:00:13 AM The St. Mark quote makes me think of these times especially, where everything has fallen apart. The only way out is to follow the saints, and get clear, far clear, of the world's conversations and entertainments. I wish I could pray decently. I am not pleased with my prayer life. I think it is because I lack virtue. I think the more virtue one has the better in this regard.. Without sufficient virtue it would be, I think, no wonder, that prayer was not what it should be, because one was not developing the interior qualities for it. You know the saying "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again." That is all any of us can do Shin. Success will come with constant trying. It is what is in our hearts that counts with God. Perseverance is important. That is also my problem. At times I want to praise Him using my own words but nothing flows, so I turn to our written prayers. How I envy those who just open their mouths and words of praise, thanksgiving, etc, flow out in spontaneous worship. I have asked Jesus to teach me how to pray. I believe He will. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 09, 2012, 10:42:31 PM Thank you odhiambo!
I remember how I love litanies, I should pick those up again. Each line is a short prayer that is memorable and one can think on. 'Let him who seeks true humility, employ two means: mental prayer, meditating on the greatness of God, and his own nothingness; vocal prayer, asking it of God, through the merits of Jesus and Mary.' St. Benedict Joseph Labre Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 10, 2012, 05:46:06 AM 'Let him who seeks true humility, employ two means: mental prayer, meditating on the greatness of God, and his own nothingness; vocal prayer, asking it of God, through the merits of Jesus and Mary.' Amen!St. Benedict Joseph Labre Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 10, 2012, 05:47:17 AM Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don't call prayer-----however much the lips may move.
St. Teresa of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 10, 2012, 05:54:56 AM Saint Teresa of Avila's quote brings to mind this verse from Mathew:
And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Matthew 6:7 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 10, 2012, 09:16:09 AM 'Christ could not have commanded anything more beneficial, for this sacrament is the fruit of the tree of life. Anyone who receives this sacrament with the devotion of sincere faith will never taste death. "It is a tree of life for those who grasp it, and blessed is he who holds it fast. The man who feeds on me shall live on account of me."'
St. Albert the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 11, 2012, 10:30:05 AM '.... this sacrament is the fruit of the tree of life. ..."' St. Albert the Great The very one God sent Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden so they would not eat of it and thus live forever; . Jesus Himself! :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 12, 2012, 05:45:42 PM “Despise not yourselves, ye women; the Son of God was born of a woman”
Saint Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 13, 2012, 11:01:59 AM 'In the spiritual life no storm is more formidable than calmness itself, nor an adversary more dangerous than the absence of adversaries.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 13, 2012, 11:03:05 AM I need help to understand St. Ignatius of Loyola's quote above.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 15, 2012, 10:35:57 AM I felt pain in seeing my dear God so offended. I could faint from seeing so many souls lost for not feeling the fruit of the Passion of Jesus. A desire to convert all sinners will not leave me.
Saint Paul of the Cross. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 15, 2012, 11:28:46 AM 'In the spiritual life no storm is more formidable than calmness itself, nor an adversary more dangerous than the absence of adversaries.' St. Ignatius of Loyola I think the quotes on false peace (http://saintsquotes.net/Selection%20-%20False%20Peace.html) would probably be the answer. And these two too. 'No one ought to consider himself a true servant of God who is not tried by many temptations and trials.' St. Francis of Assisi 'Without temptation, no one can be saved. . . Whoever has not experienced temptation cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.' St. Anthony of Egypt There isn't a selection series up on true peace yet, which is quite beautiful to read of and think on. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 16, 2012, 07:14:30 AM Thank you Shin.
You are right. I have read the quotes on false peace and they have helped me to understand what St. Ignatius meant. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 16, 2012, 08:26:44 AM Glad to hear it!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 16, 2012, 08:37:41 AM Glad to hear it! It frightened me a little though :( Now I want temptations :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 16, 2012, 08:45:12 AM What prayer could be more true before God the Father than that which the Son, who is Truth, uttered with His own lips?
Saint John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 18, 2012, 06:43:37 AM 'Fear of God is of two kinds. The first is generated in us by the threat of punishment. It is through such fear that we develop in due order self-control, patience, hope in God and dispassion; and it is from dispassion that love comes. The second kind of fear is linked with love and constantly produces reverence in the soul, so that it does not grow indifferent to God because of the intimate communion of its love.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 18, 2012, 06:47:53 AM When we are sorry for our sins because of fear of punishment, it is imperfect contrition.
On the other hand, if it is the love of God that has triggered our regret and contrition, then that is perfect contrition. My thoughts, not a quote. ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 18, 2012, 12:16:48 PM Haha, I know you know we should seek not them out. But if we are seeking to be virtuous we are certain to be opposed in that and so there they will be.
I become horrified when I think about the difference between a natural life and a supernatural life, and reflect on my life and past and what has changed and what has not. I remember reading that there had to be a supernatural motivation.. When I think about the difference between natural desires and supernatural ones, natural virtuous and supernatural virtues, infused by the grace of God.. I wonder and think a great deal and try to discern. 'Moreover it is all the more remarkable that the more we submit to God's will, the more He tries to meet our wishes. It would seem that as soon as we make it our sole aim to obey Him, He on His part does His best to try and please us. Not only does He answer our prayers but He even forestalls them by granting the very desires we have endeavored to stifle in our hearts in order to please Him, and granting them in a measure we had never imagined.' St. Claude de la Colombiere Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 20, 2012, 04:59:55 AM The heart of the wicked swarms with sins like an anthill with ants. It is like a piece of bad meat full of worms. When we abandon ourselves to our passions, we interweave thorns around our heart. We are like moles a week old; no sooner do we see the light, than we bury ourselves in the ground. The devil amuses us till the last moment, as a poor man is kept amused while the soldiers are coming to take him. When they come, he cries and struggles in vain, for they will not release him.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 20, 2012, 05:14:49 AM 'Now although man is created for the possession of happiness, yet, having deviated from his true end, his nature has become deformed and is entirely repugnant to true beatitude. And on this account we are forced to submit to God this depraved nature of ours which fills our understanding with so many occupations, and causes us to deviate from the true path, in order that he may entirely consume it until nothing remains there but himself; otherwise the soul could never attain stability nor repose, for she was created for no other end.'
St. Catherine of Genoa 'For God desires that man be like Him in all things, and for this reason he came down to earth and suffered, that He might subdue our hardened nature an cut off our wilfullness and the spurious knowledge that dominates our hearts. Indeed, whearas the irrational animals have preserved their own nature, man has changed his proper nature. In the beginning, when God created man, He placed him in paradise, with sound senses established in their natural state. But when man accepted the counsel of the Devil, who deceived him, all of his senses were distorted from their natural state contrary to nature, and it was then that man fell away from his spiritual potential. But our Lord took pity on our kind, on account of the great love with which He loved us, the ungrateful ones, and through His Divine Incarnation He changed man's unnatural state into a natural one. He effected this change through His Holy Body. He bestowed on us the capacity to communicate with His Divine Body through Divine Communion. In this way He brought us back again to Paradise and gave us holy commandments, which, provided we observe them, will enable us to overcome those who have estranged us from our glory and to establish ourselves once more in that natural state in which we were created in the beginning. For man's natural desire consists in his yearning for things on high, without such desire one cannot even have love for God. For this reason, Daniel was called a man of desires (his desires being directed towards things on high and not towards earthly things). Our enemy, the Devil, turned this into shameful desire, so that we lust after every kind of impurity. Zeal is a natural state of mind; without such zeal there can be no progress towards God. This is why the Apostle Paul writes: "Covet earnestly the best gifts" (I Cor. 12:31). This zeal for God has been transformed into something contrary to nature, such that we are jealous and envious of one another and lie to each other. Anger is a natural state of mind. Without this anger, man cannot attain to purity of soul, for he is commanded to be angry about all that the Enemy sows in his mind. But this natural anger that we should have against the Devil has been twisted into anger against our fellow men for all the ways in which they fail to benefit us.' Abba Isaiah, from the writings of the desert fathers 'Nature and grace cannot subsist together in the same heart. The one must always make room for the other.' St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 21, 2012, 07:06:24 AM "You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working, and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves."
St. Francis de Sales. Thank you Saint Francis! The penny just dropped for me ;D I have asked God to give me the gift of spontaneous prayer and yet I do not pray much this way. Now, thanks to Saint Francis' quote above, I will definately try to pray by talking to God. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 21, 2012, 11:02:42 AM AH, how wonderful odhiambo!
I too am inspired by this quote! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 21, 2012, 11:03:00 AM 'I thank God for having preserved me in the integrity of faith in the midst of an age that has brought forth so many heresies and scandalous opinions, and for the grace of never having held any opinion contrary to that of the Church. By a special protection of God, notwithstanding the many dangerous occasions wherein I might have been turned from the right path, I have always been on the side of truth.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: martin on June 21, 2012, 08:14:37 PM 'I thank God for having preserved me in the integrity of faith in the midst of an age that has brought forth so many heresies and scandalous opinions, and for the grace of never having held any opinion contrary to that of the Church. By a special protection of God, notwithstanding the many dangerous occasions wherein I might have been turned from the right path, I have always been on the side of truth.' St. Vincent de Paul A relevent quote too (probably even more so) for our times. If truth is truth, how can some say that truth can be different from one person to the next? I'm beginning to learn (or as you would say odhiambo) the penny is dropping that once the truth is known, it ceases to be the truth if it is compromised. That's seems to be the reason why the Church has so many martyrs. When one reads the accounts it becomes clear that in many cases the martyr's life would have been spared if he/she had just shown a tiny little speck of compromise. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 22, 2012, 10:03:42 AM 'I thank God for having preserved me in the integrity of faith in the midst of an age that has brought forth so many heresies and scandalous opinions, and for the grace of never having held any opinion contrary to that of the Church. By a special protection of God, notwithstanding the many dangerous occasions wherein I might have been turned from the right path, I have always been on the side of truth.' St. Vincent de Paul Amen! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 22, 2012, 10:05:39 AM A relevent quote too (probably even more so) for our times. If truth is truth, how can some say that truth can be different from one person to the next? I'm beginning to learn (or as you would say odhiambo) the penny is dropping that once the truth is known, it ceases to be the truth if it is compromised. That's seems to be the reason why the Church has so many martyrs. When one reads the accounts it becomes clear that in many cases the martyr's life would have been spared if he/she had just shown a tiny little speck of compromise. The saints are teaching us a lot Martin. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 22, 2012, 10:10:38 AM 'A treasure is secure so long as it remains concealed; but when once disclosed, and laid open to every bold invader, it is presently rifled; so virtue is safe so long as secret, but, if rashly exposed, it but too often evaporates into smoke. By humility, and contempt of the world, the soul, like an eagle, soars on high, above all transitory things, and tramples on the backs of lions and dragons.'
St. Syncletica Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 22, 2012, 10:20:40 AM 'A treasure is secure so long as it remains concealed; but when once disclosed, and laid open to every bold invader, it is presently rifled; so virtue is safe so long as secret, but, if rashly exposed, it but too often evaporates into smoke. By humility, and contempt of the world, the soul, like an eagle, soars on high, above all transitory things, and tramples on the backs of lions and dragons.' St. Syncletica This quote is also exemplified frequently in our everyday lives. How many of us have acted boldly, rashly, thinking we have it all and nothing can go wrong. No advice is heeded. Then when it is too late, when everything has turned to ashes; we look back with regrates. :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 23, 2012, 08:59:36 AM Prayer of Saint John Vianney.
"I love You, O my God, and my only desire is to love You until the last breath of my life. I love You, O my infinitely lovable God, and I would rather die loving You, than live without loving You. I love You, Lord and the only grace I ask is to love You eternally....My God, if my tongue cannot say in every moment that I love You, I want my heart to repeat it to You as often as I draw breath." Saint John Vianney. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 27, 2012, 09:04:38 AM If it is "daily bread," why do you take it once a year? . . . Take daily what is to profit you daily. Live in such a way that you may deserve to receive it daily. He who does not deserve to receive it daily, does not deserve to receive it once a year.
St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 27, 2012, 01:33:10 PM Quote 'A treasure is secure so long as it remains concealed; but when once disclosed, and laid open to every bold invader, it is presently rifled; so virtue is safe so long as secret, but, if rashly exposed, it but too often evaporates into smoke. By humility, and contempt of the world, the soul, like an eagle, soars on high, above all transitory things, and tramples on the backs of lions and dragons.' St. Syncletica I've made this mistake more than once. I hope I am a quieter person now, who does not have to tell a story about everything in life. Quote "I love You, O my God, and my only desire is to love You until the last breath of my life. I love You, O my infinitely lovable God, and I would rather die loving You, than live without loving You. I love You, Lord and the only grace I ask is to love You eternally....My God, if my tongue cannot say in every moment that I love You, I want my heart to repeat it to You as often as I draw breath." Saint John Vianney. Amen, amen.... Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 29, 2012, 06:03:44 AM We must pray without ceasing, in every occurrence and employment of our lives - that prayer which is rather a habit of lifting up the heart to God as in a constant communication with Him.
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 29, 2012, 06:05:28 AM Prayer ought to be short and pure, unless it be prolonged by the inspiration of Divine grace.
Saint Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 30, 2012, 11:01:31 AM Vocal prayer must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don't call prayer however much the lips may move.
St. Teresa of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 30, 2012, 11:04:15 AM Vocal prayer must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don't call prayer however much the lips may move. St. Teresa of Avila I think this is what Jesus referred to as "babbling", no? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 01, 2012, 02:41:01 AM I think it's very important to aim for prayer from the heart.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 01, 2012, 02:41:39 AM 'It has been Our lot from the very beginning of Our Pontificate to suit many grievous and painful occurrences from various causes, which We have often explained to you in encyclical letters; in these last years the burden of distress has grown so that, if the divine goodness did not sustain Us, we would be all but overwhelmed. Indeed things have reached such a point that death itself would seem preferable to life tossed about by so many waves; with eyes lifted to heaven, we are compelled to cry out from time to time: "it is better for us to die, than to witness the ruin of our sanctuary." [I Mc 3:59]
Forsooth, from the time when this Our beloved city was forcibly captured and subjected to the rule of men who are disdainers of right and enemies of religion, men to whom all things human and divine are one and the same, scarcely no day has gone by without some new wound beings invited on Our already wounded heart."' Pope Bl. Pius IX Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 01, 2012, 02:42:05 AM 'I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, for the life of the world.'
John 6:51-52 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 01, 2012, 06:07:14 AM I think it's very important to aim for prayer from the heart. True, otherwise it is not really prayer. According to Saint Therese of Lisieux, " prayer is a surge of the heart....." Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 02, 2012, 04:18:50 AM That reminds me of a prayer before sleeping, offering up one's heart to God. I wonder where I put it.
'The Lord did not disdain to work great miracles through him. For at one time the Holy Spirit revealed to him the coming of the Lombards into the Gauls and he foretold it as follows: "The Lombards," said he, "will come into the Gauls and will lay waste seven cities because their wickedness has grown in the sight of God, since no one understands, no one seeks God, no one does good to appease the anger of God. For all the people are unfaithful, given up to perjury, addicted to thievery, ready to kill, and from them comes no fruit of justice at all. Tithes are not paid, the poor are not fed, the naked are not clothed, strangers are not received with hospitality or satisfied with food. Therefore this affliction has come."' St. Gregory of Tours Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 02, 2012, 06:04:32 AM "Prayer is a door that opens up into the mystery of God and at the same time a means of communing with Him. It actuates the personal relationship with the Lord present in the very depths of the spirituality. Prayer is the gate of entry to the center of the castle - God's dwelling place in the soul - where He sits upon His throne as King."
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 03, 2012, 10:55:46 AM “Prayer is the raising of one’s mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God.”
Saint John Damascene. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 03, 2012, 10:59:43 AM "The prayer most pleasing to God is that made for others and particularly for the poor souls. Pray for them, if you want your prayers to bring high interest."
Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 03, 2012, 11:01:21 AM Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it, be his life ever so wicked; for prayer is the way to amend it, and without prayer such amendment will be much more difficult.
St. Teresa of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 03, 2012, 11:22:43 PM "One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more truly than one who goes away by himself and meditates his head off and, if he has squeezed out a few tears, thinks that is prayer".
St. Teresa of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 04, 2012, 06:49:03 AM "One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more truly than one who goes away by himself and meditates his head off and, if he has squeezed out a few tears, thinks that is prayer". Good quote haji!St. Teresa of Avila I however, think that suffering is a prayer only when accepted as the Will of God and offered to Him. If I resent the fact that I am suffering; think bitterly why it has to be me and not someone else, etc; can it still be a prayer really? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on July 04, 2012, 12:11:25 PM Quote I however, think that suffering is a prayer only when accepted as the Will of God and offered to Him. If I resent the fact that I am suffering; think bitterly why it has to be me and not someone else, etc; can it still be a prayer really? True. Suffering when joyfully borne can bear fruit. I have many a times rejected crosses sent my way as unbearable to carry. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 04, 2012, 02:41:35 PM Never sure what to say on this subject, one of my disabilities is my concentration, sorry. I believe God reads our hearts and minds, so lying is a useless sin. So I can't say I am joyful about my sufferings, I do accept them but I must confess reluctantly. I do offer them up and ask the Lord to forgive my weaknesses. When I read about the martyrs or am around others who suffer heroically I feel quite small, unworthy. It's something I am working on, I suppose I am a work in propress.
Praying for you all Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 04, 2012, 02:46:19 PM God wishes to test you like gold in the furnace. The dross is consumed by the fire, but the pure gold remains, and it's value increases.
St. Jerome Emiliani Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 04, 2012, 10:45:45 PM Amen. Amen.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 05, 2012, 04:15:49 AM Never sure what to say on this subject, one of my disabilities is my concentration, sorry. I believe God reads our hearts and minds, so lying is a useless sin. So I can't say I am joyful about my sufferings, I do accept them but I must confess reluctantly. I do offer them up and ask the Lord to forgive my weaknesses. When I read about the martyrs or am around others who suffer heroically I feel quite small, unworthy. It's something I am working on, I suppose I am a work in propress. Praying for you all You are right of course, God sees what is in our hearts. Thanks for remembering us in your prayers. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on July 05, 2012, 09:11:04 AM That which God commands seems difficult and a burden. The way is rough; you draw back; you have no desire to follow it. Yet do so and you will attain glory.
-- Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 05, 2012, 09:23:21 PM God measures our affliction according to our need.
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 06, 2012, 01:22:01 AM I love these new quotes! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 06, 2012, 09:15:06 AM The more you devote yourself to study of the sacred utterances, the richer will be your understanding of them, just as the more the soil is tilled, the richer the harvest.
Saint Isidore of Seville. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 06, 2012, 10:23:31 PM 'There was a holy father, who living as he did in a very humble little cell in a wood, had with him one of his good little hermits, who could remember naught of that which he heard for his instruction, and for this reason he never went to hear preaching or aught else. And when he was telling to the holy father the reason because of which he went not to hear the preaching he said: I remember naught.
Then said this holy father: Take this little pan, for he had a little pan in which to cook fish, and he said: Boil this water, and when the water is boiling he says: Fill a glass full with it and pour it into this little pan which is all greasy. The other did so. Go, pour it out without cleansing it. And he did so, and the father said: Look now, and see if it be as greasy as it was at first. He said that it was less greasy. The father said: Put some water in it once again, and pour it out. He did so. And this time also was it cleaner. And thus the father made him to do many times, and each time was it cleaner. And he said then to him: Thou sayest that thou dost remember naught. Knowest thou the reason of this? Because thou art fat-witted, and thus greasy like the pan. Go, and pour some water into thy mind, and thou wilt see that it will be cleansed. Pour in more and again it will become cleaner, and the more often thou shalt hear the word of God, the more shall thy mind be cleansed and thou wilt be able to hear the word of God, until that thy mind shall be wholly cleansed and clarified.' St. Bernardine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 06, 2012, 11:22:13 PM It is an old custom of the saints of God to have some little prayers ready and to be frequently darting them up to heaven during the day, lifting their minds to God out of the mire of this world. He who adopts this plan will obtain great fruits with little pain.
St. Phillip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 06, 2012, 11:25:42 PM Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, protect us.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, save souls. St. Philomena, Virgin and Martyr, pray for us. Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death. O Holy Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. St. Joseph, model and patron of those who love the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 07, 2012, 08:26:42 AM It is an old custom of the saints of God to have some little prayers ready and to be frequently darting them up to heaven during the day, lifting their minds to God out of the mire of this world. He who adopts this plan will obtain great fruits with little pain. Arrow Prayers they are.St. Phillip Neri I love the "great fruits with little pain" bit ;D Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Lord have mercy on me! Jesus, I love You! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 07, 2012, 08:43:40 AM Still on "little prayers", Saint John Chrysostom reportedly fired one up every hour. He had these 24 short prayers, one for every hour of the day and night. For instance:
"O Lord, of Thy heavenly bounties, deprive me not" Saint John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 07, 2012, 08:45:54 AM O Sacred Heart of Jesus
I place my trust in Thee! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 07, 2012, 07:05:00 PM Still on "little prayers", Saint John Chrysostom reportedly fired one up every hour. He had these 24 short prayers, one for every hour of the day and night. For instance: "O Lord, of Thy heavenly bounties, deprive me not" Saint John Chrysostom I love that one! Arrows remind of of the Golden Arrow. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on July 07, 2012, 07:23:28 PM Quote Because thou art fat-witted, and thus greasy like the pan. Go, and pour some water into thy mind, and thou wilt see that it will be cleansed. Pour in more and again it will become cleaner, and the more often thou shalt hear the word of God Food for thought! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 07, 2012, 11:07:30 PM This is not a saints quote, but I love this story, hope you don't mind.
" And so seated next to my father in the train compartment, I suddenly asked, " Father, what is sexsin?" He turned to look at me, as he always did when answering a question, but to my suprise he said nothing. At last he stood up, lifted his traveling case and set it on the floor. " Will you carry it off the train, Corrie?" he said. I stood up and tugged at it. It was crammed with watches and spare parts he had purchased that morning. "It's too heavy" I said. "Yes," He said, "and it would be a pretty poor father who would ask his little girl to carry such a load. It's the same way, Corrie, with knowledge. Some knowledge is too heavy for children. When you are older and stronger, you can bear it. For now you must trust me to carry it for you". Corrie Ten Boom "Remember that the Christian life is one of action, not of speech and daydreams. Let there be few words and many deeds, and let them be done well" St. Vincent Pallotti Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 08, 2012, 12:36:52 AM Some knowledge is too heavy for adults too! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 08, 2012, 05:41:56 AM This is not a saints quote, but I love this story, hope you don't mind. " And so seated next to my father in the train compartment, I suddenly asked, " Father, what is sexsin?" He turned to look at me, as he always did when answering a question, but to my suprise he said nothing. At last he stood up, lifted his traveling case and set it on the floor. " Will you carry it off the train, Corrie?" he said. I stood up and tugged at it. It was crammed with watches and spare parts he had purchased that morning. "It's too heavy" I said. "Yes," He said, "and it would be a pretty poor father who would ask his little girl to carry such a load. It's the same way, Corrie, with knowledge. Some knowledge is too heavy for children. When you are older and stronger, you can bear it. For now you must trust me to carry it for you". Corrie Ten Boom "Remember that the Christian life is one of action, not of speech and daydreams. Let there be few words and many deeds, and let them be done well" St. Vincent Pallotti Thank you haji. To me, that father could only have been inspired to answer as he did. I will remember it and pass it on. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 08, 2012, 05:50:59 AM Some knowledge is too heavy for adults too! :D Only too true ;D There are some topics on CAF I "run away" from. :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 08, 2012, 06:28:02 AM I believe in order to understand
"I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. For this I believe that unless I believe, I should not understand." :) St. Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogium, Chapter 1 Wow :) I have a feeling this quote has been posted before but still, my mind is awhirl ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 08, 2012, 04:35:12 PM Some knowledge is too heavy for adults too! :D Only too true ;D There are some topics on CAF I "run away" from. :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 08, 2012, 04:39:04 PM "The passion of Jesus is a sea of sorrows, but it is also an ocean of love. Ask the Lord to teach you to fish in this ocean. Dive to it's depths. No matter how deep you go, you will never reach bottom."
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 09, 2012, 03:32:32 AM "The passion of Jesus is a sea of sorrows, but it is also an ocean of love. Ask the Lord to teach you to fish in this ocean. Dive to it's depths. No matter how deep you go, you will never reach bottom." St. Paul of the Cross Amen! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 09, 2012, 01:28:50 PM Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
St. Teresa of Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 09, 2012, 10:34:52 PM "The passion of Jesus is a sea of sorrows, but it is also an ocean of love. Ask the Lord to teach you to fish in this ocean. Dive to it's depths. No matter how deep you go, you will never reach bottom." St. Paul of the Cross A sea of sorrows.. God's love and fish in the ocean. . . And a blue sky above. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 09, 2012, 10:40:41 PM 'The proper function of the soul's intelligent aspect is devotion to the knowledge of God, while that of its passible aspect is the pursuit of self-control and love.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan 'When your poor, restless heart turns by the grace of God towards the divine light, and conceives a wish to fly thither and be consumed therein, speak to God with profound reverence and gratitude of the wonders He did in becoming incarnate, suffering and dying for us.' St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 10, 2012, 12:00:21 AM 'The proper function of the soul's intelligent aspect is devotion to the knowledge of God, while that of its passible aspect is the pursuit of self-control and love.' St. Thalassios the Libyan 'When your poor, restless heart turns by the grace of God towards the divine light, and conceives a wish to fly thither and be consumed therein, speak to God with profound reverence and gratitude of the wonders He did in becoming incarnate, suffering and dying for us.' St. Paul of the Cross [/quote HALLELUJAH Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 10, 2012, 12:05:43 AM Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them ,
every day begin the task anew. St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 10, 2012, 03:13:24 AM "The Christian should be an Alleluia from head to foot"
St. Augustine of Hippo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 11, 2012, 02:16:09 AM Life without the Cross is the heaviest Cross of all.
St Sebastian Valfre Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 11, 2012, 07:12:23 PM So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to be.
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 11, 2012, 07:56:15 PM A cross and an angel to help one carry it! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 11, 2012, 09:39:38 PM "The Christian should be an Alleluia from head to foot" St. Augustine of Hippo [/quote Do not abandon yourself to dispair, we are the Easter people and Hallelujah is our song. Pope John Paul II Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 11, 2012, 09:40:40 PM Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 12, 2012, 02:33:13 AM So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to be. St. Jerome Yes, and we aught to talk to them often, as they are with us always. :) Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom His love commits me here, ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 12, 2012, 02:38:31 AM “ No matter how good food is, if mixed with poison, it may cause the death of him who eats it.
So it is with conversation. A single bad word, an evil action, an unbecoming joke, is often enough to harm one or more young listeners, and may later on cause them to lose God’s grace.” St. John Bosco Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 12, 2012, 02:49:24 AM “ No matter how good food is, if mixed with poison, it may cause the death of him who eats it. So it is with conversation. A single bad word, an evil action, an unbecoming joke, is often enough to harm one or more young listeners, and may later on cause them to lose God’s grace.” St. John Bosco Sometimes it may happen that one attends an official function that is concluded with a dinner party or some such things. Almost always, at least the ones I used to attend, the master of ceremony took it upon himself to tell jokes. Most of these so called jokes tended to be dirty jokes but people laughed and had a great time. It is a long time since I last attended such a function but I bet it is still practised. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 12, 2012, 09:54:28 PM “ No matter how good food is, if mixed with poison, it may cause the death of him who eats it. So it is with conversation. A single bad word, an evil action, an unbecoming joke, is often enough to harm one or more young listeners, and may later on cause them to lose God’s grace.” St. John Bosco Sometimes it may happen that one attends an official function that is concluded with a dinner party or some such things. Almost always, at least the ones I used to attend, the master of ceremony took it upon himself to tell jokes. Most of these so called jokes tended to be dirty jokes but people laughed and had a great time. It is a long time since I last attended such a function but I bet it is still practised. "The tongue is a fire" "no human being can tame the tongue, a restless evil, full of deadly poison" Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 12, 2012, 10:02:56 PM I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God.
St. Dominic Savio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 12, 2012, 10:03:36 PM Yes, a fearsome thing.. a few words.. how careful we have to be.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 12, 2012, 10:03:54 PM 'Prayer is, beyond doubt, the most powerful weapon the Lord gives us to conquer evil passions and temptations of the devil; but we must really put ourselves into our prayer: it is not enough just to say the words, it must come from the heart. And also prayer needs to be continuous, we must pray no matter what kind of situation we find ourselves in: the warfare we are engaged in is on-going, so our prayer must be on-going also.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on July 12, 2012, 10:26:15 PM Quote And also prayer needs to be continuous, we must pray no matter what kind of situation we find ourselves in: the warfare we are engaged in is on-going, so our prayer must be on-going also.' I realized how much my prayer life suffered when i was working those crazy work hours! :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 12, 2012, 10:32:00 PM It makes me think of St. Martha and St. Mary!
St. Martha is considered the example of the active life and St. Mary the contemplative life. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 13, 2012, 12:11:07 AM 'Your temptations are from the devil and from Hell; but your sufferings and afflictions are from God and Heaven.'
St. Padre Pio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 13, 2012, 03:24:59 AM Yes odhiambo, One of my favorite books in the bible is James 3: 1-11 May the Lord protect us from the evils of the tongue."The tongue is a fire" "no human being can tame the tongue, a restless evil, full of deadly poison" May He give us the grace to govern out tongues :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 13, 2012, 04:18:02 AM It is like employing a small tool on big constructions, if we use human wisdom in the hunt for knowledge of reality.
St. Cyril of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 13, 2012, 03:41:33 PM It is like employing a small tool on big constructions, if we use human wisdom in the hunt for knowledge of reality. St. Cyril of Alexandria All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly. St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 13, 2012, 03:45:32 PM Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
St. Therese of Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 14, 2012, 04:21:48 AM 'In beautiful things St. Francis saw Beauty itself, and through His vestiges imprinted on creation he followed his Beloved everywhere, making from all things a ladder by which he could climb up and embrace Him who is utterly desirable.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 14, 2012, 11:02:02 AM Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff when they begin a long journey.
St. Anthony de Padua. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 14, 2012, 03:56:10 PM How I would love to learn how to do this!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 14, 2012, 07:33:19 PM We must meditate before, during and after everything we do. The prophet says: "I will pray, and then I will understand." This is the way we can easily overcome the countless difficulties we have to face day after day, which after all, are part of our work. In meditation we find the strength to bring Christ to birth in ourselves and in others.
St. Charles Borromeo I like this I strongly suspect that if we saw all the difference even the tiniest of our prayers to God make, and all the people those little prayers were destined to affect, and all the consequences of those effects down through the centuries, we would be so paralyzed with awe at the power of prayer that we would be unable to get up off our knees for the rest of our lives. Peter Kreeft Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 15, 2012, 05:34:36 AM How I would love to learn how to do this! I guess the first step is to consecrate yourself to Him Shin. :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 15, 2012, 05:38:33 AM We must meditate before, during and after everything we do. The prophet says: "I will pray, and then I will understand." This is the way we can easily overcome the countless difficulties we have to face day after day, which after all, are part of our work. In meditation we find the strength to bring Christ to birth in ourselves and in others. St. Charles Borromeo This is indeed how it is supposed to be with us Christians. It is a sure way of ensuring that we live our lives according to the Will of God Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 15, 2012, 07:19:55 AM “Hell is full of good wishes or desires”
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 15, 2012, 03:34:11 PM What souls we can convert by our prayers. The one who saves a soul from hell saves this soul and his own as well.
St. John Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 16, 2012, 03:50:58 AM “Hell is full of good wishes or desires” Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Do not be troubled by Bernard's saying that "Hell is full of good wishes or desires." ;D St. Francis de Sales. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 16, 2012, 02:00:25 PM I can't stop praying for poor sinners who are on the road to hell. If they come to die in that state, they will be lost for all eternity. What a pity! We have to pray for sinners! Praying for sinners is the most beautiful and useful of prayers because the just are on the way to heaven, the souls of purgatory are sure to enter there, but the poor sinners will be lost forever. All devotions are good but there is no better one than such prayer for sinners.
St. John Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 16, 2012, 02:14:59 PM It's a very moving quote isn't it George?
It reminds me of one of St. Anthony Mary Claret's. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 16, 2012, 10:45:34 PM It's a very moving quote isn't it George? Indeed it is, I believe it's what I've been called to do.It reminds me of one of St. Anthony Mary Claret's. Guardian angel guide me I'm hoping to read about St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 17, 2012, 04:04:50 AM Deo gratias! It is a splendid calling, a gift. :D
'If you succeed in bringing a single soul to heaven, what charity! what a gain! what glory to God!' St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 17, 2012, 08:43:25 AM O Priest! Take care lest what was said to Christ on the cross be said to you: "He saved others, himself he cannot save!"
St. Norbert Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 17, 2012, 03:12:44 PM Oh my God! Would I might prevent all from offending Thee! Rather would I could make Thee known, loved and served by all creatures! This is the sole object of my desire, for all things else are unworthy of attention.
St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 18, 2012, 03:08:08 AM Yes, we have to be careful that we live what we speak of. We have to constantly work with hope to live the life of the saints, the life of Christ.
'This seems a cheerful world, Donatus, when I view it from this fair garden. But if I climbed some great mountain and looked out over the wide land, you know well what I would see. Brigands on the high roads, pirates on the seas, men murdered in the amphitheaters to please the applauding crowds, and under all roofs misery and selfishness. It is really a bad world. And yet in the midst of it, I have found a quiet and holy people. They have discovered a joy which is a thousand times better than any pleasure of this sinful life. They are despised and persecuted, but they care not. They have overcome the world. These people, Donatus, are the Christians, and I have become one of them.' St. Cyprian of Carthage Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 18, 2012, 03:31:33 AM Yes, we have to be careful that we live what we speak of. We have to constantly work with hope to live the life of the saints, the life of Christ. 'This seems a cheerful world, Donatus, when I view it from this fair garden. But if I climbed some great mountain and looked out over the wide land, you know well what I would see. Brigands on the high roads, pirates on the seas, men murdered in the amphitheaters to please the applauding crowds, and under all roofs misery and selfishness. It is really a bad world. And yet in the midst of it, I have found a quiet and holy people. They have discovered a joy which is a thousand times better than any pleasure of this sinful life. They are despised and persecuted, but they care not. They have overcome the world. These people, Donatus, are the Christians, and I have become one of them.' St. Cyprian of Carthage A heartwarming quote; if only the Christians of today were anything near those of yesteryear :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 18, 2012, 03:36:42 AM From silly devotions and sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us!
St. Teresa of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 18, 2012, 03:37:23 AM From silly devotions and sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us! Whatever did she mean? ;DSt. Teresa of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 18, 2012, 03:37:59 AM Well, there are many in name, but in their ignorance, scarcely more than. So many.. and so few who are true..
God help us to become true Christians! God help people everywhere.. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 18, 2012, 03:39:01 AM I think that's a quote that needs to be more in context. One should have to look it up.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 18, 2012, 04:53:36 AM I think that's a quote that needs to be more in context. One should have to look it up. You have a point there. :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 18, 2012, 08:15:59 AM "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a pharisee and the other a tax collector. the Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get. But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God be merciful to me a sinner!'
Believing that only God can read a heart, who can judge. Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me a sinner Saint Cyprian pray for us Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 18, 2012, 04:48:13 PM Yes, we have to be careful that we live what we speak of. We have to constantly work with hope to live the life of the saints, the life of Christ. 'This seems a cheerful world, Donatus, when I view it from this fair garden. But if I climbed some great mountain and looked out over the wide land, you know well what I would see. Brigands on the high roads, pirates on the seas, men murdered in the amphitheaters to please the applauding crowds, and under all roofs misery and selfishness. It is really a bad world. And yet in the midst of it, I have found a quiet and holy people. They have discovered a joy which is a thousand times better than any pleasure of this sinful life. They are despised and persecuted, but they care not. They have overcome the world. These people, Donatus, are the Christians, and I have become one of them.' St. Cyprian of Carthage This is an inspiring quote Truly something to aspire to. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on July 18, 2012, 05:05:03 PM Great quote. Gives hope. O:)
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 19, 2012, 05:26:52 AM "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a pharisee and the other a tax collector. the Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get. But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God be merciful to me a sinner!' Believing that only God can read a heart, who can judge. Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me a sinner Saint Cyprian pray for us I must always remember never to judge. I know of at least two women who are "staunch" catholics, if I may use that expression. Both are second wives and I am afraid I have wondered how can that come about? A catholic woman? a second wife? May the Lord forgive me if in so wondering, I have judged. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 19, 2012, 09:23:21 AM "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a pharisee and the other a tax collector. the Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get. But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God be merciful to me a sinner!' Believing that only God can read a heart, who can judge. Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me a sinner Saint Cyprian pray for us I must always remember never to judge. I know of at least two women who are "staunch" catholics, if I may use that expression. Both are second wives and I am afraid I have wondered how can that come about? A catholic woman? a second wife? May the Lord forgive me if in so wondering, I have judged. Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me a sinner Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 19, 2012, 09:30:26 AM Twice a day, or at least once, make your examens. Be careful never to omit them. So live as to make more account of your own good conscience than you do of those of others;
for he who is not good in regard to himself, how can he be good in regard to others. St. Francis Xavier Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 19, 2012, 10:42:43 AM It is difficult, to know the laws of the church, and the laws of the heart, yet not fall victim to scrupulosity. One of beauties of scripture is it's depth, when I read this I see the Pharasee's mistake is in his comparing, bringing in a third party, so to speak ( Satan ? ). The tax collector kept it between God and himself. They were both obeying the law, being at temple, praying, but only one was breaking the law of the heart, only God can know our true motivations, only God can judge the heart . I fear we all fall victim to this at times. Amen :crucifix:Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me a sinner Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on July 19, 2012, 11:20:23 AM Quote A catholic woman? a second wife? May the Lord forgive me if in so wondering, I have judged. Do you mean the man has 2 wives and this Catholic woman is his second wife?? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 20, 2012, 03:15:41 AM 'Be very careful to retain peace of heart, because Satan casts his lines in troubled waters.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 20, 2012, 03:29:05 AM Quote A catholic woman? a second wife? May the Lord forgive me if in so wondering, I have judged. Do you mean the man has 2 wives and this Catholic woman is his second wife?? Yes Patricia. A poligamous marriage in which the catholic woman is the "home breaker"; that is how I think of second wives, I am afraid. You see, there I go judging again :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 20, 2012, 03:37:16 AM 'Be very careful to retain peace of heart, because Satan casts his lines in troubled waters.' St. Paul of the Cross Dear God, my heart and mind are open to You. May your calming peace fill my whole being. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 20, 2012, 03:58:48 AM "If you are willing to bear serenely the trial of being displeasing to yourself, then you will be for Jesus a pleasant place of shelter"
St.Therese of the Child Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 20, 2012, 10:08:00 AM Good virtuous folks feel more pleasure in the sorrow over their sins and the affliction of their penance than wretches feel in the fulfilling of their foul pleasure.
St. Thomas More Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on July 20, 2012, 11:38:55 AM Quote Yes Patricia. A poligamous marriage in which the catholic woman is the "home breaker"; that is how I think of second wives, I am afraid. You see, there I go judging again Sad Odhiambo, that's not judging. It's the truth. You can't be a true Catholic and be a second wife/homebreaker. She is living in mortal sin, I'm afraid and not in the Faith. The Catholic faith does not allow polygamy. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 20, 2012, 12:50:08 PM Quote A catholic woman? a second wife? May the Lord forgive me if in so wondering, I have judged. Do you mean the man has 2 wives and this Catholic woman is his second wife?? Yes Patricia. A poligamous marriage in which the catholic woman is the "home breaker"; that is how I think of second wives, I am afraid. You see, there I go judging again :( I don't believe knowing the difference between right and wrong is a sin, it's a blessing. I'm going through something similar in my own family with how to deal with "the other women" and I am struggling with it. Praying for wisdom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 20, 2012, 01:19:45 PM Reprimand and rebuke should be accepted as healing remedies for vice and as conducive to good health. From this it is clear that those who pretend to be tolerant because they wish to flatter, those who thus fail to correct sinners actually cause them to suffer supreme loss and plot the destuction of that life which is their true life.
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 21, 2012, 01:07:02 AM This quote from St. Basil is very key to understanding these times we live in I think.
And something sharp to think of when we consider ourselves and whether we have done this or not. 'A strong man is one who repels evil through the practice of the virtues and with spiritual knowledge.' St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 21, 2012, 08:25:18 AM Odhiambo, that's not judging. It's the truth. You can't be a true Catholic and be a second wife/homebreaker. She is living in mortal sin, I'm afraid and not in the Faith. The Catholic faith does not allow polygamy. Noted Patricia. Thanks. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 21, 2012, 08:40:04 AM Totus Tuus!
Pope John Paul II Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 22, 2012, 05:28:12 AM 'If you truly love God and long to reach the kingdom that is to come, if you are truly pained by your failings and are mindful of punishment and of the eternal judgement, if you are truly afraid to die, then it will not be possible to have an attachment, or anxiety, or concern for money, for possessions, for family relationships, for worldly glory, for love and brotherhood, indeed for anything on earth. All worry about one's condition, even for one's body, will be pushed aside as hateful. Stripped of all thought of these, caring nothing about them, one will turn freely to Christ.
One will look to heaven and to the help coming from there, as in the scriptural sayings: "I will cling close to you" (Ps. 62:9) and "I have not grown tired of following you nor have I longed for the day or the rest that man gives" (Jer. 17:16).' St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 22, 2012, 05:43:10 AM 'If you truly love God and long to reach the kingdom that is to come, if you are truly pained by your failings and are mindful of punishment and of the eternal judgement, if you are truly afraid to die, then it will not be possible to have an attachment, or anxiety, or concern for money, for possessions, for family relationships, for worldly glory, for love and brotherhood, indeed for anything on earth. All worry about one's condition, even for one's body, will be pushed aside as hateful. Stripped of all thought of these, caring nothing about them, one will turn freely to Christ. One will look to heaven and to the help coming from there, as in the scriptural sayings: "I will cling close to you" (Ps. 62:9) and "I have not grown tired of following you nor have I longed for the day or the rest that man gives" (Jer. 17:16).' St. John Climacus The absolute truth Shin. It cannot be stated any plainer than that. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 22, 2012, 05:51:54 AM Isn't it wonderful to read the quotes of the saints? The practice of copying them down from books is a splendid one for spiritual learning! I am very thankful when folks share them here.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 22, 2012, 05:56:46 AM Ah, a quick correction there. At first I wrote out St. John Cassian, but it was St. John Climacus. I have now corrected it.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 22, 2012, 06:20:42 AM Isn't it wonderful to read the quotes of the saints? The practice of copying them down from books is a splendid one for spiritual learning! I am very thankful when folks share them here. Yes, this forum has taught me that; I am ever so grateful to you for inviting me over Shin. You were right when you told me I did not know what I was missing. It was that which decided me. ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 22, 2012, 06:22:09 AM Ah, a quick correction there. At first I wrote out St. John Cassian, but it was St. John Climacus. I have now corrected it. I was none the wiser. :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 22, 2012, 06:24:55 AM Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.
Venerable Fulton J. Sheen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 22, 2012, 09:12:21 AM Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them. Venerable Fulton J. Sheen Amen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 22, 2012, 10:05:59 AM We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the Spirit of God.
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 23, 2012, 04:07:03 AM Isn't it wonderful to read the quotes of the saints? The practice of copying them down from books is a splendid one for spiritual learning! I am very thankful when folks share them here. Yes, this forum has taught me that; I am ever so grateful to you for inviting me over Shin. You were right when you told me I did not know what I was missing. It was that which decided me. ;D I am grateful you are here too! I can only pray that more people realize how learning about the saints is so priceless. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 23, 2012, 05:02:07 AM We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the Spirit of God. St. Vincent de Paul May God grant us His Spirit of compassion! Thank you George. :D A moving quote! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 23, 2012, 05:06:32 AM "Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded."
Venerable Fulton J. Sheen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on July 23, 2012, 11:09:20 AM Quote "Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded." Venerable Fulton J. Sheen Food for thought! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 23, 2012, 08:51:07 PM On a lighter note.
Hearing nun's confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn. Venerable Fulton j. Sheen It often happens that I wake at night, begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember - I am the Pope. Pope John XXIII Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 24, 2012, 04:18:44 AM On a lighter note. Hearing nun's confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn. Venerable Fulton j. Sheen It would take forever to die that death. ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 25, 2012, 04:36:20 AM "Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night" ???
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 25, 2012, 04:40:37 AM "Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night" ??? St. Jerome Why did Saint Jerome make this remark? I wonder. Marriage, a Sacrament, should surely be entered into with much , much more than a desire to avoid sleeping alone at night? I wonder why he said that. Anyone? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 25, 2012, 10:48:03 AM "Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night" ??? It is curious, perhaps it's meant to be humorous.St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 25, 2012, 10:51:32 AM The state of marriage is one that requires more virtue and constancy than any other. It is a perpetual exercise in mortification.
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on July 25, 2012, 02:42:43 PM Quote "Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night" Huh? St. Jerome I think it is just a modest way of saying that the single life is preferred over marriage , but if one cannot stay pure/chaste being single, then marriage is a better proposition. :-\ My thought. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 26, 2012, 10:48:34 AM Quote "Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night" Huh? St. Jerome I think it is just a modest way of saying that the single life is preferred over marriage , but if one cannot stay pure/chaste being single, then marriage is a better proposition. :-\ My thought. I am not too sure about that statement Patricia; that "the single life is preferred over marriage". I think God calls each one of us to a life He sees suits us best. After all He did create man and told him in Genesis 1:28 to "...Be fruitful and multiply..." :) If we choose not to marry because we want to dedicate ourselves to God, that is wonderful, but does it make it superior to marriage? hmm :-\ Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on July 26, 2012, 11:11:12 AM Look at my reply in the thread ' Pope Benedict XVl and priestly celibacy' :boggles:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 26, 2012, 03:33:19 PM Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God that inspires them all in every one. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
1 cor. 12: 4-6 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 1 Cor. 12: 12 Humble yourself the more, the greater you are, and you will find favor with God. For great is the power of God; by the humble he is glorified. What is too sublime for you, seek not, into things beyond your strength search not. What is committed to you, attend to; for what is hidden is not your concern. With what is too much for you meddle not, when shown things beyond human understanding. Their own opinion has misled many, and false reasoning unbalanced their judgment Where the pupil of the eye is missing, there is no light, and where there is no knowledge, there is no wisdom. Sirach 3:18-24 It is one of the glories of scripture that it can embrace many meanings in a single passage. St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 27, 2012, 04:57:24 AM Hmm, I wonder where he said that. :D
Haha! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 27, 2012, 05:55:34 AM Hmm, I wonder where he said that. :D Haha! Why who said what Shin? ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 27, 2012, 05:56:12 AM Look at my reply in the thread ' Pope Benedict XVl and priestly celibacy' :boggles: Will do Patricia :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 27, 2012, 06:07:19 AM Oh, the quote attributed to St. Jerome. :D
'Frequent confession is the cause of great good to the soul, because it purifies it, heals it, and confirms it in the service of God: we ought not therefore to omit confession on our fixed days for any business whatsoever; but go to confession first, and to business afterwards, and the first will help the last.' St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 27, 2012, 09:07:09 AM On Confession
Our Lord himself I saw in this venerable sacrament, I felt as if my chains fell, as those of St. Peter at the touch of the divine messenger. My God, what new scenes for my soul! St. Elizabeth Ann Seton On Communion "Without fear of any kind we have celebrated the Lord's supper because it cannot be missed; that is our law; we cannot live without the Lord's supper." The Martyrs of Abitina Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 27, 2012, 09:09:22 AM Splendid quotes George!
Deeply appreciating each and all! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 27, 2012, 09:17:22 AM Oh, the quote attributed to St. Jerome. :D 'Frequent confession is the cause of great good to the soul, because it purifies it, heals it, and confirms it in the service of God: we ought not therefore to omit confession on our fixed days for any business whatsoever; but go to confession first, and to business afterwards, and the first will help the last.' St. Philip Neri Question. If after an examination of conscience, one is not able to find sin ( yes, I know :)), but think of the saints, I am sure some of them were in that situation; how then does one approach the confessional? To say " Bless me father, for I have sinned" would not be quite correct and the priest cannot absolve you if there has been no sin committed, and yet weekly confession is advised? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 27, 2012, 09:22:36 AM If you can't find any sins, work harder at your examination!
:speachless: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 27, 2012, 09:27:23 AM St. Charles Borromeo went to Confession twice a day!
Of course if one has trouble finding out one's sins one could always ask a parent or associate. And then you are doing penance at the same time, ahead of time too as it were. ::) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 27, 2012, 09:36:59 AM "Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night" ??? It is curious, perhaps it's meant to be humorous.St. Jerome Perhaps! ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 27, 2012, 09:37:32 AM Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy.
St. Isidore of Seville Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 28, 2012, 03:01:28 AM 'If the man in the Gospel, who came to the marriage feast with out the nuptial garment, was condemned to darkness, what then should he expect who, admitted to the mystical banquet of the divine Lamb, neglects to adorn himself with the brilliant garb of virtues, and even presents himself impregnated with the fetid odors of impurity.'
St. Peter Damien Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 28, 2012, 08:36:09 AM Daughter, when you go to confession, to this fountain of my mercy, the blood and water which came forth from my heart always flows down upon your soul and ennobles it. Every time you go to confession, immerse yourself in my mercy, with great trust, so that I may pour the bounty of my grace upon your soul. When you approach the confessional know this, that I myself am waiting there for you. I am only hidden by the priest, but I myself act in your soul. Here the misery of the soul meets the God of mercy. Tell souls that from this fount of mercy souls draw graces solely with the vessel of trust. If their trust is great, there is no limit to my generosity. The torrents of grace inundate humble souls. The proud remain always in poverty and misery, because my grace turns away from them to humble souls.
St. Faustina, Divine Mercy in My Soul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 28, 2012, 08:45:50 AM If you can't find any sins, work harder at your examination! :speachless: Shin, this is what a priest said on the subject. I knew I had come across it in one of my books but for days I could not remember which book . That is why I raised the topic. I finally located it yesterday. It is not that we have not sinned, no, of course not, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23 The point is that we are human and prone to forgetfulness. I used to write down everything :-[, but a priest discouraged me from this at the confessional; I understood from him that I was giving too much attention to the negatives, He advised me to make a thorough examination of conscience just before Confession and confess what I remember. To come back to the topic, assuming we have no mortal sin to confess, this is what Father Leo.J. Trese wrote in his book "The Faith Explained" on the topic of Confession and I quote: “ If we cannot remember even one deliberate venial sin since our last confession, then we can re-confess some sin of our past life. It may be a sin that was confessed and forgiven long ago; but here and now we recall the sin and renew our heartfelt sorrow for it. Our past sin plus our present sorrow qualifies us for absolution and the graces of the Sacrament. In such an event, our confession would run something like this: “ Bless me father, for I have sinned. It is a week since my last confession. I do not remember having commited any sins since then, but I am sorry for any sins which I may have forgotten and for all the sins of my past life, especially for the sins of anger” ( for example)” Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 28, 2012, 11:13:37 AM This sounds very familiar so it could be a repeat post. Still, here it is : :)
Do not give yourself over to sorrow, and do not distress yourself deliberately. A joyful heart is life itself, and rejoicing lengthens one’s life span. Indulge yourself and take comfort, and remove sorrow far fromyou, for sorrow has destroyed many and no advantage ever comes from it. Sirach 30:21-23 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 28, 2012, 11:21:41 PM 'It is well to deny ourselves that which is permitted, in order to avoid more easily that which is not.'
St. Benedict 'Joyfulness of the heart, this is the life of a man, and a treasure without defect of holiness: and the joy of a man is long life. Have mercy on thine own soul, pleasing God, and refrain: and comfort thy heart in his holiness: and expel sorrow far from thee. For sorrow hath killed many, and there is no profit in it.' Ecclesiasticus 30:23-25 This is from the original Douai. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 29, 2012, 07:56:19 PM Let no mourn that he has fallen again and again; For forgiveness has risen from the grave.
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 31, 2012, 04:12:55 AM Truth suffers, but never dies.
St. Teresa of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 31, 2012, 08:33:55 AM To defend his purity, Saint Francis of Assisi rolled in the snow, Saint Benedict threw himself into a thornbush, Saint Bernard plunged into an icy pond...You... what have you done?
St. Josemaria Escriva Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 31, 2012, 09:45:09 AM To defend his purity, Saint Francis of Assisi rolled in the snow, Saint Benedict threw himself into a thornbush, Saint Bernard plunged into an icy pond...You... what have you done? St. Josemaria Escriva That is a good quote George. The Saint could also have added; " ...and Joseph fled from an immoral woman..." :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on July 31, 2012, 09:47:35 AM Quote That is a good quote George. The Saint could also have added; " ...and Joseph fled from an immoral woman..." crucifix So did St Anthony Mary Claret . :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 31, 2012, 02:59:10 PM Quote That is a good quote George. The Saint could also have added; " ...and Joseph fled from an immoral woman..." crucifix So did St Anthony Mary Claret . :D "More souls go to hell because of sins of the flesh than for any other reason." Our Lady of Fatima Lord have mercy on our world. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 01, 2012, 06:54:11 AM Quote That is a good quote George. The Saint could also have added; " ...and Joseph fled from an immoral woman..." crucifix So did St Anthony Mary Claret . :DIsn't it amazing how each and every single day we learn something new. :) It is storage which is a problem for me. facts learnt today leak out in no time at all :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 01, 2012, 08:44:32 AM The more you devote yourself to study of the sacred utterances, the richer will be your understanding of them, just as the more the soil is tilled, the richer the harvest.
Saint Isidore of Seville. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 02, 2012, 09:03:42 AM A happy quote!
Odhiambo, you makes me think of St. Bernardine's quote on that subject. :D 'Let us then not be ashamed to confess the Crucified. Be the cross our seal, made with boldness by our fingers on our brow and in everything; over the bread we eat and the cups we drink, in our comings and in goings out; before our sleep, when we lie down and when we awake; when we are traveling, and when we are at rest.' St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on August 02, 2012, 10:41:50 AM Quote Thank you Patricia. I did not know that. Isn't it amazing how each and every single day we learn something new. Smiley It is storage which is a problem for me. facts learnt today leak out in no time at all Smiley Odhiambo, here is an excerpt from the autobiography of St. Anthony Mary Claret regarding this incident. He relates an incident where he was saved from drowning by the intercession of Our Lady and then relates the following incident: Mary also saved me from a worse danger, not unlike that of the chaste patriarch, Joseph. While I was in Barcelona, I used to visit a fellow townsman of mine from time to time. I never spoke with anyone else in the house except him. When I arrived there, I would go straight to his room and talk only with him, but the others in the house always saw me coming and going. I was fairly young then, and although it's true that I had to buy my own clothes, I liked to dress--I won't say luxuriously--but with a certain elegance, perhaps too much. Who knows? Maybe the Lord will take me to task for this on judgment day. One day I went to the house and asked after my friend. The lady of the house, a young woman, asked me to wait for him, as he was coming back soon. I had waited a little while when I realized that her intentions were passionate, as her words and gestures made clear. I called out to the Blessed Virgin and ran out of that house, never to return. I didn't tell anyone about what had happened, for fear of ruining the lady's reputation. 73. God dealt me all these blows to wake me up and help me escape from the dangers of the world. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 02, 2012, 02:12:52 PM "You carry your snare everywhere and spread your nets in all places. You allege that you never invited others to sin. You did not indeed, by your words, but you have done so by your dress and your deportment....When you have made another sin in his heart, how can you be innocent? Tell me, whom does this world condemn? Whom do judges punish? Those who drink poison or those who prepare it and administer the fatal potion? You have prepared the abominable cup, you have given the death dealing drink, and you are more criminal than are those who poison the body; you murder not the body but the soul. And it is not to enemies you do this,nor are you urged on by any imaginary necessity, nor provoked by injury, but out of foolish vanity and pride."
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 03, 2012, 09:49:31 AM Quote Thank you Patricia. I did not know that. Isn't it amazing how each and every single day we learn something new. Smiley It is storage which is a problem for me. facts learnt today leak out in no time at all Smiley Odhiambo, here is an excerpt from the autobiography of St. Anthony Mary Claret regarding this incident. He relates an incident where he was saved from drowning by the intercession of Our Lady and then relates the following incident: Mary also saved me from a worse danger, not unlike that of the chaste patriarch, Joseph. While I was in Barcelona, I used to visit a fellow townsman of mine from time to time. I never spoke with anyone else in the house except him. When I arrived there, I would go straight to his room and talk only with him, but the others in the house always saw me coming and going. I was fairly young then, and although it's true that I had to buy my own clothes, I liked to dress--I won't say luxuriously--but with a certain elegance, perhaps too much. Who knows? Maybe the Lord will take me to task for this on judgment day. One day I went to the house and asked after my friend. The lady of the house, a young woman, asked me to wait for him, as he was coming back soon. I had waited a little while when I realized that her intentions were passionate, as her words and gestures made clear. I called out to the Blessed Virgin and ran out of that house, never to return. I didn't tell anyone about what had happened, for fear of ruining the lady's reputation. 73. God dealt me all these blows to wake me up and help me escape from the dangers of the world. Thanks again Patricia. :thumbsup: It is beautiful reading. How I wish the whole world was peopled with such as him, both men and women; what a beautiful world that would be! :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 03, 2012, 11:03:50 AM Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 03, 2012, 11:27:29 AM Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness. St. John Chrysostom Amen! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 03, 2012, 01:00:12 PM I don't know if I've posted this before, but I love this quote
Listen to the sermon preached to you by the flowers, the trees, the shrubs, the sky, and the whole world. Notice how they preach to you a sermon full of love, of praise of God, and how they invite you to glorify the sublimity of that sovereign artist who has given them being. St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 03, 2012, 01:04:35 PM For me prayer is a surge of the heart, it is a simple look towards heaven, it is a cry of recognition and love, embracing both trial and joy.
St. Teresa of Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on August 04, 2012, 10:51:10 AM Beautiful quotes!! O:)
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 05, 2012, 08:04:16 AM Beautiful quotes!! O:) Yes, they are, two hearts touched by the Spirit of God.Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 05, 2012, 09:20:47 PM 'He who loves God lives the angelic life on earth, fasting and keeping vigils, praying and singing psalms and always thinking good of every man.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 06, 2012, 08:55:20 AM Consider all the past as nothing, and say, like David: Now I begin to love my God.
Saint Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: martin on August 06, 2012, 06:44:46 PM Ah... those quotes are refreshment to the soul, Beautiful.
Quote Listen to the sermon preached to you by the flowers, the trees, the shrubs, the sky, and the whole world. Notice how they preach to you a sermon full of love, of praise of God, and how they invite you to glorify the sublimity of that sovereign artist who has given them being. St. Paul of the Cross I've had this sermon preached to me over the past several days while away in Donegal. The foxes, birds, rabbits, butterflies, the sea, the hills and the glorious sunsets. How great is our God. :flower: :angelbell: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 06, 2012, 07:54:18 PM Welcome home Martin
I bind myself today to the power in the love of the Seraphim, in the obedience of the Angels, in the ministration of the Archangels, in the hope of resurrection unto reward, in the prayers of the Patriarchs, in the predictions of the Prophets, in the preaching of the Apostles, in the faith of the confessors, in the purity of the holy Virgins, in the deeds of Righteous men. St. Patrick of Ireland Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 07, 2012, 03:53:08 AM Ah... those quotes are refreshment to the soul, Beautiful. Quote Listen to the sermon preached to you by the flowers, the trees, the shrubs, the sky, and the whole world. Notice how they preach to you a sermon full of love, of praise of God, and how they invite you to glorify the sublimity of that sovereign artist who has given them being. St. Paul of the Cross I've had this sermon preached to me over the past several days while away in Donegal. The foxes, birds, rabbits, butterflies, the sea, the hills and the glorious sunsets. How great is our God. :flower: :angelbell: How great indeed :crucifix: Good to see you posting again Martin. :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 08, 2012, 12:36:12 AM Consider all the past as nothing, and say, like David: Now I begin to love my God. Saint Francis de Sales Every day is a new day to begin anew! Every hour... Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 08, 2012, 12:36:41 AM 'It is good for a man to go from prayer rather with an appetite and desire to return to it, than satiated and weary.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 08, 2012, 02:41:20 AM “The most powerful weapon to conquer the Devil is humility. For as he does not know at all how to
employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it.” St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 08, 2012, 10:38:52 AM We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend on material success; nor on sciences that cloud the intellect. Neither does it depend on arms and human industries, but on Jesus alone.
St. Francis Cabrini No one heals himself by wounding another. St. Ambrose Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 10, 2012, 09:03:49 AM "Purity is the fruit of prayer."
Blessed Mother Teresa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 11, 2012, 08:59:40 AM Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 11, 2012, 09:00:48 AM Let us all resign ourselves into His hands, and pray that in all things He may guide us to do His Holy Will ... When thoughts of this or that come I turn to Him and say: "Only what you will, my God. Use me as You will".
Blessed Mary MacKillop Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 12, 2012, 12:43:20 AM 'You don't need to wallow in guilt. Wallow in the mercy of God. When you are guilty, say so to God through a confessor. Acknowledge your problems and sins. The moment you have stated them, God puts His Hand over you and you are a newborn babe.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 12, 2012, 05:07:52 AM 'You don't need to wallow in guilt. Wallow in the mercy of God. When you are guilty, say so to God through a confessor. Acknowledge your problems and sins. The moment you have stated them, God puts His Hand over you and you are a newborn babe.' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars This is a quote after my own heart; one definitely worth remembering; "first among equals" no? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 12, 2012, 08:00:43 AM Going back to the quotes on Prayer, here is another memorable quote, most probably already posted earlier. I believe the more frequently we read these quotes, the more they will stay with us and help us lead a better and more spiritual live. :)
How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer. St. Teresa of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 13, 2012, 03:57:35 AM Prayer and good prayer! :crucifix:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 14, 2012, 06:57:56 AM 'Labor to conquer yourself. This victory will assure you a brighter crown in heaven than they gain whose disposition is more amiable.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 14, 2012, 11:19:17 AM Wicked sons do not have the Holy Ghost in the same way as do beloved sons, and yet they do have Baptism. So, too, heretics do not have the Church as Catholics have, even though they have Baptism.
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 14, 2012, 11:20:27 AM Wicked sons do not have the Holy Ghost in the same way as do beloved sons, and yet they do have Baptism. So, too, heretics do not have the Church as Catholics have, even though they have Baptism. St. Augustine He certainly did not hold back in calling a spade a spade, did he ? :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 15, 2012, 06:23:39 AM That's the simple way of speaking that does the most good I am thinking.
'I want to follow you and be like you, O my Jesus; I would rather be crucified with you than enjoy all the pleasures of this world without you.' St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 15, 2012, 07:25:33 AM 'He who prays most receives most.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 15, 2012, 01:22:17 PM "Have confidence in prayer. It is the unfailing power which God has given us. By means of it you will obtain the salvation of the dear souls whom God has given you and all your loved ones." "Ask and you will receive,"Our Lord said. Be yourself with the good Lord."
St. Peter Julian Eymard When life knocks you on your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 16, 2012, 02:45:06 AM When life knocks you on your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray. That's a good one George and it is so true :) In fact that is when many people turn to God. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 16, 2012, 08:04:27 AM 'We read in the holy Canticles, that at the Assumption of the Virgin, the angels three times asked her name: "Who is she that goeth up by the desert as a pillar of smoke?" "Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising?" And in another: "Who is this that cometh up from the desert, flowing with delights?" Richard of St. Laurence inquires why the angels so often asked the name of this queen, and answers: The sound of the name of Mary was so sweet to the angels, and they repeated the question that they might hear it repeated also.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 17, 2012, 03:08:54 AM "We never give more honour to Jesus than when we honour his Mother, and we honour her simply and solely to honour him all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading to the goal we seek - Jesus, her Son."
Saint Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 17, 2012, 03:40:52 PM "Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did."
St. Maximilian Kolbe Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 18, 2012, 05:19:20 AM "Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did." And that is a fact! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 18, 2012, 06:56:14 AM “Whoever desires the fruit must go to the tree; whoever desires Jesus must go to Mary: and whoever finds Mary will most certainly find Jesus”
St Alphonsus de Liguori. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 19, 2012, 06:28:46 AM “Behold, your mother!”
Jesus! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 19, 2012, 09:21:35 AM 'Love Mary! She is loveable, faithful, constant. She will never let herself be outdone in love, but will ever remain supreme. If you are in danger, she will hasten to free you. If you are troubled, she will console you. If you are sick, she will bring you relief. If you are in need, she will help you. She does not look to see what kind of person you have been. She simply comes to a heart that wants to love her. She comes quickly and opens her merciful heart to you, embraces you and consoles and serves you. She will even be at hand to accompany you on the trip to eternity.'
St. Gabriel Possenti of the Sorrowful Mother Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 19, 2012, 10:24:20 AM "Let us run to her, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence."
St. Francis de Sales As I was typing this I could picture it in my mind. What joy! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 20, 2012, 03:31:54 AM Thank you for that to think on George!
'Saint Ignatius does not insist that we be indifferent, but that we try to become indifferent. My heart is made for God and He is jealous. I want to be entirely His. I will become a saint if I am humble, docile and generous.' St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 21, 2012, 03:43:03 AM The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
St. Bernard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 21, 2012, 03:03:11 PM So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to be.
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 22, 2012, 03:02:04 AM "I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind"
St. Bernard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 22, 2012, 05:02:01 AM So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to be. St. Jerome Thanks be to God for our guardian angels! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on August 22, 2012, 02:40:55 PM Beautiful quotes, George and Odhiambo!! O:)
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 22, 2012, 11:44:57 PM "What do they not see, who see Him Who sees all things?"
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 23, 2012, 03:03:57 PM " Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong. Your every act should be done with love."
St. Paul 1 Cor. 16:13-14 "Stand fast in faith, and love one another, and don't let our sufferings cause you to stumble." St. Perpetua (At her martyrdom) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 25, 2012, 01:27:29 PM A great Pope St. Gregory quote!
'We are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.' 1 Corinthians 4:9 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 26, 2012, 08:57:25 PM A great Pope St. Gregory quote! Yes, the Pope Gregory quote is a good reminder that we're never really alone.'We are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.' 1 Corinthians 4:9 The quote of Saint Paul is a good reminder, a warning against complacency, and taking things for granted ( I believe) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 26, 2012, 10:33:28 PM "Make yourself familiar with the angels, and behold them frequently in spirit. without being seen, they are present with you."
St. Francis de Sales "The martyrs were bound, imprisoned, scourged, racked, burned, torn apart, butchered and they multiplied." St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 27, 2012, 05:17:23 AM Nothing is far from God.
St. Monica Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on August 27, 2012, 06:10:02 PM Quote "The martyrs were bound, imprisoned, scourged, racked, burned, torn apart, butchered and they multiplied." St. Augustine Praise be to God!! :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 28, 2012, 10:02:09 AM If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself. Saint Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 28, 2012, 09:26:09 PM Let us always listen to the Holy Scriptures! :crucifix:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 28, 2012, 09:27:11 PM 'And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
"Say to the children of Israel: The soul that sinneth through ignorance, and doth any thing concerning any of the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded not to be done: If the priest that is anointed shall sin, making the people to offend, he shall offer to the Lord for his sin a calf without blemish. And he shall bring it to the door of the testimony before the Lord, and shall put his hand upon the head thereof, and shall sacrifice it to the Lord. He shall take also of the blood of the calf, and carry it into the tabernacle of the testimony. . . And if all the multitude of Israel shall be ignorant, and through ignorance shall do that which is against the commandment of the Lord, and afterwards shall understand their sin, they shall offer for their sin a calf, and shall bring it to the door of the tabernacle. And the ancients of the people shall put their hands upon the head thereof before the Lord." Leviticus 4:1-5,13-15 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 29, 2012, 02:59:56 AM The Bible is a letter from Almighty God to His creatures.
Pope St. Gregory Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 29, 2012, 12:14:22 PM 'If a person thinks of embracing a secular life, he should ask and desire more evident signs that God calls him to a secular life than if there were question of embracing the evangelical counsels; for Our Lord Himself has clearly exhorted us to embrace His counsels.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 30, 2012, 03:28:06 AM This is not a Saint's quote, forgive me for that. I am currently reading Exodus and this Scriptural quote really opened my eyes to just how much God loved His chosen people, the Israelites.
“You saw what I, the LORD, did to the Egyptians and how I carried you as an eagle carries her young on her wings, and brought you here to me. Now, if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own people. The whole earth is mine, but you will be my chosen people, a people dedicated to me alone, and you will serve me as priests.” The LORD God in Exodus 19: 4-6 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 30, 2012, 04:23:15 PM “Thomas, you have written well about me. What do you want?”
Thomas replied to the Lord, “ Lord, all I have written is straw before you” I want only you” Saint Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 30, 2012, 10:47:27 PM I remember St. Thomas's Summa Theologica was placed on the altar during the Council of Trent.
'Pray with great confidence, with confidence based upon the goodness and infinite generosity of God and upon the promises of Jesus Christ. God is a spring of living water which flows unceasingly into the hearts of those who pray.' St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 01, 2012, 07:56:51 AM "Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought."
Venerable John Paul II Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: MidnightSun12 on September 02, 2012, 04:03:01 PM "Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." Brilliant words by Pope JPII! :DVenerable John Paul II There's no such thing as "freedom" in the sense that our society likes to talk about today. If we are not trying to serve our Lord with our whole hearts then we are slaves to the evil one! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 03, 2012, 01:02:56 AM 'Oh my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 03, 2012, 03:54:54 AM "Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." Brilliant words by Pope JPII! :DVenerable John Paul II I thought so too :) In general, freedom means we have the legal rights to do or say whatever we want to do or say as long as in so doing we do not offend others, we do not try to force our points of view down others’ throats, we do not harm others etc. With that in mind, are we really free? I’d say no, and a very good thing too! I think the quote from the late Pope JPII is exactly it. That should be the definition of freedom. :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 04, 2012, 04:03:43 PM "One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying."
St. Joan of Arc Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 05, 2012, 02:49:06 PM "Hold the crucifix up before my eyes so I may see it until I die."
St. Joan of Arc Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 05, 2012, 09:47:07 PM What a beautiful way to die!
It is such an important thing to die a good death. What could be more important? To have the cross before one's eyes.. to have the holy names of Jesus and Mary upon your lips.. to have Extreme Unction.. to die a martyr's death.. Let us pray for happy deaths! St. Joseph, pray for our departures! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 06, 2012, 09:45:56 AM Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 06, 2012, 11:08:46 AM What a beautiful way to die! It is such an important thing to die a good death. What could be more important? To have the cross before one's eyes.. to have the holy names of Jesus and Mary upon your lips.. to have Extreme Unction.. to die a martyr's death.. Let us pray for happy deaths! St. Joseph, pray for our departures! Saint Joseph, patron of the dying pray for us, that we be delivered from the snares of the devil and eternal death, that we may merit to attain everlasting joy, through Christ our Lord. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 06, 2012, 11:15:33 AM Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best. St. Jerome A fine inspirational quote! The perfect way to begin each day. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 07, 2012, 05:27:16 AM Good to hear! :D
'Because the martyrs were devout men and women, fire, flame, wheel and sword seemed to be flowers and perfume to them. If devotion can sweeten the most cruel torments and even death itself, what must it do for virtuous actions?' St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 07, 2012, 07:11:06 AM They talk like angels but they live like men.
St. Jerome Why do you not practice what you preach. St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 07, 2012, 07:11:54 AM They talk like angels but they live like men. St. Jerome Why do you not practice what you preach. St. Jerome It brings to mind the Seven Woes of Matthew 23. :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on September 07, 2012, 10:57:14 AM Quote Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best. St. Jerome Something you can say aloud. Maybe something to say to the kids everyday!! ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 07, 2012, 01:20:48 PM Good to hear! :D 'Because the martyrs were devout men and women, fire, flame, wheel and sword seemed to be flowers and perfume to them. If devotion can sweeten the most cruel torments and even death itself, what must it do for virtuous actions?' St. Francis de Sales Guardian angel pray for me. "For Jesus Christ I am prepared to suffer more." St. Maximilian Kolbe Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 08, 2012, 08:12:43 AM Quote Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best. St. Jerome Something you can say aloud. Maybe something to say to the kids everyday!! ;D They can even adopt it as their motto. :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 08, 2012, 08:55:44 AM Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 09, 2012, 12:02:51 AM Take pains to refrain from sharp words. Pardon one another so that later on you will not remember the injury.
The recollection of an injury is itself wrong. It adds to our anger, nurtures our sins, and hates what is good. It is a rusty arrow and poison for the soul. It puts all virtue to flight. St. Francis Paola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 09, 2012, 12:09:57 AM Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield. St. Jerome This one I think I will not be forgetting! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 09, 2012, 12:15:46 AM Take pains to refrain from sharp words. Pardon one another so that later on you will not remember the injury. The recollection of an injury is itself wrong. It adds to our anger, nurtures our sins, and hates what is good. It is a rusty arrow and poison for the soul. It puts all virtue to flight. St. Francis Paola This makes me think of the differences.. between Christian conversation and its antithesis. Constant conflict, vice, argument, tearing at one another... like sick animals.. vain curiosity.. idle talk.. But in Christian conversation.. virtue.. grace.. peace.. charity.. prudence.. periods of silence.. care.. thoughtfulness.. lowering of oneself.. submission the Lord and His people... depth in a few words.. simplicity.. Hmm.. More to think on.. To truly get more ahold of the contrast.. Kyrie eleison.. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 09, 2012, 03:24:37 AM 'O Eternal God, receive the sacrifice of my life in this Mystical Body of Holy Church. I have naught to give save what Thou hast given me.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 09, 2012, 05:00:06 AM Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield. This one I think I will not be forgetting! :DSt. Jerome God willing, that is not something you need to remember for a long, long time. ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 09, 2012, 05:03:57 AM This makes me think of the differences.. between Christian conversation and its antithesis. Constant conflict, vice, argument, tearing at one another... like sick animals.. vain curiosity.. idle talk.. But in Christian conversation.. virtue.. grace.. peace.. charity.. prudence.. periods of silence.. care.. thoughtfulness.. lowering of oneself.. submission the Lord and His people... depth in a few words.. simplicity.. Hmm.. More to think on.. To truly get more ahold of the contrast.. Kyrie eleison.. When you say " Christian conversation", do you mean the ideal or what actually happens? :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 09, 2012, 05:15:46 AM “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” Mother Teresa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 09, 2012, 09:59:20 AM Take pains to refrain from sharp words. Pardon one another so that later on you will not remember the injury. The recollection of an injury is itself wrong. It adds to our anger, nurtures our sins, and hates what is good. It is a rusty arrow and poison for the soul. It puts all virtue to flight. St. Francis Paola As for me, I've been told I'm very passionate in debate, over the years I've tried to express my affection for whomever I've debated after we finished our arguments, so as not to leave the impression that it's personal, the problem is sometimes it is personal, and there are times I walk away feeling wounded and the more I dwell upon it the further I get away from,"Do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you"etc. and the more insecure I become. It is poison for the soul, and it is something I need to be aware of. Thank you Saint Francis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 09, 2012, 10:07:43 AM Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield. St. Jerome 10 more years to go, and it's all coming true, my prayers for the deceased seem to grow longer month to month. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on September 09, 2012, 11:17:49 PM True George !!( What's Haji?) I feel sad when I see my parents and in-laws in their seventies and already losing their parents first and then their cousins, brothers, sisters etc.... I imagine how they feel to know that they could be next. An eye opener for me spiritually speaking. One day I will be in their situation.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 10, 2012, 02:40:45 AM God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our heart, and God listens. And this listening and this speaking is what prayer is meant to be....
Mother Teresa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 10, 2012, 11:18:48 AM \
True George !!( What's Haji?) I feel sad when I see my parents and in-laws in their seventies and already losing their parents first and then their cousins, brothers, sisters etc.... I imagine how they feel to know that they could be next. An eye opener for me spiritually speaking. One day I will be in their situation. Yes when I pray for them I can see their faces in my mind and it reminds me what they gave to me and how much I miss them and long to be with them again.The nickname Haji was given to me about 45 years ago by elderly woman in our neighborhood, when I started using the computer and they asked for a username I remembered it, I believe she meant it to mean "Pilgrim", I've been asked about it so many times, think it's time to retire it. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 10, 2012, 11:30:09 AM The prayer most pleasing to God is that made for others and particularly for the poor souls.
Pray for them, if you want your prayers to bring high interest. Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 11, 2012, 07:07:51 AM Whoever is near us and needing us must be our ''neighbor''; it does not matter whether he is
related to us or not, whether he is morally worthy of our help or not. The love of Christ knows no limits. It never ends; it does not shrink from ugliness and filth. St. Edith Stein Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 12, 2012, 09:23:27 AM Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 12, 2012, 03:56:56 PM I was reading about the French Revolution and The Martyrs of Compiegne and the Discalced Carmelites and came upon this quote from Sister Saint Eugenie of the Daughters of Wisdom.
"Enough, gentlemen, my last word is this: The guillotine seems set up for good. Take me there. An oath against my conscience you will never get from me." Sister Saint Eugenie This is the church I love Guardian angel pray for me. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 12, 2012, 04:02:45 PM The only Christian ending to a dialogue of no good purpose? :crucifix:
Thanks be to Our Lord God for such Christianity! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 12, 2012, 04:11:39 PM How eagerly the saints can go to martyrdom! :D Thank you George! And a fine day to you I pray!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 13, 2012, 08:34:15 AM 'If we are not now saints, it is a great misfortune for us: therefore we must be so. As long as we have no love in our hearts, we shall never be Saints.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 14, 2012, 03:33:59 AM 'If you say, "Show me your God," I will say to you, "Show me what kind of person you are, and I will show you my God." Show me then whether the eyes of your mind can see, and the ears of your heart hear.
It is like this. Those who can see with the eyes of their bodies are aware of what is happening in this life on earth. They get to know things that are different from each other. They distinguish light and darkness, black and white, ugliness and beauty, elegance and inelegance, proportion and lack of proportion, excess and defect. The same is true of the sounds we hear: high or low or pleasant. So it is with the ears of our heart and the eyes of our mind in their capacity to hear or see God. God is seen by those who have the capacity to see him, provided that they keep the eyes of their mind open. All have eyes, but some have eyes that are shrouded in darkness, unable to see the light of the sun. Because the blind cannot see it, it does not follow that the sun does not shine. The blind must trace the cause back to themselves and their eyes. In the same way, you have eyes in your mind that are shrouded in darkness because of your sins and evil deeds. A person's soul should be clean, like a mirror reflecting light. If there is rust on the mirror his face cannot be seen in it. In the same way, no one who has sin within him can see God.' St. Theophilus of Antioch Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 14, 2012, 03:58:01 PM " A pure soul is like a fine pearl. As long as it is hidden in the shell, at the bottom of the sea,
no one thinks of admiring it. But if you bring it into the sunshine, this pearl will shine and attract all eyes. Thus the pure soul, which is hidden from the eyes of the world, will one day shine before the angels in the sunshine of eternity." Saint John Marie Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 14, 2012, 04:20:01 PM Now that is today a quote that I feel like is a favorite forever. :D I am very thankful to learn it!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 14, 2012, 07:38:20 PM Now that is today a quote that I feel like is a favorite forever. :D I am very thankful to learn it! Yes, what a beautiful mind to think such sublime thoughts. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 15, 2012, 10:40:49 PM God demands great purity of certain souls, and so He gives them a deeper knowledge of their own misery.
Illuminated by light from on high, the soul can better know what pleases God and what does not. St. Faustina Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 16, 2012, 08:20:45 AM We need to find God,
and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls. Mother Teresa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 17, 2012, 09:02:25 AM 'It is better to pray devoutly for your neighbor than to rebuke him every time he sins.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on September 17, 2012, 11:30:27 AM How true! If the person's heart is hardened and one rebukes him he may persist in sin just to be defiant. Better to pray for such a soul. :crucifix:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 17, 2012, 02:35:58 PM 'It is better to pray devoutly for your neighbor than to rebuke him every time he sins.' St. Mark the Ascetic Amen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 17, 2012, 07:08:31 PM I also think that if it's necessary to rebuke your neighbor you had better pray especially much beforehand, during, and throughout the process.
:D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 17, 2012, 09:38:40 PM I also think that if it's necessary to rebuke your neighbor you had better pray especially much beforehand, during, and throughout the process. :D He who serves God willingly is heard; his petition reaches the heavens. The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds; it does not rest till it reaches it's goal, nor will it withdraw till the Most High responds, judges justly and affirms the right. Sirach 35:16-18 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 19, 2012, 11:59:09 PM I don't put a penny's value on this life, if only our Lord will give me a tiny corner in paradise.
Saint Camillus de Lellis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 20, 2012, 03:05:24 PM The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white host.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 20, 2012, 08:56:22 PM I don't put a penny's value on this life, if only our Lord will give me a tiny corner in paradise. Saint Camillus de Lellis To think that our pitiful petitions pierce the Heavens themselves! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: MidnightSun12 on September 22, 2012, 12:53:44 AM 'It is better to pray devoutly for your neighbor than to rebuke him every time he sins.' Absolutely! There has to be a delicate balance between charitably correcting someone who has done something wrong and nagging them about it. Praying for them is a great idea, however, and I am definitely going to try that next time I feel the urge to nag! :DSt. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 22, 2012, 07:24:51 AM There is still time for endurance, time for patience, time for healing, time for change. Have you slipped? Rise up. Have you sinned? Cease. Do not stand among sinners, but leap aside.
St Basil Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 23, 2012, 10:48:40 AM 'One day, while I was hearing confessions, a man came to the confessional where I was. He was tall, handsome, dressed with some refinement and he was kind and polite. He started to confess his sins, which were of every kind: against God, against man and against the morals. All the sins were obnoxious! I was disoriented, in fact for all the sins that he told me, but I responded to him with God's Word, the example of the Church, and the morals of the Saints. But the enigmatic penitent answered me word for word, justifying his sins, always with extreme ability and politeness. He excused all the sinful actions, making them sound quite normal and natural, even comprehensible on the human level.. He continued this way with the sins that were gruesome against God, Our Lady, the Saints, always using disrespectful round-about argumentation. He kept this up even with with the foulest of sins that could be conjured in the mind of a most sinful man. The answers that he gave me with such skilled subtlety and malice surprised me. I wondered: who is he? What world does he come from? And I tried to look at him in order to read something on his face. At the same time I concentrated on every word he spoke, trying to discover any clue to his identity.. But suddenly; through a vivid, radiant and internal light I clearly recognized who he was. With a sound and imperial tone I told him: "Say long live Jesus, long live Mary!" As soon as I pronounced these sweet and powerful names, Satan instantly disappeared in a trickle of fire, leaving behind him an unbearable stench.'
St. Padre Pio 'The devil is in the cinema.' St. Padre Pio 'A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.' St. Padre Pio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: martin on September 23, 2012, 07:16:14 PM 'It is better to pray devoutly for your neighbor than to rebuke him every time he sins.' Absolutely! There has to be a delicate balance between charitably correcting someone who has done something wrong and nagging them about it. Praying for them is a great idea, however, and I am definitely going to try that next time I feel the urge to nag! :DSt. Mark the Ascetic I will mention this here as it seems so relevant. On Wednesday past I had a long chat with an old friend. I went to his work place as I didn't know how else to contact him. I had heard that he had split with his wife and was in an adulterous relationship for almost a year. It was also providential that he had a few hours to spare as work wasn't particularly pressing that day. As we chatted over many cups of coffee the conversation eventually came round to his current situation. He told me that he was now living in an "irregular union" with another woman. I mentioned that his choice of words might be an obstacle to him recognizing the truth of his current situation and that if he were to use the words "adulterous union" it would more accurately describe the relationship. He agreed that this term was more correct. The next day I attended the TLM which we now have at our local parish each Thursday. Before Mass the priest made a short announcement. He started by relating what happened while he was offering the TLM privately a few days before. He had a situation in which he could not see a possible solution. During the elevation of the Host and the Chalice he said that he placed this intention with Our Lord. An hour after Mass, the phone rang in his room. The phone call revealed that the situation had been resolved. He told us that we should never underestimate the power of the Holy Mass and he said that during Mass he would allow adequate time at the elevation of the Host and Chalice for all present to place their petitions, and he as priest, standing in persona Christi, would ask the Lord to accept our petitions. At the elevation, I prayed that my friend would be granted the grace to end his adulterous relationship and return to the Lord. Yesterday morning (Saturday) he turned up at my door around 9 am. He asked if he could talk privately so I suggested we take a drive to the country. He informed me that on Friday night while laying in bed, he suddenly had a realisation of the seriousness of his situation and a great fear came over him. He was still visibly shaking while he was telling me this. He said that he had ended the relationship there and then and left. I realized that he was in no fit state to be left on his own. He said he felt shell-shocked and although he would never be returning to the adulterous relationship he didn't know where to go from hear. I stayed with him for about 6 or seven hours and eventually by talking of the mercy of God and relating stories from the saints, he calmed down enough to the extent where he had determined to spend the rest of the evening examining his conscience and to seek confession the next day. I haven't heard from him today but I had told him to contact me anytime he needed a friend to talk to. It was a mentally exhausting time, but spiritually I am elated and overcome with gratitude to Our Blessed Lord and the Blessed Virgin. I pray now for perseverance for him through the coming days and weeks and pray also for reconciliation with his family. That will take a miracle but nothing is impossible for God. Please dear friends, pray one Hail Mary for him, his family and the other woman involved. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on September 23, 2012, 07:22:35 PM I'll pray a Hail Mary for them, Martin. God bless you.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on September 23, 2012, 08:21:24 PM A Hail Mary for your friend!! :crucifix:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: MidnightSun12 on September 23, 2012, 08:21:40 PM Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amoung women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. This story sounds a lot like how my personal conversion to the faith came about. Maybe by sharing my story with you, it can help you with your current struggles: I was a 24 year old guy and was, unfortunately, involved in an adulterous pre-marital relationship at the time. I was out with some friends who were religious one evening (I was, at the time, a fallen away Catholic who had almost no relationship with God, whatsoever). That night we were discussing some moral issues such as abortion, impurity etc and for the first time in my life it hit me like a brick wall. I knew so clearly that what I was doing was extremely wrong and the fear I was experiencing was tremendous. A few days later I came accross CAF and learned what the teachings of the Catholic Church was on fornication, etc... It was after that when I felt God's love come over me and the fear and anxiety was replaced by a feeling of complete euphoria (it had to of been a sliver of what heaven must feel like for the saints). I knew that I had to give myself fully to God and that this what exactly what love is (ie. the full giving of one's self to another). The only problem was that I was still in the immoral relationship and I realize now that Satan doesn't let go of his victims without a big fight. Shortly after, I gave into Satan out of a fear of going through a break-up and decided to try to ignore this profound realization that God had given me. I wanted to go back to the way things were before even if it meant continuing to live immorally. The feeling of peace went away and the anxiety quickly returned, except much worse then before (it was an indescribable burning sensation inside my chest that I couldn't get away from). I couldn't sleep at night, couldn't concentrate at work, all the while I was trying to keep the immoral relationship alive (I'm convinced now that this burning was a sliver of what hell must feel like for the damned). Fortunately for me, our Blessed Lord was infinite in His patience and after a month and a half of this suffering, the immoral relationship finally collapsed. Instead of feeling devastated, I gave myself to God and that beautiful feeling came back and I decided to give myself to God fully and change my life! :D My advice for you and your friend is to just keep doing what you are doing (be a patient and welcoming companion like the father was for the prodigal son). If your friend gets pulled back into the adulterous relationship he might try to "forget" about the discussions that he had with you (he may even be angry at you for causing the percieved turmoil in his life). Just remember that you are showing your friend true love as you are caring for his immortal soul rather then just his temporal comfort (even if that means that you have to be a source of discomfort in the short term). God bless, my prayers are with you! :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 23, 2012, 09:03:12 PM My Brothers
If anyone among you should stray from the truth and someone bring him back, he should know that whoever brings back a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. James 5: 19-20 A Hail Mary for your friend Martin. God be with you. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 24, 2012, 04:15:37 AM I will mention this here as it seems so relevant. On Wednesday past I had a long chat with an old friend. I went to his work place as I didn't know how else to contact him. I had heard that he had split with his wife and was in an adulterous relationship for almost a year. It was also providential that he had a few hours to spare as work wasn't particularly pressing that day. As we chatted over many cups of coffee the conversation eventually came round to his current situation. He told me that he was now living in an "irregular union" with another woman. I mentioned that his choice of words might be an obstacle to him recognizing the truth of his current situation and that if he were to use the words "adulterous union" it would more accurately describe the relationship. He agreed that this term was more correct. The next day I attended the TLM which we now have at our local parish each Thursday. Before Mass the priest made a short announcement. He started by relating what happened while he was offering the TLM privately a few days before. He had a situation in which he could not see a possible solution. During the elevation of the Host and the Chalice he said that he placed this intention with Our Lord. An hour after Mass, the phone rang in his room. The phone call revealed that the situation had been resolved. He told us that we should never underestimate the power of the Holy Mass and he said that during Mass he would allow adequate time at the elevation of the Host and Chalice for all present to place their petitions, and he as priest, standing in persona Christi, would ask the Lord to accept our petitions. At the elevation, I prayed that my friend would be granted the grace to end his adulterous relationship and return to the Lord. Yesterday morning (Saturday) he turned up at my door around 9 am. He asked if he could talk privately so I suggested we take a drive to the country. He informed me that on Friday night while laying in bed, he suddenly had a realisation of the seriousness of his situation and a great fear came over him. He was still visibly shaking while he was telling me this. He said that he had ended the relationship there and then and left. I realized that he was in no fit state to be left on his own. He said he felt shell-shocked and although he would never be returning to the adulterous relationship he didn't know where to go from hear. I stayed with him for about 6 or seven hours and eventually by talking of the mercy of God and relating stories from the saints, he calmed down enough to the extent where he had determined to spend the rest of the evening examining his conscience and to seek confession the next day. I haven't heard from him today but I had told him to contact me anytime he needed a friend to talk to. It was a mentally exhausting time, but spiritually I am elated and overcome with gratitude to Our Blessed Lord and the Blessed Virgin. I pray now for perseverance for him through the coming days and weeks and pray also for reconciliation with his family. That will take a miracle but nothing is impossible for God. Please dear friends, pray one Hail Mary for him, his family and the other woman involved. Thank you martin for telling us this wonderful miraculous occurances. It is just what we need to strenghten us on this journey called life. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 24, 2012, 04:19:24 AM 'One day, while I was hearing confessions, a man came to the confessional where I was. He was tall, handsome, dressed with some refinement and he was kind and polite. He started to confess his sins, which were of every kind: against God, against man and against the morals. All the sins were obnoxious! I was disoriented, in fact for all the sins that he told me, but I responded to him with God's Word, the example of the Church, and the morals of the Saints. But the enigmatic penitent answered me word for word, justifying his sins, always with extreme ability and politeness. He excused all the sinful actions, making them sound quite normal and natural, even comprehensible on the human level.. He continued this way with the sins that were gruesome against God, Our Lady, the Saints, always using disrespectful round-about argumentation. He kept this up even with with the foulest of sins that could be conjured in the mind of a most sinful man. The answers that he gave me with such skilled subtlety and malice surprised me. I wondered: who is he? What world does he come from? And I tried to look at him in order to read something on his face. At the same time I concentrated on every word he spoke, trying to discover any clue to his identity.. But suddenly; through a vivid, radiant and internal light I clearly recognized who he was. With a sound and imperial tone I told him: "Say long live Jesus, long live Mary!" As soon as I pronounced these sweet and powerful names, Satan instantly disappeared in a trickle of fire, leaving behind him an unbearable stench.' St. Padre Pio The Fiend! LORD help us all! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 25, 2012, 01:35:43 AM 'We let ourselves be overcome by human respect, and cease to show ourselves true followers of Our Lord before the world. . . We see truth trodden underfoot, and we remain silent. Why? Because we are cowards. Oh, how we need to renew our faith, to rekindle our hearts in the sublime principles of our holy religion.'
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on September 25, 2012, 11:22:11 AM Martin, though your friend was deep in mortal sin what was to his advantage, I think, was his humility to acknowledge his faults. God helped him by sending him a spiritual friend who would help him along the way to correction and a life change. How merciful is God! In this case I think you were an instrument in God's Hands to help this soul.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 25, 2012, 02:45:25 PM "It is said that there is no salvation outside the Church. Who denies this? And therefore whatever things of the Church are had outside the Church do not avail unto salvation.
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 25, 2012, 04:25:20 PM "It is said that there is no salvation outside the Church. Who denies this? And therefore whatever things of the Church are had outside the Church do not avail unto salvation. St. Augustine A key quote! It reminds me of the difference between the baptized and the unbaptized, and also a quote by Ven. Mary of Agreda on how few please God and do good. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on September 26, 2012, 10:48:03 AM 'God takes particular care to detach those from the fleeting pleasures of this life whom He loves with a love of predilection, by the desires with which He inspires them for the heavenly life, and by the griefs and afflictions which He sends them in this life.'
`~`St. Ignatius of Loyola :swordfight: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 26, 2012, 10:49:16 AM We need to detach and reattach to Him. :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on September 26, 2012, 10:55:15 AM He sends griefs and afflictions to those He loves and to help them detach. I need strength to read this quote. :sweatdrop: A trifle scary!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 26, 2012, 10:58:41 AM He sends griefs and afflictions to those He loves and to help them detach. I need strength to read this quote. :sweatdrop: A trifle scary! Sometimes I think of myself as a remedial student taking the same lesson over and over again until I finally get it right. :popeyes: Thank God, He hasn't given up me! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on September 26, 2012, 11:03:36 AM You're right Shin! Many a time I've felt I did not pass through a trial right , but He is still by my side after it all. ( With another trial to help me practice better ;D)
For example, with my job and the terrible management and co-workers. Sometimes I think I should have stuck it out and offered it all up. But at that moment I was completely stressed out and quit. :-\ I pray God sees my weaknesses and is merciful! :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 26, 2012, 11:12:03 AM I think you did the right thing Patricia. That place was more than too tough!
Sometimes it's not the destination, but it's the journey, and we're only meant to stop off at some places as wayposts, to learn a little, then move on! ;D You certainly showed some courage there! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on September 26, 2012, 11:15:05 AM Thanks Shin!! :)
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 26, 2012, 11:20:42 AM The only way I can handle grief and afflictions is with prayer and consolation from God! I lack a lot of virtue in regards to fortitude and bearing things properly! God help me!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 26, 2012, 01:24:09 PM The only way I can handle grief and afflictions is with prayer and consolation from God! I lack a lot of virtue in regards to fortitude and bearing things properly! God help me! So true.It's only through prayer and faith that I can overcome the helplessness I feel when confronted by some of life's heaviest burdens. I guess through prayer and love even little shoulders can bear heavy crosses. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 26, 2012, 01:37:10 PM There's nothing like God's consolation while carrying the cross, is there?
:crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 26, 2012, 01:52:19 PM No there isn't. Praise God for his mercy!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 26, 2012, 03:01:27 PM 'As the branch separated from the roots soon loses all life and verdure, so it is with good works which are not united with charity.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 27, 2012, 01:43:37 PM If God gives you an abundant harvest of trials, it is a sign of great holiness which he desires you to attain. Do you want to become a great saint?
Ask God to to send you many sufferings. The flame of Divine Love never rises higher than when fed with the wood of the cross, which the infinite charity of the Savior used to finish His sacrifice. All pleasures of the world are nothing compared with the sweetness found in the gall and vinegar offered to Jesus Christ. That is, hard and painful things endured for Jesus Christ and with Jesus Christ. St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: martin on September 27, 2012, 05:29:59 PM I think you did the right thing Patricia. That place was more than too tough! Sometimes it's not the destination, but it's the journey, and we're only meant to stop off at some places as wayposts, to learn a little, then move on! ;D You certainly showed some courage there! Sometimes it's only in hindsight we can see the benefits of such crosses. You were very brave Patricia. Quote If God gives you an abundant harvest of trials, it is a sign of great holiness which he desires you to attain. Do you want to become a great saint? Ask God to to send you many sufferings. The flame of Divine Love never rises higher than when fed with the wood of the cross, which the infinite charity of the Savior used to finish His sacrifice. All pleasures of the world are nothing compared with the sweetness found in the gall and vinegar offered to Jesus Christ. That is, hard and painful things endured for Jesus Christ and with Jesus Christ. St. Ignatius of Loyola Sometimes while meditating on the Passion of Our Lord, it seems as if the Lord is inviting one to suffer with Him. I can never bring myself to ask Him to send me suffering; the best I can muster is to ask for the grace and courage to accept without complaining, those trials that come along each day. :-[ Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 27, 2012, 08:09:05 PM I think you did the right thing Patricia. That place was more than too tough! Sometimes it's not the destination, but it's the journey, and we're only meant to stop off at some places as wayposts, to learn a little, then move on! ;D You certainly showed some courage there! Sometimes it's only in hindsight we can see the benefits of such crosses. You were very brave Patricia. Quote If God gives you an abundant harvest of trials, it is a sign of great holiness which he desires you to attain. Do you want to become a great saint? Ask God to to send you many sufferings. The flame of Divine Love never rises higher than when fed with the wood of the cross, which the infinite charity of the Savior used to finish His sacrifice. All pleasures of the world are nothing compared with the sweetness found in the gall and vinegar offered to Jesus Christ. That is, hard and painful things endured for Jesus Christ and with Jesus Christ. St. Ignatius of Loyola Sometimes while meditating on the Passion of Our Lord, it seems as if the Lord is inviting one to suffer with Him. I can never bring myself to ask Him to send me suffering; the best I can muster is to ask for the grace and courage to accept without complaining, those trials that come along each day. :-[ It is difficult, it's a thing I pray over daily, accepting rather than embracing those crosses, I find offering up the suffering is doable though it is a struggle at times, but I find my prayer life grows richer and that's a blessing, maybe someday I'll find the courage to embrace rather than just accept. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 28, 2012, 11:38:04 AM God is more pleased by one work, however small, done secretly, without desire that it be known, than a thousand done with desire that men know of them.
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 28, 2012, 12:33:48 PM God is more pleased by one work, however small, done secretly, without desire that it be known, than a thousand done with desire that men know of them. St. John of the Cross That's a quite inspiring quote George, thank you for it. 'In God's sight, our cross is as a precious balm which loses its aroma on exposure to the air; therefore we must make every effort to hide our cross and carry it in silence.' St. Margaret Mary Alacoque I know sometimes we need help carrying the cross from our friends though. :D But we must also beware of being rewarded for our crosses in this life rather than the next! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 28, 2012, 12:35:57 PM 'O Mary, O Mother of sorrows! At the foot of the cross, you became our Mother. I am the child of your sorrow, the child of Calvary.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 28, 2012, 01:32:51 PM 'O Mary, O Mother of sorrows! At the foot of the cross, you became our Mother. I am the child of your sorrow, the child of Calvary.' St. Bernadette Soubirous This is beautiful. Thank you Shin Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 30, 2012, 12:02:57 AM A tiny spark of God's love already burns within you, do not expose it to the wind, for it may get blown out.
Stay quiet with God. Do not spend your time in useless chatter. Do not give yourself to others so completely that you have nothing left for yourself. St. Charles Borromeo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: MidnightSun12 on September 30, 2012, 12:12:57 AM God is more pleased by one work, however small, done secretly, without desire that it be known, than a thousand done with desire that men know of them. Beatiful quote! It's much better to save the reward for our good deads until the next life, then to reep all the benefits in this one.St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 30, 2012, 02:56:17 PM “The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today”
St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 01, 2012, 08:19:45 AM October 1
The Month of October is traditionally dedicated to the Holy Rosary. Today is the Memorial of Blessed Edward James Among many other Saints and Blesseds It is also the Memorial of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus Patonness of African Missions. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 01, 2012, 08:27:15 AM Blessed Edward James
Myrtyr. Edward was born at Breaston, Derbyshire in England. He was brought up as a Protestant, studied at Saint John’s College, Oxford, and converted to Catholicism as an adult. He studied as a seminarian at Rheims, France and Rome and was ordained in 1583. He returned to England to minister to Catholics covertly. He was arrested and imprisoned for four and a half years with Blessed Ralph Crockett. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered on 1 October 1588 at Chichester, West Sussex, victim of the anti Catholic fury raging at the time in England. His crime? Being a priest. He was beatified on 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. His canonization is pending. Blessed Edward James, Pray for us! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on October 01, 2012, 03:37:29 PM It is a lesson we all need. To let alone the things that don't concern us. He has other ways for others to follow Him. All do not go by the same path. It is for each of us to learn the path by which He requires us to follow Him.
St. Katharine Drexel Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 01, 2012, 06:10:02 PM 'Blessed the one whose thought has been with grace, like a cloud filled with rain, and which waters souls for the increase of fruits of life; his praise will be for everlasting glory.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 01, 2012, 09:40:33 PM 'Let us leave this worthless world.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 03, 2012, 01:14:45 PM 'See, my children, if we really wish to be saved we must determine, once for all, to labor in earnest for our salvation; our soul is like a garden in which the weeds are ever ready to choke the good plants and flowers that have been sown in it. If the gardener who has charge of this garden neglects it, if he is not continually using the spade and the hoe, the flowers and plants will soon disappear. Thus, my children, do the virtues with which God has been pleased to adorn our soul disappear under our vices if we neglect to cultivate them. As a vigilant gardener labours from morning till night to destroy the weeds in his garden, and to ornament it with flowers, so let us labor every day to uproot the vices of our soul and to adorn it with virtues. See, my children, a gardener never lets the weeds take root, because he knows that then he would never be able to destroy them. Neither let us allow our vices to take root, or we shall not be able to conquer them.
One day, an anchorite being in a forest with a companion, showed him four cypresses to be pulled up one after the other; the young man, who did not very well know why he told him to do this, took hold of the first tree, which was quite small, and pulled it up with one hand without trouble; the second, which was a little bigger and had some roots, made him pull harder, but yet he pulled it up with one hand; the third, being still bigger, offered so much resistance, that he was obliged to take both hands and to use all his strength; the fourth, which was grown into a tree, had such deep roots, that he exhausted himself in vain efforts. The saint then said to him, "With a little vigilance and mortification, we succeed in repressing our passions, and we triumph over them when they are only springing up; but when they have taken deep root, nothing is more difficult; the thing is even impossible without a miracle." Let us not reckon on a miracle of Providence, my children; let us not put off till the end of our life the care that we ought daily to take of our soul; let us labor while there is yet time. . .' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 05, 2012, 08:27:14 AM "The sinner who is ashamed to do evil is closer to God than the upright man who is ashamed to do good.”
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 06, 2012, 04:44:58 AM 'Subjugate your body, strip it of sensual pleasures, and free it from base servitude.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 06, 2012, 09:37:55 AM Consequently, heretics and schismatics, separated from the unity of this Body, are able to receive the same Sacrament, but with no benefit to themselves; indeed, more to their own harm, in that they are judged the more severely rather than being liberated.
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on October 08, 2012, 12:17:28 PM He came amongst His own and His own received Him not, and it hurt Him then and it has kept on hurting Him.
The same hunger, the same loneliness, the same having no one to be accepted by and to be loved and wanted by. Blessed Mother Theresa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 11, 2012, 03:37:13 AM 'Run from places of sin as from the plague. For when fruit is not present, we have no frequent desire to eat it.'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 11, 2012, 03:39:00 AM Consequently, heretics and schismatics, separated from the unity of this Body, are able to receive the same Sacrament, but with no benefit to themselves; indeed, more to their own harm, in that they are judged the more severely rather than being liberated. St. Augustine A theme of instructive St. Augustine quotes! 'All graces given to those outside the Church are given them for the purpose of bringing them inside the Church.' St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 11, 2012, 03:57:28 AM This quote is probably posted already but no harm in repeat postings surely ;D
Here goes: “Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.” Saint Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 11, 2012, 04:02:11 AM This quote is probably posted already but no harm in repeat postings surely ;D Here goes: “Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.” Saint Augustine This reminds me of how the gift of faith is a supernatural gift. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 11, 2012, 09:52:06 AM This reminds me of how the gift of faith is a supernatural gift. :D O my God, I firmly believe that you are one God in three Divine Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; I believe that your Divine Son became man, and died for our sins, and that He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths the Holy Catholic Church teaches because You have revealed them, who can neither deceive nor be deceived. Amen! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 12, 2012, 04:03:17 AM 'Oh, if you could but see the mystery of the altar as it really is after the Consecration, you would see Jesus Christ on the Cross, making oblation to His Father of His Wounds, His Blood, His Death, for the salvation of your soul and of the whole world. You would see the angels, who are prostrate around the altar, astonished, almost appaled, at so much love lavished upon indifferent and ungrateful creatures. You would hear the Heavenly Father, as He contemplated His divine Son, speaking to you as He spoke on Tabor: "This is My Beloved Son in Whom I am well pleased; adore Him, love Him, and serve Him with all your heart."'
St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: MidnightSun12 on October 13, 2012, 12:27:41 AM "God is so good that when He sees a sinner running to his ruin, He runs after him, calls him, entreats and accompanies him even to the gates of hell; what will He not do to convert him? He sends him good inspirations and holy thoughts, and if he does not profit from them, He becomes angry and indignant, He pursues him. Will He strike him? No. He beats at the air and forgives him. But the sinner is not converted yet. God sends him a mortal illness. It is certainly all over for him. No, brothers, God heals him; the sinner becomes obstinate in evil, and God in His mercy looks for another way; He gives him another year, and when that year is over, He grants him yet another.
But if the sinner still wants to cast himself into hell in spite of all that, what does God do? Does He abandon him? No. He takes him by the hand; and while he has one foot in hell and the other outside, He still preaches to him, He implored him not to abuse His graces. Now I ask you, if that man is damned, is it not true that he is damned against the Will of God and because he wants to be damned?" St. Leonard of Port Maurice Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 13, 2012, 05:24:13 AM A quote that has a fearsomeness to it when one thinks.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 14, 2012, 01:22:19 AM 'Those who have not yet obtained true prayer of the heart, can find help in violence in bodily prayer -- I mean stretching out the hands, beating the breast, sincere raising of the eyes to heaven, deep sighing, frequent prostrations.'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 14, 2012, 11:17:00 AM "See the Face of God in everyone."
St.Catherine L’aboure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 15, 2012, 04:54:36 AM "See the Face of God in everyone." St.Catherine L’aboure How wonderful to see God everywhere! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 15, 2012, 04:54:56 AM 'Without prayer we have neither light nor strength to advance in the way which leads to God.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 17, 2012, 03:55:01 AM Here are three quotes on trees!
'Man is like a tree, bodily asceticism is the foliage, interior vigilance the fruit. According to that which is written, "Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be cut down and cast into the fire" (Matt. 3:10) it is clear that all our care should be directed toward the fruit, that is to say, guard of the spirit; but it needs the protection and the embellishment of the foliage, which is bodily asceticism.' St. Agathon 'Christ could not have commanded anything more beneficial, for this sacrament is the fruit of the tree of life. Anyone who receives this sacrament with the devotion of sincere faith will never taste death. "It is a tree of life for those who grasp it, and blessed is he who holds it fast. The man who feeds on me shall live on account of me."' St. Albert the Great 'They slew by nailing to the tree Him who had brought to life their dead, had healed their maimed, had made their lepers clean, had given light to their blind. Behold, you sons of men! behold, all you people, these new wonders! They suspended Him on the tree, who stretches out the earth; they transfixed Him with nails who laid firm the foundation of the world; they circumscribed Him who circumscribed the heavens; they bound Him who absolves sinners; they gave Him vinegar to drink who has made them to drink of righteousness; they fed Him with gall who has offered to them the Bread of Life; they caused corruption to come upon His hands, and feet who healed their hands and feet; they violently closed His eyes who restored sight to them; they gave Him over to the tomb, who raised their dead to life both in the time before His Passion and also while He was hanging on the tree.' St. Alexander of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 20, 2012, 04:41:21 AM References to trees, flowers, and Creation and the deeper spiritual meanings, aren't they wonderful together?
And then so unspeakably moving, the tree of the Cross! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 21, 2012, 08:25:42 AM “It is only by hammer blows
that God manages to humble us, no matter how good our native disposition.” St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on October 21, 2012, 11:02:36 AM The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.
-- Saint Peter of Alcantara Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 22, 2012, 02:10:01 AM Two very striking quotes. . .
'Pray and work.' St. Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 22, 2012, 09:59:15 AM Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 23, 2012, 10:16:30 AM A number of quotes about how the exterior must be as the interior.. How true it is that we must show forth our Christianity in deeds, in garments, in all our lives.
'He who suffers injustice escapes sin, finding help in proportion to his affliction.' St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 24, 2012, 05:06:58 AM Contemplation is nothing else than a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which if admitted, will set the soul on fire with the Spirit of love.
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 24, 2012, 07:46:28 AM Prayer comes from God, yes. . .
It makes one think. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 24, 2012, 07:46:51 AM How are you doing today, odhiambo? ;D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 24, 2012, 07:55:27 AM How are you doing today, odhiambo? ;D I am well Shin. After work today I go to my parish for a bible study group. First day today. We had started it last year I think but it came to naught and the study was terminated. Hope this time it will continue. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Joan123 on October 24, 2012, 10:37:58 PM Dear All,
I am Joan123 and I am new to this forum. I would like to share a St. Anthony Mary Claret quote with you. It is very possible that he led me to this forum, because it was through a web search on St. Anselm's Seven Degrees of Humility that I found the Saints' Works group. "It is only by hammer blows that God manages to humble us, no matter how good our native disposition" ~Saint Anthony Mary Claret Feast Day October 24, 2012 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 24, 2012, 10:46:55 PM Welcome Joan!
I hope and pray you have a wonderful time here. It really is great for one's prayer life to have the prayers and quotes of the saints for food for thought and meditation, and then to hear each other's thoughts on them. I am glad to see you! Welcome! I think that, we are so set in our ways, it is so easy to get caught up in the same old routines -- even though we know we should do better -- we need to do better. How else can we be shaken out of our complacency but by the intervention of God, in ways that are not pleasant, but which stir us into action again! I know well I am the type that is too often easily set in my ways, and hard to stir up. God help me! God help me! May the good Lord and the prayers of the saints help us all to change our lives! :D May St. Anthony and St. Anselm please pray for us before God. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 26, 2012, 11:29:44 AM 'Courage my good cousin! Soon we shall see it, our beautiful heaven. Soon there will be no more cross for us! What divine bliss! To see that good Jesus Who has loved us so much and Who will make us so happy!'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 27, 2012, 04:47:16 AM He who desires nothing but God is rich and happy.
St. Alphonsus Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 27, 2012, 08:54:47 AM He who desires nothing but God is rich and happy. St. Alphonsus Liguori That's the truth! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 27, 2012, 05:12:06 PM 'Is not it with justice, then, that He turns away from us and chastises us, since in everything He is offering us Himself, and we are resisting Him? This is clear to all. "For," He says, "if you wish to adorn yourself you have My adornment, or to arm yourself you have My arms, or to dress yourself you have My clothing, or to eat you have My table, or to walk you have My road, or to inherit you have My inheritance, or to go into your own country you have that city of which I am the Builder and the Architect, or to build a house you have My tents. I do not demand of you a reward for the things which I give, but I owe reward to you besides for that reward if you are willing to make use of all that is Mine." What could equal this munificence?'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 28, 2012, 08:08:46 AM Shin, hi!
There was either a comment you made or a quotation you posted either on this thread or on the Saints's thread. I have wanted to refer to it this past few days but cannot find it. It was about bodily functions and not calling a spade a spade, not your words of course, that is me, how I understood it. Could you post it again please. I want to use it to support my argument at another forum. Thanks. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 28, 2012, 08:39:08 AM Perhaps it was from the modesty section (http://saintsworks.net/Modesty%20and%20Purity%20-%20St.%20Jean%20Baptiste%20de%20la%20Salle%20-%20Modesty%20and%20Decorum.html)?
'It is never appropriate to speak about the parts of the body that must always be kept hidden and about certain bodily necessities to which nature has subjected all of us or even to name them. If sometimes you cannot avoid this in the case of a sick person or someone who is indisposed, do so in such a courteous manner that the terms you use cannot offend against decorum.' St. Jean Baptist de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 28, 2012, 08:49:21 AM The link has further quotes along that theme. It seems that few people understand this today.
Though I do not quite understand how people do not understand. ??? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 28, 2012, 11:18:25 AM 'It is never appropriate to speak about the parts of the body that must always be kept hidden and about certain bodily necessities to which nature has subjected all of us or even to name them. If sometimes you cannot avoid this in the case of a sick person or someone who is indisposed, do so in such a courteous manner that the terms you use cannot offend against decorum.' St. Jean Baptist de la Salle This is it; this is the quote. Thanks :thumbsup: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 28, 2012, 11:22:16 AM The link has further quotes along that theme. It seems that few people understand this today. Though I do not quite understand how people do not understand. ??? Haha! Perhaps it is because it is not "given unto them to understand" ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 28, 2012, 11:28:52 AM should the word "abortion" be included in the above category of unmentionables?
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on October 29, 2012, 11:19:16 AM In the difficulties which are placed before me, why should I not act like a donkey? When one speaks ill of him — the donkey says nothing. When he is mistreated — he says nothing. When he is forgotten — he says nothing. When no food is given him — he says nothing. When he is made to advance — he says nothing. When he is despised — he says nothing. When he is overburdened — he says nothing... The true servant of God must do likewise, and say with David: Before You I have become like a beast of burden.
-- Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on October 29, 2012, 11:20:15 AM Quote When he is mistreated — he says nothing. Hmmm have to work on that one! :-[ Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 03, 2012, 12:18:29 PM 'When I consider the blindness of those who, for the sake of things so vile and little, allow themselves to be stupidly led away into the abyss of such horrible and infinite woe, all that is within me is moved by a great compassion. In this connection I recall a possessed person who was forced by a religious to declare who he was: he cried out with great force: "I am that wretch who is deprived of love." He said this with a voice so piteous and penetrating that inwardly I was filled with pity, especially when I was hearing those words, Deprived of love.'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: MidnightSun12 on November 03, 2012, 11:08:08 PM Quote When he is mistreated — he says nothing. Hmmm have to work on that one! :-[ Beautiful quote, though. Definitely reinforces the importance of turning the other cheek. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 04, 2012, 09:02:54 AM Quote When he is mistreated — he says nothing. Hmmm have to work on that one! :-[ Beautiful quote, though. Definitely reinforces the importance of turning the other cheek. Just for the sake of argument, what of Balaam's donkey; he said something when he was beaten, did he not? ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on November 04, 2012, 08:52:17 PM Quote Just for the sake of argument, what of Balaam's donkey; he said something when he was beaten, did he not? Grin ;D ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 05, 2012, 07:30:33 PM Haha, but what a miraculous exception! ;) ;D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 06, 2012, 07:06:59 AM Haha, but what a miraculous exception! ;) ;D That is very true. God gave the donkey the power of speech and the donkey asked why he was beaten. I have just completed reading the Book of Numbers and have started Deuteronomy. I am wondering why I ever thought the Old Testament was boring. :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 07, 2012, 02:56:58 AM I think some folks get caught at the genealogies! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 07, 2012, 08:46:30 AM “Women are not to wear men's clothing, and men are not to wear women's clothing; the LORD your God hates people who do such things.
Deuteronomy 22: 5 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 07, 2012, 09:53:26 AM But the genealogies have special meanings too. I wish I knew more about the name meanings of the people in the genealogies -- I think that is especially key to them. ;D
I think that last passage should very much impress how important it is to wear clothing that pleases God, and is appropriate to your gender. No one can say it is unimportant before God. The strong language indicates how terrible a sin it is. And on the other side how great a good to excel virtuously otherwise. 'God does not hatefully punish the person who sins venially; rather, he punishes such a person as a father who purifies and corrects the son whom he loves.' St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 07, 2012, 09:52:01 PM 'Children should be accustomed never to retire to rest without having saluted their parents or their masters, if they have any; they should be taught that they cannot sufficiently prove their respect for the authors of their life, or those who represent them.'
It is a very criminal omission to go to bed without having adored God, thanked him for his gifts, and prepared themselves for sleep by a careful examination of their conscience. Modesty should preside in the undressing, as well as in the dressing, and it should be seen that children carefully attend to it.' St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle 'Children must not go to bed before going to greet their father and mother and wishing them a good night. This is a duty and an act of respect that nature requires them to perform.' St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Considering these two quotes, it makes us think those of us who are older, should always wish Our Father and The Blessed Mother of God a goodnight. And certainly in children when wishing one's parents' goodnight the spiritual goal is to see Our Father and the Blessed Virgin in our parents. :principalities: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 08, 2012, 02:48:48 AM 'Children should be accustomed never to retire to rest without having saluted their parents or their masters, if they have any; they should be taught that they cannot sufficiently prove their respect for the authors of their life, or those who represent them.' It is a very criminal omission to go to bed without having adored God, thanked him for his gifts, and prepared themselves for sleep by a careful examination of their conscience. Modesty should preside in the undressing, as well as in the dressing, and it should be seen that children carefully attend to it.' St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle 'Children must not go to bed before going to greet their father and mother and wishing them a good night. This is a duty and an act of respect that nature requires them to perform.' St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Considering these two quotes, it makes us think those of us who are older, should always wish Our Father and The Blessed Mother of God a goodnight. And certainly in children when wishing one's parents' goodnight the spiritual goal is to see Our Father and the Blessed Virgin in our parents. :principalities: Very true. I must always remember this. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 09, 2012, 06:48:06 AM “If we wish to make any progress in the service of God we must begin every day of our life with new eagerness. We must keep ourselves in the presence of God as much as possible and have no other view or end in all our actions but the divine honor.”
St. Charles Borromeo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 09, 2012, 11:57:56 PM Quote “If we wish to make any progress in the service of God we must begin every day of our life with new eagerness. We must keep ourselves in the presence of God as much as possible and have no other view or end in all our actions but the divine honor.” St. Charles Borromeo It's so important to begin the day on the right foot! If only I were more of a morning person! :flower: Every day, beginning anew! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 10, 2012, 07:38:20 AM It's so important to begin the day on the right foot! If only I were more of a morning person! :flower: Every day, beginning anew! It is never too late Shin, every day the Lord gives us, is a chance for new and better resolutions on our part. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 10, 2012, 10:05:13 PM A good reminder odhiambo!
We must keep Christ in mind always! 'A short prayer, morning and evening, is considered too much; confession is a fearful task; the sanctification of the Sabbath is sacrificed to human respect; abstinence on Friday and Saturday, to sensuality; and our duties, to the love of pleasure! And yet we aspire to become the associates of the martyrs, the righteous, the heroes of religion! Heaven is a reward, which must be earned; it is a crown which must be won in the combat; it is a conquest which we can only make by violence; those who know how to conquer, are they by whom it is obtained. Heaven is the abode of sanctity, and its gates are only open to innocence or to perfect penance, it we busy ourselves solely with the vanities, goods, and pleasures of this life, we are neither innocent, nor repentant, and are, therefore, unworthy of being admitted into heaven.' St. Jean Baptist de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 11, 2012, 06:09:46 AM A repeat quote?
Probably, but it is such a good one from our very own Mother Teresa. Here it is again. “ People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway. If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway. What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway. Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway. In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway. ” Mother Teresa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 11, 2012, 12:16:07 PM Well, those aren't actually Mother Teresa's originally I've been told, but from a little plaque hung in one of her orphanages, and thence it became attributed to her, though actually more originally at the least is from a popular author I do not know much about. There're in fact a lot of quotes falsely attributed to her I've read, there's some information about that out there if one looks.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: susanna on November 11, 2012, 08:57:26 PM Hello! Long time no visit, and thank you for the invitation.
You are the quote master Shin. Just wanted to share this one I heard at bible study today: Don't put off belief in God until the 11th hour. You might die at 10:30. :D Good night! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 11, 2012, 08:58:56 PM That's a good one susanna!
It's great to hear from you! :flower: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: susanna on November 11, 2012, 09:07:28 PM Hi Shin. Thanks! I've been so busy. Also began attending a nearby Byzantine church and learning about them.
There's just not enough time in the day sometimes. :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 11, 2012, 09:10:00 PM It must be splendid to attend a Byzantine parish. :D
I remember fondly a visit I had to one. Truly beautiful! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: susanna on November 11, 2012, 09:19:11 PM Beautiful cathedral, beautiful prayers. The divine liturgy is so much more sacred and supernatural than the ordinary form Roman Mass. Been missing the quiet prayer of Latin Mass sometimes, so going there tomorrow. World needs serious prayer right now eh?
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 11, 2012, 11:20:25 PM Truly, what more could be said?
I am very thankful whenever I encounter those who truly pray. 'The prayers of the Saints in heaven and of the just on earth are a perfume which never will be lost.' St. Padre Pio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 12, 2012, 02:53:20 AM Well, those aren't actually Mother Teresa's originally I've been told, but from a little plaque hung in one of her orphanages, and thence it became attributed to her, though actually more originally at the least is from a popular author I do not know much about. There're in fact a lot of quotes falsely attributed to her I've read, there's some information about that out there if one looks. Thanks for the info. I had no reason to doubt that it was original. As it appears among a long list of her quotes. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: MidnightSun12 on November 12, 2012, 05:11:40 PM Another one from St. Leonard of Port Maurice:
"Sinners, the advice I want to give you will no doubt seem strange to you; but if you understand it well, it is, on the contrary, inspired by tender compassion toward you. I implore you on my knees, by the blood of Christ and by the Heart of Mary, change your life, come back to the road that leads to heaven, and do all you can to belong to the little number of those who are saved. If, instead of this, you want to continue walking on the road that leads to hell, at least find a way to erase your baptism. Woe to you if you take the Holy Name of Jesus Christ and the sacred character of the Christian engraved upon your soul into hell! Your chastisement will be all the greater. So do what I advise you to do: if you do not want to convert, go this very day and ask your pastor to erase your name from the baptismal register, so that there may not remain any remembrance of your ever having been a Christian; implore your Guardian Angel to erase from his book of graces the inspirations and aids he has given you on orders from God, for woe to you if he recalls them! Tell Our Lord to take back His faith, His baptism, His sacraments." Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 12, 2012, 07:16:10 PM This reminds me of the perhaps too often forgotten baptismal promises.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on November 13, 2012, 11:09:57 AM I like the days when Saints called a spade a spade. :ActofGod: Tell it like it is. Today we are concerned about being 'politically correct' all the time.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 13, 2012, 11:35:40 AM I agree! I love the simplicity of God! No ambiguous words, the simple truth!
One can make a point of saying things the way the holy scriptures say them, even though they're quite socially forbidden by many. The more the words of holy scripture are socially forbidden the worse it is for Christians to practice the faith outside of the catacombs. The people don't want to hear they're sinners! That's the truth! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 14, 2012, 04:03:52 PM Earlier odhiambo, you asked me about mentionables.
I'm thinking on it! I don't know that it's quite the same thing, on the other hand it's certainly not something to speak of unless needed normally, no? Hmm! I need more thought on the principles behind it all! Thank you odhiambo! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 14, 2012, 04:06:20 PM 'As a searching investigator of the integrity of your own conduct, submit your life to a daily examination. Consider carefully what progress you have made or what ground you have lost . . . Strive to know yourself . . . Place all your faults before your eyes. Come face to face with yourself, as though you were another person, and then weep for your faults.'
St. Bernard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on November 14, 2012, 10:53:49 PM Good quote by St Bernard!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 16, 2012, 08:25:11 PM Good quote by St Bernard! Glad you liked it Patricia! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 16, 2012, 08:28:00 PM 'All that we do receives its value from our conformity to the will of God; for instance, if I take recreation because it is the will of God, I merit more than if I suffered death without having that intention. Keep well in your mind this thought, and remember it in all your actions, in imitation of the carpenter, who passes all the boards he uses under the plane. It is thus you will do all with perfection.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on November 17, 2012, 12:24:18 PM Amen! To be able to do God's will for us perfectly :crucifix:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 18, 2012, 01:42:50 AM '"Like a tree planted by streams of water," [Ps. 1:3] the soul is irrigated by the Holy Scriptures and acquires vigour, produces tasty fruit, namely, true faith, and is beautified with a thousand green leaves, namely, actions that please God.'
St. John of Damascus :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 19, 2012, 03:40:45 AM 'The soul has followed Moses and the cloud, both of these serving as guides for those who would advance in virtue; Moses here represents the commandments of the Law; and the cloud that leads the way, its spiritual meaning.
The soul has been purified by crossing the Sea; it has removed from itself and destroyed the enemy army. It has tasted of the waters of Marah, that is, of life deprived of all sinful pleasure; and this at first had seemed bitter and unpleasant to the taste but offered a sensation of sweetness to those who accepted the wood. Next it enjoyed the beauty of the palm trees of the gospel and the springs; it filled itself with the living water, that is, the rock. It took within itself the bread of heaven. It overwhelmed the foreign host - a victory due to the extended arms of the Lawgiver, which thus foreshadowed the mystery of the Cross. Only then can the soul go on to the contemplation of transcendent Being.' St. Gregory of Nyssa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 20, 2012, 10:11:19 PM The bitter becomes sweet and the sweet becomes bitter! The conversion of life of a sinner! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 20, 2012, 10:13:35 PM 'Resignation is all in all to the sick man; he ought to say to God, "Lord, if You want me, here I am, although I have never done any good: do with me what You will.'"
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 21, 2012, 02:18:15 AM 'They who pass to eternity with the greatest merits shall receive the greatest reward. It is on this account that the Lord sends us tribulations. Virtues, which are the fountains of merits, are practised only by acts. They who have the most frequent occasions of annoyance make the most frequent acts of patience; they who are most frequently insulted make most frequent acts of meekness.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 25, 2012, 06:22:28 PM 'To you however, my daughter, I would teach a deeper humility, for that of which I have been speaking is almost more truly to be called worldly wisdom than humility. There are some persons who dare not or will not think about the graces with which God has endowed them, fearing lest they should become self-complacent and vain-glorious; but they are quite wrong. For if, as the Angelic Doctor says, the real way of attaining to the Love of God is by a careful consideration of all His benefits given to us, then the better we realise these the more we shall love Him; and inasmuch as individual gifts are more acceptable than general gifts, so they ought to be more specially dwelt upon. Of a truth, nothing so tends to humble us before the Mercy of God as the multitude of His gifts to us; just as nothing so tends to humble us before His Justice as the multitude of our misdeeds. Let us consider what He has done for us, and what we have done contrary to His Will, and as we review our sins in detail, so let us review His Grace in the same. There is no fear that a perception of what He has given you will puff you up, so long as you keep steadily in mind that whatever is good in you is not of yourself.'
St. Francis de Sales I have to be careful about this mistake! Gratitude is so important to everything! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 28, 2012, 03:53:28 AM 'Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 28, 2012, 06:00:20 AM 'The proof of our want of love and of our great coldness is the attraction which worldly goods possess for us.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 02, 2012, 11:21:41 AM 'Not to oppose error is to approve it; and not to defend truth is to suppress it; and indeed to neglect to confound evil men, when we can do it, is no less a sin than to encourage them.'
Pope St. Felix III How many dogs there are that don't bark today, but only wag their tails! >:( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on December 02, 2012, 04:46:16 PM If you oppose error you are frowned upon. :sickie:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 03, 2012, 03:34:15 AM If you oppose error you are frowned upon. :sickie: and mocked and disregarded.Oh Lord give us strength! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 03, 2012, 03:42:28 AM Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
St. Francis of Assisi There is no place for selfishness, and no place for fear! Do not be afraid, then, when love makes demands. Do not be afraid when love requires sacrifice. Pope John Paul II Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 03, 2012, 03:49:02 AM If you oppose error you are frowned upon. :sickie: and mocked and disregarded.Oh Lord give us strength! Truly we are going to need it to love to be treated as He was! Strength and love! Rather than silence an ambiguity! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 03, 2012, 03:54:09 AM God is Love, we eventually have to ask ourselves the question: Why was Love nailed to a cross?
Pope John Paul II Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 03, 2012, 04:10:18 AM "It is better that the truth be known than that scandal be covered up."
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on December 03, 2012, 10:59:42 AM When our hands have touched spices, they give fragrance to all they handle. Let us make our prayers pass through the hands of the Blessed Virgin. She will make them fragrant.
-- Saint John Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 04, 2012, 03:33:48 AM "The greatest obstacle in the apostolate of the Church is the timidity or rather the cowardice of the faithful."
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: MidnightSun12 on December 04, 2012, 09:32:19 PM “For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.”
- St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 05, 2012, 02:40:49 AM “For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.” - St. Thomas Aquinas So very true! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 05, 2012, 03:48:07 AM I will go peaceably and firmly to the Catholic Church: for if faith is so important to our salvation,
I will seek it where true faith first began, seek it among those who received it from God Himself. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 05, 2012, 06:10:13 AM I will go peaceably and firmly to the Catholic Church: for if faith is so important to our salvation, I will seek it where true faith first began, seek it among those who received it from God Himself. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton I love this quote. One of my best. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 05, 2012, 06:58:58 PM There is no where else to go. :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 05, 2012, 09:34:04 PM There is no where else to go. :D Jesus said to the twelve, "Will you also go away?" Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal Life; We believe You are the Holy One of God." John 6:67-69 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 06, 2012, 09:08:01 PM 'Yesterday, our old St. Francis of Assisi was more poetical than ever, in the midst of his tears and of his bursts of love. Speaking of the soul of man, which ought to aspire to God alone, he cried out, "Does the fish seek the trees and the fields? No; it darts through the water. Does the bird remain on the earth? No; it flies in the air. . . And man, who is created to love God, to possess God, to contain God, what will he do with all the powers that have been given to him for that end?"'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: MidnightSun12 on December 07, 2012, 11:55:55 PM 'Yesterday, our old St. Francis of Assisi was more poetical than ever, in the midst of his tears and of his bursts of love. Speaking of the soul of man, which ought to aspire to God alone, he cried out, "Does the fish seek the trees and the fields? No; it darts through the water. Does the bird remain on the earth? No; it flies in the air. . . And man, who is created to love God, to possess God, to contain God, what will he do with all the powers that have been given to him for that end?"' I just wish there was some way to shake this concept in to people! The absurdity of a person's decision to commit sin is about the same as if a fish were to try to "free itself" by jumping onto a river bed... St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 08, 2012, 02:18:41 AM 'Yesterday, our old St. Francis of Assisi was more poetical than ever, in the midst of his tears and of his bursts of love. Speaking of the soul of man, which ought to aspire to God alone, he cried out, "Does the fish seek the trees and the fields? No; it darts through the water. Does the bird remain on the earth? No; it flies in the air. . . And man, who is created to love God, to possess God, to contain God, what will he do with all the powers that have been given to him for that end?"' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars I really like this quote. Sometimes free will can be daunting, especially when temptation is involved (Romans 7:13-25). Praise God for our beloved Savior. Being a husband and a father of 4 and a grandfather of 4, there have been many occasions when I've had to explain to them how much I loved them, but, I loved God more and nothing could change that ( so hard to explain), my wife has accepted that, the others have found it challenging. My grandchildren seem to grasp it better than their parents, there is nothing that can bring greater joy( that I have found) than calling out to God and feeling the warmth of his healing love fill my soul, and yes it is frustrating when you want so bad for those you love to share this incredible gift with you, this grace, and it seems they Can't or won't, so I pray for them, and because I love them so, I"ll never stop. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 09, 2012, 12:36:58 AM It's good to read these thoughts on St. Jean Marie and St. Francis!
Thank you, you two! It makes me think how we can tire of anything, and must tire of anything and everything -- but God. He is the true good, that never ends, for which we were created, wholey. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 09, 2012, 12:37:50 AM 'The first duty of man ordained and brought forth into this world for that end. . . is to know his creator, and being known, to confess Him, and to resign or give up his life - which is the wonderful and peculiar gift of God, - to the service and worship of the Giver; for what he received by God's free donation, may be employed in true devotion, and what was conferred upon him in the state of wrath and unworthiness, may by an obedient resignation make him precious and beloved.'
St. Eucharius of Lyons Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 09, 2012, 07:22:40 AM “Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be.”
Thérèse de Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 09, 2012, 09:24:35 AM 'To attain the knowledge of God is impossible for those who are still under the control of their passions. Therefore they cannot attain the salvation they hope for as they have not obtained any knowledge of God.
He who fails to attain this end is clearly subject to the charge of being ignorant of God, and ignorance of God is shown by a man's manner of life.' St. Clement of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 09, 2012, 06:23:42 PM Extend your mercy toward others, so that there can be no one in need whom you meet without helping. For what hope is there for us if God should withdraw His mercy from us?
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 09, 2012, 06:24:47 PM Mercy is given to the merciful! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 09, 2012, 06:52:09 PM Mercy is given to the merciful! :D Shin, this confuses me.Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 09, 2012, 07:01:05 PM In what way? Forgive me!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 09, 2012, 07:01:40 PM If we show mercy to others, then God will show mercy to us?
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 09, 2012, 07:32:23 PM If we show mercy to others, then God will show mercy to us? ;D I'm not confused anymore, forgive me, somedays it takes me awhile. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 09, 2012, 07:36:12 PM You're not the only one my friend!
;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 10, 2012, 02:51:20 AM Quote Mercy is given to the merciful! Shin.Quote Shin, this confuses me. hajiQuote In what way? Forgive me! ShinQuote If we show mercy to others, then God will show mercy to us? Shin Quote I'm not confused anymore, forgive me, somedays it takes me awhile. hajiQuote You're not the only one my friend! shin.What a to and fro you two. I am glad it all cleared up sort of miraculously, shall we say? ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 10, 2012, 03:07:04 AM “If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.”
Thérèse de Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 10, 2012, 11:14:17 AM Haha! Yes, the flowers are not all "equal"! That wouldn't suit at all!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 10, 2012, 01:13:45 PM What a to and fro you two. I am glad it all cleared up sort of miraculously, shall we say? ;D Deo gratias! :flower: Good afternoon odhiambo! :D I pray you are having a very blessed one! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 10, 2012, 01:14:34 PM 'Some there are who seem astonished when they fancy that our good God has, in a certain sense, changed His mode of governing the world since the ancient times: for, in the latter He was wont to be called the God of armies, and He used to speak to the people out of clouds with bolts of thunder in His hands; for indeed, He punished crime with all the rigor of His justice. For one single adultery He put five-and-twenty thousand of the tribe of Benjamin to the sword. For an act of vainglory committed by David in making a census of his kingdom, He sent a terrible plague, which in a very short time swept off seventy thousand of the population. For one irreverent and incautious glance He slew fifty thousand of the Betsamites. And in these our times He tolerates not only vanities and frivolities, but adulteries the most sordid, scandals the most barefaced, nay, and the most frightful blasphemies which many Christians cast on His most holy Name.
How then do we account for all this? Why this difference in His mode of governing? . . . The holy sacrifice of the Mass is the true and sole reason for such stupendous clemency, for in it we offer to the eternal father the great victim, Jesus Christ.' St. Leonard of Port Maurice Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 11, 2012, 03:09:49 AM What a to and fro you two. I am glad it all cleared up sort of miraculously, shall we say? ;D Deo gratias! :flower: Good afternoon odhiambo! :D I pray you are having a very blessed one! Hi Shin! Yes, I hope so too. The Lord bless us and keep us always we pray. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 11, 2012, 04:35:11 AM 'Today has been a very painful one to me. I have heard of the apostasy of one of my parishioners. My heart is pierced with sorrow. Lord Jesus, have mercy! Ah, permit not that any one of those whom Thou hast entrusted to me should be lost! O my Jesus, I will pray, fast, suffer, and with the help of Thy grace, sacrifice life itself! Lord, endue my words with power and unction that they may glorify the truth!'
St. John Neumann 'O Lord God, Heavenly Father, grant to my sick children a pure and heart-felt love of Thee! Give them contrition, patience, and, above all, heavenly aspirations.' St. John Neumann Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 11, 2012, 05:22:12 AM 'Today has been a very painful one to me. I have heard of the apostasy of one of my parishioners. My heart is pierced with sorrow. Lord Jesus, have mercy! Ah, permit not that any one of those whom Thou hast entrusted to me should be lost! O my Jesus, I will pray, fast, suffer, and with the help of Thy grace, sacrifice life itself! Lord, endue my words with power and unction that they may glorify the truth!' St. John Neumann 'O Lord God, Heavenly Father, grant to my sick children a pure and heart-felt love of Thee! Give them contrition, patience, and, above all, heavenly aspirations.' St. John Neumann Is this DLynnA's Saint John Neumann? :) I looked him up again yesterday just to refresh my memory. Quite a Saint. Very determined to serve God as a priest and as they say, where there is a will, there is always a way. He proved that to us. :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 11, 2012, 05:30:06 AM “The world's thy ship and not thy home.”
Thérèse de Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 11, 2012, 05:41:59 AM Yes that's the one! :D I found a biography and am clipping and pasting. :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 12, 2012, 12:21:04 AM If God sends you many sufferings, it is a sign that he has great plans for you and certainly wants to make you a saint.
St. Ignatius Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on December 12, 2012, 10:16:29 PM Don't understand how to handle too many sufferings sometimes. So difficult. May God have mercy on us who struggle! :crucifix:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 12, 2012, 10:43:52 PM Don't understand how to handle too many sufferings sometimes. So difficult. May God have mercy on us who struggle! :crucifix: I know Patricia, it's really a hard thing. I'll feel guilty knowing so many suffer worse than I,Yet, the suffering is real. Sometimes I can offer it up, other times it overwhelms me, not so much the physical,for the most part my aches and pains are manageable, praise God. Here are a couple of quotes I like a lot.( forgive me none are by saints) For we are like olives, only when we are crushed do we yield what is best in us. The Talmud With Thy very wounds, I will heal thee. The Talmud If you love, you will suffer. The only way to protect yourself against suffering is to protect yourself against love, and that is the greatest suffering of all, loneliness Peter Kreeft Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 13, 2012, 04:22:09 AM Those are some good quotes George.
I pray for your strength in suffering! And for us all, consolation and strength. :D But, try not to quote from anything but the saints. Neither Mark Twain or Peter Kreeft however entertaining, this place is not for them, simply the saints, it is theirs. The Talmud has many blasphemes against Our Lord, besides being part of a false religion. And it is good to avoid quotes that however helpful are from sources that are full of the opposite too, lest people wish to go refer to them and find both. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on December 13, 2012, 09:59:28 AM Quote Sometimes I can offer it up, other times it overwhelms me, You're right. Sometimes it can be so overwhelming that even offering it up requires great effort. :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 13, 2012, 11:29:26 AM Those are some good quotes George. I pray for your strength in suffering! And for us all, consolation and strength. :D But, try not to quote from anything but the saints. Neither Mark Twain or Peter Kreeft however entertaining, this place is not for them, simply the saints, it is theirs. The Talmud has many blasphemes against Our Lord, besides being part of a false religion. And it is good to avoid quotes that however helpful are from sources that are full of the opposite too, lest people wish to go refer to them and find both. :crucifix: I understand, and it will not happen again Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on December 13, 2012, 12:48:51 PM From Saints quotes:
'Let us imagine our confusion when we appear before God and understand the reasons why He sent us the crosses we accept so unwillingly. The death of a child will then be seen as its rescue from some great evil had it lived, separation from the woman you love the means of saving you from an unhappy marriage, a severe illness the reason for many years of life afterwards, loss of money the means of saving your soul from eternal loss. So what are we worried about? God is looking after us and yet we are full of anxiety! We trust ourselves to a doctor because we suppose he knows his business. He orders an operation which involves cutting away part of our body and we accept it. We are grateful to him and pay him a large fee because we judge he would not act as he does unless the remedy were necessary, and we must rely on his skill. Yet we are unwilling to treat God in the same way! It looks as if we do not trust His wisdom and are afraid He cannot do His job properly. We allow ourselves to be operated on by a man who may easily make a mistake -- a mistake which may cost us our life -- and protest when God sets to work on us.' St. Claude de la Colombiere Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 19, 2012, 06:56:19 AM Thank you! :D
'The glory of one who knows how to suffer is so great that Heaven, angels and men, and even God Himself, gaze on him with joy as a most glorious sight. And if the saints in Heaven desired anything, it would be to return to earth so as to bear some crosses.' St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 19, 2012, 03:02:38 PM Thank you! :D 'The glory of one who knows how to suffer is so great that Heaven, angels and men, and even God Himself, gaze on him with joy as a most glorious sight. And if the saints in Heaven desired anything, it would be to return to earth so as to bear some crosses.' St. Louis Marie de Montfort Thank you Shin, this quote brought a tear to my eye. To have such faith is to be hoped and prayed for. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 20, 2012, 04:18:50 PM Amen George! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 20, 2012, 04:21:05 PM Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul.
St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 20, 2012, 04:36:07 PM A good quote for me to read today, thank you odhiambo!
How easy it is to be tempted to rely on material things for happiness! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 20, 2012, 04:51:50 PM A good quote for me to read today, thank you odhiambo! How easy it is to be tempted to rely on material things for happiness! All too easy ! :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 21, 2012, 12:56:03 AM The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue. Therefore if you want to be rich, beloved, love true riches.
If you aspire to the heights of real honor, strive to reach the kingdom of heaven. If you value rank and renown, hasten to be enrolled in the heavenly court of the angels. St. Gregory Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: MidnightSun12 on December 21, 2012, 02:42:40 AM Thank you! :D So powerful. I was about to post a quote, but I think I'll put it off just to allow the profoundness of these words sink in a bit more! :D'The glory of one who knows how to suffer is so great that Heaven, angels and men, and even God Himself, gaze on him with joy as a most glorious sight. And if the saints in Heaven desired anything, it would be to return to earth so as to bear some crosses.' St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 21, 2012, 04:31:00 AM 'For the rest, brethren, whatsoever is true, whatsoever is modest, whatsoever is just, whatsoever is pure, whatsoever is amiable, whatsoever is gracious, if there is any virtue, if there is any discipline worthy of praise, think on these.'
Philippians 4:8 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 21, 2012, 04:32:06 AM The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue. Therefore if you want to be rich, beloved, love true riches. If you aspire to the heights of real honor, strive to reach the kingdom of heaven. If you value rank and renown, hasten to be enrolled in the heavenly court of the angels. St. Gregory Thank you George! I need to learn to think about the virtues more and more properly! So as to truly appreciate them for the beautiful works of God they are, and so be better motivated to pursue them in my own life! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: susanna on December 21, 2012, 02:37:16 PM 'For the rest, brethren, whatsoever is true, whatsoever is modest, whatsoever is just, whatsoever is pure, whatsoever is amiable, whatsoever is gracious, if there is any virtue, if there is any discipline worthy of praise, think on these.' One of my favorites. My D-R NT says ....whatsoever holy, whatsoever lovely.... and whenever this comes to mind I think of the large and beautiful tabernacle in the center of the altar in my Byzantine church. Philippians 4:8 ps did you really type this at 2:30 am? :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 21, 2012, 02:50:10 PM It's a favorite of mine too!
Yes, it's interesting to see the different meanings each part of this passage can be translated to. :D The portion 'modest' I've also seen put as 'honest', and those two meanings are very closely tied together, more than people might think who haven't read about that virtue. I don't recall when I copy/pasted it (easier :D) but I think I was up pretty late. My time and the forum time, I don't think are exactly the same. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 22, 2012, 03:55:44 AM Celebrate the feast of Christmas every day, even every moment in the interior temple of your spirit, remaining like a baby in the bosom of the heavenly Father, where you will be reborn each moment in the Divine Word, Jesus Christ.
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 22, 2012, 09:58:52 PM The spirit of Christmas is so wonderful! Yes, one wants to carry it every day of the year! :D
:harp: :angelbell: :tinyangel: :rejoice: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 23, 2012, 09:35:35 AM The spirit of Christmas is so wonderful! Yes, one wants to carry it every day of the year! :D :harp: :angelbell: :tinyangel: :rejoice: That's the spirit Shin ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 24, 2012, 02:34:06 AM The spirit of Christmas is so wonderful! Yes, one wants to carry it every day of the year! :D :harp: :angelbell: :tinyangel: :rejoice: Holy Spirit guide us each and every day :angelbell: :harp: :littlewings: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 24, 2012, 06:59:30 AM Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?
St. Gerard Majella Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 24, 2012, 06:17:01 PM 'The just man is like the sun, constant in his serenity, no matter what betides him. His calmness of soul is founded on his union with the will of God; hence he enjoys unruffled peace. This is the peace promised by the angel of the Nativity: "And on earth, peace to men of good will." Who are these "men of good will" if not those whose wills are united to the infinitely good and perfect will of God? "The good, and the acceptable, and the perfect will of God."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 27, 2012, 06:54:13 AM Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?
St. Gerard Majella Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 27, 2012, 07:16:11 AM Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart? St. Gerard Majella Never! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 27, 2012, 11:55:16 PM Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart? St. Gerard Majella No, there is nothing, only God . Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 28, 2012, 04:21:28 AM 'We must look upon all the things of this world, as none of ours, and not desire them.'
Pope St. Clement I Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 29, 2012, 12:14:57 PM Not the goods of the world, but God. Not riches, but God. Not honors, but God. Not distinction, but God. Not dignities, but God. Not advancement, but God. God always and in everything.
St. Vincent Pallotti Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 29, 2012, 11:22:18 PM Not the goods of the world, but God. Not riches, but God. Not honors, but God. Not distinction, but God. Not dignities, but God. Not advancement, but God. God always and in everything. St. Vincent Pallotti :D 'The blessings that lie in store for the inheritors of the promise are beyond eternity, before all ages, and transcend both intellect and thought.' St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 30, 2012, 11:28:32 AM "Nothing is far from God."
St. Monica Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 31, 2012, 02:07:15 AM God is closer to us than we know! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 31, 2012, 02:19:02 AM God is closer to us than we know! :D Yes,He is. Hallelujah Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 31, 2012, 02:43:55 AM The everlasting God has in His wisdom forseen from eternity the cross that 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 His 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 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. St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 31, 2012, 02:54:11 AM That's really moving George.
I am going to have to hold onto that one and think of it when crosses come. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 31, 2012, 05:18:24 PM It is 2013. Happy New Year! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 31, 2012, 05:20:32 PM Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 01, 2013, 12:35:27 AM Sisters and brothers, see what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. Beloved, we are God's children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when He is revealed, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.Everyone who has this hope based on Him makes himself pure, as He is pure.
1 John 3:1-3 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 01, 2013, 12:51:14 AM ... we shall see Him as he is.
Very thought provoking George.. Thank you.. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 01, 2013, 11:30:22 AM Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin Mary too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did and If anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his mother, he will not have Christ for his brother. Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 01, 2013, 10:41:01 PM Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 02, 2013, 09:21:25 AM Through Mary, we come to her Son more easily. Pope John Paul II Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 02, 2013, 09:52:55 AM Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children. St. Bernard of Clairvaux This reminds me of a picture I once saw of Our Lady with all of her children kept safe under her mantle. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 02, 2013, 08:54:35 PM Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children. St. Bernard of Clairvaux This reminds me of a picture I once saw of Our Lady with all of her children kept safe under her mantle. May the virgin Mary mild bless us with her Holy Child. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: MidnightSun12 on January 03, 2013, 12:19:22 AM "Saint Francis de Sales sets us a very good example of faith in this respect: once when he was quite exhausted from the visits of the day and remembered, towards midnight, that he had left a few decades of his Rosary unsaid, he would not go to bed until he had finished them on his knees, not-withstanding all the efforts of his secretary who saw he was tired and begged him to let the rest of his prayers go until the next day."
-St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 03, 2013, 11:32:48 AM This quote makes me think how very important keeping up a habit of devotion is, I know breaking off a habit even briefly seems to open the door to breaking it off more and more and losing it.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 03, 2013, 11:33:14 AM May the virgin Mary mild bless us with her Holy Child. Tryuly beautiful George! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 04, 2013, 12:03:41 AM Only after the last judgement will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much to busy with her children.
St. John Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 04, 2013, 01:05:08 PM Ah, these are some really soothing and special quotations of late.
Deo gratias all the more! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 05, 2013, 09:29:13 PM Proud is many a man who looks down on his neighbor because the wool of his gown is finer! Yet as fine as it is, a poor sheep wore it upon her back before it came upon his back, and all the while she wore it, she was after all still only a sheep. And why should he now think himself better than she was, simply by having her wool....wool that, even though it is now his, is still not so truly his, as it was truly hers.
St. Thomas More Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 05, 2013, 09:30:49 PM :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 05, 2013, 09:55:24 PM :rotfl: :rotflblue: :rotfl: :rotflblue:
:sheep: :sheep: :sheep: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 05, 2013, 09:57:13 PM I won't need to count sheep tonight, I am sleepy! :D
Goodnight George! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 07, 2013, 01:13:11 AM 'In a state of grace the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 08, 2013, 12:21:59 AM Prayer that is pure and directed to God by a faithful heart arises like incense from a holy altar. No fragrance is more pleasing to the Lord.
Let it rise from all who believe. St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 08, 2013, 10:14:33 AM Haha, these quotes are all so beautiful it's like we're searching together to find the most beautiful quotes! :D
Thanks George! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 08, 2013, 03:35:22 PM Yes they are beautiful and thought provoking. Every now and then I go searching and come across a little nugget and can't wait to share it here. I always wonder though mmm has somebody already posted it here, then I figure it's so sublime why not post it again.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 09, 2013, 11:59:18 PM If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 10, 2013, 08:18:17 PM Prayer that is pure and directed to God by a faithful heart arises like incense from a holy altar. No fragrance is more pleasing to the Lord. Let it rise from all who believe. St. Augustine And don't we have a fine quote of the day thread over here Brigid!! :flower: :flower: :flower: :tinyangel: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 10, 2013, 08:40:30 PM 'We cannot be saved without a struggle, for this life is a continual warfare. But be of good courage, do not be disheartened or troubled about your faults, but always try to draw from them a love of abjection, which must never for a moment be absent from your heart.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on January 10, 2013, 08:47:55 PM Prayer that is pure and directed to God by a faithful heart arises like incense from a holy altar. No fragrance is more pleasing to the Lord. Let it rise from all who believe. St. Augustine And don't we have a fine quote of the day thread over here Brigid!! :flower: :flower: :flower: :tinyangel: This is an excellent idea and quote! This quote makes me think of Revelations about the incense rising from the Saints prayers. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 10, 2013, 08:57:45 PM Yes here it is!
"And another Angel came, and stood before the altar, having a golden censer: and there were given to him many incenses, that he should give of the prayers of all saints upon the altar of gold, which is before the throne of God. And the smoke of the incenses of the prayers of the saints ascended from the hand of the Angel before God." Apocalypse 8:3-4 A golden censor! A golden altar! This is how important the prayers are, delivered to God by the hands of an angel! :D I love the smell of good incenses in the church! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 10, 2013, 09:25:31 PM The remembrance of the divine Heart of Jesus is a source of consolation and joy; O how good it is to make ones dwelling herein.
St. Bernard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 11, 2013, 12:29:17 PM The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
Mother Teresa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on January 11, 2013, 03:55:35 PM Wasn't it Mother Teresa that said that in the US the biggest spiritual poverty that we had was feeling alone and unwanted.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on January 11, 2013, 03:56:35 PM The remembrance of the divine Heart of Jesus is a source of consolation and joy; O how good it is to make ones dwelling herein. St. Bernard Amen! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 11, 2013, 10:07:40 PM Lord Jesus Christ, pierce my soul with Your love so that I may always long for You alone, who are the bread of angels and the fulfillment of the soul's deepest desires. May my heart always hunger for You, so that my soul may be filled with the sweetness of Your presence.
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 11, 2013, 10:24:42 PM Amen for all of us!
For all and all.. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 12, 2013, 01:08:50 AM He that loveth little prayeth little, he that loveth much prayeth much.
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 12, 2013, 09:32:29 AM A good prayer life is the foundation of everything!
When it's lacking one way or another it has to be happily gained! :D Virtuous living, and prayerful living! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on January 12, 2013, 06:18:57 PM To draw near to Jesus we must be so little......Oh! how few souls aspire to be little and unknown....
St. Therese Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 12, 2013, 08:01:26 PM I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God.
St. Dominic Savio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 13, 2013, 04:28:48 PM It is not enough for me that God has given me grace once, but He must give it always. I ask, that I may receive; and when I have received, I ask again. I am am covetous of receiving God's bounty. He is never slow in giving, nor am I ever weary of receiving. The more I drink, the more thirsty I become.
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on January 13, 2013, 05:25:06 PM A true testament to His love for us, and our need for Him.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on January 13, 2013, 05:28:28 PM Do you seriously wish to travel the road to devotion? Of so, look for a good man to guide and lead you. This is the most important of all words of advice.
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 14, 2013, 02:23:31 AM It is not enough for me that God has given me grace once, but He must give it always. I ask, that I may receive; and when I have received, I ask again. I am am covetous of receiving God's bounty. He is never slow in giving, nor am I ever weary of receiving. The more I drink, the more thirsty I become. St. Jerome Yes.. we have to keep praying and praying! :D And it's good for us to! We need to pray! We need to have a healthy prayer life! Quote Do you seriously wish to travel the road to devotion? Of so, look for a good man to guide and lead you. This is the most important of all words of advice. St. Francis de Sales Introduction to the Devout Life! ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 14, 2013, 04:44:37 PM 'If you love true knowledge, devote yourself to the ascetic life; for mere theoretical knowledge puffs a man up (cf. 1 Cor. 8:1).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on January 14, 2013, 06:58:17 PM Have great confidence, for it is necessary not to hold back one's desires, but to believe in God that if we try we shall little by little, even though it may not be soon, reach the state the saints did with His help.
St. Teresa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 14, 2013, 10:17:30 PM I agree that to have a deeply intimate relationship with God you must develope an honest ,confident, heartfelt prayer life. I like what the catechism says on prayer
2564. Christian prayer is a covenant relationship between God and man in Christ. It is the action of God and of man, springing forth from both the Holy Spirit and ourselves, wholly directed to the Father, in union with the human will of the Son of God made man. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 14, 2013, 10:23:27 PM Do you seriously wish to travel the road to devotion? Of so, look for a good man to guide and lead you. This is the most important of all words of advice. St. Francis de Sales This is so hard to do these days, though I must say I do get good advice from one of our elderly priests in confession. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 14, 2013, 10:30:21 PM Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make his spirit, His devotion, His affections, His desire and His disposition live and reign there.
St. John Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 15, 2013, 12:00:03 AM Have great confidence, for it is necessary not to hold back one's desires, but to believe in God that if we try we shall little by little, even though it may not be soon, reach the state the saints did with His help. St. Teresa Thankfully this is very encouraging! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 15, 2013, 12:07:10 AM Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make his spirit, His devotion, His affections, His desire and His disposition live and reign there. St. John Eudes 'Live lost in divine love. Live for divine love and of divine love.' St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 15, 2013, 08:29:29 AM 'If you love true knowledge, devote yourself to the ascetic life; for mere theoretical knowledge puffs a man up (cf. 1 Cor. 8:1).' St. Mark the Ascetic So true, I think the world is full of puffed ups ;D Even the devil has theoretical knowledge. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 15, 2013, 11:56:07 AM It makes me think of a giant dandelion seed! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 15, 2013, 11:56:34 AM 'Not always fall of leaf, nor ever spring,
No endless night, yet not eternal day; The saddest birds a season find to sing, The roughest storm a calm may soon allay. Thus, with succeeding turns, God tempereth all, That man may hope to rise, yet fear to fall.' St. Robert Southwell Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 15, 2013, 11:35:51 PM 'Not always fall of leaf, nor ever spring, No endless night, yet not eternal day; The saddest birds a season find to sing, The roughest storm a calm may soon allay. Thus, with succeeding turns, God tempereth all, That man may hope to rise, yet fear to fall.' St. Robert Southwell In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give him thanks. St. Teresa of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 15, 2013, 11:38:59 PM There are many sorts of troubles in this world, and so many people who are afflicted in different ways,
that we ought to be very glad when we can help anyone carry their cross. St. Chantal Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on January 16, 2013, 05:57:50 PM Do you seriously wish to travel the road to devotion? Of so, look for a good man to guide and lead you. This is the most important of all words of advice. St. Francis de Sales This is so hard to do these days, though I must say I do get good advice from one of our elderly priests in confession. And we could probably find even more people to help us, if we knew were to look. Apparently tho' St. Teresa and St. Therese had the same problem. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 17, 2013, 01:05:50 AM To pray is to raise the mind to God and converse with Him concerning our interests with a reverent familiarity, and a confidence greater than has the most petted child with it's mother, and to talk with Him of all things both high and low, of the things of heaven and the things of earth;
it is to open ones heart to Him and pour it out unreservedly to Him; it is to tell Him of our labors, our sins, our desires, and all that is in our soul, and to find our rest with Him as we would with a friend. It is what the Holy Scripture Calls "pouring forth ones heart as water before Him." St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 17, 2013, 02:33:56 AM 'Be ever ready and disposed to receive Me, because henceforth I will make My abode in thee so as to hold familiar converse with thee.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 17, 2013, 05:55:06 AM “October 11. This evening, as I was writing about this great mercy of God and its great advantage to souls, Satan rushed into my room with great anger and fury. He seized the screen and began to break and crush it. I was a little frightened at first, but immediately made the sign of the cross with my little crucifix, and the beast fell quiet and disappeared at once. ..”
Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska Divine Mercy in My Soul Marian Press Stockbridge, MA 01263 2005 No. 713 The power of the Sign of the Cross my friends; the Power of the Sign of the Cross! :crucifix: Let us "sign" ourselves are often as possible. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 17, 2013, 06:28:09 PM "Believe me, Brethren, Satan dreads the watchings of holy men, and their prayers, and fasts, and voluntary poverty, and works of mercy, and humility, and, above all, their ardent love for Christ our Lord, at the mere sign of whose most holy Cross, he is disabled, and put to flight."
St. Anthony the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 18, 2013, 12:49:39 AM “October 11. This evening, as I was writing about this great mercy of God and its great advantage to souls, Satan rushed into my room with great anger and fury. He seized the screen and began to break and crush it. I was a little frightened at first, but immediately made the sign of the cross with my little crucifix, and the beast fell quiet and disappeared at once. ..” Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska Divine Mercy in My Soul Marian Press Stockbridge, MA 01263 2005 No. 713 The power of the Sign of the Cross my friends; the Power of the Sign of the Cross! :crucifix: Let us "sign" ourselves are often as possible. :crucifix: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit Amen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 18, 2013, 12:57:57 AM As a vessel that has no anchor is tossed about by the wind, so our mind, when not anchored to faith, is continually agitated by the wind of human opinions and doctrines.
St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on January 18, 2013, 04:29:47 PM The prayers of the Blessed Virgin, being the prayers of His Mother, have in them something of a command.
St. Antoninus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 19, 2013, 06:37:05 PM Prayer is powerful beyond limits when we turn to the Immaculata who is Queen even of God's heart.
Si, Maximilian Kolbe Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on January 19, 2013, 08:47:46 PM AMEN!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 20, 2013, 06:13:03 AM Prayer is powerful beyond limits when we turn to the Immaculata who is Queen even of God's heart. Si, Maximilian Kolbe That a very memorable and touching thought, to say the least! :flower: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 20, 2013, 06:14:49 AM 'Certainly reverent prayers together with giving thanks ought to be said when we rise from sleep, when we go forth, when we prepare to receive food, after receiving it, and at the hour of incense, when at last we are going to rest.'
St. Ambrose Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on January 20, 2013, 05:06:18 PM It is a great thing in any saint to have grace sufficient for the salvation of many souls; but to have (as Mary had) enough to suffice for the salvation of everybody in the world, is the greatest of all.
St. Thomas Aquinas, OP Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 20, 2013, 08:39:20 PM 'Certainly reverent prayers together with giving thanks ought to be said when we rise from sleep, when we go forth, when we prepare to receive food, after receiving it, and at the hour of incense, when at last we are going to rest.' St. Ambrose I like this one from 'The Book of Hours' Night Prayer Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. In peace I will lie down and sleep, for You alone make me lie down in safety. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 20, 2013, 09:40:06 PM I like it a good deal too. It is very peaceful. :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 21, 2013, 12:06:43 AM One cannot desire freedom from the cross when one is especially chosen for the cross.
St. Teresa Benedicta - (Edith Stein) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on January 21, 2013, 05:09:17 PM God chose her to be His Mother more on account of her humility than of all her other sublime virtues.
St Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 21, 2013, 11:52:27 PM God chose her to be His Mother more on account of her humility than of all her other sublime virtues. St Jerome "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word." Luke 1:38 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on January 22, 2013, 04:20:29 PM Oh, that we might really have that sort of humility.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 22, 2013, 10:23:06 PM Amen. : :+:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 23, 2013, 12:24:46 AM Two loves have made two different cities: Self-love hath made a terrestrial city, which rises in contempt of God;
And divine love hath made a celestial one, which rises in contempt of self. The former glories in itself--- the latter in God St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 23, 2013, 12:31:52 AM It's really a beautiful thought to contemplate the celestial city.
:D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 23, 2013, 08:06:50 AM 'God reveals His sublime secrets only to those who are humble of heart.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 24, 2013, 03:23:18 PM " What does love look like?
It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has the eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That's what love looks like." St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 25, 2013, 05:20:59 AM 'St. Ignatius often said: "Ignatius, overcome thyself; Ignatius, overcome thyself." Oh, what important advice! What a great point of perfection!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 27, 2013, 02:21:32 AM Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His grace to mold them accordingly.
St. Ignatius Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: MidnightSun12 on January 27, 2013, 03:51:45 AM Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His grace to mold them accordingly. This reminds me of Peter sinking after he steped out of the boat... if only we could let go of our doubt completely, imagine what miraculous things God could work through us!St. Ignatius Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: MidnightSun12 on January 27, 2013, 04:05:22 AM "It is related of St. Arsenius, that a noble lady went to visit him in the desert, to beg of him to recommend her to God. When the saint perceived that his visitor was a woman, he turned away from her, she then said to him: 'Arsenius, since you will neither see or hear me, at least remember me in your prayers.' 'No,' replied the saint, 'but I will beg of God to make me forget you, and never more to think of you.'"
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori I think many in today's society would misinterpret St. Arsenius' words to his visitor. I honestly believe that these are actually words of great love and respect for this lady. For if St. Arsenius had fallen into sin because of her presence, she would have shared in the responsibility. I honestly don't believe there is anything impolite about looking away while speaking to somebody of the opposite sex who isn't your spouse. I don't think that, as Catholics, we should ever feel ashamed about protecting our purity. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on January 27, 2013, 11:23:27 AM Quote I honestly don't believe there is anything impolite about looking away while speaking to somebody of the opposite sex who isn't your spouse. I'm not sure about that. If someone could not look me in the eye while talking to me I would think he was rude and wouldn't trust him. :-\ Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on January 27, 2013, 06:14:13 PM Quote I honestly don't believe there is anything impolite about looking away while speaking to somebody of the opposite sex who isn't your spouse. I'm not sure about that. If someone could not look me in the eye while talking to me I would think he was rude and wouldn't trust him. :-\ I think I would not trust him either. Also, I would be hurt and angry since it would seem to me that I wasn't being respected for what I said. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on January 27, 2013, 06:25:08 PM It was meet that the God of all purity should spring from the greatest purity, from the most pure bosom.
St. Irenaeus, Bp. M. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 28, 2013, 12:23:30 AM The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from heaven to inhale it's fragrance.
St. John Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 29, 2013, 02:00:36 AM It behooves thee to be very careful, for thou livest under the eyes of the Judge who beholds all things.
St. Bernard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 29, 2013, 12:52:34 PM I must remember the rose quote especially. :D
Here's a brief catechesis on virtue, each quote a depth of knowledge! 'Worldly virtues promote human glory, spiritual virtues the glory of God.' St. Thalassios the Libyan 'To each virtue there is an opposing vice; hence the wicked take vices for virtues.' St. Thalassios the Libyan 'Let no one think that he has actually become a child of God if he has not yet acquired divine qualities.' St. Thalassios the Libyan 'For desires for present things cannot be repressed or plucked out unless salutary dispositions have been introduced to replace the harmful ones that we want to cut off.' St. John Cassian 'Spiritual reading and prayer purify the intellect, while love and self-control purify the soul's passible aspect.' St. Thalassios the Libyan 'The intellect cannot be transformed by spiritual knowledge unless it first detaches itself from the soul's passible aspect by means of its own virtues.' St. Thalassios the Libyan 'Every vice leads in the end to forbidden pleasure; and every virtue to spiritual blessing. Each arouses what is akin to it.' St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 30, 2013, 03:55:53 PM The greater the charity of the Saints in their heavenly home, the more they intercede for those who are still on their journey and the more they can help them by their prayers; the more they are united with God, the more effective those prayers are. This is in accordance with Divine order, which makes higher things react upon lower things, like the brightness of the sun filling the atmosphere.
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 01, 2013, 12:44:12 AM To suffer and to be happy although suffering, to have ones feet on the earth, to walk on the dirty and rough paths of this earth and yet to be enthroned with Christ at the Fathers right hand, to laugh and cry with the children of this world and ceaselessly to sing the praises of God with the choirs of angels, this is the life of the christian until the morning of eternity breaks forth.
St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 01, 2013, 03:25:29 AM The greater the charity of the Saints in their heavenly home, the more they intercede for those who are still on their journey and the more they can help them by their prayers; the more they are united with God, the more effective those prayers are. This is in accordance with Divine order, which makes higher things react upon lower things, like the brightness of the sun filling the atmosphere. St. Thomas Aquinas It makes me think of a gigantic, ever expanding circle of lights. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 01, 2013, 09:12:03 AM The greater the charity of the Saints in their heavenly home, the more they intercede for those who are still on their journey and the more they can help them by their prayers; the more they are united with God, the more effective those prayers are. This is in accordance with Divine order, which makes higher things react upon lower things, like the brightness of the sun filling the atmosphere. St. Thomas Aquinas It makes me think of a gigantic, ever expanding circle of lights. :D Yes, and what a joy it would be to dwell amongst them. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on February 01, 2013, 02:52:48 PM To suffer and to be happy although suffering, to have ones feet on the earth, to walk on the dirty and rough paths of this earth and yet to be enthroned with Christ at the Fathers right hand, to laugh and cry with the children of this world and ceaselessly to sing the praises of God with the choirs of angels, this is the life of the christian until the morning of eternity breaks forth. St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein) AMEN! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 03, 2013, 10:05:19 AM 'Thine eyes are the eyes of Christ; therefore thou mayest not turn thine eyes to gaze on any kind of vanity; for Christ is the Truth, to whom all vanity is entirely opposed.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on February 04, 2013, 05:36:01 PM I am the root and stock of David, the bright and Morning Star (Apoc. 22:16). Mary is called the Star of the Sea" for as those who sail on the ocean are directed to the port they seek by observing the stars, so Christians are directed to glory by Mary.
St. Thomas Aquinas, OP., C. Doctor of the Church Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 04, 2013, 05:42:03 PM I used to go to a church called 'Our Lady Star of the Sea'. :D
They truly did up the altars beautifully around Christmas time. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 04, 2013, 11:23:47 PM Ask the beauty of the earth, ask the beauty of the sea, ask the beauty of the ample and diffused air.
Ask the beauty of heaven, ask the order of the stars, ask the sun, which with it's splendor brightens the day; Ask the moon, which with it's clarity moderates the darkness of night. Ask the beasts that move in the water, that walk on the earth, that fly in the air: souls that hide, bodies that show themselves; the visible that let's itself be guided, the invisible that guides. Ask them! All will answer you: Look at us, we are beautiful! Their beauty makes them known. This mutable beauty, who has created it if not immutable Beauty? St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on February 05, 2013, 05:56:48 PM Ah, St. Augustine - a true Plutonian (follower of Pluto, not someone from Pluto).
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 05, 2013, 09:42:47 PM Ah, St. Augustine - a true Plutonian (follower of Pluto, not someone from Pluto). Hi Brigid, what is a plutonian, been looking around a bit, can't find a thing . Especially connected to Augustine. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 05, 2013, 11:31:25 PM 'Whether I eat or drink, whatever else I do,
The dreadful trumpet of the last day, Seems always sounding in my ears: Arise, ye dead and come to judgement.' St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on February 06, 2013, 05:04:54 PM Ah, St. Augustine - a true Plutonian (follower of Pluto, not someone from Pluto). Hi Brigid, what is a plutonian, been looking around a bit, can't find a thing . Especially connected to Augustine. A follower of Pluto (Christianized), dealing with the transcendence and beauty of reality, as opposed to a follower of Aristotle (such as St. Thomas Aquinas was - Christianized) who dealt with the rational laws of reality. St. Patrick was another who paid more attention to the beauty and transcendence of Christianity. I don't know if I put that in a way that could be understood. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on February 06, 2013, 05:18:43 PM To draw near to Jesus we must be so little....Oh! how few souls aspire to be little and unknown.
St. Therese Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 06, 2013, 06:00:06 PM To draw near to Jesus we must be so little....Oh! how few souls aspire to be little and unknown. St. Therese :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 06, 2013, 08:54:47 PM 'Lord, Thou fliest from me, but I will suffer this trial as long as it is Thy good pleasure. I will always be Thine; although Thou wilt fly from me, I will yet follow Thee.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on February 07, 2013, 03:37:29 PM "Those who sing pray twice." St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 07, 2013, 04:01:41 PM 'How greatly did I weep in Thy hymns and canticles, deeply moved by the voices of Thy sweet-speaking Church! The voices flowed into mine ears, and the truth was poured forth into my heart, whence the agitation of my piety overflowed, and my tears ran over, and blessed was I therein. '
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on February 07, 2013, 04:06:38 PM Amen!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on February 07, 2013, 04:59:34 PM He suffered in the flesh, and she in the heart.
Blessed Amadeus, Cist. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 07, 2013, 05:18:18 PM There's someone I haven't heard of before. Thank you Brigid!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 08, 2013, 12:57:54 AM You will gain more by receiving scorn peacefully than if you fasted for a week on bread and water.
It is good to humble ourselves; but it is much more worthwhile to accept the humiliations that come to us from others. St. Alphons us Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on February 08, 2013, 11:42:41 AM 'If I were to meet the slave-traders who kidnapped me and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for if that did not happen, I would not be a Christian and Religious today… The Lord has loved me so much: we must love everyone… we must be compassionate!"
Saint Josephine Bakhita Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on February 08, 2013, 04:59:48 PM The glory of Jesus...that is my whole ambition; my own I abandon to Him; and if He seem to forget me, well, He is at liberty to do so since I am mine no more, but His. He will more quickly tire of making me wait, than I, of waiting!
St. Therese of Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 08, 2013, 11:13:04 PM 'If I were to meet the slave-traders who kidnapped me and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for if that did not happen, I would not be a Christian and Religious today… The Lord has loved me so much: we must love everyone… we must be compassionate!" Saint Josephine Bakhita [/quote O Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we thank you for the gifts of humility and charity which you bestowed on Saint Josephine Bakhita, Deign to glorify her for her singular virtues and grant the prayers of those who invoke her Amen Saint Josephine Bakhita pray for us Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on February 09, 2013, 08:46:59 AM "Compassion, my dear Brother, is preferable to cleanliness.
Reflect that with a little soap I can easily clean my bed covers, but even with a torrent of tears I would never wash from my soul the stain that my harshness toward the unfortunate would create." St. Martin de Porres, Religious; Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 09, 2013, 08:44:16 PM "I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful: but I have never read in either of them:
"Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden" St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 09, 2013, 09:18:02 PM "Compassion, my dear Brother, is preferable to cleanliness. Reflect that with a little soap I can easily clean my bed covers, but even with a torrent of tears I would never wash from my soul the stain that my harshness toward the unfortunate would create." St. Martin de Porres, Religious; A gentle saint! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 09, 2013, 09:18:26 PM "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden" Such peace giving words! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 09, 2013, 09:49:49 PM 'A word suffices, sometimes, to dispose us to mental prayer. "Our Father, Who art in heaven" - pronounce those words, and then let the heart act.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: MidnightSun12 on February 10, 2013, 12:34:26 AM "Compassion, my dear Brother, is preferable to cleanliness. Great quote!Reflect that with a little soap I can easily clean my bed covers, but even with a torrent of tears I would never wash from my soul the stain that my harshness toward the unfortunate would create." St. Martin de Porres, Religious; Really says something to those of us (myself included :( ) who have crossed to the other side of the street to avoid a rough-looking homeless person. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 10, 2013, 05:26:30 AM 'A word suffices, sometimes, to dispose us to mental prayer. "Our Father, Who art in heaven" - pronounce those words, and then let the heart act.' St. Paul of the Cross How blessed, how very blessed we are. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on February 10, 2013, 07:38:48 AM "Compassion, my dear Brother, is preferable to cleanliness. Great quote!Reflect that with a little soap I can easily clean my bed covers, but even with a torrent of tears I would never wash from my soul the stain that my harshness toward the unfortunate would create." St. Martin de Porres, Religious; Really says something to those of us (myself included :( ) who have crossed to the other side of the street to avoid a rough-looking homeless person. Same with me! Some of them are abusive. I remember a homeless man in my home town in Lira, Uganda, whom women dreaded meeting along the way because he would follow anyone he zeroed in on, especially if it was a woman; He would then stick like a leech, making fun and drawing the attention of passers by. He was often abusive also. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 10, 2013, 04:21:01 PM Sometimes one should avoid them! It's a matter of safety!
That would be different than other unworthy reasons. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: MidnightSun12 on February 10, 2013, 05:59:39 PM Same with me! Some of them are abusive. I remember a homeless man in my home town in Lira, Uganda, whom women dreaded meeting along the way because he would follow anyone he zeroed in on, especially if it was a woman; He would then stick like a leech, making fun and drawing the attention of passers by. He was often abusive also. I didn't think of that. :) I guess the types of homeless people that a man in Canada encounters are very different then the types that a lady in Uganda will encounter...Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 10, 2013, 08:34:48 PM We can cure physical diseases with medicine but the only cure for lonliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread but there are many more who are dying for a little love. Let us not be satified with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So spread love everywhere you go.
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 10, 2013, 08:42:06 PM Good evening George! :D
The Lord's peace to you, and warmth on this cold night! ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 10, 2013, 09:26:41 PM Good evening George! :D The Lord's peace to you, and warmth on this cold night! ;D Good evening to you Shin. Yes the winds are rather blustery tonight out here in Indiana, the geese are protesting mightily Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 10, 2013, 09:49:31 PM Geese. That is making me think of cooked goose for some reason. Haha.
Or the goose rescued from the wolf by St. Vaast. What kind of geese do you have down there? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 10, 2013, 09:55:17 PM Geese. That is making me think of cooked goose for some reason. Haha. Or the goose rescued from the wolf by St. Vaast. What kind of geese do you have down there? Canadian,and many of them, the other day there had to be a hundred of them ice skating on the lake. You can't eat these guy's they're protected by law. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 10, 2013, 09:59:08 PM What you can't? Even in Indiana?
I thought there was a glut of 'em? Well. The nation certain is going to the dogs, isn't it? Or the geese as the case may be! :+: ::) :rotflblue: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 10, 2013, 10:07:05 PM What you can't? Even in Indiana? I thought there was a glut of 'em? Well. The nation certain is going to the dogs, isn't it? Or the geese as the case may be! :+: ::) :rotflblue: :cheers: :rotfl: :rotflblue: :thumbsup: No it's amazing what is protected and what isnt :'( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 10, 2013, 10:16:35 PM :+:
Lord have mercy! I think if more folks could be persuaded to take up the homesteading life the more the silliness would end. I wish I knew a way to foster it. :D I'm always encouraged when I hear about people taking up a simpler life. Wherever one is one can make a beginning at doing with less and making the best with what one has rather than always going out and getting new things. :flower: 'We must not be wise according to the flesh. Rather we must be simple, humble and pure.' St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 12, 2013, 12:51:44 AM We ought to be like Lilies in the midst of thorns, which, however they be pricked and pierced, never lose their sweet gentle fragrance
St. Bernard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 12, 2013, 04:23:30 AM Like the Lilies in the midst of thorns. . .
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 12, 2013, 11:26:49 AM A treasure is secure so long as it remains concealed: but when once disclosed and laid open to every bold invader, it is presently rifled;
So virtue is safe as long as secret, but if rashly exposed, it but to often evaporates into smoke. By humility and contempt of the world, the soul like an eagle, soars on high, above all transitory things, and tramples on the backs of lions and dragons. St. Syncletica Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 12, 2013, 05:34:13 PM 'And the blessed Angels, so loveable in their innocence, are they not the choice work of Thy Fingers, O Wisdom of God I For on the day of their creation Thou didst deck them with an incorruptible vestiture for the work of Thy holy service. These are the living stars of the higher heaven, the lilies of the inner paradise, the rose-trees planted by the silent-flowing waters of Siloe, with their roots immovably fixed in Thee.
O River of peace, O Breath of the garden of delights, O only Wisdom ranging round about the circling bourne of heaven; by Thee they shine, and burn, and glow in perfect wisdom, in virginal chastity, and in the ardours of a deathless love. Blooming in endless youth, they find in our weakness the sphere of their faithful service; for they lead us by the hand like tender guides, and direct our steps as we travel through this darksome world, and ward off the assaults of the enemy, and whisper to us the secrets of Thy will, and brace up our failing hearts to good, and carry up the incense of our prayers to the altar of gold, and always supplicate the Face of our merciful Father for us.' St. Anselm Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 12, 2013, 08:06:48 PM 'And the blessed Angels, so loveable in their innocence, are they not the choice work of Thy Fingers, O Wisdom of God I For on the day of their creation Thou didst deck them with an incorruptible vestiture for the work of Thy holy service. These are the living stars of the higher heaven, the lilies of the inner paradise, the rose-trees planted by the silent-flowing waters of Siloe, with their roots immovably fixed in Thee. Beautiful words, it makes you want to be amongst them, perhaps we are. Do you think so?O River of peace, O Breath of the garden of delights, O only Wisdom ranging round about the circling bourne of heaven; by Thee they shine, and burn, and glow in perfect wisdom, in virginal chastity, and in the ardours of a deathless love. Blooming in endless youth, they find in our weakness the sphere of their faithful service; for they lead us by the hand like tender guides, and direct our steps as we travel through this darksome world, and ward off the assaults of the enemy, and whisper to us the secrets of Thy will, and brace up our failing hearts to good, and carry up the incense of our prayers to the altar of gold, and always supplicate the Face of our merciful Father for us.' St. Anselm Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 13, 2013, 12:54:54 AM Haha, surely we have close friends in Heaven here below. If only we would attend to their help for us the more, and seek it in our troubles, surely they seek to give us what they have and enjoy so richly in Heaven, no?
:D Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints! It makes me want to say a novena or chaplet for the choirs of angels. Thank you George for these thoughts! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 13, 2013, 07:50:42 AM Meekness aids obedience, and is a quality of the angels. A meek soul is enlightened by the spirit of discernment, and is the seat of simplicity.
The simple soul is far removed from all vain, curious, and perverse thoughts; it goes directly and sincerely to God, as a scholar to his master. St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 14, 2013, 03:06:26 AM Thanks be to God for holy simplicity.
It is so important... Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 14, 2013, 01:58:03 PM Thanks be to God for holy simplicity. It is so important... Yes humble simplicity, a great treasure to be prayed for. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 14, 2013, 02:05:20 PM Humility is a divine shield and veil which conceals our good works and virtues from our own too curious eyes.
Penance awakens us; holy sorrow knocks at heaven's gate; humility opens them. This virtue is the only one no devil can imitate. If pride made demons out of Angels, there is no doubt that humility could make Angels out of demons. St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 16, 2013, 05:20:48 PM A divine shield and veil!
Which no devil can imitate! There's deep meaning to this! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 16, 2013, 05:22:00 PM 'Those persons that are truly virtuous prefer to disfigure themselves rather than be the object of a bad desire.
The venerable Sister Catharine of Jesus, before becoming a religious of St. Teresa, washed herself with dirty water, and then exposed herself to the sun so as to spoil her complexion.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on February 16, 2013, 05:28:56 PM Rather like cutting off all your hair, I would guess.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 16, 2013, 05:42:57 PM Rather like cutting off all your hair, I would guess. Yes like the nuns who do that. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 16, 2013, 08:36:25 PM A divine shield and veil! Which no devil can imitate! There's deep meaning to this! :D I think I've known people like this. People who do so much good for others and they don't seem to realize the depth and worth of the good works that they do, and they do it for all the right reasons, without realizing how rare they are. Do you think? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 16, 2013, 08:39:50 PM Yes.. I think so too.. Rare..
And so special to find.. The virtue of simplicity.. How helpful and what a blessing it is to have.. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 17, 2013, 11:48:53 PM Blessed are the saints, O God and king,
who have traveled over the tempestuous sea of this mortal life, and have made the harbor of peace and felicity. Watch over us who are still in our dangerous voyage: And remember such as to be exposed to the rough storms of trouble and temptations. Frail is our vessel, and the ocean is wide; but as in Thy mercy thou hast set our course, so steer the vessel of our life toward the everlasting shore of peace, and bring us at length to the quiet haven of our hearts desire, where Thou, our God, are blessed, and livest and reignest forever and ever. St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on February 18, 2013, 04:25:54 PM This ends giving me such a peaceful feeling! His writing here is poetic while still clearly stating his idea.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 19, 2013, 10:45:48 AM This ends giving me such a peaceful feeling! His writing here is poetic while still clearly stating his idea. I agree when I finshed reading this I felt a sense of real peace, a beautiful prayer. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 19, 2013, 10:56:13 AM It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 21, 2013, 02:48:53 PM For flowers of virtue to blossom in our soul, they must be heated by the warmth of the Immaculata.
St. Mavimillian Kolbe Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 22, 2013, 10:45:44 AM 'As the wax which we place near the fire assumes any form we wish to give it, so the loving soul ought to obey as soon as her Beloved has spoken.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on February 23, 2013, 08:34:14 AM All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.
St. Thomas Beckett Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 23, 2013, 01:41:40 PM 'These are those who would not think of failing to hear Holy Mass every day, and, at the same time, will not deprive themselves of the satisfaction it affords them to attend the theatres, although the Church has always regarded these as pernicious, considering the ordinary sort of entertainment therein presented.
Again there are those who sometimes read books of piety, and afterwards pass the night in reading novels filled with the venom of bitterness of falsehood and immorality. This caused Gerson, one of the most famous lights of the University of Paris, to say, of a novel writer, that if he knew him to have died without doing penance for his sin, he (Gerson) would think no more of praying to God for that man's soul, than he would think of praying for Judas.' St. Jean Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 27, 2013, 06:43:45 PM 'If it be the duty of a Christian to pray to God before meals, he is not less bound to thank him after having made use of the gifts which came from his bountiful hand. It is, therefore, necessary to make, after every meal, a short but fervent act of thanksgiving.'
St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on March 05, 2013, 01:00:34 AM Our enemy the devil, who fights with us, in order to vanquish us, seeks to disunite us in our houses, and to breed quarrels, contests, and rivalries, because, while we are fighting with each other, he comes and conquers us, and makes us more securely his own.
St. Phillip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 05, 2013, 04:29:18 AM 'The virtues generate good thoughts; the commandments lead us to the virtues; the practice of the virtues depends on our own will and resolution.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 05, 2013, 01:42:44 PM 'To obtain the love of God, I will call to mind the favors I have received from Him.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on March 06, 2013, 01:36:18 AM Put on the garment of holiness, gird yourself with the belt of chastity. Let Christ be your helmet, let the cross on your forehead be your unfailing protection. Your breastplate should be the knowledge of God that He Himself has given you. Keep burning the sweet smelling incense of prayer.
Take up the sword of the Spirit. Let your heart be an altar. Then with full confidence in God, present your body for sacrifice. God desires not death, but faith; God thirsts not for blood, but for self-surrender; God is appeased not by slaughter, but by the offering of your free will. St. Peter Chrysologus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on March 06, 2013, 11:21:06 AM Great quotes!! O:)
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 07, 2013, 11:11:43 AM 'But the believing soul longs and faints for God; she rests sweetly in the contemplation of Him. She glories in the reproach of the Cross, until the glory of His face shall be revealed. Like the Bride, the dove of Christ, that is covered with silver wings (Ps. 68.13), white with innocence and purity, she reposes in the thought of Thine abundant kindness, Lord Jesus; and above all she longs for that day when in the joyful splendor of Thy saints, gleaming with the radiance of the Beatific Vision, her feathers shall be like gold, resplendent with the joy of Thy countenance.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 08, 2013, 08:35:25 PM 'I looked at Thy Cross, O Christ, and read there the song of Thy Love!'
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on March 10, 2013, 01:12:17 AM What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That's what love looks like.
The measure of love is love without measure St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 10, 2013, 01:53:37 AM :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on March 10, 2013, 04:26:37 PM Those wounds which were scattered over the body of Our Lord were all united in the single Heart of Mary.
St. Bonaventure, O.F.M. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 10, 2013, 07:35:41 PM Our Lady's wounded heart!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on March 12, 2013, 02:39:23 PM Prayer reveals to souls the vanity of earthly goods and pleasures. It fills them with light, strength and consolation; and gives them a foretaste of the calm bliss of our heavenly home.
St. Rose of Viterbo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on March 14, 2013, 01:05:04 PM For just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to him who sows, and bread to him who eats; So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; It will not return to to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it.
Isaiah 55:10-11 Praise be to you Lord Jesus Christ! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 15, 2013, 06:08:15 AM 'The Church of the Lord is built upon the rock of the apostles among so many dangers in the world; it therefore remains unmoved. The Church's foundation is unshakable and firm against assaults of the raging sea. Waves lash at the Church but do not shatter it. Although the elements of this world constantly beat upon the Church with crashing sounds, the Church possesses the safest harbor of salvation for all in distress. There is a stream which flows down on God's saints like a torrent. There is also a rushing river giving joy to the heart that is at peace and makes for peace. He who read much and understands much, receives his fill. He who is full, refreshes others. So Scripture says: "If the clouds are full, they will pour rain upon the earth." Therefore, let your words be rivers, clean and limpid, so that you may charm the ears of people. And by the grace of your words win them over to follow your leadership. Solomon says: "The weapons of the understanding are the lips of the wise"; and in another place he says: "Let your lips be bound with wisdom." That is, let the meaning of your words shine forth, let understanding blaze out. Let no word escape your lips in vain or be uttered without depth of meaning.'
St. Ambrose, Archbishop of Milan (A.D. c. 340 – 4 April 397) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on March 15, 2013, 03:12:29 PM My son, conduct your affairs with humility, and you will be loved more than a giver of great gifts.
Humble your self the more, the greater you are, and you will find favor with God. For great is the power of God; by the humble he is glorified. What is too sublime for you, seek not, into things beyond your strength search not. What is committed to you, attend to; for what is hidden is not your concern. With what is too much for you meddle not, when shown things beyond human understanding. Their own false opinion has mislead many, and false reasoning unbalanced their judgment. Where the pupil of the eye is missing, there is no light, and where there is no knowledge, there is no wisdom. A stubborn man will fare badly in the end, and he who loves danger will perish in it. A stubborn man will be burdened with sorrow; a sinner will heap sin upon sin. For the affliction of the proud man there is no cure; he is the offshoot of an evil plant. The mind of a sage appreciates proverbs, and an attentive ear is the wise man's joy. Sirach 3:17-28 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 15, 2013, 11:25:33 PM Quote and he who loves danger will perish in it. How easy it is to overreach and to attempt things that we haven't been given the gifts for! 'Conform yourself as closely as possible to His humility and gentleness in dealing with your neighbor. . . Love those who humble and contradict you, for they are more useful to your perfection than those who flatter you.' St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on March 16, 2013, 01:10:35 AM True friendship can harbor no suspicion. A friend must speak to a friend as freely as to his second self.
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on March 19, 2013, 08:59:30 PM One day I unwittingly made a mistake that incensed the master's son. He became furious, snatched me violently from my hiding place, and began to strike me ferociously with the lash and his feet. Finally he left me half dead, completely unconscious. Some slaves carried me away and lay me on a straw mat,where I remained for over a month. A woman skilled in this cruel art (tattooing) came to the generals house.... our mistress stood behind us, whip in hand. The woman had a dish of white flower, a dish of salt and a razor.... When she had made her patterns;
the woman took the razor and made incisions along the lines. Salt was poured into each of the wounds.... My face was spared, but six patterns were designed on my breasts, and sixty more on my belly and arms. I thought I would die, especially when salt was poured in the wounds..... it was by a miracle of God I didn't die, He had me destined for better things. St. Josephine Bakhita Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 20, 2013, 01:41:57 AM 'But, you ask, after I have thus burst the chains of my unholy bondage, will no traces remain, and shall I not still carry the scars on my feet-that is, in my wounded affections? Not so, my child, if you have attained a due abhorrence of the evil; in that case all you will feel is an exceeding horror of your unworthy affection, and all appertaining thereto; no thought will linger in your breast concerning it save a true love of God.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on March 22, 2013, 01:20:21 PM God is there in these moments of rest, and can give us in a single instant exactly what we need. Then the rest of the day can take it's course, under the same effort and strain, perhaps, but in peace. And when night comes, and you look back over the day and see how fragmentary everything has been, and how much you planned that has gone undone, and all the reasons you have been embarrassed and ashamed: Just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God's hands and leave it to Him. Then you will be able to rest in Him - really rest - and start the next day as a new life.
St. Benedicta (Edith Stein) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 22, 2013, 03:55:05 PM 'Divine Redeemer, make me to understand that afflictions here below are as flowers which promise to bear fruits of glory, and that our tears, like sacred oil, consecrate us to immortality.'
St. Gregory Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on March 23, 2013, 07:15:24 AM I am definitely loved and whatever happens to me....I am awaited by this love. And so my life is good.
St. Josephine Bakhita Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on March 25, 2013, 05:54:15 AM Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
St. Therese of Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on March 26, 2013, 03:18:42 PM We must need occasionally to relax the mind, and the body requires some recreation also. Cassian relates how Saint John the Evangelist was found by a certain hunter amusing himself by caressing a partridge, which sat upon his wrist. The hunter asked how a man of his mental powers could find time for so trifling an occupation. In reply, Saint John asked why he did not always carry his bow strung? The man answered, Because, if always bent, the bow would lose it's spring when really wanted. "Do not marvel then", the Apostle replied, "if I slacken my mental efforts from time to time, and recreate myself, in order to return more vigorously to contemplation." It is a great mistake to be so strict as to grudge any recreation either to others or one's self.
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 27, 2013, 09:09:31 AM It's good to find harmless amusements to refresh the mind.
What is bad is to continually engage in amusements as an end, for their own sake, rather than for the above. This I think mistakes the purpose of entertainment. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on March 27, 2013, 09:21:56 AM It's good to find harmless amusements to refresh the mind. What is bad is to continually engage in amusements as an end, for their own sake, rather than for the above. This I think mistakes the purpose of entertainment. I agree with that. We must pray continually for the Holy Spirit to guide us away from the snares that would enslave us, and ruin our souls. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 27, 2013, 09:27:25 AM Amen. :seraphim:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on March 28, 2013, 01:16:23 PM I thank God for this illness and these physical discomforts, because I have time to converse with the Lord Jesus.
St. Faustina Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 29, 2013, 07:14:40 AM “The New Testament lies hidden in the Old Testament and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New Testament
St. Augustine Every day I am finding out the veracity of this statement so many years ago! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on March 29, 2013, 08:08:59 AM “The New Testament lies hidden in the Old Testament and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New Testament St. Augustine Every day I am finding out the veracity of this statement so many years ago! And I as well, when I read the line in Genesis 22:6 "Thereupon Abraham took the wood for the holocaust and laid it on his son Issac's shoulders", it stopped me cold, all I could think about was the cross being laid upon the shoulders of Jesus. And there is so much more. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on March 29, 2013, 02:38:05 PM I think it is called 'Types'. I find it fun and interesting to read about. Parallels between the OT and NT and how wonderfully God planned everything out. :)
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on March 29, 2013, 09:12:54 PM A great number of loved ones await us in heaven. An enormous host is filled with longing for us. Their concern is only for us. To be in their presence, to be embraced by their arms....what immeasurable joy it will be for them and for us.
St. Cyprian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on March 30, 2013, 11:50:53 PM Collect plenty of food during the happy days of your spiritual summers. You will be able to endure the difficult days of temptation during the winters of your soul.
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 31, 2013, 10:24:54 AM "Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is"
Saint John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: MidnightSun12 on March 31, 2013, 01:41:51 PM "Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is" Just thought I would add another quote on the topic:Saint John Chrysostom "So let no man destroy wealth, rather than the passions of the soul, which are incompatible with the better use of wealth. So that, becoming virtuous and good, he may be able to make a good use of these riches. The renunciation, then, and selling of all possessions, is to be understood as spoken of the passions of the soul. " St. Clement of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 01, 2013, 08:04:06 AM "Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is" Just thought I would add another quote on the topic:Saint John Chrysostom "So let no man destroy wealth, rather than the passions of the soul, which are incompatible with the better use of wealth. So that, becoming virtuous and good, he may be able to make a good use of these riches. The renunciation, then, and selling of all possessions, is to be understood as spoken of the passions of the soul. " St. Clement of Alexandria The second quote is almost like a continuation of the first! Very interesting :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on April 01, 2013, 11:42:45 PM Earthly riches are like the reed. It's roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul.
St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 01, 2013, 11:50:51 PM I was just reading that one George, and there you have posted it. :D
'The Holy Ghost does not stop at merely forbidding us to take and to covet the wealth of our neighbour -- He does not wish us even to consider it or dwell upon it, lest we should want to lay our hands upon it.' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars This quote reminds me of one of the quotes on modesty. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 02, 2013, 05:06:50 AM Earthly riches are like the reed.
Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul. St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on April 02, 2013, 12:39:02 PM I was just reading that one George, and there you have posted it. :D 'The Holy Ghost does not stop at merely forbidding us to take and to covet the wealth of our neighbour -- He does not wish us even to consider it or dwell upon it, lest we should want to lay our hands upon it.' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars This quote reminds me of one of the quotes on modesty. Shin, it looks like the 3 of us were reminded of the same thing at the same time. :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 02, 2013, 05:32:04 PM Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul. St. Anthony of Padua Oops! :-[ Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 02, 2013, 05:49:55 PM Haha, that's a really good quote I am thinking, that folks need to hear! ;D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 02, 2013, 11:29:40 PM And what a true quote I am thinking..
'There are three things which produce love of material wealth: self-indulgence, self-esteem and lack of faith. Lack of faith is more dangerous than the other two. St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on April 03, 2013, 12:46:41 AM Keep a clear eye toward life's end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God's creature. What you are in his sight is what you are and nothing more. Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing you have received....but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service,love, sacrifice, and courage.
St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 04, 2013, 04:36:51 AM I think it is called 'Types'. I find it fun and interesting to read about. Parallels between the OT and NT and how wonderfully God planned everything out. :) Yes, while the human author was busy writing his part, the literal sense of the Bible,The Holy Spirit too was busy with the Spiritual sense :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 04, 2013, 04:37:42 AM The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.
St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 04, 2013, 02:34:58 PM This reminds me of the real purpose of wealth.
Money obscures a good deal. You have to think about what it really represents and is for. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 05, 2013, 07:58:49 PM 'The rule of piety admits nothing new. All things are to be delivered to those who come after us with the same fidelity with which they were received by us. It is our duty to follow religion, not make religion follow us.'
St. Vincent of Lerins Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on April 05, 2013, 11:05:16 PM You induce yourself to reverence by admiring God's immensity and beholding your smallness.
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: MidnightSun12 on April 07, 2013, 03:00:54 PM Keep a clear eye toward life's end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God's creature. What you are in his sight is what you are and nothing more. Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing you have received....but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service,love, sacrifice, and courage. This reminds me a great deal of what our new Holy Father has just said in a recent homily:St. Francis of Assisi "Wars, violence, economic conflicts that hit the weakest, greed for money that you can’t take with you and have to leave. When we were small, our grandmother used to say: a [burial] shroud has no pocket." These are powerful words that I definitely need to meditate on. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on April 07, 2013, 11:00:40 PM Keep a clear eye toward life's end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God's creature. What you are in his sight is what you are and nothing more. Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing you have received....but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service,love, sacrifice, and courage. This reminds me a great deal of what our new Holy Father has just said in a recent homily:St. Francis of Assisi "Wars, violence, economic conflicts that hit the weakest, greed for money that you can’t take with you and have to leave. When we were small, our grandmother used to say: a [burial] shroud has no pocket." These are powerful words that I definitely need to meditate on. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on April 07, 2013, 11:04:14 PM Let a man consider that God always seeth him from heaven, that the eye of God beholdeth his works everywhere, and that the angels report them to Him every hour.
St. Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 08, 2013, 04:46:53 AM We have such a short time on this earth, and everything we do here has such consequences for eternity.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on April 08, 2013, 02:45:37 PM Sometimes it seems overwhelming!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on April 08, 2013, 02:55:17 PM All those who belong to Jesus Christ are fastened with Him to the cross.
St. Augustine For can anyone be excused who, by ceasing to pray, has shown that he did not wish to overcome his enemy. St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 10, 2013, 01:31:01 AM 'As bread is food for the body and virtue is food for the soul, so spiritual prayer is food for the mind.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 10, 2013, 05:22:33 AM “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 10, 2013, 08:23:06 AM 'If you have a heart, you can be saved.'
St. Pambo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 11, 2013, 12:06:35 PM “Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.”
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 12, 2013, 06:48:55 AM A timely quote!
'It seems to me that the happiness of a soul consists entirely in conforming to the most adorable Will of God; for in so doing the heart finds peace and the spirit joy and repose, since he "who is joined to the Lord in one spirit" with Him. (1 Cor. 6:17).' St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 17, 2013, 05:20:06 AM 'The only means for detaching ourselves from creatures is to acquire a great love for God. If the love of God does not go so far as to obtain the mastery over our own will, we shall never attain to being saints. The means for acquiring this ruling love is devout prayer.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on April 18, 2013, 02:52:23 PM We must never lose sight of the fact that we are either saints or outcasts, that we must love for heaven or hell. There is no middle path in this.
St. John Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on April 18, 2013, 03:20:08 PM "We must never lose sight of the fact that we are either saints or outcasts, that we must love for heaven or hell. There is no middle path in this."
St. John Vianney Scary thought for many of us! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 18, 2013, 04:24:20 PM It definitely makes you want to do more!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 18, 2013, 04:26:02 PM 'The happiness of man on earth, my children, is to be very good; those who are very good bless the good God, they love Him, they glorify Him, and do all their works with joy and love, because they know that we are in this world for no other end than to serve and love the good God.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 20, 2013, 08:08:45 AM 'Could you but realize what happiness it is to love the Sacred Heart of Jesus, you would despise all else to love but It alone.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 21, 2013, 07:15:31 PM 'Without love the soul of man cannot exist. Her affections must be fixed on God or on creatures: if she love not creatures, she will certainly love God. Hence, the Holy Ghost exhorts us to guard our hearts with the utmost vigilance against all affections which have not God for their object: With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it. While the heart loves God, the soul shall have life; but if the heart transfer its affections to creatures, spiritual death will be the inevitable consequence. In order, then, to become a saint, the spouse of the Lamb must expel from her soul what soever has not God for its end and object.
When any one demanded admission into the Society of the Fathers of the Desert, they answered him by the following question: "Do you bring a vacant heart, that it may be filled by the Holy Ghost?" Justly did they require a soul detached from earthly goods; for a heart in which the world dwells cannot be replenished with the love of God. Whoever brings to the fountain a-vessel replete with sand, will labor in vain to fill it with water unless it be first emptied of its contents.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 22, 2013, 07:59:47 AM 'The sensible firmament symbolizes the firmament of faith in which all the saints shine like stars.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Stella Matutina on April 22, 2013, 08:35:57 PM 'Without love the soul of man cannot exist. Her affections must be fixed on God or on creatures: if she love not creatures, she will certainly love God. Hence, the Holy Ghost exhorts us to guard our hearts with the utmost vigilance against all affections which have not God for their object: With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it. While the heart loves God, the soul shall have life; but if the heart transfer its affections to creatures, spiritual death will be the inevitable consequence. In order, then, to become a saint, the spouse of the Lamb must expel from her soul what soever has not God for its end and object. When any one demanded admission into the Society of the Fathers of the Desert, they answered him by the following question: "Do you bring a vacant heart, that it may be filled by the Holy Ghost?" Justly did they require a soul detached from earthly goods; for a heart in which the world dwells cannot be replenished with the love of God. Whoever brings to the fountain a-vessel replete with sand, will labor in vain to fill it with water unless it be first emptied of its contents.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori This quote is quite sobering, but also holds a very beautiful truth well worth striving for. :littleprayer: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on April 22, 2013, 10:45:01 PM Come, Holy Spirit, as you descended upon Mary, that the word might become flesh, work in us through grace as you worked in her through nature and grace.
St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi O' Mother of Christ, Star of the Sea, pray for the sinner, pray for me. Deep night hath come down on us, Mother, deep night, and we need more than ever the guide of thy light; For darker the night is, the brighter should be thy beautiful shining, Sweet Star of the Sea. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 23, 2013, 12:14:58 PM I've always loved Our Lady under the title 'Star of the Sea'.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on April 23, 2013, 03:17:58 PM As have I.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on April 23, 2013, 10:38:32 PM I've always loved Our Lady under the title 'Star of the Sea'. Sitting on the sand, as the sun comes up, watching the waves, saying a Rosary. :seraphim: :cherubim: :angelyellow: :angelblue:O Mother of Christ, Star of the Sea pray for the sinner, pray for me. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on April 24, 2013, 02:37:36 PM Quote Sitting on the sand, as the sun comes up, watching the waves, saying a Rosary. Now, if only I could do that! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on April 24, 2013, 03:01:40 PM Quote Sitting on the sand, as the sun comes up, watching the waves, saying a Rosary. Now, if only I could do that! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 24, 2013, 10:21:17 PM I used to live by the ocean. . . it certainly was special. . .
But now, the opposite way is where I am headed. :D 'As work according to God is called virtue, so unexpected affliction is called a test.' St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 26, 2013, 12:23:42 PM 'No single virtue by itself opens the door of our nature; but all the virtues must be linked together in the correct sequence.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Stella Matutina on April 26, 2013, 12:33:05 PM That is a brilliant quote, Shin!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 26, 2013, 12:41:02 PM It's a beautiful though isn't it, all the virtues linked together in harmony?
I got to sit down by the shore yesterday while waiting for the doctor's office to open up, I just closed my eyes and listened to the waves most of the time, though it was quite pleasant to look out over the ocean. Everything is quite ragged of course still the storm's effects are visible everywhere! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Stella Matutina on April 26, 2013, 12:53:02 PM Yes! Virtues are like plants in a garden - it is impossible to have a healthy garden if you are only growing one kind of plant. Your plants will quickly become infested with pests and blighted with disease. But if you are careful with your planting and are sure to include several varieties of complimentary flora, your garden will thrive, and bear much fruit.
Oh, there almost nothing more soothing than sitting by the ocean! I've never lived by the ocean, but I've always loved to visit the shore. I used to collect buckets of shells to take home when I was a child. But the sound of the waves have always been my favorite part of visiting the beach...that and the seagulls! Did you just endure a storm where you are? I hope that there isn't too much damage! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 26, 2013, 12:59:06 PM I'm living in New Jersey, about 35 minutes from the shore, I used to live right on it. So we still have the destroyed coast lines from the hurricane, and in fact, you can see destroyed buildings too, piles of broken wood and material.
There's nothing like the ocean. I will have to find a lake to visit at least when I move further away. The healthy garden analogy is really a nice one for thinking on, a good one for meditation. ;D Have you ever read St. Francis de Sale's 'Mystical Flora' (http://saintsbooks.net/BooksList.html)? It's a book of extracts from his other works, all having to do with plants and the spiritual life. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 30, 2013, 01:40:58 PM 'Blessed stillness gives birth to blessed children: self-control, love and pure prayer.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 01, 2013, 04:56:34 AM "O unfathomable depth! O Deity eternal! O deep ocean! What more could You give me than to give me Yourself? You are an ever-burning Fire; You consume and are not consumed. By Your fire, You consume every trace of self-love in the soul. You are a Fire which drives away all coldness and illumines minds with its light, and with this light You have made known Your truth. Truly this light is a sea which feeds the soul until it is all immersed in You, O peaceful Sea, eternal Trinity! The water of this sea is never turbid; it never causes fear, but gives knowledge of the truth. This water is transparent and discloses hidden things; and a living faith gives such abundance of light that the soul almost attains to certitude in what it believes." -----St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 04, 2013, 02:49:49 PM It's like poetry isn't it? :D
'The vigor with which you resist the enemy will be the measure of the reward which will follow the combat.' St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 05, 2013, 03:13:47 AM I like thinking about the last quote it encourages me to put in more effort. :boxing: ;D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 06, 2013, 04:30:38 AM 'See; God forbids us that action, that criminal pleasure, that revenge, that injustice; no matter, we are bent upon satisfying ourselves; we had rather renounce the happiness of heaven, than deprive ourselves of a moment's pleasure, or give up a sinful habit, or change our life. What are we, then, that we dare thus to resist God? Dust and ashes, which He could annihilate with a single look.
By sin, my children, we despise the good God. We renew His Death and Passion; we do as much evil as all the Jews together did, in fastening Him to the Cross. Therefore, my children, if we were to ask those who work without necessity on Sunday: "What are you doing there" and they were to answer truly, they would say, "We are crucifying the good God." Ask the idle, the gluttonous, the immodest, what they do every day. If they answer you according to what they are really doing, they will say, "We are crucifying the good God."' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 06, 2013, 02:53:07 PM "The state of marriage is one that requires more virtue and constancy than any other… it is a perpetual exercise of mortification....."
Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 08, 2013, 07:21:21 AM Well I believe it! Living with others for the rest of one's life, and all the cares that go with the family..
It reminds me of Christ speaking about marriage. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 08, 2013, 07:22:26 AM "As to why self-praise should not be sought, I answer: No one is good in himself, except for me alone, God, and anyone who is good is good through me alone. Therefore, if you who are nothing seek praise for yourself and not for me from whom comes every perfect gift, then your praise is false and you do me, your Creator, an injustice. As all the good things that you have come from me, so all praise should be given to me. And just as I, your God, bestow on you all worldly goods - strength, health, knowledge, and discernment for considering what is to your advantage, and time and life - so too I alone should be glorified in everything, that is, if you make good and rational use of the things given you. However, if you make bad use of them, then the fault is yours and the ingratitude is yours."
Christ, 'The Revelations of St. Bridget of Sweden' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 08, 2013, 05:25:46 PM "Consider seriously how quickly people change; hold fast to God, who does not change." St Theresa of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 11, 2013, 11:03:59 AM 'Frankly, I do not think the favors which our Lord promises you, to consist in an abundance of temporal things; for He says that these often deprive us of His grace and of His love, whereas it is with these latter gifts that He wishes to enrich your soul.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque This reminds me of a sermon I heard once on prayer and how it is interior conversion that is so necessary to pray for, our spiritual improvement in virtues. . I wish I could remember more of it -- the priest compared how this is heard by God, and how in the case of temporal goods, it is not the same. Which reminds me of another quote about how we were not meant for an abundance of superfluities here.. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on May 12, 2013, 08:37:45 PM Fight all error, but do it with good humor, patience, kindness, and love. Harshness will damage your own soul and spoil the best cause.
St. John Kanty Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 13, 2013, 05:16:34 AM Great quote George! ;D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 13, 2013, 03:19:56 PM "It is better that the truth be known than that scandal be covered up."
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 13, 2013, 04:14:26 PM And someday that great day will come, when the truth is revealed before all the earth, upon its ending, and new beginning.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 13, 2013, 04:24:27 PM 'Why do you fall into the destruction of the devil through him and with him? Preserve the sublime nature with which you were born. Persevere just as you were made by God. Establish your soul with the state of your face and body. That you may be able to know God, know yourself first. Abandon the idols which human error invented. Turn to God, and if you implore Him, He comes to your aid. Believe in Christ whom the Father sent to quicken and restore us.'
St. Cyprian of Carthage Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on May 14, 2013, 10:31:54 PM Don't you see that Satan and his agents take possession of all inventions and all achievements of progress to convert them to evil? All the more reason to finally wake up and get to work in order to reconquer the positions taken up by the enemy.
St. Maximilian Kolbe Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 15, 2013, 03:48:00 AM 'A soul defiled by the passions becomes obdurate: it has to undergo knife and cautery before it recovers its faith.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 15, 2013, 01:24:10 PM 'I will make thee appear so poor, so vile and so abject in thine own eyes, and will so completely annihilate thee in thine own opinion, that I may be able to build up Mine own Self upon this nothingness.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Humility is honesty. Humility is clear sight. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on May 15, 2013, 03:33:17 PM We ask you, Our Lady, you who are called the Morning Star, dispel with your light the thick fog of allurements to evil which fill our souls.
St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 15, 2013, 06:14:38 PM DAILY COMMUNION
If it is "daily bread," why do you take it once a year? . . . Take daily what is to profit you daily. Live in such a way that you may deserve to receive it daily. He who does not deserve to receive it daily, does not deserve to receive it once a year. St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 16, 2013, 05:36:07 PM 'Before giving his adorable Body and his Precious Blood, Jesus washed his Apostles' feet, to make us understand how necessary it is that we should be free form even the slightest sins. It is true that venial sin does not make our Communions unworthy, but it is the reason why we hardly profit by them.
See, in fact, how you have made your communions: have you become the better for them? Perhaps not. . . Why? Because you nearly always cling to the same habits. You have a horror of gross sins which bring death to your soul; but as for all those impatiences, those murmurings, those little subterfuges in your speech, they scarcely trouble you. You will suffer nothing, and be contradicted in nothing, and you want everybody to love you and think well of you. You do not make the smallest effort to amend. Try and labour to destroy in yourself all that displeases Jesus Christ, and you will see how your Communions will make you walk with great strides on your way to heaven; and the more you do this, the more you will feel yourself detached from sin and turned to God.' St. Jean Marie Baptist Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 17, 2013, 05:01:15 PM 'Assuredly there is no one in the world who would not receive every kind of help from Heaven, if he had a truly grateful love for Jesus Christ, such as that which is shown by devotion to His Sacred Heart.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 18, 2013, 01:57:28 PM "Temptations, discouragement and unrest are the wares offered by the enemy.
Remember this: if the devil makes noise, it is a sign that he is still outside and not yet within. That which must terrify us is his peace and concord with the human soul. That which comes from Satan begins with calmness and ends in storm, indifference and apathy.” St. Pio of Pietrelcina Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 18, 2013, 09:56:55 PM 'Until you have eradicated evil, do not obey your heart; for it will seek more of what it already contains within itself.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 19, 2013, 04:02:58 PM 'There is not a finer thing on earth, than to make a virtue of necessity.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 19, 2013, 10:32:48 PM ' . . . Abba Isidore said, 'It is the wisdom of the saints to recognize the will of God. Indeed, in obeying the truth, man surpasses everything else, for he is the image and likeness of God. Of all evil suggestions, the most terrible is that of following one's own heart, that is to say, one's own thought, and not the law of God. A man who does this will be afflicted later on, because he has not recognized the mystery, and he has not found the way of the saints in order to work in it. For now is the time to labour for the Lord, for salvation is found in the day of affliction: for it is written: "By your endurance you will gain your lives."' (Luke 21.19)
- The Sayings of the Desert Fathers :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Paul on May 20, 2013, 09:20:01 AM "We must not believe or follow the false maxims of the world or think, speak or act like people of the world. Their doctrine is as opposed to that of incarnate Wisdom as darkness is to light, and death to life. Look closely at their opinions and their words: they think and speak disparagingly of all the great truths of our religion. True, they do not tell brazen lies, but they cover their falsehood with an appearance of truth; they do not think they are being untruthful, but they lie nonetheless. In general, they do not teach sin openly, but they speak of it as if it were virtuous, or blameless, or a matter of indifference and of little consequence. This guile which the devil has taught the world in order to conceal the heinousness of sin and falsehood is the wickedness spoken of by St. John when he wrote, "The whole world lies in the power of evil" (1 Jn 5.19) and now more than ever before.
We must flee as much as possible from the company of others, not only from that of worldly people, which is harmful and dangerous, but even from that of religious people when our association with them would be useless and a waste of time. Whoever wishes to become wise and perfect must put into practice these three golden counsels which eternal Wisdom gave to St. Arsenius, "Flee, hide, be silent." Flee as much as possible the company of men, as the greatest saints have done. Let your life be hidden with Christ in God. (Col 3.3) In short, be silent with others, so as to converse with divine Wisdom. "He who knows how to keep silent is a wise man." (Sir 20.5)" St. Louis de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 20, 2013, 10:15:39 AM Quote rue, they do not tell brazen lies, but they cover their falsehood with an appearance of truth; they do not think they are being untruthful, but they lie nonetheless. In general, they do not teach sin openly, but they speak of it as if it were virtuous, or blameless, or a matter of indifference and of little consequence. This guile which the devil has taught the world in order to conceal the heinousness of sin and falsehood is the wickedness spoken of by St. John when he wrote, "The whole world lies in the power of evil" (1 Jn 5.19) and now more than ever before. A very good quote! I am glad to see it. It reminds me of Julian the Apostate again, whom was so horrible one hesitates even to speak of him -- that diabolical type of the Antichrist -- he had a honeyed tongue, he could sound like a most "reasonable" politician from these times, and pretended for a time to be a Christian, then after this, he pretended to be fair minded at times in regards to treating Christians compared to other religions -- but in fact used selective enforcement of the law to attack the Christians and promote paganism. Everything he did one can see today again. For example, he envied how the Christians gave alms and took care of in hospices the sick and fed the hungry, because this caused Christianity to spread and he saw he must do the same to fight it. So he took government monies and gave them to the pagan leaders to distribute in the same way, so as to gain followers. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 21, 2013, 09:50:53 PM 'The desire for peace is certainly harbored in every breast, and there is no one who does not ardently invoke it. But to want peace without God is an absurdity, seeing that where God is absent thence too justice flies, and when justice is taken away it is vain to cherish the hope of peace. "Peace is the work of justice" (Is. xxii., 17).
There are many, We are well aware, who, in their yearning for peace, that is for the tranquillity of order, band themselves into societies and parties, which they style parties of order. Hope and labor lost. For there is but one party of order capable of restoring peace in the midst of all this turmoil, and that is the party of God. It is this party, therefore, that we must advance, and to it attract as many as possible, if we are really urged by the love of peace.' Pope St. Pius X Peace is the tranquility of order. There's deep meaning there. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 22, 2013, 04:11:09 PM "Run, Jump, Make Noise, but do not SIN."
Saint John Bosco Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on May 22, 2013, 08:35:12 PM God never deserts a man, unless He is deserted by that man first. For even if a man shall have committed grievous sins once, twice, and a third time, God still looks for him, "so that he may be converted and live".
St. Caesarius of Arles Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 23, 2013, 02:59:40 AM 'He who seeks the energies of the Spirit, before he has actively observed the commandments, is like someone who sells himself into slavery and who, as soon as he is bought, asks to be given his freedom while still keeping his purchase money.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 23, 2013, 01:47:10 PM 'The practice of the presence of God is very efficacious in leading us to contempt of worldly things.'
St. Claude de la Colombiere Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on May 23, 2013, 07:32:49 PM For the deiform soul to abandon the Creator and worship the body is an act of depravity. You were commanded to keep the body as a servant, not to be unnaturally enslaved to it's pleasures. Break the bonds of your friendship for the body and give it only what is absolutely necessary. Enclose your senses in the citadel of stillness so that they do not involve the intellect in their desires. The greatest weapons of someone striving to lead a life of inward stillness are self-control, love, prayer and spiritual reading. The intellect will go on looking for sensual pleasure until you subjugate the flesh and devote yourself to contemplation.
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 23, 2013, 11:35:35 PM Stillness is beautiful isn't it?
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 23, 2013, 11:35:46 PM 'I have noticed that when we are very careful to mortify and humble ourselves in everything, we sometimes become depressed and less ready to serve God. This is a temptation which we can conquer by thinking that God only asks these things of us through love. We should aim at humbling ourselves to please God as a good friend tries to please his friend, or a son his father. There must be no constraint but a holy liberty of spirit, for this liberty is one of the best signs of true love. It is only to do things which we know will please one whom we love.'
St. Claude de la Colombiere Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on May 24, 2013, 01:39:54 PM We are not drawn to God by iron chains, but by sweet attractions and holy inspirations.
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 24, 2013, 01:43:59 PM Good afternoon George! :D
'I know of no greater joy than to discover some weakness in myself that I did not realize before. I often taste this joy and shall always have it when God gives me his light when I am examining my conscience. I firmly believe, and in this I find joy, that God guides those who give themselves up to his leading and that he takes care of the least things that concern them.' St. Claude de la Colombiere Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on May 24, 2013, 03:10:26 PM Hi Shin, and a glorious afternoon it is, praying yours is as equally blessed.
I am curious , have you any information of Saint Rose Phillippine Duchesne, all I know is the native Americans called her "She who always prayed". Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 24, 2013, 03:22:52 PM 'I carry in my heart a great fear of spoiling things wherever I shall be, and this because of the words I think I heard in the depths of my soul: You are destined to please Me, not so much by success as by bearing failure.'
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne I don't know much about her beyond what you said, George. Perhaps someone else knows more? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on May 24, 2013, 03:27:45 PM Yes I heard she failed at most everything she set out to do, yet became a saint in the end, what an inspiration.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 24, 2013, 03:39:58 PM Yes. It makes one think of heroic perseverance and virtues associated with it.
Fortitude.. patience.. joy amidst sorrows.. resignation to God's will.. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 24, 2013, 04:32:38 PM I understand that she was a founding member of the Society of the Sacred Heart. That makes her special.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 24, 2013, 05:07:03 PM The devotion to the Sacred Heart is a special one (http://saintsworks.net/Pamphlet%20-%20The%20Twelve%20Promises%20of%20the%20Sacred%20Heart.htm)..
Every home should have an image of Our Lord's Sacred Heart in an honored place. I have seen how good it is. It's a splendid devotion, honoring Our Lord's Sacred Heart each day with prayers, and the promises of Our Lord will certainly help one's life. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on May 24, 2013, 06:20:09 PM I understand that she was a founding member of the Society of the Sacred Heart. That makes her special. Dear Odhiambo, Was she recently beatified and canonized or was she beatified and canonized before Vatican II? God bless you, Therese Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 25, 2013, 10:45:02 AM I understand that she was a founding member of the Society of the Sacred Heart. That makes her special. Dear Odhiambo, Was she recently beatified and canonized or was she beatified and canonized before Vatican II? God bless you, Therese I have Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopaedia of Saints. According this book which is my reference to anything "saint" ;D, she was beatified in 1940, well before Vatican II. the canonization was more recent, in 1988, by Pope John Paul II. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on May 25, 2013, 11:00:52 AM I understand that she was a founding member of the Society of the Sacred Heart. That makes her special. Dear Odhiambo, Was she recently beatified and canonized or was she beatified and canonized before Vatican II? God bless you, Therese I have Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopaedia of Saints. According this book which is my reference to anything "saint" ;D, she was beatified in 1940, well before Vatican II. the canonization was more recent, in 1988, by Pope John Paul II. Thanks so much, Odhiambo! :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on May 25, 2013, 11:59:57 AM I understand that she was a founding member of the Society of the Sacred Heart. That makes her special. Dear Odhiambo, Was she recently beatified and canonized or was she beatified and canonized before Vatican II? God bless you, Therese I have Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopaedia of Saints. According this book which is my reference to anything "saint" ;D, she was beatified in 1940, well before Vatican II. the canonization was more recent, in 1988, by Pope John Paul II. Thanks so much, Odhiambo! :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 26, 2013, 04:18:23 PM 'When the door of the steam baths is continually left open, the heat inside rapidly escapes through it; likewise the soul, in its desire to say many things, dissipates its remembrance of God through the door of speech, even though everything it says may be good. Thereafter the intellect, though lacking appropriate ideas, pours out a welter of confused thoughts to anyone it meets, as it no longer has the Holy Spirit to keep its understanding free from fantasy. Ideas of value always shun verbosity, being foreign to confusion and fantasy. Timely silence, then, is precious, for it is nothing less than the mother of the wisest thoughts.'
St. Diadochos of Photiki Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 28, 2013, 12:16:00 AM 'My son unless you mortify the appetite you shall never become a saint.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 28, 2013, 12:33:07 PM "If the faith is in imminent peril, prelates ought to be accused by their subjects, even in public."
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 28, 2013, 06:12:27 PM 'How God treats you depends upon how you treat your body.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on May 28, 2013, 09:55:31 PM Go to the cemetery and see what you love, when you love your body.
St. John Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 28, 2013, 11:04:48 PM "If the faith is in imminent peril, prelates ought to be accused by their subjects, even in public." St. Thomas Aquinas It takes a lot of courage for sheep to do this! Of course there're those who will always speak out at the wrong times too, to provide bad example. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 29, 2013, 08:14:30 AM 'If you wish to know what sort of revenge is lawful and holy, I will tell you what a father inflicted on the murderer of his son. The history is told by Father Gifolfi, in his life of Caesar de Consulibus, whose only son it was that was murdered. The murderer, not knowing whose it was, took shelter in the palace of Caesar himself. But Caesar knew that he was the murderer of his child, and what did he do? He received him kindly, and gave him money and a horse, that he might save his life. This is the manner in which true Christians take revenge.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 29, 2013, 05:29:48 PM Go to the cemetery and see what you love, when you love your body. St. John Vianney That's a good one haji ;D But, we are supposed to love our body and treat it with respect as it is the Temple of the Lord, are we not? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 29, 2013, 05:36:39 PM "If the faith is in imminent peril, prelates ought to be accused by their subjects, even in public." St. Thomas Aquinas It takes a lot of courage for sheep to do this! Of course there're those who will always speak out at the wrong times too, to provide bad example. Very true. I think the only one who can attempt to correct an errant clergy is either an equal or even better, one of superior rank. These people are God's anointed and we are supposed to give them all respect, deserved or not. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 29, 2013, 05:40:46 PM "The greatest obstacle in the apostolate of the Church is the timidity or rather the cowardice of the faithful."
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 29, 2013, 06:38:11 PM The Encounter That Changes Our Lives When a person truly knows Jesus Christ and believes in him, that person experiences his presence in life as well as the power of his Resurrection and cannot but communicate this experience. And if this person meets with misunderstanding or adversity, he behaves like Jesus in his Passion: he answers with love and with the power of the truth. Pope Francis Daily Thoughts: May 26, 2013 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on May 29, 2013, 06:47:59 PM Go to the cemetery and see what you love, when you love your body. St. John Vianney That's a good one haji ;D But, we are supposed to love our body and treat it with respect as it is the Temple of the Lord, are we not? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on May 29, 2013, 06:50:06 PM There is your brother, naked and crying! And you stand confused over choice of floorcovering.
St. Ambrose Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 30, 2013, 11:57:06 AM We must follow Our Lord's example!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 30, 2013, 11:59:19 AM 'The coldness you feel in prayer comes from your too great desire for sensible fervor. You must love God alone with all your heart and be ready to be satisfied with his Cross as the only sign of his love.'
St. Claude de la Colombiere Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on May 30, 2013, 03:20:05 PM Go to the cemetery and see what you love, when you love your body. St. John Vianney That's a good one haji ;D But, we are supposed to love our body and treat it with respect as it is the Temple of the Lord, are we not? I think you've got it right. ;) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 30, 2013, 07:14:07 PM Go to the cemetery and see what you love, when you love your body. St. John Vianney That's a good one haji ;D But, we are supposed to love our body and treat it with respect as it is the Temple of the Lord, are we not? I get the picture haji, thanks :thumbsup: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 30, 2013, 07:16:00 PM Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you, All things pass away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing; God alone suffices. Saint Teresa of Avila. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on May 30, 2013, 07:45:05 PM Let us desire nothing else,
let us wish for nothing else, let nothing else please us and cause us delight except our creator and redeemer and Savior, the one true God, who is the fullness of good, the true and supreme good. Let nothing hinder us, nothing separate us or nothing come between us. St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 30, 2013, 11:24:52 PM One priceless series of words after another..
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 31, 2013, 06:12:26 AM "Do not let anything afflict you, and do not be afraid of any illness, or accident, or pain.
Am I not here who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Do you need anything else?" Our Lady of Guadalupe To Juan Diego Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 31, 2013, 06:14:11 AM You're making me laugh remembering something St. Juan said to Our Lady.
I heard a sermon on the subject once. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 31, 2013, 03:13:27 PM You're making me laugh remembering something St. Juan said to Our Lady. I heard a sermon on the subject once. Yes, you posted a link to that sermon at the "Saint of the day and Feast days" thread at CAF. That priest is a really good preacher, I enjoyed the sermon. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 31, 2013, 07:51:34 PM I know I posted it here too at some point, one of the Audio Sancto sermons. :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 03, 2013, 01:39:24 PM 'The trouble into which your dissipation and distractions throw you, your sense of separation from God and all your resistance to what is good would cease if you received these painful states humbly; they are neither sins nor spiritual evils, but merely the loving chastisement of your Father, who uses this way of purifying you from all the saints of your former life. All that saddens you and makes you think you are lost will, if borne with patience, humility, and conformity to God's will, be changed into a treasure which will enrich you more in one day than would a whole year of consolations and ecstacies.'
St. Claude de la Colombiere Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 04, 2013, 08:27:29 AM What do they not see, who see Him Who sees all things?
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 04, 2013, 08:29:10 AM What do they not see, who see Him Who sees all things? Pope St. Gregory the Great The quote is in connection with COMMUNION OF SAINTS. I wonder what Pope Saint Gregory the Great meant by it. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 04, 2013, 02:56:58 PM Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul.
St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 06, 2013, 03:23:28 AM "Give generously to anyone who faithfully obeys God. If you are stingy in giving to the poor, God will be stingy in giving to You"
Tobit 4: 7 That was Tobit's advice to his son Tobias. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 06, 2013, 10:16:57 AM Yes we must be generous. . . ! :D
It's disturbing though to see how "generous" people are to support evil organizations and causes, rather than those which are truly good. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 07, 2013, 03:15:35 PM "The gate of Heaven is very low; only the humble can enter it."
St. Elisabeth Ann Seton Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 07, 2013, 03:28:55 PM Yes we must be generous. . . ! :D It's disturbing though to see how "generous" people are to support evil organizations and causes, rather than those which are truly good. That is so true Shin, only to them, they do not consider those organisations evil. It is amazing how different people are. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 07, 2013, 03:34:56 PM The power of propaganda is very strong, how few escape from it!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on June 07, 2013, 03:47:47 PM "The gate of Heaven is very low; only the humble can enter it." St. Elisabeth Ann Seton No structure of virtue can possibly be raised in our soul unless, first the foundations of true humility are laid in our heart. St. John Cassian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 10, 2013, 03:26:02 AM 'A helpful word indicates an understanding mind; a good action reveals a saint-like soul.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 10, 2013, 11:31:35 PM 'Now the food of the passions, as we have already stated many times, consists of sense-impressions. They nourish the passions by attacking the soul with a succession of mental fantasies or idols. This is why Moses put screens of latticework round the altar in the tabernacle (cf. Exod. 27:4), signifying that if we wish to keep our mind pure like a tabernacle we should do the same. Just as the lattices round the altar prevented anything unclean from entering, so we should weave a mental barrier against the senses by reflecting on the terrors of the coming judgment, and so bar the entry to unclean impressions. Ahaziah became ill because he fell from a lattice-window (cf. 2 Kgs. 1:2); and to fall from a lattice-window means to succumb to sensual pleasure because, when tempted, we did not reflect seriously about the future retribution. And what can be worse than this kind of illness?'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 11, 2013, 02:07:54 PM 'Blessed the one who meditates on death each day and destroys the base passions lurking in the hearts of the vines, for he will be consoled in the moment of separation.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 13, 2013, 07:40:40 PM 'Catch us the little foxes that destroy the vines: for our vineyard hath flourished.'
Canticle of Canticles 2:15 Any thoughts on what the foxes symbolize or mean folks? :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on June 13, 2013, 08:40:56 PM 'Catch us the little foxes that destroy the vines: for our vineyard hath flourished.' Hmm, I'm thinking insincere people, bad company?Canticle of Canticles 2:15 Any thoughts on what the foxes symbolize or mean folks? :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on June 14, 2013, 02:34:20 PM Sins?
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 16, 2013, 09:06:57 PM I really like these replies. Very thought provoking. :D
Holy Scripture always has more than one meaning too so.. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 18, 2013, 01:19:06 PM 'We must love this Sacred Heart, with all our strength and with all our capacity. Yes, we must love Him, and He will establish His empire and will reign in spite of all His enemies and their opposition.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on June 19, 2013, 12:40:47 PM The crown of salvation is won by those who persevere.
St. Francis Paola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 20, 2013, 02:47:47 PM 'What is meritorious is not that a man should be poor, but that, being poor, he should love poverty.'
St. Vincent Ferrer Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 21, 2013, 10:15:47 AM 'The Lord is hidden in His own commandments, and He is to be found there in the measure that He is sought.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on June 22, 2013, 09:58:02 AM Imitate a little child, who holds tight with one hand to his father's, while the other gathers blackberries from the wayside hedge. Even so, while you gather and use this world's goods with one hand, always let the other be secure in your Heavenly Father's hand, and look round from time to time to make sure he is satisfied with what you are doing, at home or abroad. Beware of letting his hand go, seeking to make or receive more, if God forsakes you, you will fall to the ground at the very first step.
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 22, 2013, 08:19:57 PM St. Francis de Sales is always making use of God's creation in his advice. :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on June 23, 2013, 08:06:49 PM Alas! O God! there is reason enough to be terrified, to think that one is accursed.....accursed of God! And why? For what do men expose themselves to be accursed of God? For a blasphemy, for a bad thought, for a bottle of wine, for two minutes of pleasure! For two minutes of pleasure to lose God, one's soul, heaven for ever!
St. John Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on June 24, 2013, 07:14:17 PM The more we look to Mary in our prayers, contemplation, actions and sufferings, the more perfectly we will find Jesus Christ, who is always with Mary; great, powerful, operative and incomprehensible.
St. Louis de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on June 25, 2013, 12:31:07 PM Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 26, 2013, 01:16:36 AM I was reading 'The Way of Divine Love' recently and some of the passages..
Though the Master drew her so powerfully to His Heart, He did not allow her to forget her great natural weakness. He left her the repugnances and difficulties of her character, wanted her to reproach herself with even her smallest imperfections. "Yes, I see how weak you are," He said to her that evening, when at night prayers she recalled some feelings for which she was sorry. "He told me all my failings," she wrote, "and then said: 'What are you, Josefa, after all? A mere pinch of dust that one blows away with a breath.'" From the bottom of her heart she begged his forgiveness. "You know that I always forgive you. If I tell you of your faults, this is because of My love for you, that your 'self' may dissappear and I may live in you. And now, I will change the flame in your heart and kindle it afresh to give you new vigour for the work of your own destruction." [ . . . ] Then Jesus, grasping a flame from His burning Heart, let it fall on her. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 26, 2013, 01:18:00 AM That Our Lord left her with her defects. . to bear with them, and wait upon Him, gives me more peace. .
The passages about His heart, and the dust stay with me. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: susanna on June 26, 2013, 12:58:27 PM This reminds me of my favorite from the Imitation of Christ:
But Mine eye hath spared thee, because thy soul was precious in My sight; that thou mightest know My love, and mightest always live thankful for My favors; and that thou mightest continually give thyself to true subjection and humility and bear patiently thine own contempt. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on June 27, 2013, 05:52:24 AM Among all things that are lovable, there is one that is more lovable than the rest, and the most lovable of all things is life.
St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on June 28, 2013, 03:31:25 PM The angels assist in the offering of prayers; even when one is praying alone, his prayer is joined to the choir of angels.
St. Clement of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 30, 2013, 01:43:43 AM 'We are not created for this earth. The end for which God has placed us in the world, is this, that by our good works we may merit eternal life. "The end is life everlasting."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 01, 2013, 01:07:03 PM 'We should not wish to see or do anything which could not be done in the presence of God and His creatures, and we shall thus imagine that we are always in His presence.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 01, 2013, 03:14:16 PM Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty,
my memory, my understanding, and all my will, all that I have and possess. You, Lord, have given all that to me. I now give it back to you, O Lord. All of it is yours. Dispose of it according to your will. Give me love of yourself along with your grace, for that is enough for me. St. Ignatius Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 02, 2013, 01:06:29 PM "Strive for peace with everyone, and for that holiness without which no one will see the Lord."
Hebrews 12:14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 03, 2013, 02:31:33 AM Peace and holiness, may we find it, may God give it to us..
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 05, 2013, 01:34:55 PM The castle into which Jesus entered at the moment of His incarnation was Mary, His virginal Mother. The wall which protected Mary was her virginity; The tower defending the castle, her humility.
St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 05, 2013, 07:17:20 PM St. Anthony of Padua wrote (or spoke) a good deal on how to read the spiritual meanings and symbolism of Holy Scripture.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 07, 2013, 11:20:10 PM Why then do you judge your brother? Or you, why do you look down on your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is written: "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me, and every tongue shall give praise to God." So then each of us shall give an account of himself to God.
Romans 14: 10-12 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 12, 2013, 02:32:53 AM 'As breathing is not only a sign but even a cause of life, so the name of Mary, which is constantly found on the lips of God's servants, both proves that they are truly alive, and at the same time causes and preserves their life, and gives them every succor.'
St. Germanus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 14, 2013, 04:16:39 AM 'The proof that a man does not love God and His Christ lies in the fact that He does not keep His commandments.'
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 15, 2013, 03:03:24 PM As soon as worldly people see that you wish to follow a devout life they aim a thousand darts of mockery and even detraction at you. The most malicious of them will slander your conversion as hypocrisy, bigotry, and trickery. They will say that the world has turned against you and being rebuffed by it you have turned to God. Your friends will raise a host of objections which they consider very prudent and charitable. They will tell you that you will become depressed, lose your reputation in the world, be unbearable, and grow old before your time, and that your affairs at home will suffer. You must live in the world like one in the world. They will say that you can save your soul without going to such extremes, and a thousand similar trivialities.
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 15, 2013, 03:11:15 PM It's treasure in Heaven, bearing all these for the love of God! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 16, 2013, 04:48:35 AM 'He who does not like working, feeds passions by idleness and gives his desires freedom to fly to kindred objects. This is specially evident in prayer, for then the attention of the mind is wholly absorbed in what occupies the heart, and thought merely turns over and over the suggestions offered by the stirrings of some passion, instead of conversing with God and asking Him for what profits it. Knowing this, St. Paul vigorously attacks idleness and by his Apostolic authority commands all to work. [II Thessalonians 3:6-12] Work is an anchor for thought and gives it a safe direction. Let storms and gusts of wind come from all sides, threatening shipwreck -- thought stands firm, kept steadfast by work as by an anchor; even if somewhat agitated by rising suggestions, it is not led into danger, for the bonds that hold it fast are stronger than the driving winds.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 17, 2013, 11:26:41 AM "Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus."
Mother Teresa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 18, 2013, 11:00:58 AM 'If a person thinks of embracing a secular life, he should ask and desire more evident signs that God calls him to a secular life than if there were question of embracing the evangelical counsels; for Our Lord Himself has clearly exhorted us to embrace His counsels.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 18, 2013, 04:17:55 PM "Compassion is preferable to cleanliness. Reflect that with a little soap I can easily clean my bed covers, but even with a torrent of tears I would never wash from my soul the stain that my harshness toward the unfortunate would create." Saint Martin de Porres Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 19, 2013, 01:51:22 AM The soap of compassion? :)
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 20, 2013, 02:53:45 PM What we need most in order to make progress is to be silent before this great God with our appetite and with our tongue, for the language he best hears is silent love.
St John of the Cross. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 20, 2013, 02:54:23 PM “In some causes silence is dangerous.”
Saint Ambrose Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 20, 2013, 04:55:45 PM “In some causes silence is dangerous.” Saint Ambrose I tried to find the source of that one and found one reference saying: "'In some causes silence is dangerous; so if any know of conspiracies against their country or king, or any that might greatly prejudice their neighbor, they ought to discover it.' - Attributed to St. Ambrose. Unverified" Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 21, 2013, 05:37:39 AM 'Where there is no love, put love and you will find love.'
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 21, 2013, 08:55:33 AM "Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself.
Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them" Mother Teresa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 22, 2013, 03:09:05 AM He cannot have God as his Father who does not have the church for his Mother.
Saint Cyprian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 22, 2013, 04:51:48 AM He cannot have God as his Father who does not have the church for his Mother. Saint Cyprian St. Cyprian pray for us! :D 'Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which thou hast sanctified.' Psalm 131:8 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Poche on July 22, 2013, 05:05:10 AM Four resolutions of St Dominic Savio;
1. I will go to Confession and Communion as often as my confessor will allow. 2. I will sanctify Sundays and holy days in a special way. 3. Jesus and Mary will be my friends. 4. Death but not sin. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 22, 2013, 07:37:09 AM Four resolutions to keep!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 23, 2013, 04:23:44 AM 'Although we have received the power to become the children of God (cf. John 1:12), we do not actually attain this sonship unless we strip ourselves of the passions.
Let no one think that he has actually become a child of God if he has not yet acquired divine qualities.' St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 23, 2013, 09:12:32 AM An unjust law is no law at all.
Saint Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 24, 2013, 08:06:33 AM "It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels"
Saint Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 24, 2013, 10:43:05 AM 'Let go of a small part of your righteousness and in a few days you will be at peace.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 25, 2013, 05:59:59 AM " Beside each believer stands an angel as a protector and shepherd leading him to life"
Saint Basil the Great. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 25, 2013, 12:18:17 PM Thank you for the reminder odhiambo! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on July 25, 2013, 03:02:43 PM That's good to remember!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 25, 2013, 10:04:30 PM The Lord of angels secures life and peace through His angels for those who are worthy.
St. Gregory of Nyssa The angels are our guardians who free us when hindered, and help bring us home. St. Thomas Aquinas When tempted invoke your angel. He is more eager to help you than you are to be helped! Ignore the devil and do not be afraid of him: He trembles and flees at the sight of your guardian angel. St. John Bosco Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 26, 2013, 10:36:10 AM I must remember to ask for help more often! ;D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 26, 2013, 12:06:40 PM “We must remember God more often than we draw breath.”
Saint Gregory of Nazianzus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 26, 2013, 12:35:33 PM This makes me think of breathing prayers. :D
But even more! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 27, 2013, 04:03:30 PM "only Christ is the true priest, the
others being only his ministers" St Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 27, 2013, 04:17:56 PM This makes me think of how only God is good.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 27, 2013, 08:44:49 PM Among the angels, some are set in charge of nations; others are companions of the faithful.
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 28, 2013, 06:56:51 PM Yes.. nations.. faithful.. and inbetween...
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 29, 2013, 03:08:33 PM “The New Testament lies hidden in the Old Testament and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New Testament"
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 29, 2013, 03:09:40 PM As Christians we must love the Old Testament! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on July 29, 2013, 03:16:21 PM Why did you suffer for me, dear Jesus? For love! The nails.....The crown.....The cross.....All for the love of me! For You I sacrifice everything willingly. I offer You my body with all it's weaknesses, and my soul with all it's love.
St. Gemma Galgani Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 29, 2013, 04:56:36 PM 'When we are compelled by our conscience to accomplish all the commandments of God, then we shall understand that the law of the Lord is faultless (cf. Ps. 19:8. LXX). It is performed through our good actions, but cannot be perfected by men without God's mercy.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on July 30, 2013, 03:38:56 PM "It is best to learn to silence the faculties and to cause them to be still, so that God may speak"
St John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 30, 2013, 10:02:12 PM Blessed silence.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 01, 2013, 11:36:55 AM 'I am fit only to check the flow of God's mercy, be assured of it! To speak truly, I am only a compound of all misery, powerless for good and most unworthy of God's graces.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 01, 2013, 06:29:27 PM "Do not swear whether by the Creator, or any creature, except truthfully, of necessity, and with reverence" Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 01, 2013, 07:18:49 PM Something to remember about good Christian conversation. :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 01, 2013, 07:35:07 PM 'If you wish to be pleasing to God and happy here below, be in all things united to His will.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 02, 2013, 02:39:42 PM Lord Jesus Christ, pierce my soul with your love so that I may always long for you alone,
who are the bread of angels and the fulfillment of the souls deepest desires. May my heart always hunger for you, so that my soul may be filled with the sweetness of your presence. St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 02, 2013, 03:50:22 PM Act of Humility
O divine Lord, how shall I dare to approach you, I who have so often offended you? No, Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof; but speak only the word and my soul shall be healed. Amen. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 03, 2013, 07:00:49 PM 'When you sit down to eat, pray. When you eat bread, do so thanking Him for being so generous to you. If you drink wine, be mindful of Him who has given it to you for your pleasure and as a relief in sickness. When you dress, thank Him for His kindness in providing you with clothes. When you look at the sky and the beauty of the stars, throw yourself at God's feet and adore Him who in His wisdom has arranged things in this way. Similarly, when the sun goes down and when it rises, when you are asleep or awake, give thanks to God, who created and arranged all things for your benefit, to have you know, love and praise their Creator.'
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 05, 2013, 02:24:32 AM 'God does not forsake you. It is because he wishes to increase your glory that oftentimes he permits you to fall sick. Keep up your courage so that you may also hear him say: "Do you think I have dealt with you otherwise than that you may be shown to be just?"'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 06, 2013, 06:04:10 AM "Give me souls, Take away the rest."
Saint John Bosco Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 07, 2013, 03:03:59 AM Simple and plain.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 08, 2013, 02:22:12 PM The Holy Spirit longs to find the gates to our heart, so that He may enter in and dwell there, and sanctify it; and He goes round about to all the gates to see where He may enter.
St. Ephraem the Syrian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 08, 2013, 02:34:25 PM If only we keep our souls in a state of grace, through perfect contrition, confession, and acts of love..
And then keep our intentions pure.. by repeatedly making the true intention of our every action be for the love of God, for charity, and free of sin.. then we can truly do good.. 'Every vice leads in the end to forbidden pleasure; and every virtue to spiritual blessing. Each arouses what is akin to it.' St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 08, 2013, 03:52:05 PM "A man who governs his passions is master of the world.
We must either command them, or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil" St Dominic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Poche on August 09, 2013, 04:45:02 AM "Where there is no room for the poor, neither is there room for me." St Maria Candida de Jesus.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 10, 2013, 06:47:40 AM "If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes."
St. Clement of Alexandra Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 10, 2013, 04:19:23 PM 'The soul's strength is its firm state of virtue; on reaching such a state one may say with the invincible apostle Paul; 'What can separate us from the love of Christ?' (Rom. 8:35).'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 12, 2013, 09:30:24 PM In prayer one must hold fast and never let go.....If it seems that no one is listening to you, then cry out even louder. If you are driven out of one door, go back in by the other.
St. Jeanne de Chantal Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 13, 2013, 12:15:04 AM I have to hold onto that one George! ;D Thank you!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 13, 2013, 02:10:24 PM I have to hold onto that one George! ;D Thank you! Yes, as soon as I read it I loved it. The wisdom of a saint. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 14, 2013, 12:45:51 PM "For I had many friends who helped me to fall;
but, when it came to rising again, I found myself so completely alone that I marvel now that I did not remain where I was, and I praise the mercy of God, Who alone gave me His hand. May He be blessed for ever. Amen." Excerpts from St. Teresa of Avila, Autobiography CHAPTER VII Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on August 14, 2013, 02:16:30 PM God giving us His Hand - what a relaxing thought.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 14, 2013, 08:40:40 PM Yes just the encouragement I need right now. :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 14, 2013, 11:00:56 PM Yes it is a great consolation, the Lord holding our hand.
Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. Psalm 139:7-10 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 15, 2013, 03:43:46 AM "The enemy is glad to make you lose time
when he cannot make you lose eternity." Saint Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 15, 2013, 03:47:09 AM Saint Francis is urging us not to waste even a minute of our time on earth.
Life is all too short, no matter how long we live it! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 15, 2013, 03:58:33 AM "And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed" Romans 13:11 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 15, 2013, 04:08:12 AM Calls to awaken always motivate me.
I am the slow and phlegmatic type, it seems, and so I need to hear a Reveille. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 16, 2013, 12:52:11 PM “The world's thy ship and not thy home.”
St. Thérèse de Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on August 16, 2013, 02:18:51 PM What a good metaphor!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 16, 2013, 02:38:41 PM If we patiently accept through love all that God allows to happen, then we will begin to taste even here on earth something of the delights the saints experience in heaven. But for this we must serve God willingly and lovingly, seeking to obey the Divine Will rather than follow our own inclinations and desires. For the perfection of love demands that we desire for ourselves only whatever God wills. Let us implore the good God unceasingly to grant us this grace.
St. Jeanne de Chantal Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 17, 2013, 05:19:27 AM "May you be content knowing you are a child of God"
St. Thérèse de Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 18, 2013, 10:36:09 AM “ About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they are just one thing,
and we should not complicate the matter.” St. Joan of Arc Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 19, 2013, 01:31:43 PM 'The reason why sometimes you have asked and not received, is because you have asked amiss, either inconsistently, or lightly, or because you have asked for what was not good for you, or because you have ceased asking.'
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 19, 2013, 01:32:36 PM 'The reason why sometimes you have asked and not received, is because you have asked amiss, either inconsistently, or lightly, or because you have asked for what was not good for you, or because you have ceased asking.' St. Basil the Great I must always remember this. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on August 19, 2013, 02:53:04 PM I wonder what is the way to know when you should quit asking ('cause the answer is "no"). St. Paul says it is three times.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on August 19, 2013, 09:39:52 PM I wonder what is the way to know when you should quit asking ('cause the answer is "no"). St. Paul says it is three times. We are to persist, for as long as it takes. St. Monica prayed for 16 whole years for her son's conversion, and finally had her prayer answered by Our Lord. I'd like to know the Bible passage of St. Paul that you are referring to, Brigid. God bless you. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 20, 2013, 12:52:21 PM I wonder what is the way to know when you should quit asking ('cause the answer is "no"). St. Paul says it is three times. We are to persist, for as long as it takes. St. Monica prayed for 16 whole years for her son's conversion, and finally had her prayer answered by Our Lord. I'd like to know the Bible passage of St. Paul that you are referring to, Brigid. God bless you. I agree. The parable of the widow and the unrighteous judge, Luke 18:1-8, encourages us to persevere in prayer. We are to petition God tirelessly for our needs. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on August 20, 2013, 02:36:10 PM I wonder what is the way to know when you should quit asking ('cause the answer is "no"). St. Paul says it is three times. We are to persist, for as long as it takes. St. Monica prayed for 16 whole years for her son's conversion, and finally had her prayer answered by Our Lord. I'd like to know the Bible passage of St. Paul that you are referring to, Brigid. God bless you. It is the passage by St. Paul that speaks of praying for the removal of the thorn from him - prayed three times he said. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on August 21, 2013, 06:13:02 AM Dear Brigid,
Thanks for your response. :) But did not St. Paul receive an answer to his prayer after asking 3 times? Did not Our Lord clearly respond that His grace is sufficient for him? If Our Lord did not answer St. Paul after the 3 times he made his petition, he could have gone on indefinitely asking Our Lord for the thorn to be removed from his side, that is, until Our Lord answered him. Why is this so? because St. Paul knows the value of asking persistently for things, like the persistent woman Jesus talks about in the parable. Spiritual writers on prayer have all stressed the importance of persistence in prayer and St. Monica and St. Augustine is a good example of its fruits. God bless you. Yours in Jesus, through Mary, Therese Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 21, 2013, 07:06:34 PM 'God created the fish dumb because they are to live in the waters. By this He teaches us that he who lives amid the tempests of this world ought to be mute, as if he had no tongue, never complaining or justifying himself.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 22, 2013, 01:37:30 PM 'If you have not yet received the gift of prayer or psalmody, ask persistently, and you will receive.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 22, 2013, 01:40:05 PM "It is necessary to guard all your senses, particularly your eyes.
They are the means by which all the fascination and charm of beauty and voluptuousness enter the heart. When fashion, as in our time, is towards provocation and exposes what formerly was even wrong to think about, caution and self restraint must be exercised. Whenever necessary, you must look without seeing and see without thinking about it." St. Padre Pio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 24, 2013, 08:09:28 AM 'What does it profit a man to gain the universe if he loses his soul? A terrible thought, but profoundly true! As Saint Ignatius said: How insignificant earth seems to me when I consider Heaven.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 24, 2013, 12:43:59 PM Vanity of vanities.. all is vanity...
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 25, 2013, 10:22:58 AM "I wealthiest am when richest in remorse."
St. Robert Southwell Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 25, 2013, 10:42:48 AM It makes one think of how it's quite a wealth of grace to have that good remorse of God..
Beautiful to see.. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 25, 2013, 03:27:08 PM 'He who wishes to purify his faults purifies them with tears and he who wishes to acquire virtues, acquires them with tears.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 26, 2013, 07:19:33 AM It makes one think of how it's quite a wealth of grace to have that good remorse of God.. Beautiful to see.. Yes, I take the quote to mean that the more remorseful I am for my sins, etc, the more "wealth" I stack up for myself in heaven. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 26, 2013, 10:56:59 AM It's good to hear.. thank you odhiabmo..
It's good to remember the Desert Fathers and the Gift of Tears (http://saintsworks.net/forums/index.php?topic=987.msg10845#msg10845).. 'Abba Isaac related the following: "One one occasion I was sitting near Abba Poimen and I saw him fall into ecstasy and lamentation. Since I had boldness before him, I made a prostration to him and implored him saying: "Tell me, where were you?" When I pressed him, he replied, "In my mind, I was beside the Cross of the Savior, where the Holy Theotokos Mary stood and wept, and I wished that I could always weep that way (as did the Theotokos for her Crucified Son)."' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 27, 2013, 01:42:07 PM 'Everything is the Father's will: homeland, fortune, happiness, work, food, life, Jesus' death. Let His will be mine.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 27, 2013, 03:18:48 PM "It occurred to me that Our Lord loves to hear the prayers of the little as much as the great, the poor as much as the rich and that He gives Himself to each of us without distinction."
Saint Bernadette in a letter to Pope Pius IX He who serves God willingly is heard; his petition reaches the heavens. The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds; it does not rest till it reaches it's goal nor will it withdraw till the Most High responds, judges justly and affirms the right. Sirach 35:16-18 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 27, 2013, 03:22:49 PM Everything is the Father's will.
:D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 28, 2013, 10:20:34 AM 'Turn away thy face from a woman dressed up, and gaze not about upon another's beauty.'
Ecclesiasticus 9:8 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 28, 2013, 04:08:05 PM . . . another's beauty. . .
In fact gaze not too much upon your own self too in the mirror I am thinking! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 28, 2013, 04:08:25 PM 'As to temptations, some are mastered by flying from them, some by resisting them, and some by despising them.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 29, 2013, 06:28:04 AM . . . another's beauty. . . In fact gaze not too much upon your own self too in the mirror I am thinking! True, “Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?”, mentality. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 29, 2013, 06:34:34 AM 'Assuredly there is no one in the world who would not receive every kind of help from Heaven, if he had a truly grateful love for Jesus Christ, such as that which is shown by devotion to His Sacred Heart.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 30, 2013, 02:54:50 AM We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
Saint Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on August 30, 2013, 08:06:55 PM So our Lord's sheep will finally reach their grazing ground where all who follow Him in simplicity of heart will feed on the green pastures of eternity. These pastures are the spiritual joys of heaven. There the elect look upon the face of God with unclouded vision and feast at the banquet of life for ever more.
Pope St. Gregory the Great (excerpt of a homily) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 31, 2013, 08:46:33 AM 'Nor can it be doubted, that it is more consonant with the order of nature that men should bear rule over women, than women over men. It is with this principle in view that the apostle says, "The head of the woman is the man;" and, "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands." So also the Apostle Peter writes: "Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord."'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 31, 2013, 09:09:37 AM 'Blessed is the mind which, during prayer, is insensible to all things.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 01, 2013, 03:44:19 AM With simplicity of heart. . .
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 01, 2013, 06:24:01 AM 'Since the light of spiritual knowledge is the intellect's life, and since this light is engendered by love for God, it is rightly said that nothing is greater than divine love (cf. 1 Cor. 13:13).'
St. Maximos the Confessor :flower: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 01, 2013, 07:09:25 AM "He who walking on the sea could calm the bitter waves,
who gives life to the dying seeds of the earth; he who was able to loose the mortal chains of death, and after three days' darkness could bring again to the upper world the brother for his sister Martha: he, I believe, will make Damasus rise again from the dust" St. Damasus (from an epitaph written for himself) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 02, 2013, 01:18:47 PM "To love God is something greater than to know Him"
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 03, 2013, 01:20:33 PM 'Prayer without fervor has not sufficient strength to rise to heaven.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 04, 2013, 11:23:22 AM 'The air that we breathe, the bread that we eat, the heart which throbs in our bosoms, are not more necessary for man that he may live as a human being, than is prayer for the Christian that he may live as a Christian.'
St. Jean Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 05, 2013, 01:12:58 PM " When you read, it is God who is speaking to you.
When you pray, it is you speaking to Him. May your reading lead you to pray and your prayer to read." Saint Jerome (According to my prayer book) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 06, 2013, 03:16:55 AM Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer.
Romans 12:12 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 06, 2013, 03:27:53 AM Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer. Romans 12:12 I truly sums up how to handle what one comes across in life, no? Rejoice in hope.. endure in affliction.. persevere in prayer.. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 06, 2013, 11:27:13 AM "My daughter, I see more Pharisees among Christians than there were around Pilate"
St. Margaret of Cortona Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 07, 2013, 05:44:38 AM "Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you.
Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs. Saint Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 07, 2013, 05:52:20 AM "Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs. Saint Francis de Sales Today I "talked" to my Guardian Angel, when I was reciting the written prayer to one's guardian angel. I had long ago resolved to be friends with him but somehow I tend to forget him except for reciting the short prayer found in our prayer books. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 07, 2013, 09:16:09 AM I always benefit when I pray for help from my guardian angel(s).. I wonder why I do not ask for help more often too. . .
Let's pray to remember! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 07, 2013, 11:26:28 AM I too rely on my Guardian Angel, I often ask him to carry my prayers to heaven
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on September 07, 2013, 12:33:31 PM Read the St Francis Sales quote out aloud to my children. O:) We do take our guardian angels for granted
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 08, 2013, 07:22:17 AM We have all the help we need and more to make it to heaven.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 08, 2013, 08:36:59 AM I found this quote in a book I am reading about prayer. I have tried to find it on line but was not successful. I hope that someone here is familiar with it. It made me laugh that is why I want to reproduce it. It is not your regular sounding quote either. I think the saint is talking about Eucharistic Adoration.
Here it is: " When we feel that God is looking at us and is listening, it is good to remain quiet and listen to Him. But otherwise we cannot just sit there like idiots doing nothing." Saint Teresa of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 08, 2013, 08:37:48 AM The 'idiot' bit made me laugh. :)
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 09, 2013, 11:13:23 AM It makes me laugh too. :D
'Let no one wear a mask, otherwise he will do ill; and if he has one, let him burn it.' St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 09, 2013, 12:03:03 PM 'Let no one wear a mask, otherwise he will do ill; and if he has one, let him burn it.' St. Philip Neri Mask? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 09, 2013, 12:19:49 PM It makes me think of the Internet too!
But normally one would think of carnivals and mardi gras! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 09, 2013, 12:30:32 PM No one can be ready for the next life unless he trains himself for it now.
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on September 09, 2013, 12:44:27 PM Ohh I thought he was talking about showing a fake front (hypocrisy) when he said mask. :o
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 09, 2013, 01:08:01 PM That's a good thought Patricia! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 09, 2013, 01:18:32 PM For all I know that was the deeper and true meaning of it! ;D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 09, 2013, 01:23:43 PM Thank you both.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 10, 2013, 05:01:56 AM 'Salvation is necessary, because there is no middle way - we must either be saved or lost. It will not do to say: I shall be satisfied with not going to hell; I shall not be concerned at being deprived of heaven. No; either heaven or hell; either forever happy with God in heaven in an ocean of delights, or forever trampled upon by devils in hell in an ocean of fire and torments: either saved, or lost; there is no alternative.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 10, 2013, 05:03:08 AM 'Salvation is necessary, because there is no middle way - we must either be saved or lost. It will not do to say: I shall be satisfied with not going to hell; I shall not be concerned at being deprived of heaven. No; either heaven or hell; either forever happy with God in heaven in an ocean of delights, or forever trampled upon by devils in hell in an ocean of fire and torments: either saved, or lost; there is no alternative.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Stark indeed! Gives me the shivers! Lord have mercy on us! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 11, 2013, 03:10:43 AM It's like a towering white stone cliff..
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 11, 2013, 03:10:54 AM 'For oftentimes by reason of their own sins the tongue of preachers is tied, oftentimes on the other hand it is because of the sins of their people that the gift of eloquence is withheld from pastors. By reason of their own sins the tongue of preachers is tied, according to the words of the Psalmist, "But to the sinner God hath said, Why dost thou declare My justices?" (Ps. xlix. 16.) And again, the voice of preachers is hindered because of the sins of the people, according to the words of the Lord to Ezechiel: "I will make thy tongue stick fast to the roof of thy mouth, and thou shalt be dumb, and not as a man that reproveth, because they are a provoking house" (Ezec. iii. 26).
As though He said expressly: The gift of eloquence is withdrawn from thee, because while the people offend Me by their sins they are not worthy to have the truth preached to them. Through whose fault it is that speech is with drawn from the preacher is no easy matter to decide. But that the silence of the pastor is hurtful to himself sometimes, and to his flock at all times, is beyond all doubt. But if we cannot preach as efficiently as we ought, would that by innocence of life we held the rank that befits our office. For the Gospel adds, "Behold I send you as lambs among wolves."' Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 12, 2013, 02:53:35 AM "I myself have read the writings and teachings of the heretics, polluting my soul for a while with their abominable notions, though deriving this benefit: I was able to refute them for myself and loathe them even more.”
Eusebius of Caesarea. The Church History Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 16, 2013, 04:03:37 AM "Never forget that it is at the beginning of each day that God has the necessary grace for the day ready for us.
He knows exactly what opportunities we shall have to sin...and will give us everything we need if we ask him then. That is why the Devil does all he can to prevent us from saying our Morning Prayers or to make us say them badly." The Cure' of Ars, St. Jean Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 16, 2013, 04:35:34 AM "We are born to love, we live to love and we will die to love still more"
St. Joseph Cafasso Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 16, 2013, 12:19:26 PM "Never forget that it is at the beginning of each day that God has the necessary grace for the day ready for us. He knows exactly what opportunities we shall have to sin...and will give us everything we need if we ask him then. That is why the Devil does all he can to prevent us from saying our Morning Prayers or to make us say them badly." The Cure' of Ars, St. Jean Vianney It makes me think of how one has to keep a pure intention and be ready to do things differently to improve one's habits!! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 17, 2013, 07:24:43 AM Nothing is anything more to me;
everything is nothing to me, but Jesus: neither things nor persons, neither ideas nor emotions, neither honor nor sufferings. Jesus is for me honor, delight, heart and soul. Saint Bernadette Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 18, 2013, 12:45:27 PM “No one heals himself by wounding another.” Saint Ambrose Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 18, 2013, 12:48:52 PM There's one to think about.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 18, 2013, 01:02:17 PM There goes "lex talionis" out the window.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 18, 2013, 01:33:34 PM All living creatures are sparks from the radiation of God's brilliance, and these sparks emerge from God like the rays of the sun. If God did not give off these sparks, how would the divine flame become fully visible?
St. Hildegard of Bingen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 18, 2013, 04:05:10 PM Well now, justice is still justice.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 19, 2013, 08:12:45 AM “A spoonful of honey attracts more flies than a barrelful of vinegar.”
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 20, 2013, 12:51:58 AM Honey truly is marvelous stuff isn't it?
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 20, 2013, 03:00:10 AM Honey truly is marvelous stuff isn't it? Compared to vinegar it certainly is; both have heir uses though. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 20, 2013, 05:17:04 AM "And we know that the eunuch who was reading Isaiah the prophet,
and did not understand what he read, was not sent by the Apostle to an angel, nor was it an angel who explained to him what he did not understand, nor was he inwardly illuminated by the grace of God without the interposition of man; on the contrary, at the suggestion of God, Philip, who did understand the prophet, came to him, and sat with him, and in human words, and with a human tongue, opened to him the Scriptures." St. Augustine of Hippo ("On Christian Doctrine") Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 20, 2013, 05:54:14 AM "And we know that the eunuch who was reading Isaiah the prophet, and did not understand what he read, was not sent by the Apostle to an angel, nor was it an angel who explained to him what he did not understand, nor was he inwardly illuminated by the grace of God without the interposition of man; on the contrary, at the suggestion of God, Philip, who did understand the prophet, came to him, and sat with him, and in human words, and with a human tongue, opened to him the Scriptures." St. Augustine of Hippo ("On Christian Doctrine") One can read the Bible and not understand it. This is where those who advocate for private interpretation of the Bible, missed the boat. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 20, 2013, 06:50:05 PM "And we know that the eunuch who was reading Isaiah the prophet, and did not understand what he read, was not sent by the Apostle to an angel, nor was it an angel who explained to him what he did not understand, nor was he inwardly illuminated by the grace of God without the interposition of man; on the contrary, at the suggestion of God, Philip, who did understand the prophet, came to him, and sat with him, and in human words, and with a human tongue, opened to him the Scriptures." St. Augustine of Hippo ("On Christian Doctrine") One can read the Bible and not understand it. This is where those who advocate for private interpretation of the Bible, missed the boat. How true. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 21, 2013, 04:16:53 AM Honey truly is marvelous stuff isn't it? Compared to vinegar it certainly is; both have heir uses though. I was just thinking the same thing! Vinegar is great for cleaning.. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 21, 2013, 12:39:41 PM "To be pleased at correction and reproofs shows that one loves the virtues which are contrary to those faults for which he is corrected and reproved. And, therefore, it is a great sign of advancement in perfection."
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 22, 2013, 08:09:05 AM "You will not see anyone who is really striving after his advancement who is not given to spiritual reading. And as to him who neglects it, the fact will soon be observed by his progress"
St. Athanasius Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 22, 2013, 01:56:41 PM It is a particularly fitting and encouraging quote for this family here!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 23, 2013, 02:08:11 PM 'To obtain the protection of our Blessed Lady in our most urgent wants, it is very useful to say sixty-three times, after the fashion of a Rosary, "Virgin Mary, Mother of God, pray to Jesus for me."'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 23, 2013, 03:19:44 PM 'To obtain the protection of our Blessed Lady in our most urgent wants, it is very useful to say sixty-three times, after the fashion of a Rosary, "Virgin Mary, Mother of God, pray to Jesus for me."' St. Philip Neri I am very interested to know more. This is not just a quote, it is a prayer. Why 63? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 23, 2013, 03:21:25 PM “An angel fell from Heaven without any other passion except pride, and so we may ask whether it is possible to ascend to Heaven by humility alone, without any other of the virtues.”
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Brigid on September 23, 2013, 03:35:41 PM Yeah, I wonder why 63 also!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 23, 2013, 05:18:55 PM 'To obtain the protection of our Blessed Lady in our most urgent wants, it is very useful to say sixty-three times, after the fashion of a Rosary, "Virgin Mary, Mother of God, pray to Jesus for me."' St. Philip Neri I am very interested to know more. This is not just a quote, it is a prayer. Why 63? I wish I knew! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 23, 2013, 07:26:03 PM The Mother of God contained the infinite God under her heart, the God whom no space can contain. Through her, the Trinity is adored, demons are vanquished, Satan is cast out of heaven, and our fallen nature is assumed into heaven.
St. Cyril of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 24, 2013, 02:54:50 PM "There is still time for endurance, time for patience, time for healing, time for change. Have you slipped? Rise up. Have you sinned? Cease. Do not stand among sinners, but leap aside"
St Basil Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 25, 2013, 02:08:59 PM “A servant of the Lord is he who in body stands before men, but in mind knocks at Heaven with prayer.”
St. John Climacus. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 25, 2013, 04:46:19 PM Arise, bless the Lord, your God, from eternity to eternity!
Nehemiah 9:5 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on September 26, 2013, 01:46:25 PM The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; whom should I dread? When those who do evil draw near to devour my flesh, it is they, my enemies and foes, who stumble and fall. Though an army encamp against me, my heart would not fear. Though a war break out against me, even then I would trust. There is one thing I ask of the Lord, only this do I seek: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord, to inquire at his temple Psalm 27:1-4 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 26, 2013, 02:09:51 PM "Keep close to the Catholic Church at all times, for the Church alone can give you true peace, since she alone possesses Jesus, the true Prince of Peace, in the Blessed Sacrament." Padre Pio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 27, 2013, 08:46:22 AM “Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved – do not despair.
One was not – do not presume.” St.Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 28, 2013, 11:40:48 AM 'One man speaks the truth and is hated for it by the foolish; another speaks hypocritically and for this reason is loved. But in both cases their reward is not long delayed, for at the appropriate moment the Lord renders to each his due.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 28, 2013, 12:05:18 PM "When you awake in the morning, let your first act be to salute My Heart,
and to offer Me your own.... Whoever shall breathe a sigh toward Me from the bottom of his heart when he awakes in the morning and shall ask Me to work all his works in him throughout the day, will draw Me to him ... For never does a man breathes a sigh of longing aspiration toward Me without drawing Me nearer to him than I was before." Our Lord to Saint Mechtilde (1298) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 28, 2013, 12:13:30 PM "When you awake in the morning, let your first act be to salute My Heart, and to offer Me your own.... Whoever shall breathe a sigh toward Me from the bottom of his heart when he awakes in the morning and shall ask Me to work all his works in him throughout the day, will draw Me to him ... For never does a man breathes a sigh of longing aspiration toward Me without drawing Me nearer to him than I was before." Our Lord to Saint Mechtilde (1298) O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee, Whatever may befall me, Lord, though dark the hour may be; In all my woes, in all my joys, though naught but grief I see, O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee! I believe this is one way to " salute" the Lord's Heart, first thing in the morning? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 28, 2013, 07:50:20 PM I think so! ;D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 29, 2013, 10:20:34 AM 'Accept present afflictions for the sake of future blessings; then you will never weaken in your struggle.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 01, 2013, 01:41:49 AM Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.
Saint Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 01, 2013, 03:10:13 AM How important holiness is!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 01, 2013, 03:19:04 AM How important holiness is! The first step towards holiness is to really long to be holy. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 01, 2013, 04:41:41 AM 'If you pray truly, you will receive assurances of many things, and angels will come to you as they came to Daniel, and will enlighten you with understanding of causes, the wherefore of all things.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 02, 2013, 06:19:17 AM "It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce"
St. Francis De Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 02, 2013, 06:25:36 AM 'That sincerity that is not charitable, springs from a charity that is not sincere.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 02, 2013, 06:32:30 AM 'That sincerity that is not charitable, springs from a charity that is not sincere.' St. Francis de Sales Very poetic and very true :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 02, 2013, 06:33:45 AM The two quotes go together! ;D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 02, 2013, 06:57:01 AM They do indeed. If all the saints lived together, they would all get along very well. They all think alike.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 02, 2013, 06:58:08 AM They do indeed. If all the saints lived together, they would all get along very well. They all think alike. In spiritual matters, that is. :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 02, 2013, 06:59:51 AM This reminds me of a quote about Heaven. ;D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 02, 2013, 07:03:21 AM 'No one will have any other desire in heaven than what God wills; and the desire of one will be the desire of all; and the desire of all and of each one will also be the desire of God.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 02, 2013, 07:14:38 AM Sounds like paradise :)
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 03, 2013, 02:17:36 AM "I am innocent and I die innocent. I forgive with all my heart those responsible for my death, and I ask God that the shedding of my blood serves toward the peace of our divided Mexico."
Saint Cristobal just before his executioners fired Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 04, 2013, 08:11:44 AM St. Francis of Assisi once said to his companion, that he was going out to preach. After walking through the town, with his eyes fixed on the ground, he returned to the convent. His companion asked him when he would preach the sermon. We have, replied the saint, by the modesty of our looks, given an excellent instruction to all who saw us. It is related of St. Aloysius, that when he walked through Rome the students would stand in the streets to observe and admire his great modesty.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 04, 2013, 09:29:44 AM "The servants of God...whether provoked by word or work, by keeping themselves tranquil and peaceful, evince a perfect nobleness of soul.”
Saint Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 05, 2013, 01:31:51 AM "When you feel the assaults of passion and anger, then is the time to be silent as Jesus was silent in the midst of His ignominies and sufferings.
O holy silence, rich in great virtues! O holy silence, which is a key of gold, keeping in safety the great treasure of holy virtues!” St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on October 05, 2013, 07:58:42 AM Oh my Jesus, each of your saints reflects one of your virtues; I desire to reflect your compassionate heart, full of mercy. Let your mercy, O Jesus, be impressed on my heart and soul like a seal, and this will be my badge in this and the future life.
St. Mary Faustina Kowalska Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 05, 2013, 03:43:45 PM 'It suffices not to perform good works; we must do them well, in imitation of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom it is written, "He doeth all things well."'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on October 06, 2013, 01:58:59 AM We are not called upon to do all the good possible, but only that which we can do.
St. Theodore Guerin Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 06, 2013, 08:12:51 AM 'The Lord created all mortals in the light, offering the supreme joys of heaven according to their merits.
Blessed is the one who without straying directs his soul toward those heights and is vigilant to preserve himself from all evil. Blessed again is the one who repents after sinning and often weeps because of his fault. Alas! People live as though death did not follow life, as if hell were only an unfounded fable, though burning embrace. Mortals, have a care that you live, all of you, in such a way that you do not have to fear the lake of hell.' St. Bruno Happy St. Bruno's day to everyone. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 06, 2013, 12:12:32 PM "God dwells in our midst, in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar."
St. Maximilian Kolbe Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 07, 2013, 02:58:17 AM But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 08, 2013, 06:53:37 AM I cannot sufficiently be astonished that such is the insanity of some men,
such the impiety of their blinded understanding, such, finally, their lust after error, that they will not be content with the rule of faith delivered once and for all from antiquity, but must daily seek after something new, and even newer still, and are always longing to add something to religion, or to change it, or to subtract from it! St. Vincent of Lerins Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 08, 2013, 08:27:16 PM I feel the same way!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 09, 2013, 09:42:30 AM "For One in such a lofty position to stoop so low is a marvel that is staggering.
What sublime humility and humble sublimeness, that the Lord of the Universe, the Divine Son of God, should stoop as to hide Himself under the appearance of bread for our salvation! Behold the humble way of God, my brothers. Therefore, do not hold yourselves to be anything of yourselves, so that you may be entirely acceptable to One Who gives Himself entirely to you." St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 10, 2013, 11:09:37 AM 'I must own that I have never before so fully realized God's goodness to me, for notwithstanding my great misery He does not forsake me. Therefore my only refuge is His adorable Heart Which is ever my surety and my defence.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 11, 2013, 02:48:58 AM “ Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies .”
Saint Ambrose Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 12, 2013, 06:45:38 AM "Humility is the only thing that no devil can imitate"
St John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 12, 2013, 07:48:45 PM 'Only one offence is now vigorously punished, an accurate observance of our fathers' traditions.'
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on October 12, 2013, 09:34:33 PM 'Only one offence is now vigorously punished, an accurate observance of our fathers' traditions.' St. Basil the Great Sounds like there was an antipope involved. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on October 14, 2013, 03:23:50 AM 'Only one offence is now vigorously punished, an accurate observance of our fathers' traditions.' St. Basil the Great Sounds like there was an antipope involved. The Arian heresy among Bishops is what we have involved here, if I have my facts straight. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Poche on October 16, 2013, 06:17:19 AM "You may dazzle the mind with a thousand brilliant discoveries of natural science; you may open new worlds of knowledge which were never dreamed of before; yet, if you have not developed in the soul of the pupil strong habits of virtue which will sustain her in the struggle of life, you have not educated her, but only put in her hand a powerful instrument of self-destruction."
- St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 16, 2013, 09:51:49 PM Quite true!!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Poche on October 17, 2013, 04:46:47 AM "From Syria to Rome I must do battle with beasts on land and sea. For day and night I am chained to ten leopards, that is, the soldiers who guard me and grow more ferocious the better they are treated. Their mistreatment is good instruction for me, yet am I still far from justified. Oh, that I may meet the wild beasts now kept in readiness for me. I shall implore them to give me death promptly and to hasten my departure. I shall invite them to devour me so that they will not leave my body unharmed as already has happened to other witnesses. If they refuse to pounce upon me, I shall impel them to eat me. My little children, forgive me these words. Surely I know what is good for me. From things visible I no longer desire anything; I want to find Jesus. Fire and cross, wild beasts, broken bones, lacerated members, a body wholly crushed, and Satan's every torment, let them all overwhelm me, if only I reach Christ."
St Ignatius of Antioch Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 20, 2013, 01:23:43 AM 'Everything that happens has a small beginning, and grows the more it is nourished.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 22, 2013, 02:54:05 AM He who wishes to love God does not truly love Him if he has not an ardent and constant desire to suffer for His sake.
St. Aloysius Gonzaga Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 22, 2013, 02:55:01 AM He who wishes to love God does not truly love Him if he has not an ardent and constant desire to suffer for His sake. St. Aloysius Gonzaga Food for thought this one! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 22, 2013, 03:23:23 AM Very much so!!!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 23, 2013, 04:38:19 AM "I offer no sacrifice save to the One true God."
Saint Maximus, martyr, about A.D. 250, in answer to the demand of the civil authorities for sacrifice to the pagan gods; Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 25, 2013, 05:33:29 AM Amen amen.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 26, 2013, 11:44:19 AM “Out of one hundred thousand sinners who continue in sin until death, scarcely one will be saved.”
Saint Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 27, 2013, 11:31:44 AM May God help poor sinners, and the worst of the worst. :crucifix:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 27, 2013, 11:32:51 AM 'Know, therefore, you who aspire to a knowledge of God, that He is a Being superior to anything you can conceive. The more sensible you are of your inability to comprehend Him, the more you will have advanced in a knowledge of His Being.'
Ven. Louis de Granada 'When I seek my God I seek not corporal grace, nor transient beauty, nor splendor, nor melodious sound, nor sweet fragrance of flowers, nor odorous essence, nor honeyed manna, nor grace of form, nor anything pleasing to the flesh. None of these things do I seek when I seek my God. But I seek a light exceeding all light, which the eyes cannot see; a voice sweeter than all sound, which the ear cannot hear; a sweetness above all sweetness, which the tongue cannot taste; a fragrance above all fragrance, which the senses cannot perceive; a mysterious and divine embrace, which the body cannot feel. For this light shines without radiance, this voice is heard without striking the air, this fragrance is perceived though the wind does not bear it, this taste inebriates with no palate to relish it, and this embrace is felt in the center of the soul.' St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 28, 2013, 11:58:26 AM 'It is He alone who satisfies His creature and never fails him. With Him the creature is content in poverty, rich in destitution, happy in solitude, and though despoiled of all possessions, yet master of all things. Hence the wise man so justly says, "One is as it were rich, when he hath nothing: and another is as it were poor, when he hath great riches." (Prov. 13:7).'
Ven. Louis de Granada Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 28, 2013, 01:36:54 PM All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully.
As a result, we ought to appreciate and use these gifts of God insofar as they help us toward our goal of loving service and union with God. But insofar as any created things hinder our progress toward our goal, we ought to let them go. St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 29, 2013, 07:40:43 AM “ No one is truly poor but except the one who lacks the truth.”
St. Ephraem the Syrian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 30, 2013, 03:45:19 PM That's a quote that makes for some thought.. :crucifix:
'In a state of grace the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.' St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 31, 2013, 06:00:10 AM Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains,
at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. :) Saint Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 31, 2013, 07:18:59 AM Haha, that is the truth! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 01, 2013, 11:55:11 AM '"Thy will be done!" This is what the saints had continually on their lips and in their hearts.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 03, 2013, 12:12:26 PM "Nothing can be more dangerous than keeping wicked companions. They communicate the infection of their vices to all who associate with them"
St. John Baptiste de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 03, 2013, 08:03:19 PM Especially important quote for parents, but so too for us all!
With the saints we will become saints, God help us! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 05, 2013, 03:56:42 AM "He that is kind is free, though he is a slave;
he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king." Saint Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 08, 2013, 03:50:46 PM "Keep close to the Catholic Church at all times, for the Church alone can give you true peace, since she alone possesses Jesus, the true Prince of Peace, in the Blessed Sacrament"
Padre Pio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 13, 2013, 01:30:35 AM 'Let us serve God; He will certainly take care of us and we shall want for nothing.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on November 15, 2013, 12:35:01 AM The affairs of God are accomplished little by little and almost imperceptibly. The Spirit of God is neither violent nor hasty. He does all things in his time.
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 15, 2013, 03:39:01 AM This is an encouraging quote!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 17, 2013, 09:01:44 AM 'Blessed the one who loves holiness like the light and has not defiled his body with dark deeds of the Evil One in the sight of the Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 17, 2013, 09:05:26 AM 'Blessed the one who loves holiness like the light and has not defiled his body with dark deeds of the Evil One in the sight of the Lord.' The heart yearns for those long gone days when Christianity was strong in countries like Syria. :(St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 19, 2013, 12:53:12 AM Yes it does!!!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 19, 2013, 08:06:47 AM “The world suffers nothing from Christians but hates them because they reject its pleasures.”
St. Justin Martyr Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 19, 2013, 03:47:35 PM I say, one to add to the database!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on November 19, 2013, 04:13:52 PM Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the man by whom temptation comes!
Matthew 18:7 One could spend hours contemplating this verse. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 19, 2013, 06:29:44 PM True George, it's one to much think and meditate on! Thanksgiving to Our Lord..
'The failure to secure sensual pleasure breeds dejection, while sensual pleasure itself is linked with all the passions.' St. Thalassios the Libyan 'Here is the difference between a pious and a frivolous man: the first abstains from pleasure, and is overwhelmed with spiritual consolations; the other gives himself up to the pleasures of the senses, and suffers in his innermost heart.' St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 20, 2013, 07:22:18 AM Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to be tempted by the opposite vice. Therefore, look upon every temptation as an invitation to grow in a particular virtue and a promise by God that you will be successful, if only you stand fast.
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 28, 2013, 05:00:35 AM 'Blessed the one who in accordance with God's will loves self-mastery and has not been condemned, thanks to his stomach, as a pleasure seeker and defiled, for such a one will be magnified by the Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria 'If it be the duty of a Christian to pray to God before meals, he is not less bound to thank him after having made use of the gifts which came from his bountiful hand. It is, therefore, necessary to make, after every meal, a short but fervent act of thanksgiving.' St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 02, 2013, 08:37:34 PM 'Accustom yourself to repeat as your first words upon awakening, and your last words before sleep, the names of Jesus and Mary, so that God will give you grace to die with these holy Names on your lips and in your heart.'
St. Jean Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 04, 2013, 05:42:28 AM “My past, O Lord, to Your mercy; my present, to Your love; my future to Your providence.”
Saint Padre Pio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 04, 2013, 10:11:10 AM I say, If only I had wings like a dove!
that I might fly away and find rest. Yes, I would wander afar; I would lodge in the wilderness, I would wait for him who saves me from the raging wind and tempest. Psalm 55:6-8 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 05, 2013, 04:54:21 PM The wings of a dove.. not tied to earth!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 05, 2013, 07:23:48 PM 'A Christian who is pure is upon earth like a bird that is kept fastened down by a string. Poor little bird! it only waits for the moment when the string is cut to fly away.
Good Christians are like those birds that have large wings and small feet, and which never light upon the ground, because they could not rise again and would be caught. They make their nests, too, upon the points of rocks, on the roofs of houses, in high places. So the Christian ought to be always on the heights. As soon as we lower our thoughts towards the earth, we are taken captive.' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars 'When a sparrow tied by the leg tries to fly, it is held back by the string and pulled down to the earth. Similarly, when the intellect that has not yet attained dispassion flies up towards heavenly knowledge, it is held back by the passions and pulled down to the earth.' St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 05, 2013, 10:21:53 PM 'A Christian who is pure is upon earth like a bird that is kept fastened down by a string. Poor little bird! it only waits for the moment when the string is cut to fly away. Good Christians are like those birds that have large wings and small feet, and which never light upon the ground, because they could not rise again and would be caught. They make their nests, too, upon the points of rocks, on the roofs of houses, in high places. So the Christian ought to be always on the heights. As soon as we lower our thoughts towards the earth, we are taken captive.' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars 'When a sparrow tied by the leg tries to fly, it is held back by the string and pulled down to the earth. Similarly, when the intellect that has not yet attained dispassion flies up towards heavenly knowledge, it is held back by the passions and pulled down to the earth.' St. Maximos the Confessor These are thought provoking. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 10, 2013, 04:47:10 PM 'You could not love Jesus if you did not possess the living source of holy and pure love, namely, the Holy Spirit. Our divine Redeemer said, "He that believeth in Me, out of his belly shall flow streams of living water." (John 7:38.) This He said of the spirit which they should receive who believed in Him. Therefore, when God enkindles in you the flames of divine love, holy, pure, and without stain, let yourself disappear in the infinite Good, and, like an infant, sleep the sleep of faith and love in the bosom of your heavenly Spouse.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 12, 2013, 05:18:30 PM My daughter, never leave the knowledge of yourself; then, you will know me in yourself; and from this knowledge you will draw all that you need.
Our Lord words to St. Catherine of Sienna Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 13, 2013, 03:15:04 AM Thank you for that one George, very timely for me to think on.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 13, 2013, 03:09:19 PM 'The lamp of thy body is the eye. If the eye be sound, thy whole body will be full of light. But if it be evil, thy body will be full of darkness. Take care, therefore, that the light that is in thee is not darkness. If, then, thy whole body is full of light, having no part in darkness, it will all be illumined, as when a bright lamp illumines thee.'
Luke 11:33-36 St. Lucy pray for us! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 13, 2013, 04:30:52 PM If now, against my will, you cause me to be polluted, a twofold purity will be gloriously imputed to me. You cannot bend my will to your purpose; whatever you do to my body, that cannot happen to me.
St. Lucy Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 14, 2013, 12:12:29 AM Quite a quote!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 14, 2013, 02:11:43 AM 'Poverty and tribulations are given us by God as trials of our fidelity and virtue, as well as to enrich us with more real and lasting riches in heaven.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 16, 2013, 05:58:44 AM 'Perfect resignation. This is the desire of my heart. I am amazed at the love with which Jesus has ever conducted me to where I was always best off, and with which He has given me whatever was proper for me and best for my condition.'
St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 17, 2013, 12:42:13 AM Above all, the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to His beloved is that of overcoming self.
St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 17, 2013, 12:47:12 AM As I get older the more I begin to get a feeling for this.
How truly important it is! And yet how painful. Thank you George! Deo gratias! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 17, 2013, 12:55:12 AM As I get older the more I begin to get a feeling for this. How truly important it is! And yet how painful. Thank you George! Deo gratias! Yes, it is painful, and beautiful and illuminating. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 18, 2013, 03:01:26 PM Our pilgrimage on earth cannot be exempt from trial. We progress by means of trial. No one knows himself except through trial, or receives a crown except after victory, or strives against an enemy or temptation.
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 18, 2013, 04:09:23 PM George that's a great quote for me.
It can be hard to welcome trials.. but I've always valued self knowledge a great deal.. so looking at it from that light.. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on December 18, 2013, 11:43:44 PM George that's a great quote for me. It can be hard to welcome trials.. but I've always valued self knowledge a great deal.. so looking at it from that light.. :D Yes, the journey towards self knowledge is filled with bittersweet loss and grace filled enlightenment. I'm going to be 62 in 2 months and the trials keep coming, I can't say I welcome them but I have learned to accept them and see the justice and wisdom, and mercy of God in them, knowing where he found me and where I am now. Still, I am adverse to suffering, but I pray every day for the strength to do His holy will. I often ponder on Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane, and falling 3 times under the weight of the cross. I've been blessed my trials are small. Tonight I'll pray for Claire Davis, the young lady who was shot in the head in the Colorado school shooting, she's in a coma, her parents are asking for prayers for their precious daughter. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 19, 2013, 05:25:33 PM Let's keep thinking of Heaven on this good journey of the cross!
Praying with you George! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 20, 2013, 06:21:44 PM 'Love, glory and praise be forever to the Heart of our adorable Saviour, for It is all love, all loving and all lovable!'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque 'Souls who aspire to a sublime union with God by contemplation usually suffer interior purgations in one way or another.' St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 28, 2013, 06:24:45 PM ''Christ died on account of our sins in accordance with the Scriptures' (1 Cor. 15:3); and to those who serve Him well He gives freedom. "Well done, good and faithful servant," He says, "you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter into the joy of your Lord" (Matt. 25:21).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 02, 2014, 01:46:59 AM 'Hope is obligatory. I must, then, hope for my salvation.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 04, 2014, 02:58:58 AM Do Not Be Anxious “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Matthew 6:25 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 04, 2014, 03:48:00 AM "Everything is a reminder of the Cross. We ourselves are
made in the shape of a cross." St John Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 04, 2014, 08:53:08 PM I never thought of that! :D
I mean I am familiar with praying while standing in the form of a cross, but I never thought of it quite that way! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 04, 2014, 11:23:17 PM 'You must constantly carry the cross which He lays on you, be it interior or exterior, without growing weary or complaining of its length or weight. Does it not suffice that it has been given you by the hands of a Friend Whose all-loving Heart has destined it for you from all eternity?'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 05, 2014, 07:57:09 AM I never thought of that! :D I mean I am familiar with praying while standing in the form of a cross, but I never thought of it quite that way! Well, Saint John Vianney did :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 05, 2014, 07:58:21 AM "He cannot have God as his Father who does not have the church for his Mother."
Saint Cyprian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 06, 2014, 03:31:11 AM "On the altar you are looking at the same thing as you saw there last night. You have not heard, however, what this is, what it signifies, or about the greatness of the reality of which it is a sacrament. Your eyes are looking at bread and cup. This is the evidence before your physical sight. But your faith must be instructed concerning it- this bread being Christ 's Body and the cup containing His Blood. Though perhaps these words may be enough to initiate faith, faith must be further instructed in accordance with the Prophet's words: 'Believe that you may understand' ( Is 7:9).
St. Augustine of Hippo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 06, 2014, 03:35:20 AM I never thought of that! :D I mean I am familiar with praying while standing in the form of a cross, but I never thought of it quite that way! Well, Saint John Vianney did :) It's something I will never forget! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 06, 2014, 03:35:42 AM "He cannot have God as his Father who does not have the church for his Mother." Saint Cyprian Amen amen. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 08, 2014, 05:14:07 PM 'But, my daughter, I am going a step further, and I bid you everywhere and in everything rejoice in your own abjection. Perhaps you will ask in reply what I mean by that. In Latin abjection means humility, and humility means abjection, so that when Our Lady says in the Magnificat that all generations shall call her blessed, because God hath regarded the low estate of His handmaiden, she means that He has accepted her abjection and lowliness in order to fill her with graces and favours. Nevertheless, there is a difference between humility and abjection; for abjection is the poverty, vileness and littleness which exist in us, without our taking heed to them; but humility implies a real knowledge and voluntary recognition of that abjection. And the highest point of humility consists in not merely acknowledging one's abjection, but in taking pleasure therein, not from any want of breadth or courage, but to give the more glory to God's Divine Majesty, and to esteem one's neighbour more highly than one's self. This is what I would have you do;'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 09, 2014, 02:57:23 AM "Those who love to be feared fear to be loved"
Saint Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 09, 2014, 12:50:07 PM 'Blessed the one who farms fair and good thoughts each day and by hope conquers the wicked passion of despondency, by which the Lord's ascetics are warred upon.
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 11, 2014, 02:04:48 AM "When you feel the assaults of passion and anger, then is the time to be silent as Jesus was silent in the midst of His ignominies and sufferings"
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 12, 2014, 02:14:39 AM 'I am now thirty years praying daily that my Lord Jesus may preserve me from saying an idle word, and yet I am always relapsing.'
St. Sisoes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 15, 2014, 07:45:13 AM 'The person who is unaffected by the things of this world loves stillness; and he who loves no human thing loves all men.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 19, 2014, 11:16:21 AM "Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven."
Saint Ephraem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 20, 2014, 12:55:31 AM 'There is an energy of grace not understood by beginners, and there is also an energy of evil which resembles the truth. It is advisable not to scrutinize these energies too closely, because one may be led astray, and not to condemn them out of hand, because they may contain some truth, but we should lay everything before God in hope, for He knows what is of value in both of them.'
St. Mark the Ascetic A thought provoking one! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 20, 2014, 10:05:51 AM 'There is an energy of grace not understood by beginners, and there is also an energy of evil which resembles the truth. It is advisable not to scrutinize these energies too closely, because one may be led astray, and not to condemn them out of hand, because they may contain some truth, but we should lay everything before God in hope, for He knows what is of value in both of them.' St. Mark the Ascetic A thought provoking one! Very true. God is the beginning and the end of everything! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on January 20, 2014, 11:44:50 AM [quote'There is an energy of grace not understood by beginners, and there is also an energy of evil which resembles the truth. It is advisable not to scrutinize these energies too closely, because one may be led astray, and not to condemn them out of hand, because they may contain some truth, but we should lay everything before God in hope, for He knows what is of value in both of them.'
St. Mark the Ascetic A thought provoking one!][/quote] Nice to have an experienced spiritual director to help us decide right from wrong in this case. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 21, 2014, 04:53:05 AM Ho ho, a rare priceless treasure!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 22, 2014, 01:32:56 AM “I myself have read the writings and teachings of the heretics, polluting my soul for a while with their abominable notions, though deriving this benefit: I was able to refute them for myself and loathe them even more.”
Eusebius, The Church History Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 22, 2014, 01:44:36 AM “I myself have read the writings and teachings of the heretics, polluting my soul for a while with their abominable notions, though deriving this benefit: I was able to refute them for myself and loathe them even more.” Eusebius, The Church History Why do you think Saint Eusebius went ahead and read the heretics writing knowing that there was a risk as he himself confirms that he polluted his soul for a while. We are urged to avoid all possible occasion of sin. I have a vague idea I just uwant to know if others think the same :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on January 22, 2014, 10:31:52 PM I think it would be dangerous for people of weak faith to read heretical works. Would cause them to learn errors or make them lost their true faith completely, is my thought. :-\
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 23, 2014, 01:16:28 AM Very true and that is why we are advised to avoid situations or people that may lead us to sin and yet, the saint went ahead to read the heresy. My thinking is that since he was a leader and a teacher of the faith, he needed to know exactly what the heresy claimed so that he could counter it effectively; a sort of "know your enemy" strategy :)
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on January 23, 2014, 09:24:04 PM You're right, Odhiambo! :)
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 24, 2014, 07:19:27 AM "The Devil is like a mad dog tied by a chain. Beyond the length of the chain he cannot catch hold of anyone. And you, therefore, keep your distance. If you get too close you will be caught. Remember, the Devil has only one door with which to enter into our soul: our will. There are no secret or hidden doors. No sin is a true sin if we have not wilfully consented"
Padre Pio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 25, 2014, 05:38:02 AM "Through the study of books one seeks God; by meditation one finds him" :crucifix:
Padre Pio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 26, 2014, 07:21:36 AM He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 26, 2014, 07:24:10 AM He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it. St. John of the Cross Some Catholics are shy of making the Sign of the Cross in public. We pray for boldness in such circumstances. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 26, 2014, 07:16:13 PM :+:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 29, 2014, 08:42:29 AM 'If there is anyone who is not enlightened by this sublime magnificence of created things, he is blind. If there is anyone who, seeing all these works of God, does not praise Him, he is dumb; if there is anyone who, from so many signs, cannot perceive God, that man is foolish. . . In everything, whether it is a thing sensed or a thing known, God Himself is hidden within.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on February 03, 2014, 01:56:13 PM “No one can have God for his Father, who has not the Church for his mother.” Saint Cyprian of Carthage Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on February 04, 2014, 06:08:00 AM “The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today”
St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 13, 2014, 06:00:44 AM 'Begin in the morning, before leaving your room, by meditating, for a quarter of an hour, on the Passion of our Redeemer, and you will see that, all will go well with you, and that you will live far removed from sin.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 14, 2014, 08:32:13 AM 'In our own day every man takes the greatest pains to train his boy in the arts and in literature and speech. But to exercise this child’s soul in virtue, to that no man any longer pays heed. I shall not cease exhorting and begging and supplicating you before all else to discipline your sons from the first. If thou dost care for thy son, show it thus, and in other ways too thou wilt have thy reward.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 16, 2014, 10:02:17 AM 'It seems to me that I am awaiting a thousand years the happiness of going to my God, my supreme good.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 19, 2014, 03:42:56 PM 'It is God's love for us whence flows all the bitterness as well as all the sweets of this life.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on February 21, 2014, 02:45:55 AM "Lord, if this is how you treat your friends, no wonder there are so few of them."
St. Teresa of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on February 21, 2014, 06:57:31 AM Did St. Teresa of Avila really say:
"From silly devotions and sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us!"? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on February 22, 2014, 07:26:50 AM "Since Christ Himself has said, "This is My Body" who shall dare to doubt that It is His Body?"
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 24, 2014, 07:38:58 PM Amen.
'As for crosses, be assured that if we work with an upright spirit, they will facilitate our road to Heaven.' St. Gaspar I don't know of an original source for that quote that's attributed to her, perhaps someone can find it. I'm a little too busy at the moment to try to track it down any further. I think that, if it is genuine, it would be often misunderstood or taken out of context. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Paul on February 24, 2014, 11:53:12 PM This is one I keep trying to work on:
"Be hostile to admitting into your soul things that of themselves have no spiritual substance, lest they make you lose your liking for devotion and recollection." St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 26, 2014, 02:23:40 AM Somthing to work on for sure, always! Splendid quote!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 26, 2014, 02:24:07 AM 'Each day, I die to myself. . .'
1 Cor. 15:31 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 28, 2014, 12:42:39 AM 'When He pleases, he becomes fire, which burns up every base passion that has been introduced into the soul; for our God is a consuming fire.' [Heb. 12:29, Deut. 4:24]
St. Macarius the Great 'Repentance signifies a firm resolution not to return to a sin. For this reason precisely the righteous are called blameless, for they have abandoned sin and have been shown righteous.' St. Poimen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 01, 2014, 07:31:37 PM 'The five rational senses of the soul, if they receive grace from above and the sanctification of the Spirit, are really wise virgins, receiving the wisdom of the grace from above. But if they rest content with what is natural to them, they are found foolish, and shown to be children of the world. They have not put off the spirit of the world, although in their own estimation, because of some specious appearances and outward form, they take themselves for brides of the Bridegroom. As the souls which wholly and entirely cleave to the Lord are there in thought, and there pray, and there walk, and there long after the love of the Lord, so, on the other hand, those souls which are tied and bound in the love of the world, and are willing to spend their existence on the earth, walk there, think there, their mind passes its existence there. For this reason they are incapable of being converted to the good wisdom of the Spirit, being a thing foreign to our own nature -- the heavenly grace -- which requires to be combined and compounded with our nature, if we are to enter with the Lord into the heavenly bridechamber of the kingdom, and to find eternal salvation.
St. Macarius the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 01, 2014, 07:55:58 PM 'Begin in the morning, before leaving your room, by meditating, for a quarter of an hour, on the Passion of our Redeemer, and you will see that, all will go well with you, and that you will live far removed from sin.' St. Paul of the Cross I hope to practice this. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 01, 2014, 07:59:55 PM The Fifteen Prayers of St. Bridget might be helpful for that devotion. :crucifix:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 01, 2014, 08:01:16 PM The Fifteen Prayers of St. Bridget might be helpful for that devotion. :crucifix: Thanks so much for the suggestion, Shin! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 01, 2014, 08:16:28 PM You're welcome!
It can be hard to get a start on meditation, I sometimes find a book helpful. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 01, 2014, 08:43:37 PM You're welcome! It can be hard to get a start on meditation, I sometimes find a book helpful. :D Yes, books can be very helpful. There is a very good meditation book I used last year for Lent. It is called The School of Jesus Crucified and it is written by Fr. Ignatius of the Side of Jesus, Passionist. The book is excellent and I'll be using it again this Lent for sure. I'm also working with Divine Intimacy every day, another excellent meditation book. It is written by Fr. Gabriel of St. Magdalen, O.C.D. and you are probably already familiar with it, Shin. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 03, 2014, 05:47:36 AM Hmm, I think you mentioned it to me once before Therese. But I have yet to read it! Another book!
'Our Lord loves you and wishes to see you advance with great speed in the way of His love, however crucifying to nature. Therefore, do not bargain with Him, but give Him all, and you will find all in His divine Heart.' St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 05, 2014, 05:19:18 AM 'Just as God assigns to everything visible what is appropriate, so He does also to human thoughts, whether we wish it or not.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 05, 2014, 10:09:46 PM Hmm, I think you mentioned it to me once before Therese. But I have yet to read it! Another book! 'Our Lord loves you and wishes to see you advance with great speed in the way of His love, however crucifying to nature. Therefore, do not bargain with Him, but give Him all, and you will find all in His divine Heart.' St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Beautiful quote! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 05, 2014, 10:11:41 PM 'Just as God assigns to everything visible what is appropriate, so He does also to human thoughts, whether we wish it or not.' St. Mark the Ascetic May all of our thoughts be holy, upright and pure. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 12, 2014, 04:34:48 PM 'The prayerless soul makes no progress whatever.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 13, 2014, 11:13:36 AM 'To expose yourself to the danger of sinning, and not to sin, is a greater miracle than raising the dead to life.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 16, 2014, 12:03:44 PM 'God like the excellent master that He is, has taken care to provide us with writings of the best kind.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 26, 2014, 12:43:40 AM 'Our Lady does not want people to talk in church.'
Bl. Jacinto Marto Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 29, 2014, 07:43:27 PM 'Let us learn here below to give God the confession of praise which we ought to hope to give Him in heaven above.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 31, 2014, 01:50:46 AM 'It is an extreme punishment that obliges us to remain so long on earth, unless love causes us to live more in Heaven and with God than on earth and with ourselves; just as the rays of the sun continue to shed their light a great way off as long as they are not separated from their focus.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 02, 2014, 11:54:54 PM 'Unless various successive spiritual contemplations also occupy the intellect, the practice of virtues by itself cannot free it so entirely from passions that it is able to pray undistractedly. Practice of the virtues frees the intellect only from dissipation and hatred; spiritual contemplation releases it also from forgetfulness and ignorance. In this way the intellect can pray as it should.'
St. Maximos the Confessor 'Forgetfulness' 'Ignorance' 'Dissipation' 'Hatred'... Four enemies.. And solutions! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 05, 2014, 09:41:24 AM 'To complain of poverty, is displeasing to God and to men. I never feel so happy as when I bear some of the marks of poverty.'
St. Jane Frances Chantal Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 11, 2014, 03:22:06 PM Never think thou hast made progress till thou
lookest upon thyself as inferior to all. -- Thomas a Kempis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 13, 2014, 10:15:06 AM It's the right spiritual air to have!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 13, 2014, 06:54:51 PM It's the right spiritual air to have! Yes, and to have it we need only be humble. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Poche on April 14, 2014, 04:32:25 AM At this morning’s mass in St. Martha’s House Francis said Satan exists in the 21st century and “we must learn from the Gospel how to fight against his temptations”
Domenico Agasso jr Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 14, 2014, 09:56:18 PM 'Often our knowledge becomes darkened because we fail to put things into practice. For when we have totally neglected to practice something, our memory of it will gradually disappear.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Poche on April 15, 2014, 03:59:00 AM St Bebnuba
Martyr "The tree from which I was was hanged bore fruit in the very same hour.' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 16, 2014, 06:43:04 AM Beautiful quote!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 16, 2014, 06:43:49 AM St. Benedict Joseph Labre (C): To love God as we ought we require three hearts: in one a heart of fire for God a heart of flesh for our neighbour and a heart of iron towards ourselves.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 16, 2014, 07:21:13 AM "The Son of Man, when He cometh, shall He find, think you, faith on earth?"
--Blessed Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 18:8) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 17, 2014, 10:53:10 PM 'All spiritual writers agree that the best sign you can have of solid devotion is the amendment of life and perseverance in good.'
St. Claude de la Colombiere Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Poche on April 18, 2014, 04:21:47 AM "May Holy Eucharist and perfect abandonment to God's Will be your heaven on earth". Mother Marie Anne, Foundress of the Sisters of St Anne.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 18, 2014, 02:39:46 PM 'Just as we drive out one nail by another, let us oppose effort to effort, habit to habit.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 20, 2014, 01:23:36 AM 'Let us begin in earnest to work out our salvation, for no one will do it for us, since even He Himself, Who made us without ourselves, will not save us without ourselves.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 22, 2014, 03:17:33 AM 'The Lord is in his holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before him.'
Habacuc 2:20 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Poche on April 22, 2014, 05:00:34 AM Bl. Pino Puglisi was known to speak out against some bishops who turned a blind eye to organized crime in Sicily. When asked by someone about the legitimacy of criticizing the Church, he answered that it is sometimes necessary to do so to improve things, and jokingly added:
"But we should always criticize it like a mother, never a mother-in-law!” Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 23, 2014, 05:23:33 AM '"The voice of the turtledove is heard in our land." So long as men received for their service of God only the temporal and earthly reward of a "land flowing with milk and honey," they were very far from considering themselves as exiles on earth, very far from mourning like turtles, yearning for their heavenly country. Rather they mistook for their fatherland the place of their banishment, and gave themselves up to eating what was fat and drinking what was pleasant. During all this time, therefore, the voice of the turtledove had not yet been heard in our land. But when the promise of the kingdom of heaven was made to them, then men understood that they "have not here a lasting city"; then they began with all eagerness to "seek one that is to come"; and then, for the first time, the voice of the turtle was distinctly heard in our land. For whilst each holy soul was now longing for the presence of Christ, and looking impatiently for the coming of His kingdom, and with sighs and tears saluting from afar her much-desired home in heaven, does it not seem to you, my brethren, that every such soul then on earth was acting the part of a most chaste and mournful turtledove? From that time onward the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 23, 2014, 10:15:07 AM Some make perfection consist in an austere life; others in prayer; others in frequenting the Sacraments; others in alms-deeds; but they deceive themselves: Perfection consists in loving God!
--St. Francis de Sales Of course, all these practices are good and can lead one to love God more and can even reflect our love of God. But they should not be an end in themselves. Our perfection is not found in them, but in loving God. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 24, 2014, 01:29:13 AM This reminds me of when St. John Cassian and his companion questioned Abba Moses.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2014, 05:02:16 AM 'He is unworthy of divine contemplation who has not fought and conquered some great temptation.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Paul on April 25, 2014, 10:59:56 AM "Do not suppose, ye Greeks, that my separation from your customs is unreasonable and unthinking; for I found in them nothing that is holy or acceptable to God. For the very compositions of your poets are monuments of madness and intemperance."
St. Justin Martyr He summed up how I have come to feel about modern culture since my conversion! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2014, 07:20:36 PM Yes you've said it exactly right Paul!
How perfectly it fits! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 26, 2014, 10:38:05 PM 'Blessed the one who has not been worsted by the passion of despondency like a coward, but has found perfect endurance, by which all the Saints received their crowns.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 29, 2014, 01:08:10 AM 'Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there. I am not now speaking of simple charity, a love due to all mankind, but of that spiritual friendship which binds souls together, leading them to share devotions and spiritual interests, so as to have but one mind between them. . . There are two sayings in Holy Scripture on which all Christian friendship should be built: - that of the Wise Man, "Whoso feareth the Lord shall direct his friendship aright;" and that of St. James, "The friendship of the world is enmity with God."'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 29, 2014, 12:10:09 PM 'He that sees another in error and endeavors not to correct it, testifies himself to be in error.'
Pope St. Leo the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 30, 2014, 06:06:28 PM 'Alas, you poor, foolish people, what will you do now? Who will take care of you in your trouble? Who will help you?'
St. Lawrence O'Toole, upon his death Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 02, 2014, 04:19:33 AM 'No one heals himself by wounding another'.
Saint Ambrose Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 02, 2014, 06:01:59 AM 'May God console you! . . . What saddens you . . . is the fact that others have occupied the churches by violence, while during this time you are on the outside. It is a fact that they have the premises - but you have the Apostolic Faith. They can occupy our churches, but they are outside the true Faith. You remain outside the places of worship, but the Faith dwells within you. Let us consider: what is more important, the place or the Faith? The true Faith, obviously. Who has lost and who has won in the struggle - the one who keeps the premises or the one who keeps the Faith?'
St. Athanasius Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 02, 2014, 06:02:17 AM Happy Feast of St. Athanasius folks! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on May 02, 2014, 07:29:58 PM Happy Feast of St. Athanasius folks! :D To you too, Shin! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 05, 2014, 10:58:11 AM 'We must know how to confide. There is the fear of God and the fear of a Judas. Too much fear makes one labour without love, and too much confidence prevents from considering the danger which we must overcome.'
St. Padre Pio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Poche on May 07, 2014, 04:08:46 AM "There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world."
-Saint Teresa of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 13, 2014, 02:28:49 AM 'But, O my God, how the force of worldly habits and the example of others who practice them ruin everything!'
St. Teresa of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on May 13, 2014, 03:03:30 AM As true then, as it is now !
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 14, 2014, 12:52:11 PM 'This seems a cheerful world, Donatus, when I view it from this fair garden. But if I climbed some great mountain and looked out over the wide land, you know well what I would see. Brigands on the high roads, pirates on the seas, men murdered in the amphitheaters to please the applauding crowds, and under all roofs misery and selfishness. It is really a bad world. And yet in the midst of it, I have found a quiet and holy people. They have discovered a joy which is a thousand times better than any pleasure of this sinful life. They are despised and persecuted, but they care not. They have overcome the world. These people, Donatus, are the Christians, and I have become one of them.'
St. Cyprian of Carthage Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 15, 2014, 09:52:33 AM 'Once our motives are pure and up right, and we seek not our interests, but those of our Lord and Master, He has a constant care over us, because He is infinitely good.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 16, 2014, 03:01:10 AM Here is another quote from this great Saint
Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent. St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 17, 2014, 10:44:08 PM 'Accept present afflictions for the sake of future blessings; then you will never weaken in your struggle.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 22, 2014, 06:48:57 PM 'The Lord pursued me for a long time. He put me, as it were, into prison in order to force me to contemplate him and speak to him. He deprived me of everything that I might go and prostrate myself at his feet; but invariably I again attached myself to nothingness in order to shun the abyss of love that Jesus had in store for me.'
St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 24, 2014, 10:48:37 PM 'Remember that even as priests are clothed with the power and authority of God, so too they should be filled with His holiness, love, Charity, and other divine perfections... Truly the priest is another Christ living and walking on earth. Consequently his life should be a perfect image of that of the Savior, or rather a continuation of Our Lord's life.'
St. Jean Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 26, 2014, 09:31:03 AM 'If God does not desire me to be a saint, He would not have created me a reasonable being.'
St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 26, 2014, 09:34:05 PM Lord help us! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Poche on May 28, 2014, 04:46:26 AM "He who would climb to a lofty height must go by steps, not leaps."
-- Pope Gregory the Great in a letter to St. Augustine of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 30, 2014, 03:53:42 AM “ Life without the Cross is the heaviest Cross of all."
St. Sebastic Valfre Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 31, 2014, 10:58:53 AM "The reward of sacrifice is peace"
St Elizabeth Ann Seton Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 31, 2014, 07:24:45 PM Enjoying reading these quotes!
The reward of sacrifice is peace! I have to keep ahold of that one! :D 'Anyone who does not give up all he has, cannot be my disciple.' Luke 14:33 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 02, 2014, 04:15:15 PM 'Let the rose of modesty bloom in your garden, and the lily of the mind, and let the violet beds drink from the source of sacred blood.'
St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 03, 2014, 04:25:28 PM 'May the will of God be our food, our centre, our repose; therein we shall enjoy a peaceful sleep, which nothing can disturb.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 05, 2014, 10:29:19 PM 'I am come with all My divine power, to heal the wounds which cause you pain.'
The Lord, to St. Mechtilde Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 07, 2014, 09:30:38 AM 'Without prayer we have neither light nor strength to advance in the way which leads to God.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 10, 2014, 12:32:15 PM 'We must endeavor to the utmost of our power to enter into the adorable Heart of our Lord by making ourselves very little and humbly confessing our nothingness, thus losing sight of self entirely.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: passer881 on June 11, 2014, 04:19:49 AM “You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in You.”
? Augustine of Hippo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 13, 2014, 07:56:33 AM It is so wonderfully true. We cannot find fulfillment without God! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 14, 2014, 09:43:51 PM 'Let us learn here below to give God the confession of praise which we ought to hope to give Him in heaven above.'
St. Philip Neri :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 18, 2014, 09:12:31 PM 'I cannot but admire the goodness and liberality of the Sacred Heart towards you. Our Lord seems to take pleasure in unfolding all Its treasures for your benefit.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on June 19, 2014, 11:47:53 AM "Know that the greatest service that man can offer to God is to help convert souls."
~ St. Rose of Lima _______________ "O my God, you and you alone are all wise and all knowing! You know, you have determined everything that will happen to us from first to last. You have ordered things in the wisest way, and you know what will be my lot year by year until I die. You know how long I have to live. You know how I shall die. You have precisely ordained everything, sin excepted. Every event of my life is the best for me that it could be, for it comes from you. You bring me on year by year, by your wonderful Providence, from youth to age, with the most perfect wisdom, and with the most perfect love." ~ Bl. John Henry Cardinal Newman Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on June 19, 2014, 11:57:22 AM "What wonderful majesty! What stupendous condescension! O sublime humility! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son of God, should humble Himself like this under the form of a little bread, for our salvation"
"...In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body and Blood." - St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 23, 2014, 03:24:48 AM 'A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.'
St. Padre Pio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 24, 2014, 08:58:57 PM 'How is it that we do not die of love in seeing that God Himself could do no more than shed His divine blood for us drop by drop? When as man He was preparing for death, He made Himself our food in order to give us life. God becomes food, bread for his creatures. Is this not enough to make us die of love?'
St. Teresa of the Andes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 28, 2014, 09:43:04 AM 'Listen. God ever remembers Himself, understands Himself, loves Himself. If thou, therefore, after thy poor fashion, art unweariedly mindful of God, if thou understandest God, if thou lovest God, thou wilt then be man "to His Image;" for thou wilt be striving to do that which God does eternally.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 03, 2014, 08:39:45 PM 'The example of the saints is proposed to every one, so that the great actions shown us may encourage us to undertake smaller things.'
Ven. Louis de Granada Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on July 03, 2014, 10:47:31 PM Amen.
In case you weren't aware, Ven. Louis also wrote a book called "The Sinners Guide". Good book ! He was also Order of Preachers.... :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 08, 2014, 10:12:50 AM Yes it's a good book alright!!
I should try to make a list someday with all the titles added on so folks can know a little more, Ven. Louis de Granada, O.P. pray for us! :D 'Grace has been given mystically to those who have been baptized into Christ; and it becomes active within them to the extent that they actively observe the commandments. Grace never ceases to help us secretly; but to do good - as far as lies in our power - depends on us.' St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Poche on July 11, 2014, 05:30:13 AM "True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice."
- St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on July 11, 2014, 11:17:32 AM "What does Jesus Christ do in the Eucharist? It is God who, as our Savior, offers himself each day for us to his Father's justice. If you are in difficulties and sorrows, he will comfort and relieve you. If you are sick, he will either cure you or give you strength to suffer so as to merit Heaven. If the devil, the world, and the flesh are making war upon you, he will give you the weapons with which to fight, to resist, and to win victory. If you are poor, he will enrich you with all sorts of riches for time and eternity. Let us open the door of his sacred and adorable Heart, and be wrapped about for an instant by the flames of his love, and we shall see what a God who loves us can do. O my God, who shall be able to comprehend? "
~ St. John Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on July 13, 2014, 11:45:21 AM "My great God, you know all that is in the universe, because you yourself have made it. It is the very work of your hands. You are omniscient, because you are omnicreative. You know each part, however minute, as perfectly as you know the whole. You know mind as perfectly as you know matter. You know the thoughts and purposes of every soul as perfectly as if there were no other soul in the whole of your creation. You know me through and through; all my present, past, and future are before you as one whole. You see all those delicate and evanescent motions of my thought which altogether escape myself. You can trace every act, whether deed or thought, to its origin and can follow it into its whole growth and consequences. You know how it will be with me at the end; you have before you that hour when I shall come to you to be judged. How awful is the prospect of finding myself in the presence of my judge! Yet, O Lord, I would not that you should not know me. It is my greatest stay to know that you read my heart. Oh, give me more of that openhearted sincerity which I have desired. Keep me ever from being afraid of your eye, from the inward consciousness that I am not honestly trying to please you. Teach me to love you more, and then I shall be at peace, without any fear of you at all."
~ Bl. John Henry Newman Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 14, 2014, 01:14:07 AM 'My daughter, you can recognize both the Holy Spirit and the unclean spirit through seven signs. First, the Spirit of God makes a man deem the world worthless and consider in his heart all worldly honor as mere air. Second, it endears God to the soul, and all delight in the flesh grows cold. Third, it inspires him to patience and to glorying only in God. Fourth, it stimulates the mind to be loving and compassionate with one's neighbor and even with one's enemies. Fifth, it inspires him to all kinds of abstinence, even from licit things. Sixth, it makes him trust in God in the midst of hardships and even to glory in hardships. Seventh, it gives him the desire of wanting to depart and to be with Christ, rather than to prosper in the world and become soiled.
The evil spirit has seven effects to the contrary. First, it makes the world seem sweet, and heaven distasteful. Second, it makes a man seek honors and forget about the meaning of his life. Third, it arouses hatred and impatience in the heart. Fourth, it makes him bold toward God and obstinate in his own plans. Fifth, it leads him to make light of his sins and to make excuses for them. Sixth, it inspires in him frivolity of mind and every carnal impurity. Seventh, it inspires in him the hope of a long life and a feeling a shame about going to confession. Guard your thoughts carefully, then, so that you do not get deceived by this spirit.' The Blessed Virgin to St. Bridget of Sweden Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 15, 2014, 07:39:00 AM 'I never carried money or wanted any. One day I had a shock. I put my hand into my coat pocket and thought I felt a coin. Horrified, I took it out and was much relieved to discover that it wasn't a coin but a medal someone had given me long ago. I felt as if I had come back to life from the dead, so great was the horror I felt for money.'
St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Poche on July 16, 2014, 05:08:12 AM "Act as if everything depended on you; trust as if everything depended on God."
- St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 16, 2014, 05:45:14 AM 'A precious crown is reserved in heaven for those who perform all their actions with all the diligence of which they are capable; for it is not sufficient to do our part well; it must be done more than well.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 18, 2014, 02:22:02 AM 'He who wishes to go to Paradise must be an honest man and a good Christian, and not give heed to dreams.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on July 19, 2014, 11:50:22 AM "I will first, dearest daughter, speak to thee of the dignity of priests . . . I, God, have become man, and man has become God by the union of My Divine Nature with your human nature. This greatness is given in general to all rational creatures, but, among these I have especially chosen My ministers for the sake of your salvation, so that, through them, the Blood of the humble and immaculate Lamb, My Only-begotten Son, may be administered to you."
~ St. Catherine Of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 20, 2014, 03:58:17 AM Really inspiring, Deo Gratias! :crucifix:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on July 20, 2014, 11:55:26 AM "You must not abandon the ship in a storm because you cannot control the winds….What you cannot turn to good, you must at least make as little bad as you can."
~ St. Thomas More Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on July 20, 2014, 12:28:32 PM "We must be present with and to the Lord, in silence as Mary practiced silence. We begin with silence of the will, that is, willing nothing but the will of God. Begin here and the rest will come. The Holy Spirit will come upon you and you will experience silence. Guard and protect it with love and you will become a garden enclosed. Silence is the soil for the seed of the word."
~ Bl. Mother Theresa of Calcutta Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on July 21, 2014, 12:03:31 PM "The Church, which has spread everywhere, even to the ends of the earth, received the faith from the apostles and their disciples . . . Having one soul and one heart, the Church holds this faith, preaches and teaches it consistently as though by a single voice. For though there are different languages, there is but one tradition."
~ St. Ignatius of Antioch Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 21, 2014, 12:37:37 PM May God bless tradition! :crucifix:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 22, 2014, 02:50:10 PM 'According to St. Clement there is no more perfect image of the Deity than a soul which, whether in prosperity or in adversity, always maintains its interior peace.'
St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 23, 2014, 05:01:24 PM 'If you wish to attain salvation, renounce sensual pleasure and learn self-control, love and how to pray with concentration.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 24, 2014, 07:40:18 AM 'Never consider the instrument of your trials; try to realize that Jesus presents them to you with His own hand.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on July 25, 2014, 10:45:12 AM "Some beginners, too, make light of their faults, and at other times indulge in immoderate grief when they commit them. They thought themselves already saints, and so they become angry and impatient with themselves, which is another great imperfection. They also importune God to deliver them from their faults and imperfections, but it is only for the comfort of living in peace, unmolested by them, and not for God; they do not consider that, were He to deliver them, they would become, perhaps, prouder than ever."
~ St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on July 26, 2014, 11:36:36 AM "We are the holy Church. But I do not say ‘we’ as though to indicate only we who are here, you who have just been listening to me. I mean all of us who are here and by the grace of God faithful Christians in this church, that is, in this city; all those in this region, in this province, across the sea, all those in the whole world. Such is the Catholic Church, our true mother, the true spouse of so great a husband."
~ St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 28, 2014, 07:53:48 PM A beautiful quote!
'O my brethren, so long as ye have breath in your bodies strive for your redemption; and before there cometh the hour wherein we shall have to weep for our souls let us cultivate spiritual excellence with a ready mind. And I say unto you that, if ye knew what good things were in heaven, and the glory which is laid up for the saints, and how those who have fallen are punished by God, and the tortures which are laid up for those who have been neglectful, and especially for those who having known the truth have not, as was right, guided themselves hereby, instead of inheriting the blessedness which is reserved for the saints, [ye would do so].' St. Pachomius Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 29, 2014, 08:16:51 PM 'To reach the Promised Land you must weep with grief at the thought of the sins you have committed.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on July 30, 2014, 02:37:45 AM Quite often Shin. :bighanky:
That's a quote that sticks with a person.... Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on July 30, 2014, 11:32:05 AM "What is a vocation? It is a gift from God, so it comes from God. If it is a gift from God, our concern must be to know God's will. We must enter that path: if God wants, when God wants, how God wants. Never force the door."
~ St. Gianna Molla Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 31, 2014, 03:28:47 AM Yes it is, isn't it my friend?
'My Son's heart is as sweet as the sweetest honey and as clean as the purest spring, for whatever belongs to virtue and goodness flows from it as from a spring. His heart is also most pleasant. What is more pleasant to a sensible person than the contemplation of God's love in his creation and redemption, in his life of work and his teaching, in his grace and long-suffering? His love is indeed not fluid like water, but widespread and durable, for it stays with a person until the very end, so much so that if a sinner were standing at the very gates of perdition, even then he would be rescued if he cried out with a purpose of amendment. There are two ways to reach the heart of God. The first is the humility of true contrition. This leads a person to God's heart and to a spiritual dialogue. The second way is the contemplation of my Son's passion. This removes the hardness of the human heart and makes a person run toward God's heart with joy.' The Blessed Virgin Mary, to St. Bridget of Sweden Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on July 31, 2014, 12:58:19 PM Quote The second way is the contemplation of my Son's passion. This removes the hardness of the human heart and makes a person run toward God's heart with joy.' True! Even gazing on a picture of Jesus wearing His crown of thorns or suffering on the Cross can fill our heart with love and tenderness toward Him Who descended to this abasement for our sakes!! :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 02, 2014, 01:56:41 AM Quote The second way is the contemplation of my Son's passion. This removes the hardness of the human heart and makes a person run toward God's heart with joy.' True! Even gazing on a picture of Jesus wearing His crown of thorns or suffering on the Cross can fill our heart with love and tenderness toward Him Who descended to this abasement for our sakes!! :crucifix: This reminds me of how much benefit the 15 Prayers of St. Bridget have been to me! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 05, 2014, 06:47:48 AM 'All human wisdom, however powerful in acuteness, is foolishness, when compared with Divine wisdom. For all human deeds which are just and beautiful are, when compared with the justice and beauty of God, neither just nor beautiful, nor have any existence at all.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 05, 2014, 10:23:40 PM 'Be a vase, which thou fillest at the source and at the source dost drink from.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 09, 2014, 07:59:50 AM 'The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to Him, the more He thinks of me too.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 12, 2014, 04:15:07 PM Do folks remember of the story of the old man who would sit silently in adoration?
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on August 14, 2014, 10:57:38 AM "Thou knowest that the pride of the devil cannot resist the humble mind, nor can any confusion of spirit be greater than the broadness of My good mercy, if the soul will only truly hope therein."
~ St. Catherine Of Siena ____________ "To put into practice the teachings of our holy faith, it is not enough to convince ourselves that they are true; we must love them. Love united to faith makes us practise our religion." ~ St. Alphonsus Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 14, 2014, 07:13:38 PM Two very helpful quotes for the soul!
Thanks be to God for love of the Holy Faith! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on August 18, 2014, 12:23:13 PM "Just as in one man there is one soul and one body, yet many members; even so the Catholic Church is one body, having many members. The soul that quickens this body is the Holy Spirit; and therefore in the Creed after confessing our belief in the Holy Spirit, we are bid to believe in the Holy Catholic Church."
~ St. Thomas Aquinas _________ "There are two loves, the love of God and the love of the world. If the love of the world takes possession of you, there is no way for the love of God to enter into you. Let the love of the world take the second place, and let the love of God dwell in you. Let the better love take over." ~ St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Poche on August 21, 2014, 05:29:27 AM 'We no sooner begin a work for the honor and glory of God, than the world at once becomes uneasy, or the devil throws obstacles in the way.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 22, 2014, 02:43:55 AM Happiness In Any Circumstance Quote It does happen, even under these circumstances, that every now and then my whole being is flooded with pulsating life and my heart can scarcely contain the delirious joy there is in it. Suddenly, without any cause that I can perceive, without knowing why or by what right, my spirits soar again and there is not a doubt in my mind that all the promises hold good.... Outwardly nothing is changed. The hopelessness of the situation remains only too obvious; yet one can face it undismayed. One is content to leave everything in God's hands. And that is the whole point. Happiness in this life is inextricably mixed with God. Fellow creatures can be the means of giving us much pleasure and of creating conditions which are comfortable and delightful, but the success of this depends upon the extent to which the recipient is capable of recognizing the good and accepting it. And even this capacity is dependent on our relationship with God. Alfred Delp, S.J. (was a German Jesuit who was sent to a concentration camp and executed in 1945)Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on August 22, 2014, 10:34:12 AM He who knows how to forgive prepares for himself many graces from God. As often as I look upon the Cross, so often will I forgive with all my heart (Diary, 390).
No greater joy is to be found than that of loving God. Already here on earth we can taste the happiness of those in heaven by an intimate union with God, a union that is extraordinary and often quite incomprehensible to us. One can attain this very grace through simple faithfulness of soul (Diary, 507). Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 23, 2014, 10:41:26 AM "As to the past, let us entrust it to God’s mercy, the future to Divine Providence. Our task is to live holy the present moment" Saint Gianna Beretta Molla Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on August 23, 2014, 10:47:10 AM "Let us say boldly with St. Bernard that we have need of a mediator with the Mediator Himself, and that it is the divine Mary who is the most capable of filling that charitable office. It was through her that Jesus Christ came to us, and it is through her that we must go to Him. If we fear to go directly to Jesus Christ, our God, whether because of His infinite greatness or because of our vileness or because of our sins, let us boldly implore the aid and intercession of Mary, our Mother. She is good, she is tender, she has nothing in her austere and forbidding, nothing too sublime and too brilliant. In seeing her, we see our pure nature."
~ St. Louis de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 24, 2014, 11:15:02 AM 'It is most unbecoming for Christians to sit down at table to eat before the food has been blessed by someone in the group. As the Gospel tells us, Jesus Christ, who is our model in all things, was in the habit of blessing what had been prepared for him and for those who accompanied him. To act otherwise would be to act like animals. [Mt 14:19; 15:36; Mk 6:41]'
St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on August 24, 2014, 12:01:43 PM "Oh, what awesome mysteries take place during Mass! One day we will know what God is doing for us in each Mass, and what sort of gift He is preparing in it for us. Only His divine love could permit that such a gift be provided for us."
~ St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, 914 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 24, 2014, 09:09:16 PM 'Nothing but self-will can separate us from God.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on August 25, 2014, 12:05:31 PM "O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams."
~ St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 25, 2014, 12:15:55 PM 'To obtain perfectly the gift of humility, four things are required: to despise the world, to despise no person, to despise one's self, to despise being despised.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 26, 2014, 02:43:31 AM Praying Constantly "Retire at various times into the solitude of your own heart, even while outwardly engaged in discussions or transactions with others, and talk to God" St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 26, 2014, 08:34:14 AM Amen!
The path to peace and grace! 'I know that after my death some men will come to you, bringing new doctrines, new constitutions, new ceremoneis. Do not believe them. If an angel from heaven should so come, let him be anathema.' St. John of Capistrano Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 29, 2014, 02:17:12 PM Striving For Spiritual Excellence
"We must be patient and little by little root out our bad inclinations, overcome our aversions and control our emotions. This life is truly a continual warfare, and there is no one who can say, "I am never tempted." Peace is reserved for Heaven, where the palm of victory awaits us; on earth there is a continual struggle between hope and fear. However, our hope must be strong, relying on the omnipotence of God, Who is always ready to help us. So never tire of fighting for your growth and perfection." St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 30, 2014, 06:52:50 PM The fighting makes for acts of virtue that are beautiful before God in Heaven and on earth!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 31, 2014, 02:47:32 PM 'When the evil conduct of one person begins to affect others, you should not show long-suffering; and instead of your own advantage you should seek that of the others, so that they may be saved. For virtue involving many people is more valuable than virtue involving only one.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 07, 2014, 10:21:07 AM "Nothing is so strong as gentleness,
nothing so gentle as real strength" Saint Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 09, 2014, 09:41:39 AM 'I am the Queen of Heaven. Love my Son, because he is most worthy; when you have him, you have everything that is of worth. And he is most desirable; when you have him, you have all that is desirable. Love him, too, because he is most virtuous; when you have him, you have all the virtues. Let me tell you how beautiful his love for my body and soul was and how much honor he gave to my name. He, my own Son, loved me before I loved him, since he is my Creator.
He joined my father and mother in so chaste a marriage that there was no more chaste couple then to be found. They never desired to come together except in accordance with the Law, solely for the sake of procreation. When an angel announced to them that they would give birth to the Virgin from whom the salvation of the world would come, they would rather have died than come together in carnal love; lust had died in them. But, I assure you, out of divine charity and on account of the angel's message they did come together in the flesh, not out of concupiscence but against their will and out of love for God. In this way my flesh was put together from their seed through divine love. When my body had been formed, God sent the created soul into it from his divinity; the soul was immediately sanctified along with the body, and the angels watched over and ministered to it day and night. It is impossible to tell you what a great joy came over my mother when my soul had been sanctified and joined to its body. Afterward, when the course of my life was done, he first raised up my soul, as being mistress of the body, to a place more eminent than others next to the glory of his divinity, and then my body, so that no other creature's body is so close to God as my own.' Revelations of St. Bridget of Sweden Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on September 09, 2014, 11:48:35 AM We are so blessed to have Mary as our Mother! :crucifix:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on September 11, 2014, 11:47:55 AM 'Diseases of the soul come posting in on horseback, but leave slowly and on foot.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 11, 2014, 01:30:30 PM Something one can learn from sad experience!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 11, 2014, 01:30:41 PM 'The sensible firmament symbolizes the firmament of faith in which all the saints shine like stars.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 12, 2014, 10:39:52 AM "If the Jewish High priest carried the names of the twelve tribes of Israel written on his shoulders and on his breast, how much more Christ, our High Priest, carries our names written on His Heart"
St John of Avila. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 12, 2014, 10:43:07 AM Those Old Testament exterior examples of virtue certainly have a special spiritual meaning too. :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 12, 2014, 03:13:46 PM Yes, the more one studies the Bible, the more one realises how Saint Augustine was right when he said:
“The New Testament lies hidden in the Old, and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New.” Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 12, 2014, 03:56:27 PM Yes, the more one studies the Bible, the more one realises how Saint Augustine was right when he said: “The New Testament lies hidden in the Old, and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New.” I do not know why I thought this was a quote from Saint Jerome. :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 12, 2014, 10:28:36 PM Well he is the one who translated the whole Bible! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 15, 2014, 12:48:03 PM 'O my child, bethink you that just as the bee, having gathered heaven's dew and earth's sweetest juices from amid the flowers, carries it to her hive; so the Priest, having taken the Saviour, God's Own Son, Who came down from Heaven, the Son of Mary, Who sprang up as earth's choicest flower, from the Altar, feeds you with that Bread of Sweetness and of all delight.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 17, 2014, 12:20:36 PM "If the faith is in imminent peril, prelates ought to be accused by their subjects, even in public."
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 18, 2014, 06:27:36 AM 'Be careful not to admit into your society those delicate and sensitive people who are afraid of the slightest pin prick, who cry out and complain at the least pain, who know nothing of the hairshirt, the
discipline or other instruments of penance, and who mingle, with their fashionable devotions, a most refined fastidiousness and a most studied lack of mortification.' St. Louis Marie de Montfort, 'Letter to Friends of the Cross' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on September 19, 2014, 07:39:18 AM Today's Divine Intimacy meditation concludes with a beautiful quote from St. Mary Magdalene dei Pazzi. I want to share it with you. Here it is:
"O blessed, happy, and glorious is he who suffers for love of You, O eternal Word, for--shall I dare say it?--as long as we are here below, it is a greater thing to suffer for You than to possess You, because possessing You, we can still lose You, but if we suffer for love of You, it will admit us to eternal life where we can never lose You" (St. Mary Magdalen dei Pazzi). Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 19, 2014, 03:38:49 PM Amen.
St. Mary Magdalen dei Pazzi, pray for us. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 19, 2014, 04:48:49 PM A quote that makes a person think.. this sort of quote is great for meditation isn't it?
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on September 19, 2014, 04:56:49 PM I agree, Shin. Now that you mention it I think I should make it a mediation of mine. God bless you!
A quote that makes a person think.. this sort of quote is great for meditation isn't it? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 20, 2014, 01:06:10 PM A quote that makes a person think.. this sort of quote is great for meditation isn't it? Yes! I am thinking though that one cannot suffer for Him without possessing Him. The two seem to me like conjoined twins :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 20, 2014, 01:12:03 PM You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with which we do them.
Saint Therese of Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on September 20, 2014, 03:09:39 PM A quote that makes a person think.. this sort of quote is great for meditation isn't it? Yes! I am thinking though that one cannot suffer for Him without possessing Him. The two seem to me like conjoined twins :) But do you think that one can possess Him while refusing to suffer for Him? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on September 21, 2014, 05:50:14 PM A quote that makes a person think.. this sort of quote is great for meditation isn't it? Yes! I am thinking though that one cannot suffer for Him without possessing Him. The two seem to me like conjoined twins :) But do you think that one can possess Him while refusing to suffer for Him? I should say, but do you think that one can possess Him for long while refusing to suffer for Him? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 22, 2014, 04:19:21 AM A quote that makes a person think.. this sort of quote is great for meditation isn't it? Yes! I am thinking though that one cannot suffer for Him without possessing Him. The two seem to me like conjoined twins :) But do you think that one can possess Him while refusing to suffer for Him? I should say, but do you think that one can possess Him for long while refusing to suffer for Him? No, not for long. But possessing Him, can one really refuse to suffer for Him? ;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on September 22, 2014, 07:57:49 AM A quote that makes a person think.. this sort of quote is great for meditation isn't it? Yes! I am thinking though that one cannot suffer for Him without possessing Him. The two seem to me like conjoined twins :) But do you think that one can possess Him while refusing to suffer for Him? I should say, but do you think that one can possess Him for long while refusing to suffer for Him? No, not for long. But possessing Him, can one really refuse to suffer for Him? ;D A person still can refuse to suffer for God after having possessed Him. For example, a professed religious brother not so strong in piety and who used to love women a lot before entering the religious life can receive God in Holy Communion for years in a state of grace (thus possessing Him) and then one day while away from the safe place of his friary, begging for the friars, falls completely head over heals for an extremely beautiful and kind woman whom he used to date and whom it would be un-lawful for him to marry (his passions and concupiscence gets the best of him). Up until this point he had possessed God. But the brother keeps his secret passion from his Father Guardian for whatever reason and chooses NOT to give up his "love" for this woman, fantasizing a great part of the day about her (thus sinning mortally), he will not suffer the loss of this "love of his life" for God; he chooses to give into his passions and desires (he even desires to date the woman and yes, have relations with her!) He fell out of grace and lost His possession of God the moment he refused to suffer the loss of this "love of his life" for God. This unfortunate situation has happened to husbands, wives, etc.. God bless you. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 22, 2014, 07:58:03 AM The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.
Saint Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 23, 2014, 11:16:33 AM 'To wish to love God without suffering for love of Him is but illusion. Still, I cannot understand that one can suffer, if one really loves the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ, because He changes the bitterest gall into sweetness.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on September 24, 2014, 03:08:31 PM A quote that makes a person think.. this sort of quote is great for meditation isn't it? Yes! I am thinking though that one cannot suffer for Him without possessing Him. The two seem to me like conjoined twins :) But do you think that one can possess Him while refusing to suffer for Him? We never fully possess God until we are with Him in Heaven. We can possess Him in a certain more limited way when we possess Him within ourselves, especially at Holy Communion, but we can lose Him. Only the possession of God in Heaven is guaranteed to remain forever. And it is rewarded to those who suffer patiently and lovingly until the end of their lives for God. The possession of God in this life does not guarantee that we will posses God for all eternity. At one point in our lives we can give up on God and refuse to suffer something big for Him and then we can lose our possession of Him. Yes, we can refuse to suffer something big for Him and lose our possession of Him. But the patient and loving acceptance and endurance of our trials for the love of God does guarantee the possession of God forever when we are rewarded in Heaven for it -- and we will be rewarded for it in Heaven if we suffer for God in this life. This is why suffering for God is a greater thing: because only it can guarantee the possession of God in the next life... the mere possession of God in this life does not guarantee such a thing (it can even be lost) -- the possession of God in this life MUST be coupled with faithful suffering for God or it can be lost. See why suffering for God in this life is the more important than merely possessing Him in this life? The first bears fruit that is eternal (it bears an eternal reward), the latter does not necessarily -- it can be lost In this life. God bless you. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 26, 2014, 01:23:28 PM 'If you say the Rosary faithfully until death, I do assure you that, in spite of the gravity of your sins "you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory." Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as sorcerers do who practice black magic, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and save your soul, if - and mark well what I say - if you say the Rosary devoutly every day until death for the purpose of knowing the truth and obtaining contrition and pardon for your sins.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 29, 2014, 07:40:09 AM We must always desire to carry out our spiritual exercises well and with precision, both prayer and the exercise of the virtues, and we must never be troubled, anxious, or surprised if we fail to do so. Our desires depend upon our fidelity, which should always be total and yet should grow from day to day; our failures are caused by our infirmity, which we will never be able to leave behind during this mortal life. When we have committed some fault, we should immediately examine our heart and ask ourselves whether we retain a lively and thorough resolution to serve God.
One hopes for a heart that would rather suffer a thousand deaths than fail to keep this resolution. We reprove our heart: "Why, then, are you hesitating now? Why are you so cowardly?" And we make our excuse: "I was taken by surprise, and I hardly know how it happened, but now I am again thinking of my resolution." The heart must be pardoned. It is not through infidelity that it failed, but through infirmity. It must be corrected gently and calmly, that it not be brought to anger or further trouble. We should say to it: "My heart, my friend, in the name of God, be courageous. Let us walk together, taking care as we go, lifting ourselves up to our help, to our God." And, we must be charitable toward our soul, not taking it to task severely, provided we see that it is not offending purposefully. Do you not see that in treating it this way, we practice a holy humility? St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 29, 2014, 10:10:21 AM This reminds me of a desert father speaking about beginning anew.
The pious and necessary practice of making a perfect act of Contrition (pray to God for the grace of it) after becoming aware of any sin whatsoever -- resolving again, and starting anew again. And that one cannot only do this every day, but one can do this every moment. And in this way make progress and keep purity of conscience and intention and.. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on September 30, 2014, 05:29:17 AM I found the quote comforting, reassuring.
Sometimes one almost feels discouraged. We are so sinful. :( Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 30, 2014, 11:29:50 PM Courage! Every day a new day!
'Thou wast created for the glory of thy Creator, that, making His praises thy employment, thou mightest ever advance towards Him by the merit of justice in this life, and mightest live happily in the world to come.' St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 02, 2014, 12:47:23 AM 'Consider every day that you are then for the first time beginning; and always act with the same fervor as on the first day you began.'
St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 02, 2014, 06:56:12 AM "There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is curiosity.
There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others; that is vanity. There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve; that is love." Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1091 - 1153) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 04, 2014, 03:48:43 PM 'Brother, whenever thou seest a poor man, thou shouldest consider the poverty of Our Lord, and His Mother. And in like manner when thou beholdest the sick, thou shouldest remember the infirmities Christ took upon Himself.'
St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 07, 2014, 04:28:31 AM “He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.”
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 08, 2014, 06:51:03 AM "I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind."
St. Bernard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 10, 2014, 01:57:42 AM 'The works of God are perfect, and all his ways are judgments: God is faithful and without any iniquity, he is just and right.'
Deuteronomy 32:4 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 12, 2014, 10:48:31 AM 'Why does the teacher say that the flesh is a "cloud" and a "veil"? Because he knows that every human intellect has transgressed and deviated from its natural motion, and that it now moves amid passions, sensations, and sense-perceptible things, having nowhere else to be moved, for it has utterly gone astray from the motion that naturally carries it along to God. Knowing this, he divided the flesh into passion and sensation, describing both parts of the ensouled flesh as a "cloud and a "veil." For the fleshly passion that hangs darkly over the governing faculty of the soul is indeed a kind of cloud and what is the deception of the senses if not a veil, confining the soul to surface appearance and impeding its passage to intelligible reality? Such a soul consequently becomes oblivious to the things that are naturally good and turns and invests all its energy solely into what can be perceived by the senses, and so discovers angry passions, desires, and unseemly pleasures.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 14, 2014, 01:41:07 AM 'All the honey that can be gathered from the flowers of this world has less sweetness than the vinegar and gall of Jesus Christ our Lord.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola The truth! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 14, 2014, 06:22:29 AM “God freely created us so that we might know, love, and serve him in this life and be happy with him forever. God's purpose in creating us is to draw forth from us a response of love and service here on earth, so that we may attain our goal of everlasting happiness with him in heaven.
All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully. As a result, we ought to appreciate and use these gifts of God insofar as they help us toward our goal of loving service and union with God. But insofar as any created things hinder our progress toward our goal, we ought to let them go.” Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on October 14, 2014, 07:57:35 PM Quote 'All the honey that can be gathered from the flowers of this world has less sweetness than the vinegar and gall of Jesus Christ our Lord.' St. Ignatius of Loyola Beautiful!! How true!! :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 16, 2014, 03:58:34 AM 'I consider that it is obvious to everyone that it is impossible to live virtuously without the aid of prayer.'
St. John Chrysostom :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 17, 2014, 12:56:09 PM 'My Jesus, fill my heart with so much love that one day it will break just to be with you. My Jesus, you know I have placed you as a seal on my heart. Remain there always.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 18, 2014, 09:25:40 AM 'I am very glad that our divine Master has shown you that these trials add to the burden of your office; for He wishes them to be the cause of your having more frequent recourse to His Goodness, which will turn all these things to His glory and to your advantage, if you second His designs.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, to a Superioress Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 20, 2014, 07:21:49 AM "The mind of fools is in their mouths,
but the mouth of the wise is in their mind." Sirach 21: 26 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 20, 2014, 09:10:04 AM Too true!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 20, 2014, 03:10:06 PM 'The devil tries to soil and defile every good thing a man would do by intermingling with it his own seeds in the form of self-esteem, presumption, complaint, and other things of this kind, so that what we do is not done for God alone, or with a glad heart. Abel offered a sacrifice to God of the fat and firstlings of his flock, while Cain offered gifts of the fruits of the earth, but not of the firstfruits; and that is why God looked with favor on Abel's sacrifices, but paid no attention to Cain's gifts (cf. Gen. 4:3-5). This shows us that it is possible to do something good in the wrong way - that is to say, to do it negligently, or scornfully, or else not for God's sake but for some other purpose; and for this reason it is unacceptable to God.'
St. Symeon Metaphrastis Remember we have to do things for God's sake, with a pure intention! And we have to pray for it, and pray for the work! And be thankful! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 21, 2014, 03:21:51 AM Too true! Sirach is a treasure of wisdom. I wonder why it took me so long to discover it! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 21, 2014, 03:26:20 AM 'The devil tries to soil and defile every good thing a man would do by intermingling with it his own seeds in the form of self-esteem, presumption, complaint, and other things of this kind, so that what we do is not done for God alone, or with a glad heart. Abel offered a sacrifice to God of the fat and firstlings of his flock, while Cain offered gifts of the fruits of the earth, but not of the firstfruits; and that is why God looked with favor on Abel's sacrifices, but paid no attention to Cain's gifts (cf. Gen. 4:3-5). This shows us that it is possible to do something good in the wrong way - that is to say, to do it negligently, or scornfully, or else not for God's sake but for some other purpose; and for this reason it is unacceptable to God.' St. Symeon Metaphrastis Remember we have to do things for God's sake, with a pure intention! And we have to pray for it, and pray for the work! And be thankful! So that was why Cain's sacrifice was rejected. I often wondered why. :( Everything we do should be done only and only for God's sake. No other reason is worthy. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 21, 2014, 03:26:48 AM “It is good that we sometimes suffer contradictions, and that men have an evil and imperfect opinion for us even when we do and mean what is good.
. For these things help us to be humble, and keep us from vain-glory. For then we better seek s God as a witness to our conscience when outwardly we are despised by men and we are not believed.” The Imitation of Christ Chapter XII Of the uses of adversity Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 22, 2014, 04:44:02 PM From the bitter -- sweet!
'Nourish your soul with sacred readings;' St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on October 31, 2014, 03:42:12 AM Of the love of solitude and silence
'Seek a suitable time for thy meditation, and think frequently of the mercies of God to thee. Leave curious questions. Study such matters as bring thee sorrow for sin rather than amusement. If thou withdraw thyself from trifling conversation and idle goings about, as well as from novelties and gossip, thou shalt find thy time sufficient and apt for good meditation. The greatest saints used to avoid as far as they could the company of men, and chose to live in secret with God." The Imitation of Christ Chapter XX Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 31, 2014, 11:37:25 PM Some of the best advice!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 01, 2014, 10:40:21 AM 'When the devil suggests discouraging thoughts, we must seek help in the remembrance of the blessings, without number, that we have received from God.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 03, 2014, 09:31:38 AM "Blessed is he who keeps the moment of death ever before his eyes and prepares for it every day."
The Imitation of Christ Book 1 Chapter 23 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 03, 2014, 07:30:41 PM Amen.
Let's strive to do so! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 05, 2014, 02:47:14 PM 'One day the Lord caused me to hear these words at the foot of the tabernacle: "My son, he who embraces Me embraces thorns." Oh, what a grace! Oh, what a gift!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 06, 2014, 05:10:48 AM If we only knew the precious treasure hidden in infirmities, we would receive them with the same joy with which we receive the greatest benefits, and we would bear them without ever complaining or showing signs of weariness.
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 09, 2014, 06:15:02 AM 'It is granted to few to recognize the true Church amid the darkness of so many schisms and heresies, and to fewer still so to love the truth which they have seen as to fly to its embrace.'
St. Robert Bellarmine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 12, 2014, 03:05:42 AM [mod edit on request -- uncertainly attributed quote removed]
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 12, 2014, 06:54:10 AM Just a note, I'm not sure of the origin of that last quote!
A quick search shows it's been attributed to a lot of Teresas. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 12, 2014, 06:56:43 AM 'You know what you have to do. Correspond faithfully, joyfully and willingly to the lights He gives you.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 13, 2014, 10:20:54 AM 'Christ in His justice rewards the living, the dead, and every single action.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on November 13, 2014, 03:33:45 PM "For us Christians, the first virtue of godliness is to honor our parents—to pay back the troubles of those who bore us, and to give them whatever comforts we can with all our strength. For if we repaid them as much as possible, we could still never pay them back for their gift of life. Then they will enjoy the comfort we provide, . . . And then won’t our Father in heaven accept our good intentions, and judge us worthy to ‘shine like the sun in the Kingdom of our Father’ (Matthew 13:43)?"
~ St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 14, 2014, 12:59:58 AM A good quote to remember. I am trying to remember a quote in Holy Scripture that is similar about caring for one's family.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 14, 2014, 05:16:06 AM Just a note, I'm not sure of the origin of that last quote! Sorry, I have just noticed your comment.A quick search shows it's been attributed to a lot of Teresas. :D Let's do away with it if there is uncertainty about its origin, shall we? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 15, 2014, 03:10:40 AM As requested then, I shall remove the quote. :flower:
For everyone's info -- We have a nice lengthy time out on editing and deletion here, sometimes I think of extending it even longer. And anyone can freely request editorial correction and deletes at any time in the future, no need for concern. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 15, 2014, 03:24:33 AM Whatever makes folks feel comfortable. :tiphat: :tinyangel: :littlewings: :angelblue:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 17, 2014, 06:37:07 AM "Love wholly and not partially,"
St. Anthony of Padua, Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 17, 2014, 05:24:12 PM Amen! May God grant us charity!
'If the heart of a man is not lifted up, this is from no defect on the part of him who draws it, who as far as he is concerned never fails, but from an impediment caused by him who is being drawn.' St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 18, 2014, 04:31:01 AM 'The demons, therefore, if they see all Christians, and monks especially, labouring cheerfully and advancing, first make an attack by temptation and place hindrances to hamper our way, to wit, evil thoughts. But we need not fear their suggestions, for by prayer, fasting, and faith in the Lord their attack immediately fails. But even when it does they cease not, but knavishly by subtlety come on again. For when they cannot deceive the heart openly with foul pleasures they approach in different guise, and thenceforth shaping displays they attempt to strike fear, changing their shapes, taking the forms of women, wild beasts, creeping things, gigantic bodies, and troops of soldiers. But not even then need ye fear their deceitful displays. For they are nothing and quickly disappear, especially if a man fortify himself beforehand with faith and the sign of the cross. Yet are they bold and very shameless, for if thus they are worsted they make an onslaught in another manner, and pretend to prophesy and foretell the future, and to shew themselves of a height reaching to the roof and of great breadth; that they may stealthily catch by such displays those who could not be deceived by their arguments. If here also they find the soul strengthened by faith and a hopeful mind, then they bring their leader to their aid.'
St. Anthony the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 18, 2014, 05:35:20 AM 'You must take no notice of these thoughts of vanity, but say to Satan, when he suggests them to you in any of your actions: Begone, Satan, I not only renounce thee, but also thy evil suggestions. I did not begin for thee, and I will not end for thee.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 18, 2014, 08:24:45 AM "Begone, Satan, do not suggest to me thy vanities — evil are the things thou profferest, drink thou thy own poison " On the Medal of Saint Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 18, 2014, 08:26:57 AM 'You must take no notice of these thoughts of vanity, but say to Satan, when he suggests them to you in any of your actions: Begone, Satan, I not only renounce thee, but also thy evil suggestions. I did not begin for thee, and I will not end for thee.' St. Margaret Mary Alacoque "Begone, Satan," are the Lord's very words. I am going to adopt them. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 18, 2014, 08:47:39 AM Powerful words! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on November 19, 2014, 02:56:58 PM "He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagined. Leave it all to Him, let go of yourself, lose yourself on the Cross, and you will find yourself entirely."
— St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 20, 2014, 03:54:52 AM "Let us bear our cross and leave it to God to determine the length and the weight."
Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 22, 2014, 06:26:32 AM I have to remember this instead of seeking to determine it all! :crucifix:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 22, 2014, 06:14:51 PM 'You have not yet acquired perfect love if your regard for people is still swayed by their characters - for example, if, for some particular reason, you love one person and hate another, or if for the same reason you sometimes love and sometimes hate the same person.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 26, 2014, 12:17:05 AM 'Cast a look round the world, just observe the manner of living, of speaking, and you will see immediately whether the evil of sin is known in the world or whether any attention is paid to it. Not to speak of those who live decidedly irreligious and wicked lives, how few are those who pass for good and who approach the sacraments are aware of the great evil that sin is, and the great ruin it brings with it.
It must necessarily happen that, on account of this certainly culpable ignorance in which most men live, an enormous number will come to be damned, because no sin is pardoned which is not detested, and it is impossible to detest sin properly if it is not known as such.' St. Joseph Cafasso Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on November 27, 2014, 05:21:48 AM 'O God! how many miserable sinners have been struck by death in the act of feasting themselves on some poisonous gratification! The devil will say to thee: this misfortune will not befall thee. But do thou answer him: if it should befall me, what will become of me for eternity? O God, may not that happen to me which has happened to so many other unhappy sinners? How many are now in hell for lesser sins than I have committed!'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 27, 2014, 05:33:58 PM May God grant that we may serve Him purely and truly! :crucifix:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on November 28, 2014, 03:01:42 PM "Nothing seems tiresome or painful when you are working for a Master who pays well; who rewards even a cup of cold water given for love of Him."
~ St. Dominic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on November 29, 2014, 03:57:05 PM "Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the most tender of friends with souls who seek to please Him. His goodness knows how to proportion itself to the smallest of His creatures as to the greatest of them. Be not afraid then in your solitary conversations, to tell Him of your miseries, fears, worries, of those who are dear to you, of your projects, and of your hopes. Do so with confidence and with an open heart."
~ St. Damien of Molokai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 01, 2014, 01:28:48 AM “God is a Spirit incomprehensible, incorporeal, immutable, that cannot be bounded by space, everywhere whole, nowhere divided: everywhere present, ineffably penetrating all things, containing all things, knowing all things, beholding all things; Almighty, governing all things: wholly in heaven, wholly in earth, wholly everywhere. Always working, always resting, gathering, but needing not, carrying all things without being burdened, filling all things, but not included in them, creating and protecting, nourishing and perfecting all things. Thou seekest, but Thou never wantest anything. Loving, but not inflamed. Thou art jealous, but untroubled. Thou repentest without grieving. Thou art angry, and tranquil all the while. Thou changest Thy works, but Thy counsel knows no alteration. Thou holdest all things, fillest all things, embracest all things, art above all things, sustainest all things. Nor dost Thou in one part sustain, and in another super-exceed: nor in one part dost Thou fill, and in another include. In sustaining Thou super-exceedest, and in super-exceeding Thou sustainest. Thou teachest the hearts of the faithful without the service of words, ‘reaching from one end to another mightily, and sweetly disposing all things.’”
Saint Augustine of Hippo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 01, 2014, 01:36:07 AM A truly splendid quote odhiambo!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 04, 2014, 06:55:00 AM " Incomprehensible and immutable is the love of God.
For it was not after we were reconciled to Him by the blood of His Son that He began to love us, but He loved us before the foundation of the world, that with His only begotten Son we too might be sons of God before we were anything at all" Augustine of Hippo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 04, 2014, 10:21:41 AM 'One beholder loves God more, than a thousand wayfarers.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 05, 2014, 06:51:06 AM “God is a Spirit incomprehensible, incorporeal, immutable, that cannot be bounded by space, everywhere whole, nowhere divided: everywhere present, ineffably penetrating all things, containing all things, knowing all things, beholding all things; Almighty, governing all things: wholly in heaven, wholly in earth, wholly everywhere. Always working, always resting, gathering, but needing not, carrying all things without being burdened, filling all things, but not included in them, creating and protecting, nourishing and perfecting all things. Thou seekest, but Thou never wantest anything. Loving, but not inflamed. Thou art jealous, but untroubled. Thou repentest without grieving. Thou art angry, and tranquil all the while. Thou changest Thy works, but Thy counsel knows no alteration. Thou holdest all things, fillest all things, embracest all things, art above all things, sustainest all things. Nor dost Thou in one part sustain, and in another super-exceed: nor in one part dost Thou fill, and in another include. In sustaining Thou super-exceedest, and in super-exceeding Thou sustainest. Thou teachest the hearts of the faithful without the service of words, ‘reaching from one end to another mightily, and sweetly disposing all things.’”
Saint Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 09, 2014, 01:10:20 PM It's hard to follow after such sublime quotes!
'Do not say: "I have fulfilled the commandments, but have not found the Lord". For you have often found "spiritual knowledge with righteousness", as Scripture says, "and those who rightly seek Him shall find peace" (Prov. 16:8. LXX).' St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on December 12, 2014, 07:04:36 AM Bethlehem is by interpretation the house of bread.
For it is the Lord Himself who says, I am the bread of life which came down from heaven. The place therefore where the Lord was born was before called the house of bread, because it was there that He was to appear in His fleshly nature who should refresh the souls of the elect with spiritual fullness. Saint Gregory Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 12, 2014, 07:18:04 AM I really love this quote.. 'house of bread'. . .
It's time for me to sift through the books for more passages about the Advent of Our Lord! What a joyous pastime! Good morning Odhiambo! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 14, 2014, 12:59:21 PM 'Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.' John 6:26-27 St. Thomas Aquinas's Catena Aurea quotes various commentators on this passage: 'Alcuin. To take the passage mystically: on the day following, i. e. after the ascension of Christ, the multitude standing in good works, not lying in worldly pleasures, expects Jesus to come to them. The one ship is the one Church: the other ships which come besides, are the conventicles of heretics, who seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. Wherefore He well says, Ye seek Me, because ye did eat of the loaves. Aug. How many there are who seek Jesus, only to gain some temporary benefit. One man has a matter of business, in which he wants the assistance of the clergy; another is oppressed by a more powerful neighbour, and flies to the Church for refuge: Jesus is scarcely ever sought for Jesus' sake.' ... Which makes the thought -- how many seek Our Lord for His sake, truly, i.e. Himself spiritually, supernaturally, truly, rather than their mistaken natural conception of who He might be that suits themselves, or the various natural satisfactions they gain from a sort of pursuit of him, as some of the heretics might, thinking themselves pursuing God but actually pursuing their own satisfactions. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 14, 2014, 01:02:49 PM 'They too seek Jesus, not for Jesus' sake, but for something else, who ask in their prayers not for eternal, but temporal blessings. The mystical meaning is, that the conventicles of heretics are without the company of Christ and His disciples. And other ships coming, is the sudden growth of heresies. By the crowd, which saw that Jesus was not there, or His disciples, are designated those who seeing' the errors of heretics, leave them and turn to the true faith.'
St. Bede the Venerable Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 15, 2014, 08:31:40 PM 'Nor can it be doubted, that it is more consonant with the order of nature that men should bear rule over women, than women over men. It is with this principle in view that the apostle says, "The head of the woman is the man;" and, "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands." So also the Apostle Peter writes: "Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord."'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Patricia on December 16, 2014, 12:36:10 PM Okay St. Augustine, as you say :boggles:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 16, 2014, 03:17:03 PM I hope nothing about the natural law is unclear Patricia! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 18, 2014, 12:48:17 AM 'I ardently desire, and I ask you by the love and respect we bear to our Divine Master, that in our spiritual exercises we would remember one an other.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on December 18, 2014, 01:48:18 PM "There are two ways of knowing how good God is: one is never to lose Him, and the other is to lose Him and then to find Him."
~ Archbishop Fulton Sheen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 19, 2014, 07:33:45 PM 'O Lord Jesus, I beseech thee for the salvation of all whom Thou wouldst have me pray for.'
St. Margaret of Cortona, her mother's prayer Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 20, 2014, 04:34:24 AM Remember, O Christian soul, that thou hast this day, and every day of thy life: God to glorify- Jesus to imitate- The Angels and Saints to invoke- A soul to save- A body to mortify- Sins to expiate- Virtues to acquire- Hell to avoid- Heaven to gain- Eternity to prepare for- Time to profit by- Neighbors to edify- The world to despise- Devils to combat- Passions to subdue- Death perhaps to suffer- Judgment to undergo.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on December 21, 2014, 02:38:30 PM "An excellent method of preserving interior silence is to keep exterior silence. . . even in the world, each one of us can make his own solitude, a boundary beyond which nothing can force its way unperceived. It is not noise in itself that is the difficulty, but noise that is pointless; it is not every conversation, but useless conversations; not all kinds of occupation, but aimless occupations. In point of fact, everything that does not serve some good purpose is harmful. It is foolish, nay, more, it is a betrayal to devote to a useless objective powers that can be given to what is essential. There are two ways of separating ourselves from almighty God, quite different from one another but both disastrous, although for different reasons: mortal sin and voluntary distractions—mortal sin, which objectively breaks off our union with God, and voluntary distractions, which subjectively interrupt or hinder our union from being as close as it ought to be. We should speak only when it is preferable not to keep silence. The Gospel does not say merely that we shall have to give an account of every evil word, but of every idle thought."
~ St. Alphonsus Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 21, 2014, 06:29:09 PM God bless holy silence.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 24, 2014, 01:32:51 AM 'My dearest Saviour, Thou art the King of Heaven, the King of kings, the Son of God; and how is it, then, that I see Thee in this cave, forsaken by all? I see no one assisting Thee but Joseph and Thy holy Mother.
I desire to unite myself also to them in keeping Thee company.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 26, 2014, 04:19:47 AM 'O amiable Infant! though I see Thee in this cavern lying on straw poor and despised, yet faith teaches me that Thou art my God, who earnest down from heaven for my salvation. I acknowledge Thee, then, for my sovereign Lord and Saviour; but I have nothing, alas! to offer Thee. I have no gold of love, because I have loved creatures; I have loved my own caprices, but I have not loved Thee, O amiable infinite One! I have not the incense of prayer, because I have lived in a miserable state of forgetfulness of Thee. I have no myrrh of mortification, for I have often displeased Thy infinite goodness that I might not be deprived of my miserable pleasures. What then shall I offer Thee? I offer Thee my heart, filthy and poor as it is; do Thou accept it, and change it. Thou earnest into the world for this purpose, to wash the hearts of men from their sins by Thy blood, and thus change them from sinners into saints. Give me, there fore, I pray Thee, this gold, this incense, and this myrrh. Give me the gold of Thy holy love; give me the spirit of holy prayer, give me the desire and strength to mortify myself in everything that displeases Thee. I am resolved to obey Thee and to love Thee; but Thou knowest my weakness, oh, give me the grace to be faithful to Thee! Most holy Virgin, thou who didst welcome with such affection and didst console the holy Magi, do thou welcome and console me also, who come to visit thy Son and to offer myself to him. O my Mother, I have great confidence in thy intercession! Do thou recommend me to Jesus. To thee do I intrust my soul and my will; bind it forever to the love of Jesus!'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 26, 2014, 04:59:55 AM 'Brethren and fathers, most people call the present days feasts, because of they get drunk and debauched during them, not understanding that these days demand abstinence from meat, not indulgence in drunkenness and intoxication. That is proper to a pagan feast; it is the business of Christians to exercise self-control and not to satisfy the desires of the flesh, as the Apostle teaches. Nevertheless evil has progressed into law and leads the world as it wishes. But let us, brethren, flee intemperance even in partaking of things that are permitted, for we know that intemperance is the mother of sin.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 27, 2014, 09:21:46 PM 'All things that are read in Holy Scriptures, we must hear with great attention to our instruction and salvation: but those things especially must be committed to memory, that serve most to confute heretics: whose deceits cease not to circumvent or ensnare all the weaker sort and the more negligent persons.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 29, 2014, 01:45:12 PM 'I was under a necessity to write unto you, to beseech you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
For certain men are secretly entered in (who were written of long ago unto this judgment), ungodly men, turning the grace of Our Lord God unto riotousness, and denying their only Sovereign Ruler, and our Lord Jesus Christ.' Jude 3-4 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 30, 2014, 07:46:36 AM 'There is a light-hearted talk, full of modest life and gaiety, which the Greeks called Eutrapelia, and which we should call good conversation, by which we may find an innocent and kindly amusement out of the trifling occurrences which human imperfections afford. Only beware of letting this seemly mirth go too far, till it becomes ridicule. Ridicule excites mirth at the expense of one's neighbour; seemly mirth and playful fun never lose sight of a trustful, kindly courtesy, which can wound no one.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on January 01, 2015, 02:37:25 PM "As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary."
~ St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 01, 2015, 06:16:49 PM 'I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the Land of Ægypt, out of the house of servitude. Thou shalt not have strange gods before me.'
Exodus 20:2-3 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 01, 2015, 06:18:51 PM Just a note for folks: It's preferred not to have quotes from Mother Teresa here. There are too many serious issues regarding some of her work and quotes. Please see the recent reminder in the announcements.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: pebbles on January 02, 2015, 11:24:32 PM I think these days, people don’t have time for people. They are always checking their phones, tablets, or whatever internet social media or games. People don’t turn off their phones in movie houses, church and family get together. Instead of kids playing and talking with each other, all are busy with their games with phones. No wonder kids don’t have social skill unless it’s through the internet. They don’t know how to play, get the sun on their faces, skin their knees, climb trees, run and play tag, use their imagination to entertain themselves…. To READ and WRITE COMPLETE AND CORRECTLY SPELLED SENTENCES!!! Just looking at people engage in their phones, etc. makes me dizzy, stressful and I feel for them. Do they still get to improve themselves? Or converse with their family and friends face to face? Can you put your head on social sites' shoulder when your down? or can these social sites hug you? :'( I wonder... would they survive a day without any electronic device in their hands? ::) ;D [mod edit: for content topic] Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 03, 2015, 03:10:31 AM Just a reminder again, to review the announcements folks and you can always PM to ask a question about the forum or take the time to get adjusted to the forum. :D
Please stay on topic and quote the saints who provide good examples and good quotes rather than folks with bad examples that have a few good quotes. Also we had some technical difficulties tonight, let me know if you have any persistent troubles, it should be only temporary. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 03, 2015, 03:46:30 AM 'The person who is not affected either by material things, or by his memories of them, has attained perfect dispassion.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 05, 2015, 05:20:39 PM "Jesus is waiting for you in the chapel. Go and find him when your strength and patience are giving out, when you feel lonely and helpless. Say to him: 'You know well what is happening, my dear Jesus. I have only you. Come to my aid....' And then go your way. And don't worry about knowing how you are going to manage. It is enough to have told our Good Lord. He has an excellent memory."
St. Jeanne Jugan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 05, 2015, 07:51:07 PM It makes me think of a story I heard once about an quiet old man before Our Lord in the chapel.
'I sleep and my heart watcheth.' Canticles 5:2 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 05, 2015, 09:00:19 PM It makes me think of a story I heard once about an quiet old man before Our Lord in the chapel. 'I sleep and my heart watcheth.' Canticles 5:2 I like this story, I can see it in my mind. The quote also had me reflect upon Saint Bernadette, when she was bed ridden she called it her "little white chapel". Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 06, 2015, 08:45:55 PM I like this story, I can see it in my mind. The quote also had me reflect upon Saint Bernadette, when she was bed ridden she called it her "little white chapel". I can see that too! Ah that is something to think of, a little white chapel. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 06, 2015, 08:58:21 PM I like this story, I can see it in my mind. The quote also had me reflect upon Saint Bernadette, when she was bed ridden she called it her "little white chapel". I can see that too! Ah that is something to think of, a little white chapel. Saint Bernadette please pray for us Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 07, 2015, 10:10:49 PM 'Take, even bread with moderation, lest a loaded stomach should make you weary of prayer.' St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 07, 2015, 10:23:23 PM 'Self-control is the generic name for all of the virtues; therefore, one who exercises self-control must do so in all things. For just as the whole of a man's body becomes disfigured when one part, no matter how small it may be, is removed from it, so also he who neglects one virtue without realizing it destroys all of his self-control.'
St. Diadochos of Photiki Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 09, 2015, 11:28:23 PM "O my God, I do not ask you to keep me from suffering, but to be with me in affliction. Teach me to seek you as my only comforter; sustain my faith; strengthen my hope; purify my love. Grant me the grace to recognize your hand in the midst of suffering and to want no other comforter than you."
From Saint Bernadette's private Journal Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 10, 2015, 01:52:47 AM St. Bernadette, pray for us!
'When I see that God is ever ready to give us all the interior and exterior aids necessary for our salvation, and that he observes our deeds solely for our own good; when, on the other hand, I see man continually occupied in useless things, contrary to himself and of no value; and that at the hour of death God will say to him: "What is there, O man, that I could have done for thee which I have not done?" and that man will clearly know this to be true; I believe that he will have to render a stricter account for this than for all other sins, and I am amazed and cannot understand how man can be so mad as to neglect a thing of such vast and extreme importance.' St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 10, 2015, 01:55:15 AM One of the most moving phrases for me is this:
"What is there, O man, that I could have done for thee which I have not done?" The Twelfth Prayer of St. Bridget O Jesus! Mirror of Truth, symbol of unity, bond of charity, remember the multitude of wounds with which Thou wast afflicted from head to foot, torn and reddened by the spilling of Thy adorable Blood. O great and universal pain, which Thou didst suffer in Thy virginal flesh for love of us! Sweetest Jesus! What is there that Thou couldst have done for us which Thou has not done! May the fruit of Thy suffering be renewed in my soul by the faithful remembrance of Thy Passion, and may Thy love increase in my heart each day, until I see Thee in eternity: Thou Who art the treasure of every real good and every joy, which I beg Thee to grant me, O Sweetest Jesus, in heaven. Amen. The 15 Prayers of St. Bridget are wonderful prayers, one cannot say enough good of them! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 10, 2015, 11:14:53 AM That is how much Our God loves us Shin! :crucifix:
“O man, created in such great dignity, why dost thou lose thyself in things so vile? If thou shouldst consider well, thou wouldst easily see that all worldly things which thou desirest are as nothing when compared to those spiritual goods which God gives thee even in this life, which is so full of ignorance." Life and Doctrine of Saint Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 12, 2015, 03:46:11 AM :D
'This is a life which neither a pagan nor an unbelieving Jew may have and possess -- nor, for that matter, any Christian who is a slave to his vices and sins. It is a life prepared only for those who both believe and live without blemish.' St. Niceta of Remesiana Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 13, 2015, 08:36:19 AM 'Keep beating your breast and crying out: "From my secret sins cleanse me, O Lord, and from those of others spare thy servant." Once a man longs to be cleansed of his hidden sins, he loses all joy in being soiled by such things.'
St. Niceta of Remesiana Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 13, 2015, 09:33:56 AM 'Keep beating your breast and crying out: "From my secret sins cleanse me, O Lord, and from those of others spare thy servant." Once a man longs to be cleansed of his hidden sins, he loses all joy in being soiled by such things.' St. Niceta of Remesiana [/quote Amen, amen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 13, 2015, 09:35:49 AM "Watch me, O Lord, this day; for, abandoned to myself, I shall surely betray Thee.
St. Phillip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 14, 2015, 02:29:03 AM Be Like Children
Little children follow and obey their father. They love their mother. They know nothing of covetousness, ill-will, bad temper, arrogance and lying. This state of mind opens the road to heaven. To imitate our Lord’s own humility, we must return to the simplicity of God’s little ones. St. Hillary of Poirtiers Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 15, 2015, 03:59:06 AM " If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts."
Hebrew 3:15 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 15, 2015, 04:14:24 AM 'The more I meditate on the mind of the saints, the more I am reminded of something that is high and hard and beyond the powers of human nature.'
St. Niceta of Remesiana Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 15, 2015, 03:06:55 PM 'The more I meditate on the mind of the saints, the more I am reminded of something that is high and hard and beyond the powers of human nature.' St. Niceta of Remesiana This is so true. They have changed how I perceive everything. I am so thankful for them. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 16, 2015, 06:39:08 AM 'The more I meditate on the mind of the saints, the more I am reminded of something that is high and hard and beyond the powers of human nature.' St. Niceta of Remesiana This is so true. They have changed how I perceive everything. I am so thankful for them. :+: :rejoice: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 16, 2015, 06:39:52 AM 'Love tends to union with the object loved. Now Jesus Christ loves a soul that is in a state of grace with an immense love; He ardently desires to unite Himself with it. This is what Holy Communion does.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on January 16, 2015, 09:51:31 AM 'Love tends to union with the object loved. Now Jesus Christ loves a soul that is in a state of grace with an immense love; He ardently desires to unite Himself with it. This is what Holy Communion does.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Beautiful! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 16, 2015, 06:30:08 PM Amen!
'There is nothing which is more profitable and more consoling to the mind than to frequently remember the Blessed Virgin.' St. Teresa of Jesus So true no? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: George on January 17, 2015, 01:04:20 AM He who made thee is made in thee. He is made in thee through whom you were made.....Give milk, O Mother, to Him who is our food; give milk to the bread that comes down from Heaven.
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 18, 2015, 08:24:18 AM 'A good conscience is found through prayer, and pure prayer through the conscience. Each by nature needs the other.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 19, 2015, 06:12:53 AM 'Wrestle for your own soul, especially in such days as these.'
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on January 19, 2015, 01:37:39 PM “God freely created us so that we might know, love, and serve him in this life and be happy with him forever. God's purpose in creating us is to draw forth from us a response of love and service here on earth, so that we may attain our goal of everlasting happiness with him in heaven.
All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully. As a result, we ought to appreciate and use these gifts of God insofar as they help us toward our goal of loving service and union with God. But insofar as any created things hinder our progress toward our goal, we ought to let them go.” Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 20, 2015, 09:47:48 AM That we might know, love, and serve Him. . .
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 20, 2015, 09:48:00 AM 'He who loves Me, says the Lord, will keep My commandments (cf. John 14:15, 23); and "this is My commandment, that you love one another" (John 15:12). Thus he who does not love his neighbor fails to keep the commandment, and so cannot love the Lord.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 20, 2015, 10:20:48 PM 'I am always happy and content in God. I accept all things, pleasant or unpleasant, gratefully from our dear heavenly Father. He knows what is best for us and so I am always happy in God. I try to love Him very much. There is only one thing that grieves me, and that is that I love Him so little. If I could become a seraph of love I would call on all creatures to help me love my God. I must close now. I could go on and on. Love has no limits. I would have to write much more but I don't have the time. The bell is ringing to call me once more to praise God.'
St. Conrad of Parzham Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 23, 2015, 11:12:41 PM 'When you are wronged and your heart and feelings are hardened, do not be distressed, for this has happened providentially; but be glad and reject the thoughts that arise within you, knowing that if they are destroyed at the stage when they are only provocations, their evil consequences will be cut off, whereas if the thoughts persist the evil may be expected to develop.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on January 24, 2015, 05:28:37 PM The slack hand impoverishes, but the hand of the diligent enriches.
The Book of Proverbs: Chapter 10 Verse 4 :swordfight: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 25, 2015, 03:28:18 PM Let us be diligent in gathering virtues! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on January 26, 2015, 04:29:35 PM St. Thomas Aquinas expressed: The Eucharist is the point where God and the soul meet;
God with all his graces, the soul with all its needs. I like this statement. The Lord created man and man's soul. However, man and his soul become in need of assistance. The Eucharist is a gift from God. God the Giver gives the Eucharist to man. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 28, 2015, 04:17:22 PM Eucharistic Adoration is a priceless means of sanctification!
'In fact, we should be convinced that without the help of God we have not the strength to resist the violent movements of bad passions and the vehement suggestions of the enemy who comes to assail us, even though we should have taken a thousand good resolutions and made to God a thousand promises; if we then do not recommend ourselves to God, we shall certainly be conquered. We must add that the Council of Trent condemns him who should say that man in the state of grace can persevere in it without the special help of God: "If any one saith that the justified either is able to persevere, without the special help of God, in the justice received; or that, with that help, he is not able; let him be anathema." Hence, in order to persevere, the ordinary divine help does not suffice; we need extraordinary help, which is not obtained except through prayer.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 30, 2015, 12:38:30 AM 'After the suggestion comes the pleasure. When a person is not careful to banish the temptation immediately, but stops to reason with it, the thought instantly begins to delight him, and give him pleasure, and thus draws the person on to give his consent to it. As long as the will withholds the consent, the sin is only venial, and not mortal. But if the soul does not then turn to God, and make an effort to resist the pleasure, it will easily go on to give its consent. "Unless," says St. Anselm, "a person repel the pleasure, it passes into consent, and kills the soul."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 31, 2015, 08:39:55 PM 'The truly humble man, does not desire to be advertised as a humble man, but wishes to be reputed and considered worthless.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 03, 2015, 03:17:23 AM 'We believe that no one ever attains salvation but through the assistance of Divine grace; and that no one ever deserves the aid of Divine grace unless he asks and prays for it.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on February 05, 2015, 05:14:12 PM Like obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance,
but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct, The First Letter of Peter Chapter 1 Verses 14-15 Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 05, 2015, 11:08:15 PM 'The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding.'
Proverbs 10:21 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on February 07, 2015, 05:36:45 PM From his fullness we have all received, grace in place of grace,
because while the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. The Gospel According to John Chapter 1 Verses 16-17 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 09, 2015, 06:00:12 AM 'What a beautiful thing it is to know that Jesus has preceded us down the avenues of suffering, and to know that we are pleasing to him and will gain from him an eternal reward.'
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 10, 2015, 03:55:26 AM 'Be not without fear about sins forgiven.
Why does the Holy Ghost admonish us to be afraid of sin which has been already pardoned? Because after the guilt is remitted the temporal penalties of sin still remain; and among them we must reckon the withdrawal of God's graces. Hence the saints never ceased to weep for their faults, though only venial, and even after they had been forgiven; for they always trembled lest their past transgressions should be punished by the subtraction of the graces necessary to obtain eternal life.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: whiterockdove on February 10, 2015, 04:29:55 AM Then there are those sins that I just keep bringing up
Over and over again in confession... :brickwall: What you said about instant gratification Shin, ..yep! We shall all keep at it, and pray for Our Blessed Mother's intercession And The mercy of Jesus's sacred heart. :angryred: :swordfight: :swordfight: :angryred: :madgunfighter: : :harp: :harp: :principalities: :+: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 10, 2015, 04:30:22 AM 'Be not without fear about sins forgiven. Why does the Holy Ghost admonish us to be afraid of sin which has been already pardoned? Because after the guilt is remitted the temporal penalties of sin still remain; and among them we must reckon the withdrawal of God's graces. Hence the saints never ceased to weep for their faults, though only venial, and even after they had been forgiven; for they always trembled lest their past transgressions should be punished by the subtraction of the graces necessary to obtain eternal life.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Wow, what a quote! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 10, 2015, 07:20:07 AM He [Lucifer] first approached the woman, and not the man, because he knew her to be by nature more frail and weak, and because in tempting her he would be more certain that it was not Christ whom he was encountering. Against her also he was more enraged ever since he had seen the sign in heaven and since the threat, which God had made in it against him. On all these accounts his wrath was greater against Eve than against Adam.
Ven. Mary of Agreda Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 10, 2015, 07:21:11 AM "He [Lucifer] first approached the woman, and not the man, because he knew her to be by nature more frail and weak, and because in tempting her he would be more certain that it was not Christ whom he was encountering. Against her also he was more enraged ever since he had seen the sign in heaven and since the threat, which God had made in it against him. On all these accounts his wrath was greater against Eve than against Adam."
Ven. Mary of Agreda Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 10, 2015, 07:27:06 AM "On the sixth day he formed and created Adam, as it were of the age of thirty-three years. This was the age which Christ was to suffer death, and Adam in regard to his body was so like unto Christ, that scarcely any difference existed. Also according to the soul of Adam was similar to Christ. From Adam God formed Eve so similar to the Blessed Virgin , that she was like unto Her in personal appearance and figure."
Ven. Mary of Agreda Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 10, 2015, 04:21:06 PM Fascinating! I had no idea.
And yes I know about that from my own experience whiterockdove! Hahaha! A quote like that helps to stir oneself up against venial sins doesn't it? At this time I am gathering quotes for a possible 'venial sins' page in the selections. So more than one of that kind of quote is appearing to help us to rejuvenate our vigor against long term vices. When one thinks of losing graces everytime one commits a venial sin, and how much the better life would be with more graces, it's a real added impetus to overcoming old habits isn't it? The amount of grace and sanctifying grace is something that is less or more, it is not only, we have it, we don't have it. So there you have an additional goal after Confession.. to recover grace, and to go further. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 10, 2015, 06:47:49 PM "When it is all over you will not regret having suffered; rather you will regret having suffered so little, and suffered that little so badly."
--St. Sebastian Valfre Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 10, 2015, 06:50:00 PM "You will be consoled according to the greatness of your sorrow and affliction; the greater the suffering, the greater will be the reward.'
--St. Mary Magdalen de'Pazzi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on February 12, 2015, 07:30:28 AM "Let us not then be ashamed to confess the Crucified.
Be the Cross our seal made with boldness by our fingers on our brow and in everything; over the bread we eat, and the cups we drink; in our comings in, and goings out; before our sleep, when we lie down and when we awake; when we are in the way and when we are still. Great is that preservative; it is without price, for the poor's sake; without toil, for the sick, since also its grace is from God. It is the Sign of the faithful, and the dread of evils; for He has triumphed over them in it, having made a shew of them openly; for when they see the Cross, they are reminded of the Crucified; they are afraid of Him, Who hath bruised the heads of the dragon. Despise not the Seal, because of the freeness of the Gift; but for this rather honor thy Benefactor." St. Cyril of Jerusalem. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on February 12, 2015, 04:23:49 PM In my distress I called upon the Lord and cried out to my God;
From his temple he heard my voice and my cry reached his ears. The Second Book of Samuel Chapter 22 Verse 7 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 12, 2015, 09:42:31 PM The answer to the cry is something to read!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 15, 2015, 08:11:20 AM 'Your reward in Heaven will make up completely for all your pain and suffering.'
St. John Bosco Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 15, 2015, 08:13:05 AM 'The Church is the only one, the Roman Catholic! And if there were left upon earth but one Catholic, he would be the one, universal Church, the Catholic Church, the Church of Jesus Christ against which the gates of Hell shall never prevail.'
Ven. Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 16, 2015, 01:27:01 PM 'Beginners in the service of God sometimes lose confidence when they fall into any fault. When you feel so unworthy a sentiment rising within you, you must lift your heart to God and consider that all your faults, compared with divine goodness, are less than a bit of oakum thrown into a sea of fire.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on February 17, 2015, 04:28:20 PM "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets."
Christ declared these powerful words. The Gospel According to Saint Matthew Chapter 5 Verse 17 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 18, 2015, 07:30:22 PM 'After the suggestion comes the pleasure. When a person is not careful to banish the temptation immediately, but stops to reason with it, the thought instantly begins to delight him, and give him pleasure, and thus draws the person on to give his consent to it. As long as the will withholds the consent, the sin is only venial, and not mortal. But if the soul does not then turn to God, and make an effort to resist the pleasure, it will easily go on to give its consent. "Unless," says St. Anselm, "a person repel the pleasure, it passes into consent, and kills the soul."' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori How very important it is to pray in times of temptation. Immediately we should cry: Jesus! Mary! Jesus, have mercy, help me! Mary intercede for me! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 18, 2015, 08:44:49 PM Amen! 'There is nothing which is more profitable and more consoling to the mind than to frequently remember the Blessed Virgin.' St. Teresa of Jesus So true no? Yes, for sure!! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on February 20, 2015, 04:32:01 PM I form the light , and create the darkness,
I make the well-being and create woe; The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 45 Verse 7 A biblical footnote expressed: God permits evil for the sake of a greater good. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 20, 2015, 06:13:41 PM 'I the Lord, and there is none other, that form light, and Create darkness, make peace, and Create evil: I the Lord that do all these things.
Isaias 45:7 Original Doaui 'Formans lucem et creans tenebras, faciens pacem et creans malum: ego Dominus faciens omnia haec.' Vulgate The weak footnote doesn't really excuse such a weak translation of the passage. This is why we should go to the Vulgate and the original Douai. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 21, 2015, 05:36:27 AM 'I the Lord, and there is none other, that form light, and Create darkness, make peace, and Create evil: I the Lord that do all these things. Isaias 45:7 Original Doaui 'Formans lucem et creans tenebras, faciens pacem et creans malum: ego Dominus faciens omnia haec.' Vulgate The weak footnote doesn't really excuse such a weak translation of the passage. This is why we should go to the Vulgate and the original Douai. Can the original Douai be found online, Shin? If so, I'd like to read it. I have the newer Bishop Challoner version. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 21, 2015, 08:07:54 AM Yes the true and Original Douai is provided by Saints' Books for free download. (http://saintsbooks.net/BooksList.html#References)
These are the original facsimile PDF files. We have an ongoing project to provide it as an entire website in searchable text, rather than only as PDFs. It's taking time and labor, been at it for over a year and a half now. When it is finished, God willing, it will be a searchable parallel Original Douai and Vulgate together. Thus the most literal English translation and the Vulgate to refer to as the source will finally be provided together. Please pray for the project and the folks who work on it. Folks who want to have printed hard or softcover versions, can get various versions of it through online-single print services elsewhere. Nothing is sold through these websites, only donations are accepted. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 21, 2015, 10:44:16 AM Thanks, Shin! I certainly will pray for the success of your project. God bless you!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: eschator83 on February 21, 2015, 11:48:35 AM We add our prayers of gratitude and support for this wonderful project.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 22, 2015, 02:02:28 PM Very glad to hear folks appreciate the work.
It certainly is a beautiful project. It is very hard, but a time will come when all we need are final proofreaders, God willing. Then it will become available for folks to easily read. 'Ascetic struggle - fasting, vigils, patience, forbearance - produces a clear conscience.' St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on February 23, 2015, 04:33:11 AM Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts.
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 23, 2015, 11:45:12 AM A quote that has much application today amongst those who think of themselves as apologists for the Catholic Faith.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 23, 2015, 02:39:06 PM Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts. St. John Chrysostom Reason must be enlightened by faith. Reason and faith must work together, not one without the other. Reason on its own without faith to enlighten it leads to rationalism, materialism, and a host of other bad -isms. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 23, 2015, 04:10:00 PM 'It was necessary for man's salvation that there should be a knowledge revealed by God besides philosophical science built up by human reason. Firstly, indeed, because man is directed to God, as to an end that surpasses the grasp of his reason: "The eye hath not seen, O God, besides Thee, what things Thou hast prepared for them that wait for Thee" (Isaiah 64:4). But the end must first be known by men who are to direct their thoughts and actions to the end. Hence it was necessary for the salvation of man that certain truths which exceed human reason should be made known to him by divine revelation. Even as regards those truths about God which human reason could have discovered, it was necessary that man should be taught by a divine revelation; because the truth about God such as reason could discover, would only be known by a few, and that after a long time, and with the admixture of many errors. Whereas man's whole salvation, which is in God, depends upon the knowledge of this truth. Therefore, in order that the salvation of men might be brought about more fitly and more surely, it was necessary that they should be taught divine truths by divine revelation.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on February 23, 2015, 04:40:25 PM The centurion said, "For I too am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject
to me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come here,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it." When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him and, turning, said to the crowd following him, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith." Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: whiterockdove on February 24, 2015, 01:24:50 AM Amen, sister! :+: :principalities:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 24, 2015, 04:34:28 PM 'I too am a person subject to authority'.
In Matthew 27:54: 'And the Centurion and they that were with him watching JESUS, having seen the earthquake and the things that were done, were sore afraid, saying: Indeed this was the Son of God.' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 24, 2015, 11:25:02 PM 'It is a great favour which God grants to that soul that is in a state of grace to take it from this world, where, at any time, it may become changed, and may lose the friendship of God!'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori 'He was taken away lest wickedness should alter his understanding.' Wisdom 4:2 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 27, 2015, 01:40:06 AM 'I cannot but admire the goodness and liberality of the Sacred Heart towards you. Our Lord seems to take pleasure in unfolding all Its treasures for your benefit.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 28, 2015, 11:31:11 AM 'What a grace, to be not only under the cross, but on the cross, and at least a little crucified with our Lord! Have good courage, make a virtue of necessity, and lose not an opportunity of showing your love for God in the midst of tribulation, as He in the midst of thorns has shown His love for you.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on February 28, 2015, 05:35:59 PM I see him, though not now;
I behold him, though not now; A star shall advance from Jacob, and a staff shall rise from Israel, The Book of Numbers, Chapter 24 Verse 17 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 28, 2015, 07:32:18 PM Here is a challenging question for folks, what meanings do a staff and a rod have?
What are the deeper meanings behind each portion of Psalm 22? Psalm 22 OUR Lord ruleth me, and nothing shall be wanting to me: in place of pasture there he hath placed me. Upon the water of refection he hath brought me up: he hath converted my soul. He hath conducted me upon the paths of justice, for his name. For, although I shall walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will not fear evils: because thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff: they have comforted me. Thou hast prepared in my sight a table, against them; that trouble me. Thou hast fatted my head with oil: and my chalice inebriating how goodly is it! And thy mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: And that I may dwell in the house of our Lord, in longitude of days. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 28, 2015, 08:11:33 PM Here is a challenging question for folks, what meanings do a staff and a rod have? It is my understanding that the rod and staff are what serve to direct and guide a sheep, the rod and staff being an instrument for guiding/directing, more than for hitting. That arched part of the rod and staff is perfect for catching a sheep and redirecting it. What are the deeper meanings behind each portion of Psalm 22? Psalm 22 OUR Lord ruleth me, and nothing shall be wanting to me: in place of pasture there he hath placed me. Upon the water of refection he hath brought me up: he hath converted my soul. He hath conducted me upon the paths of justice, for his name. For, although I shall walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will not fear evils: because thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff: they have comforted me. Thou hast prepared in my sight a table, against them; that trouble me. Thou hast fatted my head with oil: and my chalice inebriating how goodly is it! And thy mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: And that I may dwell in the house of our Lord, in longitude of days. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 28, 2015, 08:14:09 PM I'd like to read a good commentary on this passage. I'll have to look for one.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 28, 2015, 08:26:44 PM I just read the Haydock Commentary and it does a good job explaining this Psalm. I recommend that our SDF members refer to it.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 28, 2015, 08:48:22 PM It is my understanding that the rod and staff are what serve to direct and guide a sheep, the rod and staff being an instrument for guiding/directing, more than for hitting. That arched part of the rod and staff is perfect for catching a sheep and redirecting it. And what is the difference between the rod and the staff do you think? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 28, 2015, 09:10:53 PM It is my understanding that the rod and staff are what serve to direct and guide a sheep, the rod and staff being an instrument for guiding/directing, more than for hitting. That arched part of the rod and staff is perfect for catching a sheep and redirecting it. And what is the difference between the rod and the staff do you think? According to the Haydock commentary they can be one and the same thing. It is my understanding that they are one and the same. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 28, 2015, 09:28:34 PM According to the Haydock commentary they can be one and the same thing. It is my understanding that they are one and the same. Is that so? What exactly does it say? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 28, 2015, 09:35:37 PM According to the Haydock commentary they can be one and the same thing. It is my understanding that they are one and the same. Is that so? What exactly does it say? I'll cut and paste the relevant passage for you. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 28, 2015, 09:39:57 PM According to the Haydock commentary they can be one and the same thing. It is my understanding that they are one and the same. Is that so? What exactly does it say? "Ver. 4. Walk. In the greatest temptations, we may resist by God's grace. (Worthington) --- Midst. Hebrew, "in the valley." The greatest darkness, and the most horrible precipices, give no alarm to those who are under God's protection. --- Comforted me, as they have kept all enemies at a distance. The shepherd's staff or crook is designed for that purpose; and though it may be used to bring back the wandering sheep by beating them, yet it is not under that idea an object of consolation, but rather of terror. (Calmet) --- The effects of timely correction are, however, comfortable; and it is a great mercy of God to chastise the sinner, lest he should run astray to his eternal ruin. (Haydock) --- Some distinguish the rod from the staff, and say that the former is to punish, and the latter to support. (St. Jerome; Muis) --- We are generally too backward in having recourse to God in our distresses, though he invites us so pressingly, Isaias xli. 10, &c." --Haydock Bible Commentary Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 28, 2015, 09:59:52 PM There we are, now I must say, saying they are one in the same seems wrong.
After all nothing in Holy Scripture is there to no purpose, and in the repetition different words are used. Thy 'staff and thy staff'.. what is the point? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 28, 2015, 10:26:16 PM There we are, now I must say, saying they are one in the same seems wrong. After all nothing in Holy Scripture is there to no purpose, and in the repetition different words are used. Thy 'staff and thy staff'.. what is the point? But as the commentary points out the rod is for the punishing and the staff is not. One object can serve two purposes, thus the reference to two words. The rod is for striking and the staff for comfort. If you have a problem with this analysis, Shin, you should consult with a shepherd and ask him if both rod and staff refer to the same object. I was told that they do. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 28, 2015, 10:42:50 PM I imagine that the bottom straight part of the shepherds staff is the rod used for striking and breaking the lambs legs, while the top part of the staff which is curved is used for catching the lamb and redirecting it.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 01, 2015, 05:06:06 AM Hmm, I hadn't thought of it that way.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 01, 2015, 05:06:35 AM 'Again in Psalm 23 "the rod" is said to signify God's judgment and "the staff" His providence. So he who has received spiritual knowledge of these things is able to say, "Thy rod and Thy staff have comforted me."'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 01, 2015, 03:31:13 PM 'Again in Psalm 23 "the rod" is said to signify God's judgment and "the staff" His providence. So he who has received spiritual knowledge of these things is able to say, "Thy rod and Thy staff have comforted me."' St. Maximos the Confessor The Good Shepherd uses His rod and staff to guide me to Heaven, thus, they are a great comfort to me. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 01, 2015, 08:22:29 PM Here is a challenging question for folks, what meanings do a staff and a rod have? What are the deeper meanings behind each portion of Psalm 22? Psalm 22 OUR Lord ruleth me, and nothing shall be wanting to me: in place of pasture there he hath placed me. Upon the water of refection he hath brought me up: he hath converted my soul. He hath conducted me upon the paths of justice, for his name. For, although I shall walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will not fear evils: because thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff: they have comforted me. Thou hast prepared in my sight a table, against them; that trouble me. Thou hast fatted my head with oil: and my chalice inebriating how goodly is it! And thy mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: And that I may dwell in the house of our Lord, in longitude of days. So we could say, the Lord's His Judgement and Providence are a great comfort. :D Anyone want to keep filling it out further? Here's some more: 'In Psalm 23, "green pasture" represents the practice of the virtues; "water of refreshment", spiritual knowledge of created things.' St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 01, 2015, 09:40:11 PM Here is a challenging question for folks, what meanings do a staff and a rod have? What are the deeper meanings behind each portion of Psalm 22? Psalm 22 OUR Lord ruleth me, and nothing shall be wanting to me: in place of pasture there he hath placed me. Upon the water of refection he hath brought me up: he hath converted my soul. He hath conducted me upon the paths of justice, for his name. For, although I shall walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will not fear evils: because thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff: they have comforted me. Thou hast prepared in my sight a table, against them; that trouble me. Thou hast fatted my head with oil: and my chalice inebriating how goodly is it! And thy mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: And that I may dwell in the house of our Lord, in longitude of days. So we could say, the Lord's His Judgement and Providence are a great comfort. :D Anyone want to keep filling it out further? Here's some more: 'In Psalm 23, "green pasture" represents the practice of the virtues; "water of refreshment", spiritual knowledge of created things.' St. Maximos the Confessor Yes, we can certainly say that, for His Judgment is most just/fair and always directs us toward Heaven, and His Providence is most mercifully loving and always directs us towards Heaven. We can always count on the both of them to help us get to Heaven, thus, we can find comfort in them. The most comforting books I have ever read are those written about our Lord's Divine Providence and those written about our merciful Mother who is our Advocate and Queen. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 05, 2015, 09:44:39 AM Q. If a person lived a decent, noble and moral life as judged by Catholic Faith beliefs and standards, yet was not a Christian or a Catholic and may, for the sake of discussion, be a non-believer, would this person be denied Heaven? A. To gain eternal salvation, it is not always required that a person be incorporated in fact as a member of the Church, but it is required that he belong to it at least in desire and longing [in voto]. It is not always necessary that this desire be explicit as it is with catechumens. When a man is invincibly ignorant, God also accepts an implicit desire, so called because it is contained in the good disposition of soul by which a man wants his will to be conformed to God's will.
--Letter of the Holy Office to the Archbishop of Boston, August 8, 1949 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 05, 2015, 09:46:39 AM Hence arose the monstrous errors of "Modernism," which Our Predecessor [Pope St. Pius X] rightly declared to be "the synthesis of all heresies," and solemnly condemned. We hereby renew that condemnation in all its fullness, Venerable Brethren, and as the plague is not yet entirely stamped out, but lurks here and there in hidden places, We exhort all to be carefully on their guard against any contagion of the evil, to which we may apply the words Job used in other circumstances: "It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring" (Job 31:12). Nor do We merely desire that Catholics should shrink from the errors of Modernism, but also from the tendencies or what is called the spirit of Modernism. Those who are infected by that spirit develop a keen dislike for all that savors of antiquity and become eager searchers after novelties in everything: in the way in which they carry out religious functions, in the ruling of Catholic institutions, and even in private exercises of piety. Therefore it is Our will that the law of our forefathers should still be held sacred: "Let there be no innovation; keep to what has been handed down." In matters of faith that must be inviolably adhered to as the law; it may however also serve as a guide even in matters subject to change, but even in such cases the rule would hold: "Old things, but in a new way."
--Pope Benedict XV (1914-1922), Encyclical Letter "Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum," November 1, 1914 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 05, 2015, 09:48:23 AM The Holy Fathers who have written upon the subject of Antichrist, and the prophecies of Daniel, without a single exception, as far as I know -- and they are the Fathers both of the East and of the West, the Greek and the Latin Church --, all of them unanimously say that in the latter end of the world, during the reign of the Antichrist, the Holy Sacrifice of the Altar will cease.... Then the Church shall be scattered, driven into the wilderness, and shall be for a time, as it were in the beginning, invisible, hidden in catacombs, in dens, in mountains, in lurking places; for a time it shall be swept, as it were, from the face of the earth. Such is the unanimous testimony of the Fathers of the early centuries.
--Henry Edward Cardinal Manning (1808-1892), The Present Crisis of the Holy See (1861) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 07, 2015, 04:18:34 AM 'A silent wife is a gift from the Lord; nothing is worth more than her self-discipline.'
Sirach 26:14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 09, 2015, 06:59:34 AM “You learn to speak by speaking,
to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working ; and just so you learn to love God and man by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.” Saint Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 09, 2015, 07:49:32 AM “You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working ; and just so you learn to love God and man by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.” Saint Francis de Sales Beautiful quote, and so true! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 09, 2015, 09:13:03 AM Say your Pater, Ave, and Credo in Latin ... so as to join in the universal language of the Church.
- St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 09, 2015, 09:14:13 AM The Church must steadily and firmly heed that although the language of the people may change, the language of liturgy should not be altered. Thus, the Mass must be said in the language in which it was said from the beginning, even if such a language be already, antiquated and strange to the people, for it is wholly enough, if the learned men understand it.
- Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758), De Missae Sacrificio, 2, II Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 09, 2015, 09:15:03 AM It's a dumb dog that doesn't bark when the wolf is among the sheep!
- Pope St. Gregory the Great, In Ez. Hom. 7 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 09, 2015, 09:16:35 AM The first requirement of salvation is to keep the standard of the True Faith.
- Pope Saint Adrian II (867-872) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 09, 2015, 09:17:57 AM It is better that scandal arise than that the truth be concealed.
- Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 09, 2015, 09:18:40 AM Wrong is wrong even if everybody is doing it, and right is right even if nobody is doing it.
- Saint Augustine (354-430) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 12, 2015, 05:38:44 AM 'The altar stone contains the bones of the martyrs; the burning candles are the symbols of faith, hope, and charity; the linens covering the altar represent the winding-sheet in which our Lord's body was wrapped; the crucifix shows him dying for us.'
St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on March 12, 2015, 03:09:02 PM A man's gift clears the way for him, and gains him access to great men.
The Book of Proverbs: Chapter 18 Verse 16 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 13, 2015, 02:07:20 AM 'Give alms out of thy substance, and turn not away thy face from any poor person: for so it shall come to pass that the face of the Lord shall not be turned from thee. According to thy ability be merciful. If thou have much, give abundantly; if thou have little, take care even so to bestow willingly a little. But do not hesitate to give alms; for thus thou storest up to thyself a good reward for the day of necessity. For alms deliver from all sin, and from death, and will not suffer the soul to go into darkness. Alms shall be a great confidence before the most high God, to all them that give it.' Tobias 4:7-12 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 13, 2015, 02:08:37 AM Don't forget folks that alms can be given to support this place (http://saintsworks.net/Donate.html).
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 15, 2015, 07:38:18 AM Nada te turbe;
nada te espante; todo se pasa; Dios no se muda, la paciencia todo lo alcanza. Quien a Dios tiene, nada le falta. Solo Dios basta. Let naught disturb thee; Naught fright thee ever; All things are passing; God changeth never. Patience e'er conquers; With God for thine own Thou nothing dost lack He sufficeth alone! - St. Teresa of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on March 19, 2015, 03:13:42 AM The Power of Prayer
By prayer the soul is cleansed from sin, replenished with charity, confirmed in faith, strengthened, and refreshed in spirit. Prayer establishes the inward man, pacifies the heart, knows the truth, conquers temptations, expels sorrow, renews the senses, stirs up languishing virtue, puts to flight tepidity, and scours the rust of vices. In prayer, the quick sparkles of celestial desires are incessantly sent forth, from the burning coals of divine love. The privileges of prayer are rare, the prerogatives admirable. Prayer unlocks the gates of heaven, manifests divine secrets, and always finds free access to the ears of God. St. Peter of Alcantara (Spiritual Director of St. Teresa of Avila) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 20, 2015, 02:48:38 AM All these benefits of prayer, if we do not forget them, or go back to dwell upon them will encourage us to pray!
Always grateful for your prayers odhiambo here encouraging all and for all! :D :D :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 20, 2015, 02:49:26 AM 'Call upon God to open the eyes of your heart, so that you may see the value of prayer and of spiritual reading when understood and applied.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on March 21, 2015, 04:46:02 PM Then he (Jesus) said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, he must
deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." The Gospel According to Luke: Chapter 9 Verse 23 :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 21, 2015, 04:54:40 PM And take up his cross each day..
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 21, 2015, 08:05:01 PM 'One must wage war against his predominant passion, and not retreat, until, with God's help, he has been victorious.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on March 26, 2015, 02:50:19 PM As your hearts have been disposed to stray from God;
turn now ten times the more to seek him; The Book of Baruch, Chapter 4 Verse 28 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 26, 2015, 04:16:57 PM A quote to remember!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 26, 2015, 04:28:54 PM 'Do not think it is a matter of indifference to communicate with Schismatics as opposed to the Church or desire to join in their communion and join yourselves in their evil Sacrifices. For anyone that does this is a reprobate and ceases to be a part of the Church. For the Church cannot be divided.'
Pope St. Pelegius I Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 26, 2015, 06:05:33 PM Better that only a few Catholics should be left, staunch and sincere in their religion, than that they should, remaining many, desire as it were, to be in collusion with the Church's enemies and in conformity with the open foes of our faith.
- St. Peter Canisius (1521-1597) So true!! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 26, 2015, 06:06:39 PM When I saw the definition of the Mass in the instruction that precedes the Novus Ordo, I said: "This definition of the Mass is unacceptable; I must go to Rome to see the Pope." I went and said: "Holy Father you cannot allow this definition. It is heretical. You cannot leave your signature on a document like this." The Holy Father replied to me: "Well, to speak truthfully, I did not read it. I signed it without reading it."
- Charles Cardinal Journet of Geneva (1891-1975), explaining that Pope Paul VI signed texts that he had not read. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 26, 2015, 06:07:38 PM If an angel should come down from heaven and show me any other thing than I have believed all my lifetime past, I would not believe him.
- Blessed John Forest, one of the martyrs of the English Reformation Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 27, 2015, 01:53:45 PM 'For you, brethren, are become followers of the churches of God which are in Judea, in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered the same things from your own coutrymen, even as they have from the Jews, who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are adversaries to all men; prohibiting us to speak to the Gentiles, that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath of God is come upon them to the end.'
1 Thess. 2:14-16 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 30, 2015, 05:25:07 AM 'In the world there is an inner world, a second world which every Christian must avoid, for it knows not God and the devil is its ruler. It was of this world that Jesus Christ said: "I pray not for the world" (John 17:9). In this world are found those who live solely for vanity and pleasure; it is where the one aim is to please and flatter, where there is hardly anything that is innocent and good, and where people glory in all that ought to make us ashamed.'
St. Claude de la Colombiere Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 31, 2015, 01:18:19 PM "Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good."
- Pope Leo XIII, Sapientiae Christianae Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 31, 2015, 01:21:49 PM "Only one offense is now vigorously punished, an accurate observance of our fathers' traditions. For this cause the pious are driven from their countries and transported into the deserts. The people are in lamentation.... Joy and spiritual cheerfulness are no more; our feasts are turned into mourning; our houses of prayer are shut up; our altars are deprived of spiritual worship. No longer are there Christians assembling, teachers presiding, saving instructions, celebrations, hymns by night, or that blessed exultation of souls, which arises from communion and fellowship of spiritual gifts.... The ears of the simple are led astray, and have become accustomed to heretical profaneness. The infants of the Church are fed on the words of impiety. For what can they do? Baptisms are in Arian hands; the care of travelers, visitation of the sick, consolation of mourners, succors of the distressed.... Which all, being performed by them, become a bond to the people... so that in a little while, even though liberty be granted us, no hope will remain that they, who are encompassed by so lasting a deceit, should be brought back again to the acknowledgment of the truth."
- St. Basil the Great (ca. 330-ca. 379), Epistulae, in a letter to the bishops of Italy and Gaul (in 376) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 31, 2015, 01:24:08 PM "Persecutions serve to bring forth saints."
- Saint Augustine (354-430) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 03, 2015, 03:49:54 AM 'It seems as though our Redeemer from the cross said to us all, "See what it is to love," whenever, in order to avoid something that is troublesome, we abandon works that are pleasing in his sight, or at times even go so far as to renounce his grace and his love. He has loved us even unto death, and came not down from the cross till after having left his life thereon.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 04, 2015, 08:52:03 PM 'When Abraham entered the promised land he bought a sepulchre for himself and by means of this tomb, he inherited the land. . . [The tomb is] the place of tears and compunction.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 06, 2015, 01:42:52 AM 'The time will come when we shall no longer be seated near the rivers of Babylon, tearful and sad, but sedebimus in pulchritudine pacis, in requie opulenta. [We will sit in the beauty of peace, in splendid rest.]
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 08, 2015, 06:07:30 AM 'And all the days of thy life have God in thy mind: and take heed thou never consent to sin, nor transgress the commandments of the Lord our God.'
Tobais 4:6 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 13, 2015, 03:55:36 AM 'Brethren and fathers, most people call the present days feasts, because of they get drunk and debauched during them, not understanding that these days demand abstinence from meat, not indulgence in drunkenness and intoxication. That is proper to a pagan feast; it is the business of Christians to exercise self-control and not to satisfy the desires of the flesh, as the Apostle teaches. Nevertheless evil has progressed into law and leads the world as it wishes. But let us, brethren, flee intemperance even in partaking of things that are permitted, for we know that intemperance is the mother of sin.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 13, 2015, 04:07:10 AM This is one of my favorite quotes about how to properly keep Christian feasts and celebrations and eat virtuously. :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 13, 2015, 05:16:59 AM '. . . if we want to cast carnal desires from our hearts, we should at once plant spiritual pleasures in their place, so that our mind, always bound to them, might have the wherewithal to abide in them constantly and might spurn the allurements of present and temporal joys.'
St. John Cassian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on April 13, 2015, 06:47:35 PM Look at me and the children whom the Lord has given me:
we are signs and portents to Israel from the Lord of hosts who dwells on Mount Zion. The Book of Isaiah: Chapter 8 Verse 18 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 16, 2015, 04:50:37 PM The holy children!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 16, 2015, 04:50:58 PM 'Because eternal beatitude surpasses the natural state, especially since it has been deprived of original grace, it is the little number that are saved.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 20, 2015, 12:10:54 AM 'In order to preserve holy purity it is necessary to love it much, to distrust one's self, to be cautious with all-in a word, it is necessary to fear and to fly.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 20, 2015, 07:07:01 AM 'In order to preserve holy purity it is necessary to love it much, to distrust one's self, to be cautious with all-in a word, it is necessary to fear and to fly.' St. Paul of the Cross Very good advise! Remaining in one's cell or room and being content there in prayer and spiritual reading and chores is better for preserving holy purity than being exposed to the world and its dangers and tempted by other people who are passing by. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 22, 2015, 03:16:54 AM 'We must say to ourselves, "O Lord, Thou hast wrought all our works in us." [Is. 26:12] Because this is really so you must attribute every good work to Him and not to yourself. Bear in mind that "you in your own might and in the strength of your own hand" [c.f. Deut. 8:17] have not attained to all the good things you possess. "It is the Lord who made us and not we ourselves." [c.f. Ps. 99:3]'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2015, 07:02:42 PM 'As the flesh is nourished by food, so is man supported by prayers.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 25, 2015, 07:08:50 PM 'We must say to ourselves, "O Lord, Thou hast wrought all our works in us." [Is. 26:12] Because this is really so you must attribute every good work to Him and not to yourself. Bear in mind that "you in your own might and in the strength of your own hand" [c.f. Deut. 8:17] have not attained to all the good things you possess. "It is the Lord who made us and not we ourselves." [c.f. Ps. 99:3]' St. Bonaventure Apart from God we can do nothing. In fact, God is everything and we are nothing, as we are completely dependent on Him for everything, whether we realize this or not. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 25, 2015, 07:13:53 PM 'As the flesh is nourished by food, so is man supported by prayers.' Also, just as we need air to breathe in order to physically sustain us and live, we need to pray in order to spiritually sustain us and live eternally.St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 25, 2015, 07:14:52 PM 'As the flesh is nourished by food, so is man supported by prayers.' St. Augustine Also, just as we need air to breathe in order to physically sustain us and live, we need to pray in order to spiritually sustain us and live eternally. Thus, prayer is like a breathe of life. I've read something like this before. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2015, 07:18:21 PM It is quite something to meditate on!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 25, 2015, 07:25:39 PM It is quite something to meditate on! St. Alphonsus says that if we pray we'll be saved and that if we don't we'll be damned. If we pray for another who does not pray it could become possible that they'll begin to pray, have contrition and be saved. Prayer is so powerful. We must pray for the salvation of souls, for God wants this and so many souls are going to hell! We should weep frequently over Christ's Precious Blood being trampled upon and the loss of so many souls. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 27, 2015, 08:00:33 AM Better that only a few Catholics should be left, staunch and sincere in their religion, than that they should, remaining many, desire as it were, to be in collusion with the Church's enemies and in conformity with the open foes of our faith.
- St. Peter Canisius (1521-1597), one of the greatest Jesuit theologians, speaking of the Protestants, who were then introducing changes such as vernacular liturgies, the abolition of fasting laws, the removal of statues, and other diminutions of traditional Catholicism. Just look at what the Conciliar Church has done (e.g. vernacular liturgies, abolition of fasting laws, the removal of statues, and other diminutions of traditional Catholicism). Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 27, 2015, 08:01:44 AM A pope who is a manifest heretic automatically (per se) ceases to be pope and head, just as he ceases automatically to be a Christian and a member of the Church. Wherefore, he can be judged and punished by the Church. This is the teaching of the ancient Fathers who teach that manifest heretics immediately lose all jurisdiction.
- Saint Robert Bellarmine, De Romano Pontifice, II, 30 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 27, 2015, 08:03:31 AM The Holy Fathers who have written upon the subject of Antichrist, and the prophecies of Daniel, without a single exception, as far as I know -- and they are the Fathers both of the East and of the West, the Greek and the Latin Church --, all of them unanimously say that in the latter end of the world, during the reign of the Antichrist, the Holy Sacrifice of the Altar will cease.... Then the Church shall be scattered, driven into the wilderness, and shall be for a time, as it were in the beginning, invisible, hidden in catacombs, in dens, in mountains, in lurking places; for a time it shall be swept, as it were, from the face of the earth. Such is the unanimous testimony of the Fathers of the early centuries.
- Henry Edward Cardinal Manning (1808-1892), The Present Crisis of the Holy See (1861) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 28, 2015, 08:40:55 AM From a Sermon by Saint Peter Chrysologus, Bishop:
Let Christ be Your Helmet Let Christ be your helmet, let the cross on your forehead be your unfailing protection. Your breastplate should be the knowledge of God that he himself has given you. Keep burning continually the sweet smelling incense of prayer. Take up the sword of the Spirit. Let your heart be an altar. Then, with full confidence in God, present your body for sacrifice. God desires not death, but faith; God thirsts not for blood, but for self-surrender; God is appeased not by slaughter, but by the offering of your free will. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 28, 2015, 12:16:40 PM This prayer has more meaning to me at this time than if I had heard it in the past I think, I am beginning to understand it a little better.
;D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 29, 2015, 02:57:32 AM It touches me deeply every time I read it. I came across it again yesterday while reciting the Office of Reading.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on April 29, 2015, 02:59:54 AM 'Before receiving the Holy Ghost, the apostles were so feeble, so cold, in the love of God, that, at the time of the Passion of our Lord, one betrayed him, another denied him, and all abandoned him; but as soon as they had all received the Holy Ghost, they were so much inflamed with love that they gave up their lives generously for Jesus Christ. St. Augustine says: He who loves, does not labor. He who loves God feels no affliction under crosses, but rather rejoices. . . Let us ask of Mary to obtain for us from the Holy Ghost the gift of divine love; for then all the crosses of this life will seem sweet to us.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on May 01, 2015, 01:15:04 PM 'Thus riches as well as poverty must be attributed to God and made use of in a holy and legitimate way for the glory of the Creator and the Ruler of all things. If men would observe this rule of action nobody would be without the assistance of the Lord, who is a true Father, and neither would the poor be led into sin by poverty, nor the rich by prosperity.'
Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda, City of God, Vol. II, 437 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on May 01, 2015, 01:17:31 PM "Let their conversations be in heaven (Philip 3 ,20) with the Most High, and with me, who am their Mother and Superior, and let it be with the angels, imitating them in holy love.'
Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda, City of God, Vol. II, 437 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 01, 2015, 01:20:13 PM Let our conversations be in heaven. . .
Let our conversations be in heaven. . . Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 03, 2015, 11:45:04 AM 'I, Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses, and Quisquina, have taken the resolution to live in this cave for the love of my Lord, Jesus Christ.'
St. Rosalina of Palermo, inscription on the cave wall Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 05, 2015, 02:30:15 AM 'In my room, there was a window which looked down on the tabernacle, and it was there that I passed my nights.'
St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 05, 2015, 10:48:59 PM 'Prayer is never more perfect than when it ascends from the very depth and essence of the soul; we pray, then, in the spirit of God. This is a sublime language, but when God wills, He makes even the stones speak. Let the sovereign God reign in your spirit; there ought to be a reciprocal repose: God in you, and you in God. O sweet, O divine operation!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 08, 2015, 03:49:45 PM 'The practice of recommending to God the souls in Purgatory, that He may mitigate the great pains which they suffer, and that He may soon bring them to His glory, is most pleasing to the Lord and most profitable to us. For these blessed souls are His eternal spouses, and most grateful are they to those who obtain their deliverance from prison, or even a mitigation of their torments. When, therefore, they arrive in Heaven, they will be sure to remember all who have prayed for them.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 09, 2015, 12:27:10 AM 'Whoever wishes to listen well to divine speech must enclose himself in great silence.'
St. Umilta of Faenza Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 10, 2015, 02:20:02 AM 'Never keep up any coldness towards your neighbor, or else the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ will keep aloof from you. When your resentfully call to mind former slights that you have received, you oblige our Lord to recall your past sins which His mercy had made Him forget.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on May 10, 2015, 04:24:12 PM 'Never keep up any coldness towards your neighbor, or else the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ will keep aloof from you. When your resentfully call to mind former slights that you have received, you oblige our Lord to recall your past sins which His mercy had made Him forget.' St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Yes, this is so true! I once read that our Lord will treat us in the same way that we treat others. May our Lord help us to treat others as He treats them--with immense love and mercy. God bless you, Shin, and thank you for posting these beautiful quotes! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 11, 2015, 12:23:47 AM Ho ho, isn't it true? :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 11, 2015, 12:23:56 AM 'Abide in my love.' John 15:9 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 11, 2015, 02:14:30 PM 'He who divides his time between physical work and prayer subdues his body by labor and moderates its disorderly demands; and since his soul, working together with the body, at last longs for a rest, it disposes it to prayer, as to something easier, and brings it to the work of prayer with fresh strength and zeal. For the soul finds comfort in a change of occupation and in passing from one thing to another, whereas it gets bored when occupied for long with the same thing. It becomes weary of monotony, but welcomes variety of occupations. It seems to it that, by abandoning one occupation, it is freed of all hardship, and so it comes to another with fresh strength, as though it were only now starting work.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on May 12, 2015, 06:01:31 AM ".....For the wickedness of My people have I struck Him. I well know, says the Eternal Father, that this my Son is innocent; but inasmuch as he has offered himself as a satisfaction to my justice for all the sins of mankind, it is fitting that I should so abandon him to the rage of his enemies...."
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 13, 2015, 06:41:52 PM Very moving quote!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 16, 2015, 09:47:54 AM 'But, for one who desires to approach God, it is necessary to become the enemy of His enemies; and, as I find nothing that is worse than myself, nor that is more inimical to Him, I am compelled to hold myself in more aversion than anything else whatever, and will even despise myself and count it to be worthless. And, on the other hand, I will detach my spirit from all the goods of both this world and the other, which I will henceforth regard as if they had no existence. I have implored God neither to suffer me to rejoice interiorly nor to grieve over any created thing, so that I may never be seen to shed a single tear. And I have begged Him to take away from me the freedom of my will, so that I may no longer do what pleases me, but only what is according to His pleasure: all these things I have obtained from his clemency.'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 23, 2015, 04:19:10 AM 'How pure and stainless should be the heart on which is written the most holy name of Jesus!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 24, 2015, 01:49:40 AM 'Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak. We are full of words but empty of actions, and therefore are cursed by the Lord, since he himself cursed the fig tree when he found no fruit but only leaves. It is useless for a man to flaunt his knowledge of the law if he undermines its teaching by his actions. But the apostles "spoke as the Spirit gave them the gift of speech." Happy the man whose words issue from the Holy Spirit and not from himself! We should speak, then, as the Holy Spirit gives us the gift of speech. Our humble and sincere request to the Spirit for ourselves should be that we may bring the day of Pentecost to fulfillment, insofar as he infuses us with his grace, by using our bodily senses in a perfect manner by keeping the commandments. Likewise we shall request that we may be filled with a keen sense of sorrow and with fiery tongues for confessing the faith so our deserved reward may be to stand in the blazing splendor of the saints and to look upon the triune God.'
St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 25, 2015, 07:47:01 PM 'And they did not understand,
Until the flood came and swept them all away.' Matthew 24:39 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 05, 2015, 02:05:01 PM 'He who prays in spirit and in truth does not borrow from creatures thoughts to glorify the Creator, but draws from the Creator Himself contemplations for His praise.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on June 09, 2015, 08:15:40 AM 'What do thorns signify but the condition of sinners who, like hedgehogs, are all over bristling with the thorns of sin.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 09, 2015, 04:56:30 PM Every time we see thorn bushes they are food for meditation!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 10, 2015, 11:23:35 PM 'The spouse of Christ who longs to become perfect must begin with her own self. She must put aside, forget everything else, and enter into the secrecy of her own heart. When she has done this, let her sift narrowly all her weaknesses, habits, affections, actions and sins. She must weigh everything carefully, and make a thorough examination of past and present. Should she discover even the least imperfection, let her weep in the bitterness of her heart.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: whiterockdove on June 12, 2015, 11:35:12 AM Amen to that!
A tall order! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on June 12, 2015, 11:40:12 AM I must put this quote into practice.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 14, 2015, 12:05:12 AM The depths of virtue!
:D 'In recalling to mind the life and actions of the saints, walk in their footsteps as much as possible, and humble thyself if thou canst not attain to their perfection.' St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 14, 2015, 01:21:54 PM 'Why so much fatigue to procure earthly happiness for a soul whose origin is heavenly, a transient glory for a soul capable of loving and enjoying God Himself forever.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on June 18, 2015, 07:11:34 PM "Apart from the cross there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven."
~ St. Rose of Lima Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 18, 2015, 09:14:10 PM A heavenly ladder. . .
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on June 23, 2015, 01:21:06 PM Saint's Feast days has closed so I'll put this here for now.........
June 23, MEMORIAL OF ST. INNOCENT V At the age of sixteen Peter of Tarentaise joined the Dominican Order. After completing his education at the University of Paris, where he graduated as master in sacred theology in 1259, he won distinction as a professor in that institution, and is known as "the most famous doctor", "Doctor famosissimus." For some time provincial of his order in France, he became Archbishop of Lyons in 1272 and Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia in 1273. He played a prominent part at the Second Ecumenical Council of Lyons (1274), in which he delivered two discourses to the assembled fathers and also pronounced the funeral oration on St. Bonaventure. Elected as successor to Gregory X, whose intimate adviser he was, he assumed the name of Innocent V. During his six-month pontificate in 1276, Innocent V continued Gregory X’s efforts to initiate a crusade, reunite the Greek and Roman churches, and pacify Italy’s warring states. As the first pope from the Dominican order, he established the papal custom of wearing a white cassock, the habit of the Dominicans. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on June 30, 2015, 10:32:03 AM We shall steer safely
through every storm so long as... our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God. ~ St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 30, 2015, 11:46:31 AM Amen James! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 01, 2015, 10:56:18 PM 'Blessed the one who continually humbles himself willingly; he will be crowned by the One who willingly humbled himself for our sake.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on July 01, 2015, 11:18:54 PM Amen. O:)
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: pebbles on July 05, 2015, 01:22:56 AM Don't imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well.
----- St. Theresa of Avila I guess I was wrong all this time :shrug: I have been trying to get that time for intimate prayer but I don't seem to succeed. I compensate by praying offering all my prayers, works, and sufferings, of the day the very moment I wake up coz I might forget to pray. Pray the rosary going to work because it takes me 4 to 5 hours a day spent on the road going to and from work. A simple thank you for not being late despite the traffic or got a ride despite the fact that very few trains are available or finally getting a seat on the train after waiting for it to arrive after 30 minutes of waiting... Everyday is a struggle to get to and from one's destination and so I am thankful for small mercies and surviving and getting home safely at the end of the day. Because of this hectic day, for me a DAY is a life of prayer. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 05, 2015, 11:53:47 PM Great to see you pebbles!
Of course folks should put aside time for intimate prayer! :D My you have quite a commute!!! I will pray for you! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 06, 2015, 11:39:52 PM 'Christ died for sinners; we must take heart, therefore, and hope that Paradise will be ours, provided only we repent of our sins, and do good.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 08, 2015, 12:53:19 AM 'Already the walls of the prison are crumbling to dust, and the prisoner is about to enjoy the liberty of the children of God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 08, 2015, 10:42:05 PM 'Often tell Jesus that you love him very much, and that you wish to die for love of him. Behold our love, Jesus; behold our life, Jesus; behold our all, Jesus. Let us accompany Jesus in all his ways. When we are alone, let it be with Jesus in the solitude of Bethlehem when we are traveling, let us think that we are with Jesus in Palestine or on the way to Calvary; when we are lashed by biting criticisms, behold us scourged with Jesus; when we are fixed to the cross, behold we are crucified with Jesus.'
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 09, 2015, 10:30:31 PM 'If thou remainest faithful to Me, I will never forsake thee. . . I forgive thy ignorance, because, as yet, thou dost not know Me; but, if thou art faithful to Me and followest Me, I will teach thee to know Me, and I will reveal Myself to thee.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on July 15, 2015, 06:00:02 PM "When the malice of wicked men increases, and converts are abused with insults,
PREACHING, far from being curtailed, SHOULD BE INCREASED." ~ St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 16, 2015, 02:36:28 AM "When the malice of wicked men increases, and converts are abused with insults, PREACHING, far from being curtailed, SHOULD BE INCREASED." ~ St. Thomas Aquinas Amen my brother! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 22, 2015, 09:37:03 PM 'Perceiving the Christian religion tottering this long time, the primary means of salvation neglected; and being moved by the manifest danger and perdition of the flock of Christ, we recur to the doctrine of the Fathers, ordaining nothing new, nothing of our own invention; form the full conviction of the necessity of embracing the exclusive and primary path of salvation -- the trite path of the Saints: because we are not aware of any other entrance, for either flock or pastors, into the kingdom of heaven than that which is pointed out by him who said, I am the gate; whosever will enter through me, shall find security and pasture; and what we find preached by the Apostles, and observed by the Fathers.'
Pope St. Gregory VII Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 27, 2015, 05:23:14 AM 'He who does not know the truth cannot truly have faith; for by nature knowledge precedes faith.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 31, 2015, 07:42:43 AM 'For there be many disobedient, vain speakers, and seducers, especially they that are of the Circumcision. Who must be controlled. who subvert whole houses, teaching things they ought not, for filthy lucre. One of them said, their own proper prophet, The Cretensians always liars, naughty beasts, slothful bellies. This testimony is true. For the which cause rebuke them sharply, that they may be sane in the faith. Not attending to Jewish fables, and commandments of men averting themselves from the truth. All things are clean to the clean: but to the polluted are both their mind and conscience. They confess that they know God: but in their works they deny, whereas they be abominable and incredulous and to every good work reprobate.'
Titus 1:10-16 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 01, 2015, 05:27:36 AM 'No emperor was able to persuade the Fathers who speak of God to be reconciled with the heretics of their times by means of equivocal expressions. Instead they employed clear and authoritative expressions, and ones that corresponded to the teaching that was being inquired into, saying plainly that it is the mark of priests to make an inquiry and to define on the subject of the saving teachings of the Catholic Church.'
St. Maximus the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 04, 2015, 05:06:39 AM 'This is the mark of Christianity -- however much a man toils, and however many righteousnesses he performs, to feel that he has done nothing, and in fasting to say, "This is not fasting," and in praying, "This is not prayer," and in perseverance at prayer, "I have shown no perseverance; I am only just beginning to practice and to take pains"; and even if he is righteous before God, he should say, "I am not righteous, not I; I do not take pains, but only make a beginning every day."'
St. Macarius the Great Let us make a beginning this new day my friends! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 11, 2015, 04:53:23 PM 'They who labor in God's vineyard ought to have as it were only one foot resting on earth, the other continually raised to walk in the way of our Lord.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 18, 2015, 03:35:59 AM 'Do not grow conceited if you shed tears when you pray. For it is Christ who has touched your eyes and given you spiritual sight.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 18, 2015, 03:41:36 AM It's a beautiful quote isn't it?
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on August 25, 2015, 12:44:31 PM "Today I am no longer in myself. I am with my God; all for Him, and He all in me and for me, Jesus is with me, He is all mine. He is alone, alone, and I am alone to bless Him, alone to pay Him court. He dwells in the miserable cell of my heart and His Majesty disappears. We are alone, alone, and my heart beats continually with that of Jesus. Jesus forever! The Heart of Jesus and my heart are one and the same thing. A moment does not pass without my feeling His dear presence always manifesting Himself in the most loving way." And on another occasion- “Oh, what precious moments these are! It is a delight that can only be compared to the heavenly beatitude of the Angels and Saints. Yes, I am happy, because I feel my heart beat with Yours. I am happy because I possess Thee, oh Jesus. Oh Jesus, with what joy it fills me to know that I possess Thee! But, my God, if You deal so with us on earth, what must it be like in Heaven!"
--St. Gemma Galgani Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 25, 2015, 11:41:34 PM What happiness!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 26, 2015, 05:04:12 AM 'Let us never tire of prayer.'
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 30, 2015, 06:44:11 AM 'Every day you provide your bodies with good to keep them from failing. In the same way your good works should be the daily nourishment of your hearts. Your bodies are fed with food and your spirits with good works. You aren't to deny your soul, which is going to live forever, what you grant to your body, which is going to die.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 03, 2015, 09:51:51 PM 'Long, as the stag panting for the waters, to have your will broken, and regard that day as lost on which you have not subjected your will to that of another.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 04, 2015, 05:00:37 PM 'Admit that God deserves to be loved very much, yea, boundlessly, because He loved us first, He infinite and we nothing, loved us, miserable sinners, with a love so great and so free. This is why I said at the beginning that the measure of our love to God is to love immeasurably. For since our love is toward God, who is infinite and immeasurable, how can we bound or limit the love we owe Him? Besides, our love is not a gift but a debt. And since it is the Godhead who loves us, Himself boundless, eternal, supreme love, of whose greatness there is no end, yea, and His wisdom is infinite, whose peace passeth all understanding; since it is He who loves us, I say, can we think of repaying Him grudgingly? "I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my strength, in whom I will trust." He is all that I need, all that I long for. My God and my help, I will love Thee for Thy great goodness; not so much as I might, surely, but as much as I can. I cannot love Thee as Thou deservest to be loved, for I cannot love Thee more than my own feebleness permits. I will love Thee more when Thou deemest me worthy to receive greater capacity for loving; yet never so perfectly as Thou hast deserved of me.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 07, 2015, 05:17:15 AM ' . . . Our most ardent desire is the promotion and fortification of concord among Catholics, We constantly try to remove all those occasions of quarrels which dissipate the strength of men of good will and are advantageous only for the enemies of religion.'
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on September 07, 2015, 06:05:52 AM "It is better that scandal arise than that the truth be concealed."
- Pope St. Gregory the Great "It's a dumb dog that doesn't bark when the wolf is among the sheep!" - Pope St. Gregory the Great, In Ez. Hom. 7 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 11, 2015, 07:47:58 AM 'There is nothing sweeter and milder, and at the same time stronger and more efficacious than the gentle unction of the burning charity of this lovable Heart, to convert the most hardened souls and to penetrate the most unfeeling hearts.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 13, 2015, 06:24:18 AM 'Let us think, if we only got to heaven, what a sweet and easy thing it will be there to be always saying with the angels and the saints, Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 16, 2015, 02:14:11 AM 'Though I find myself in so wretched a condition that I feel as if I no longer possess faith, hope, or charity, nor even that natural light which other men enjoy, so that I seem to be like an animal, even then, were I asked of what I was thinking, I could truthfully say that in the depth of my soul I have God alone present with me.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on September 16, 2015, 01:39:42 PM Beautiful!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 17, 2015, 07:44:19 AM Yes! :D
'It is impossible, to the human mind, to comprehend that infinite, eternal, immense Being; all that we can understand of Him in this life is nothing in comparison to the reality.' St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 04, 2015, 10:59:00 AM 'On the other hand, gentleness attains its highest expression when we keep our heart calm in the face of someone who is provoking us, and actually show him our love.'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 06, 2015, 09:05:57 PM 'When you have done something good, remember the words "without Me you can do nothing" (John 15:5).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 07, 2015, 10:24:40 PM 'All the honey that can be gathered from the flowers of this world has less sweetness than the vinegar and gall of Jesus Christ our Lord.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 18, 2015, 02:06:20 PM 'Charity requires us always to have compassion on human infirmity.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 19, 2015, 04:24:03 AM 'Be ruled by God and rule over your senses; and, being on a higher level, do not give authority to what is inferior to you.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 25, 2015, 03:45:41 PM 'Can you feel the fragrance of Paradise which diffuses Itself from the Tabernacle?'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 26, 2015, 06:22:30 PM 'Do not attempt to explain something difficult with contentiousness, but in the way which the spiritual law enjoins: with patience, prayer and unwavering hope.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 30, 2015, 04:26:32 AM 'The multitude who know nothing of continence live for the body, not for the spirit. But the body without spirit is "earth and ashes."'
St. Clement of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 05, 2015, 05:40:36 AM 'Nature and grace cannot subsist together in the same heart. The one must always make room for the other.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 07, 2015, 07:42:24 PM 'So let us remain, at first, in the presence of God in pure faith, with a deep sense of our nothingness, our sins and miseries; afterwards let us leave free to the soul the attractions of the Holy Ghost.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 10, 2015, 12:37:32 AM 'Obedience to a commandment purifies the soul, and purification of the soul leads to its participation in light.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 13, 2015, 06:25:49 AM Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Byzantine O Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, Who are everywhere and fill all things, Treasury of blessings, and Giver of life! Come and abide in us, Cleanse us from all our sins, And save our souls, O Good One! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 13, 2015, 09:30:13 AM 'Blessed the one who has become like a noble warrior in the Lord's work, rousing the idle, encouraging the faint-hearted in the way of the Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 14, 2015, 07:58:53 PM 'Do you represent in yourself His look, his gait, and modesty? Do you take your food, sleep, receive mortifications and injuries as He would? Do you in the same manner seek the honour and glory of His Eternal Father?'
St. Alphonsus Rodriguez Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 16, 2015, 12:11:57 PM 'Let us desire nothing so much as the good pleasure of God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 03, 2015, 05:07:33 PM 'Pray in peace and serenity, sing intelligently and in a good state - and you will be like a young eagle soaring high in the sky.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 08, 2015, 11:34:48 PM 'Brother Egidius, of the Order of St. Francis, once said to St. Bonaventure: "Happy you, O Father Bonaventure, who are so learned, and who, by your learning, can become more holy than I can, who am a poor ignorant man." "Listen," replied the saint: "if an old woman knows how to love God better than I do, she is more learned and more holy than I am." At hearing this, Brother Egidius exclaimed: "poor old woman! poor old woman! Father Bonaventure says that, if you love God more than he does, you can surpass him in sanctity."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 12, 2015, 01:40:50 PM 'God wants me to eat and sleep not as a luxury, but as a necessity and for my humiliation, so that I can see how poor I am to still be needing such worldly things, whereas in heaven there will be no need to eat or sleep. And so I say, "Lord, I do these things because it is your will."'
St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 13, 2015, 08:13:55 PM 'We must not live as if there were no difference between right and wrong, but, to the best of our power, must purify ourselves from indulgence and lust and take care for our soul which must continually be devoted to the Deity alone. For when it is pure and set free from all evil the mind is somehow capable of receiving the power of God and the divine image is set up in it. "And everyone who has this hope in the Lord purifies himself," says the Scripture, "even as he is pure."'
St. Clement of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 17, 2015, 02:55:09 AM 'To all the Magistrates, Consuls, Judges, and Rulers everywhere on earthy and to all to whom this letter shall come, brother Francis, your servant in the Lord, lowly and despised, desiring salvation and peace for all of you.
Behold and consider, for the day of death draweth nigh. I therefore beseech you with reverence, so far as I may, not to forget the Lord and turn aside from His commandments by reason of the cares and anxieties of this world, which you have. For all they who forget Him and turn aside from His commandments are cursed, and shall be forgotten of Him: and when the day of death shall come all the things which they thought to have shall be taken away from them; and the greater their wisdom and their power have been in this world, the greater will be the torments they shall suffer in hell. Wherefore I earnestly advise you, my lords, to put aside all care and anxiety, and to receive with meekness the most holy Body and the most holy Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in holy remembrance of Him. And pay ye such honour to the Lord among the people committed to you as to make proclamation every evening by messenger or other sign, that praise and thanksgiving be rendered by all the people unto the Lord God Almighty. But if you do not do this, know that you shall give account thereof before Jesus Christ your Lord God at the day of judgment.' St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 18, 2015, 06:35:49 AM 'Do not be double-tongued, saying one thing when your conscience says another. For Scripture places such people under a curse (cf. Ecclus. 28:13).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 19, 2015, 08:56:08 AM 'Put faith into practice by thinking on these four truths:
God is always present. Nothing happens without His permission or outside of His will. Anything we do to others we do to Him. All kindness and goodness are in Him. Live faith with these truths: Drive out all sin. Console all grief. Cast away all listlessness. Enrich the soul with the life of grace. One day God will say about us: quoniam bene. How? Union with Jesus and Mary.' St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 23, 2015, 01:09:45 AM 'If you are in the depths of poverty, stripped of all and of self, go and lose yourself in the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He will enrich you and will take delight in clothing you [with His own perfections] if you allow Him to act.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on December 28, 2015, 01:21:07 PM "Let no man deceive you by any means, for unless there come a revolt first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, who opposeth, and is lifted up above all that is called God, or that is worshipped, so that he sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself as if he were God. Remember you not, that when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now you know what withholdeth, that he may be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity already worketh; only that he who now holdeth, do hold, until he be taken out of the way. And then that wicked one shall be revealed whom the Lord Jesus shall kill with the spirit of his mouth; and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming, him, whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders, and in all seduction of iniquity to them that perish; because they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. Therefore God shall send them the operation of error, to believe lying: That all may be judged who have not believed the truth, but have consented to iniquity."
(2 Thessalonians 2:3-11) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on December 31, 2015, 03:39:53 PM The Book of Proverbs: Chapter 16 Verse 1
Man may make plans in his heart, but what the tongue utters is from the Lord. :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: :tea: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 03, 2016, 03:58:21 AM 'After baptism, continual prayer is necessary to man, in order that he may enter heaven; for though by baptism our sins are remitted, there still remains concupiscence to assail us from within, and the world and the devil to assail us from without.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 04, 2016, 07:32:09 PM I found a note on the previous passage from Proverbs:
It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue. "It is the part of man: That is, a man should prepare in his heart and soul what he is to say: but after all, it must be the Lord that must govern his tongue, to speak to the purpose. Not that we can think any thing of good without God's grace; but that after we have (with God's grace) thought and prepared within our souls what we would speak, if God does not govern our tongue, we shall not succeed in what we speak." Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 04, 2016, 07:34:15 PM 'All graces given to those outside the Church are given them for the purpose of bringing them inside the Church.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on January 04, 2016, 08:05:25 PM I love that quote...........
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 06, 2016, 07:45:20 PM Just a reminder Cyril and folks, this is a thread for saints' quotes not for others.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 06, 2016, 07:46:52 PM 'Many souls lament that in their meditations and communions, and in their other most devout exercises, they do not find God. To such St. Teresa said, "Detach thy heart from all creatures, and thou shalt find God."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on January 08, 2016, 01:26:01 PM I learned from our Lady's instruction found in the Mystical City of God that we must detach our hearts from all creatures and not even look at them unless either charity or obedience calls for it. I do find God in my prayer, meditations and devotions, but still I need further detachment from creatures.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 09, 2016, 12:00:24 AM '. . . if we want to cast carnal desires from our hearts, we should at once plant spiritual pleasures in their place, so that our mind, always bound to them, might have the wherewithal to abide in them constantly and might spurn the allurements of present and temporal joys.'
St. John Cassian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 09, 2016, 12:49:55 PM 'When in a pure state, the intellect, on receiving the conceptual images of things, is moved to contemplate these things spiritually. But when it is sullied through indolence, while its conceptual images may in general be free from passion, those concerned with people produce in it thoughts that are shameful or wicked.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on January 09, 2016, 07:57:52 PM For one Bishop of your opinion, I have a hundred Saints of mine, for one parliament of yours - and God alone knows what kind - I have all the General Councils for a thousand years.
- St. Thomas More Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on January 09, 2016, 07:59:32 PM In condemning us, you condemn all your ancestors -- all the ancient priests, bishops and kings -- all that was once the glory of England, the island of saints, and the most devoted child of the See of Peter.
- St. Edmund Campion, English martyr Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 11, 2016, 02:48:10 AM These past few quotes are reminding me of the thread in the past about thinking virtuously.
Also the readings from Ven. Mary of Agreda. If we think like saints, if we think with Christ, what harm can come to us? Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on January 11, 2016, 10:59:38 AM These past few quotes are reminding me of the thread in the past about thinking virtuously. Also the readings from Ven. Mary of Agreda. If we think like saints, if we think with Christ, what harm can come to us? True, Shin! It appears that every sin begins with a bad thought, for if our every thought were charitable we wouldn't be likely to commit a deliberate fault in word or in action. How very important are our thoughts! If we think like Christ, we can more easily speak and act like Him and, like you say, what harm can come to us? Today I will focus my attention on thinking like Christ, especially when I pray to Mary. If we pray to Mary in Jesus, as though it were He who were speaking to her through us, how pleased we will make her and how beautiful our prayers will be to her! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on January 12, 2016, 05:34:40 PM In The Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Chapter 42 Verse 4 states:
until he establishes justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 14, 2016, 01:31:18 AM Non erit tristis, neque turbulentus, donec ponat in terra judicium; et legem ejus insulae exspectabunt.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 16, 2016, 08:45:47 PM 'You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and he stood not in the truth; because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.'
John 8:44 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 17, 2016, 07:19:31 AM 'These are those who would not think of failing to hear Holy Mass every day, and, at the same time, will not deprive themselves of the satisfaction it affords them to attend the theatres, although the Church has always regarded these as pernicious, considering the ordinary sort of entertainment therein presented.
Again there are those who sometimes read books of piety, and afterwards pass the night in reading novels filled with the venom of bitterness of falsehood and immorality. This caused Gerson, one of the most famous lights of the University of Paris, to say, of a novel writer, that if he knew him to have died without doing penance for his sin, he (Gerson) would think no more of praying to God for that man's soul, than he would think of praying for Judas.' St. Jean Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on January 17, 2016, 03:48:40 PM "Liberal Catholics are the worst enemies of the Church."
--Pope Pius IX Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on January 17, 2016, 03:50:10 PM "Who has lost and who has won in the struggle -- the one who keeps the premises [buildings] or the one who keeps the Faith? The Faith obviously. That therefore the ordinances which have been preserved in the churches from old time until now may not be lost in our days,... rouse yourselves, brethren,... seeing them now seized upon by aliens."
--Saint Basil the Great (ca. 330-ca. 379) (in 371) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 18, 2016, 04:01:33 PM 'O how pleasing in the sight of God, is a Christian suffering with patience.'
St. Felix, martyr Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on January 18, 2016, 05:26:04 PM In our time more than ever before, the greatest asset of those disposed toward evil is the cowardice and weakness of good men, and all the vigor of Satan's reign is due to the easygoing weakness of Catholics. Oh! if I might ask the Divine Redeemer, as the Prophet Zachary did in spirit (Zach. 13:6): "What are those wounds in the midst of Thy hands?" The answer would not be doubtful: "With these I was wounded in the house of them that loved me" (Zach. 13:6). I was wounded by my friends, who did nothing to defend me, and who, on every occasion, made themselves the accomplices of my adversaries. And this reproach can be leveled at the weak and timid Catholic of all countries.
--Pope Saint Pius X on the occasion of the beatification of St. Joan of Arc Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on January 21, 2016, 05:23:27 PM The beginning of wisdom is: get wisdom; at the cost of all you have, get understanding. The Book of Proverbs Chapter 4 Verse 7 :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 23, 2016, 10:33:57 AM Principium sapientiae, posside sapientiam; et in omni possessione tua acquire prudentiam.
The beginning of wisdom, possess wisdom, and in all thy possession purchase prudence: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 23, 2016, 10:35:05 AM 'A prudent man is one who sees as it were from afar, for his sight is keen, and he foresees the event of uncertainties.'
St. Isidore of Seville Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 25, 2016, 07:32:57 AM 'When faith grows weak, all virtues are weakened. When faith is lost, all virtues are lost.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on January 27, 2016, 07:56:34 AM "Men will surrender to the spirit of the age. They will say that if they had lived in our day, faith would be simple and easy. But in their day, they will say, things are complex; the Church must be brought up to date and made meaningful to the day's problems."
--Saint Anthony (ca. 251-356) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on January 27, 2016, 07:59:48 AM "Men will surrender to the spirit of the age. They will say that if they had lived in our day, faith would be simple and easy. But in their day, they will say, things are complex; the Church must be brought up to date and made meaningful to the day's problems." --Saint Anthony (ca. 251-356) John XXIII and Paul VI with the Vatican II Counsel surrendered to the spirit of the age ... so did their modernist church. Sigh! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on January 31, 2016, 05:18:21 PM •“For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made the heavens.” (Ps 95:5)
•“Adore not any strange god. The Lord his name is Jealous, he is a jealous God.” (Ex 34:14) •“Turn ye not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods. I am the Lord your God.” (Lev 19:4) •“I will destroy your high places, and break your idols. You shall fall among the ruins of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.” (Lev 26:30) •“Thou shalt not have strange gods in my sight.” (Deut 5:7) •“Overthrow their altars, and break down their statues, burn their groves with fire, and break their idols in pieces: destroy their names out of those places.” (Deut 12:3) The Assisi Prayer Meetings of the modernists Church is an abomination. The teaching of the modernist Church of false ecumenism and religious liberty goes against the First Commandment and is leading gullible souls into hell. I fear for those in the modernist Church whose ignorance is not invincible. People with a Catholic sense know that false ecumenism and religious liberty is gravely wrong and that the modernist Church is eclipsing the Catholic Church and ruining souls with its Modernism. How can you be saved if you die in a false religion and are not invincibly ignorant? You can't. Live and die in the true Church of Jesus Christ, the Roman Catholic Church--and not in a false religion that promotes humanistic Freemasonic Modernism (e.g. false ecumenism and religious liberty). God bless you all. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on February 01, 2016, 12:40:52 AM We are not innocent before God if we punish that which we should pardon, or pardon that which we should punish.
~ St. Bernard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 01, 2016, 09:02:23 AM "Persecutions serve to bring forth saints."
--Saint Augustine (354-430) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 01, 2016, 09:03:55 AM Man receives the forgiveness of sins before Baptism in so far as he has Baptism of desire, explicitly or implicitly.
--St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica The following does a good job of explaining the above: Q. If a person lived a decent, noble and moral life as judged by Catholic Faith beliefs and standards, yet was not a Christian or a Catholic and may, for the sake of discussion, be a non-believer, would this person be denied Heaven? A. To gain eternal salvation, it is not always required that a person be incorporated in fact as a member of the Church, but it is required that he belong to it at least in desire and longing [in voto]. It is not always necessary that this desire be explicit as it is with catechumens. When a man is invincibly ignorant, God also accepts an implicit desire, so called because it is contained in the good disposition of soul by which a man wants his will to be conformed to God's will. - Letter of the Holy Office to the Archbishop of Boston, August 8, 1949 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 01, 2016, 09:04:57 AM "Even if there were only one person left who held the right Catholic Faith, there would be the Catholic Church."
--Ven. Anne Catherine Emmerick (1774-1824) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 01, 2016, 09:07:13 AM "Not to oppose error is to approve it; and not to defend truth is to suppress it; and indeed to neglect to confound evil men, when we can do it, is no less a sin than to encourage them."
--Pope St. Felix III What cowards people today are, many of whom call themselves "Catholic." How many of them go along with error and sin in doing so? Not to oppose error is to approve it and not to defend truth is to suppress it; and to neglect to confound evil men, when we can do it, is no less sin than to encourage them, says the holy Pope Felix III. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 01, 2016, 09:52:17 AM “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, they shall have their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” (Apoc 21:8 )
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 01, 2016, 11:54:01 PM 'Great graces are often attached to what seems trifling.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque I am curious as to what folks think these seemingly trifling things might be! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 02, 2016, 06:22:16 PM 'Great graces are often attached to what seems trifling.' St. Margaret Mary Alacoque I am curious as to what folks think these seemingly trifling things might be! Picking up a piece of thread from the floor for the love of God when nobody else does it. It is trifling, yet not really; for there are great graces attached to doing this little thing/act for the love of God. There are great graces attached to doing little things with great love of God. "The best perfection is to do ordinary things in a perfect manner. Constant fidelity in little things is a great and heroic virtue." --Saint Bonaventure (1221-1274) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 03, 2016, 01:39:41 PM "Wrong is wrong even if everybody is doing it, and right is right even if nobody is doing it."
- Saint Augustine (354-430) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 03, 2016, 06:24:58 PM I added a relevant quote to my last post, post 1933.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 05, 2016, 09:47:13 AM 'Great graces are often attached to what seems trifling.' St. Margaret Mary Alacoque I am curious as to what folks think these seemingly trifling things might be! Picking up a piece of thread from the floor for the love of God when nobody else does it. It is trifling, yet not really; for there are great graces attached to doing this little thing/act for the love of God. There are great graces attached to doing little things with great love of God. "The best perfection is to do ordinary things in a perfect manner. Constant fidelity in little things is a great and heroic virtue." --Saint Bonaventure (1221-1274) A very insightful quote! When we are doing things in Christ's grace, with a pure intention, how precious it is, however small, because of God how infinitely large! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 06, 2016, 04:20:08 PM I do hope that everybody here is making their daily Morning Offering.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 07, 2016, 05:53:30 AM Do you have a favorite Morning Offering prayer Therese?
:D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on February 07, 2016, 06:07:08 PM The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 10 Verse 19 Where words are many, sin is not wanting; but he who restrains his lips does well. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 07, 2016, 11:44:49 PM Do you have a favorite Morning Offering prayer Therese? :D I pray a basic traditional Morning Offering, Shin. All the basic traditional Morning Offerings are all the same to me. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 07, 2016, 11:48:34 PM The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 10 Verse 19 Where words are many, sin is not wanting; but he who restrains his lips does well. It is best and safest only to speak when duty, obedience or charity calls for it. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 09, 2016, 06:01:56 PM Yes they are similar aren't they? :D
It is splendid to consecrate the day! :D Let this coming Lent be consecrated to the Lord! 'Blessed the one who loves repentance that saves sinners and has not thought of doing ill, like someone ungrateful before God our Saviour.' St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 09, 2016, 07:13:51 PM Yes they are similar aren't they? :D It is splendid to consecrate the day! :D Let this coming Lent be consecrated to the Lord! 'Blessed the one who loves repentance that saves sinners and has not thought of doing ill, like someone ungrateful before God our Saviour.' St. Ephrem of Syria Our Morning Offering turns all the "trivial" things we do in our day into very great things, because through the Morning Offering they are done supernaturally (with a supernatural intention). Good things done without a supernatural intention are not meritorious at all, so we should be sure to make our Morning Offering every day, uniting all our thoughts, words and actions to Christ's actions and merits. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 10, 2016, 01:44:18 AM Do you have a favorite Morning Offering prayer Therese? :D I pray a basic traditional Morning Offering, Shin. All the basic traditional Morning Offerings are all the same to me. I'd like to clarify something. The Morning Offering is to be said at all the times, even during periods of sede vacante; the intentions of the Pope mentioned in the Morning Offering in times of sede vacante refer to the five basic intentions that all our Popes have had as their intentions. I can share them with you when I come across them. The Morning Offering I usually pray mentions the intentions of holy Mother Church, but when I pray a Morning Offering for the intentions of the Pope it is understood that I am praying for the five basic intentions of our Popes. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 13, 2016, 04:47:34 PM "The whole Church is in dissolution."
--Saint Basil the Great (ca. 330 - ca. 379), Epistulae, to Saint Athanasius (in 371/72) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 18, 2016, 02:27:32 AM 'To pray well requires the whole man.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 18, 2016, 08:42:53 AM "A man cannot have salvation, except in the Catholic Church. Outside the Catholic Church he can have everything except salvation. He can have honor, he can have Sacraments, he can sing alleluia, he can answer amen, he can possess the gospel, he can have and preach faith in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost; but never except in the Catholic church will he be able to find salvation."
--Saint Augustine (354-430), Discourse to the People of the Church at Caesarea, ca. 418 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 20, 2016, 07:02:02 AM 'If any one asks you for something that you believe would be injurious to him, refuse, but in such a manner as not to lose his good-will.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 21, 2016, 04:50:38 AM 'Woman can never be man's equal, and cannot therefore, enjoy equal rights. Few women would ever desire to legislate, and those who did would be classed as eccentrics. Scripture, and especially the three Epistles of St. Paul, emphasizes woman's dependence on man.'
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 21, 2016, 02:54:32 PM 'To get good from reading the Lives of the Saints, and other spiritual books, we ought not to read out of curiosity, or skimmingly, but with pauses; and when we feel ourselves warmed, we ought not to pass on, but to stop and follow up the spirit which is stirring in us, and when we feel it no longer then to pursue our reading.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on February 21, 2016, 04:05:26 PM "Hence, that meaning of the sacred dogmata is ever to be maintained which has once been declared by Holy Mother Church, and there must never be an abandonment of this sense under the pretext or in the name of a more profound understanding.... If anyone says that it is possible that at some given time, given the advancement of knowledge, a sense may be assigned to the dogmata propounded by the Church which is different from that which the Church has always understood and understands: let him be anathema."
--Vatican Council (1870) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 24, 2016, 01:23:39 AM 'The Father spoke one Word, which was His Son, and this Word He speaks always in eternal silence, and in silence must it be heard by the soul.'
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 29, 2016, 04:16:23 AM 'Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 01, 2016, 07:13:50 AM 'Everything that happens has a small beginning, and grows the more it is nourished.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 04, 2016, 05:22:36 AM 'If, on going to the garden to pluck some fruits, you were surprised by a heavy rain, what would you do? You would seek shelter under the shed, would you not? So when sorrow, bitterness, tribulation, rain down upon you, you must seek a refuge in the safe asylum of the will of God, and you shall not be troubled.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 05, 2016, 07:51:02 AM 'By the remembrance of the saints, as by the touch of glowing stones of fire, he was himself enkindled and converted into a divine flame.'
St. Bonaventure, of St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 08, 2016, 08:06:58 AM 'The best of all prayers is that in which we ask that God's holy will be accomplished, both in ourselves and in others.'
St. Louis de Blois Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 09, 2016, 07:05:03 AM 'If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 09, 2016, 11:21:38 AM "...the great movement of apostasy being organized in every country for the establishment of a One-World Church which shall have neither dogmas, nor hierarchy, neither discipline for the mind, nor curb for the passions, and which, under the pretext of freedom and human dignity, would bring back to the world (if such a Church could overcome) the reign of legalized cunning and force, and the oppression of the weak, and of all those who toil and suffer. [...] Indeed, the true friends of the people are neither revolutionaries, nor innovators: they are traditionalists."
—Pope St. Pius X, Apostolic Letter Notre Charge Apostolique, 1910 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 10, 2016, 03:41:41 AM 'He who fails to reflect before acting, walks with his eyes shut and advances with danger. He also falls very often, because the eye of reflection does not enable him to see whither his footsteps lead.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 10, 2016, 09:50:52 AM "The declared enemies of God and His Church, heretics and schismatics, must be criticized as much as possible, as long as truth is not denied. It is a work of charity to shout: 'Here is the wolf!' when it enters the flock or anywhere else."
—St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part III, Chapter 29 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 10, 2016, 09:52:27 AM "The Son of Man, when He cometh, shall He find, think you, faith on earth?"
—Blessed Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 18:8 ) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 10, 2016, 12:32:21 PM 'The hostility of the perverse sounds like praise for our life because it shows that we have at least some rectitude if we are an annoyance to those who do not love God; no one can be pleasing to God and to God's enemies at the same time. He who seeks to please those who oppose God is no friend of God; and he who submits himself to the truth will fight against those who strive against truth.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 11, 2016, 01:56:22 PM 'I have never worried about our temporal affairs, and I have seen by experience that God has always provided for us. When we were two, Providence provided enough for two; for four when we were four; and when our number increased the needs of all were supplied, thus verifying the divine promise: "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His justice, and all these things shall be added unto you." (Matt. vi. 33.) "Be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on." (Matt. vi. 25.)'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 12, 2016, 12:09:23 PM 'Those who profess to be Christ's will be recognized by their actions. For what matters is not a momentary act of professing, but being persistently motivated by faith.'
St. Ignatius of Antioch Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 12, 2016, 04:44:37 PM "Most people are taught by way of example and not by way of words."
--St. Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 12, 2016, 04:46:22 PM "Who has lost and who has won in the struggle -- the one who keeps the premises [buildings] or the one who keeps the Faith? The Faith obviously. That therefore the ordinances which have been preserved in the churches from old time until now may not be lost in our days,... rouse yourselves, brethren,... seeing them now seized upon by aliens."
--Saint Basil the Great (ca. 330-ca. 379) (in 371) We can not please God if we do not possess the true Faith and neither can we be saved without possessing the true Faith. If we believe in religious liberty, ecumenism and collegiality, then we do not possess the true Faith and have given into Modernism, the synthesis of all heresies. If we have given into Modernism like the Conciliar Church has, then we have given into a lie and will have to pay the consequences. You can not please God without possessing the Faith--the true Faith. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 12, 2016, 04:48:40 PM "I am a Catholic man and a priest. In that Faith have I lived and in that Faith I intend to die. If you esteem my religion treason, then I am guilty."
--St. Edmund Campion, English Martyr Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 12, 2016, 04:49:39 PM "Better that only a few Catholics should be left, staunch and sincere in their religion, than that they should, remaining many, desire as it were, to be in collusion with the Church's enemies and in conformity with the open foes of our faith."
--St. Peter Canisius (1521-1597), one of the greatest Jesuit theologians, speaking of the Protestants, who were then introducing changes such as vernacular liturgies, the abolition of fasting laws, the removal of statues, and other diminutions of traditional Catholicism If we believe in religious liberty, ecumenism and collegiality, then we are in collusion with the Church's enemies and in conformity with the open foes of our faith. The Church's Magisterium has condemned these novelties as errors and so if we embrace them with the Conciliar Church, then we have lost the true Faith, the Faith that the Saints have known. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 13, 2016, 03:25:35 PM 'In retirement, solitude and circumspection with thou find thy peace.'
The Blessed Virgin, to Ven. Mary of Agreda Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 13, 2016, 11:02:41 PM "In condemning us, you condemn all your ancestors -- all the ancient priests, bishops and kings -- all that was once the glory of England, the island of saints, and the most devoted child of the See of Peter."
- St. Edmund Campion, English martyr Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 13, 2016, 11:03:46 PM "Peace ceases when all men seek what is their own."
- Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P. (1225-1274) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 13, 2016, 11:06:06 PM "It is better that scandal arise than that the truth be concealed."
- Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 13, 2016, 11:06:57 PM "Be assured that we shall obtain more grace and merit in one day by suffering patiently the afflictions that come to us from God or from our neighbor than we would acquire in ten years by mortifications and other exercises that are of our own choice."
- St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 16, 2016, 05:26:01 AM "Be assured that we shall obtain more grace and merit in one day by suffering patiently the afflictions that come to us from God or from our neighbor than we would acquire in ten years by mortifications and other exercises that are of our own choice." - St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) To suffer patiently is to suffer virtuously! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 16, 2016, 09:02:07 AM "Be assured that we shall obtain more grace and merit in one day by suffering patiently the afflictions that come to us from God or from our neighbor than we would acquire in ten years by mortifications and other exercises that are of our own choice." - St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) To suffer patiently is to suffer virtuously! To suffer impatiently is to suffer without really loving God who has sent us the suffering. To suffer patiently for the love of God is what will make us saints and what is most virtuous. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on March 17, 2016, 09:08:55 AM "Since his law is written in the hearts of all men (Ps. 4:7), nobody is excused for not knowing and loving Him as the highest Good of all creation."
Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 48 Athiests can not enter heaven unless they first possess supernatural faith and charity in their souls. To say that an Athiest can enter heaven is to teach against Catholic doctrine. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 17, 2016, 08:29:46 PM 'More and more did the love of God, and my fear of him and faith increase, and my spirit was moved so that in a day -- from one up to a hundred prayers, and in the night a like number; besides I used to stay out in the forests and on the mountain and I would wake up before daylight to pray in the snow, in icy coldness, in rain, and I used to feel neither ill nor any slothfulness, because, as I now see, the Spirit was burning in me at that time.'
St. Patrick Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 19, 2016, 07:40:14 AM 'When the sky is free from clouds we can see more clearly the brightness of the sun. In like manner, when the soul is free from sin and the gloom of passion, it participates in the divine light.'
Ven. Louis de Granada Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 19, 2016, 09:41:43 PM 'Heaven grant that I may live to accomplish the Will of my God!'
St. Joseph, his oft repeated words, revealed to St. Bridget of Sweden Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 20, 2016, 09:00:01 PM 'Let us strive to fulfill the commandments so that we may be freed from the passions; and let us struggle to grasp divine doctrine so that we may be found worthy of spiritual knowledge.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 21, 2016, 09:26:09 AM 'Prayer, good reading, the frequentation of the sacraments, with the proper dispositions, and particularly the flight of idleness - these are, believe me, the means of sanctifying yourself.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 22, 2016, 01:55:33 PM '"Like a tree planted by streams of water," [Ps. 1:3] the soul is irrigated by the Holy Scriptures and acquires vigour, produces tasty fruit, namely, true faith, and is beautified with a thousand green leaves, namely, actions that please God.'
St. John of Damascus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 24, 2016, 12:40:45 AM 'I resolve to ask myself, whenever I have to encounter crosses of suffering, "Conrad, why have you come here?"'
St. Conrad of Parzham, resolutions in the novitiate Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 25, 2016, 01:36:31 AM 'Do not pass one day without devoting a half hour, or at least a quarter of an hour, to meditation on the sorrowful Passion of your Saviour. Have a continual remembrance of the agonies of your crucified Love, and know that the greatest saints, who now, in heaven, triumph in holy love, arrived at perfection in this way.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 27, 2016, 05:24:36 PM 'The earth under the ancient curse brought forth thorns and thistles; but now the Church beholds it laughing with flowers and restored by the grace of a new benediction. Mindful of the verse, "My heart danceth for joy, and in my song will I praise Him", she refreshes herself with the fruits of His Passion which she gathers from the Tree of the Cross, and with the flowers of His Resurrection whose fragrance invites the frequent visits of her Spouse.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 29, 2016, 01:24:00 AM 'Withdraw your heart from the world before God takes your body from it.'
St. John of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 31, 2016, 10:37:55 PM 'Should you feel yourself overwhelmed by fear, cast yourself into the abyss of the unshaken confidence of the Sacred Heart, and there your fear will give place to love. If you find yourself frail and weak, lapsing into faults at every moment, go to the Sacred Heart and draw from It the strength which will invigorate and revive you.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 02, 2016, 01:06:12 AM 'Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter then snow.'
'Asperges me hyssopo, et mundabor; lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.' Psalms 50:9 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 04, 2016, 06:44:53 AM "The Lord brings his servants to eternal life by mortification; but the devil leads sinners to everlasting death by pleasure and self-indulgence."
--St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 05, 2016, 03:32:53 AM 'When a man falls into any bodily infirmity, he must lie and think, and say, "God has sent me this sickness, because He wishes something of me; I must therefore make up my mind to change my life and become better."'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 05, 2016, 11:04:10 PM 'Sanctorum vita ceteris norma vivendi est.'
'The life of the saints is the norm of living for others.' St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 07, 2016, 03:28:22 AM 'John, it is by thorns, by labours, and by sufferings that you must gain the crown which my Son has prepared for you.'
Our Lady, to St. John of God One day, as St. John was on his knees before the crucifix in our Lady's church, he had a vision during which it seemed to him that there were no doors to the church, or at least that they were closed, and that the Blessed Virgin, descending from the altar with S. John the Evangelist, came and placed on his head the crown of thorns of Jesus Christ, and then she said this to him. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Therese on April 07, 2016, 10:27:17 AM 'When shall I be able to say, "My God, I cannot lose Thee anymore?"
--St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 08, 2016, 10:28:35 PM 'My inheritance is become to me as an hyaena’s den. [Jer 12.8]
The hypocrite is an animal of this sort, living like a beast, small by his pretence, wild in the deformity of his action, digging up graves in the night of deceit. He creeps into the house of women, as the Apostle says [2Tim 3.6], by pleasing speeches and good words seducing the hearts of the innocent [Rom 16.18], and so eats the corpses of sinners. He affects a human voice (that is, praise), lurking round the shepherds’ huts, the places of preaching, so as to listen carefully and learn how to preach; then in the night he deceives men who associate with him by his preaching. He counterfeits human vomit (the confession of sins). He accuses himself of being a sinner, but does not think he is. He draws men with false gurglings and groanings, so that they think he is a saint, seeing him groan like this! Sometimes he even deceives just men, too ready to believe in his false devotion. If his shadow touches anyone, they are unable to bark against him -- they even defend him! In particular, this happens today with those who trust heretics. They really do not heed the Lord’s advice: Beware of false prophets, etc. The heretic’s eyes are very shifty. Sometimes he raises his eyes to heaven and sighs, sometimes he casts them down and weeps. His colour is always changing: now he is pale, now he is dark, now he has ragged clothing, now well-ordered. Now abstinence pleases him, now it displeases. This constant change of colour indicates his inner instability. Any animal that the hyaena (the heretic or hypocrite) goes round three times -- encircling it with the word of preaching, with the example of a pretended holiness, and the appearance of attractive promise -- remains immovable as regards good. Beware, then, I pray you, of false prophets. By their fruits you shall know them. The Gloss says, ‘You can best tell them by their impatience in time of adversity.’ When prosperity smiles, the wolfish mind is hidden beneath the sheep-skin; but when adversity gives a jaundiced look, the sheep-skin is torn by the wolf’s teeth.' St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 09, 2016, 06:22:17 PM 'But you, my daughter, whom I have chosen for myself and with whom I speak in spirit, love me with all your heart, not as you love your son or daughter or relatives but more than anything in the world! I created you and spared none of my limbs in suffering for you. And yet I love your soul so dearly that, if it were possible, I would let myself be nailed to the cross again rather than lose you. Imitate my humility: I, who am the king of glory and of angels, was clothed in lowly rags and stood naked at the pillar while my ears heard all kinds of insults and derision. Prefer my will to yours, because my Mother, your Lady, from beginning to end, never wanted anything but what I wanted. If you do this, then your heart will be with my heart, and it will be set aflame with my love in the same way as any dry thing is easily set aflame by fire. Your soul will be filled with me and I will be in you, and all temporal things will become bitter to you and all carnal desire like poison. You will rest in my divine arms, where there is no carnal desire, only joy and spiritual delight. There the soul, both inwardly and outwardly delighted, is full of joy, thinking of nothing and desiring nothing but the joy that it possesses. So love me alone, and you will have all the things you wish, and you will have them in abundance. Is it not written that the widow's oil did not fail until the day that the Lord sent rain upon the earth according to the words of the prophet? I am the true prophet. If you believe my words and fulfill them, oil and joy and exultation will never fail you for all eternity.'
The Lord, to St. Bridget of Sweden Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 10, 2016, 06:55:05 AM 'Assuredly there is no one in the world who would not receive every kind of help from Heaven, if he had a truly grateful love for Jesus Christ, such as that which is shown by devotion to His Sacred Heart.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 11, 2016, 05:11:45 AM '. . . so we will have no dealings with rebel heretics, remembering the Lord's command, who says, "Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine." [Matthew 7:6] Surely it is altogether unworthy and unjust to admit to freedom of discussion men whom the Holy Spirit describes in the words of the prophet, "the sons of the stranger have lied unto me."'
Pope St. Leo the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 12, 2016, 04:59:36 AM 'Since the soul is more noble than the body and God incomparably more noble than the world created by Him, he who values the body more than the soul and the world created by God more than the Creator Himself is simply a worshiper of idols.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 13, 2016, 07:51:03 AM 'When our soul begins to lose its appetite for earthly beauties, a spirit of listlessness is apt to steal into it. This prevents us from taking pleasure in study and teaching, and from feeling any strong desire for the blessings prepared for us in the life to come; it also leads us to disparage this transient life excessively, as not possessing anything of value. It even depreciates spiritual knowledge itself, either on the grounds that many others have already acquired it or because it cannot teach us anything perfect. To avoid this passion, which dejects and enervates us, we must confine the mind within very narrow limits, devoting ourselves solely to the remembrance of God. Only in this way will the intellect be able to regain its original fervor and escape this senseless dissipation.'
St. Diadochos of Photiki Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 15, 2016, 09:14:53 AM 'Blessed is the man, that hath not gone in the counsel of the impious,
& hath not stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sit in the chair of pestilence: But his will is the way of our Lord, and in his law he will meditate day and night. And he shall be as a tree, that is planted nigh to the streams of waters, which shall give his fruit in his time: And his leaf shall not fall: and all things whatsoever he shall do, shall prosper. The impious not so: but as dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.' Psalm 1:1-5 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 16, 2016, 03:54:27 AM 'Be a vase, which thou fillest at the source and at the source dost drink from.
Although thou hadst drawn thy love from God, who is the Source of living water, didst thou not drink it continually in Him thy vase would remain empty.' St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 17, 2016, 07:32:29 PM 'Listen, all my enemies in the world, for I am not addressing my friends! Listen, all you clerics, archbishops, and bishops and all of lower rank in the Church! Listen, all you religious, of whatever order you are! Listen, you kings and princes of the earth and all you who serve! Listen, you women, princesses, queens, and all ladies and maidservants! All you inhabitants of the world, of whatever condition or rank you are, whether great or small, listen to these words that I myself, who created you, now speak to you! I complain, because you have withdrawn from me and given the devil your will, and you obey his suggestions. Truly, I have redeemed you with my blood, and I ask for nothing but your souls. Therefore, return to me with humility, and I will receive you as my children.'
The Lord, from the revelations of St. Bridget of Sweden Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 18, 2016, 08:24:31 AM 'The man who renounces the world from fear is like burning incense, that begins with fragrance but ends in smoke. He who leaves the world through hope of reward is like a millstone, that always moves in the same way.
But he who withdraws from the world out of love for God has obtained fire at the very outset; and, like fire set to fuel, it soon kindles a larger fire.' St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 19, 2016, 05:06:15 AM 'Oh, if you could but see the mystery of the altar as it really is after the Consecration, you would see Jesus Christ on the Cross, making oblation to His Father of His Wounds, His Blood, His Death, for the salvation of your soul and of the whole world. You would see the angels, who are prostrate around the altar, astonished, almost appalled, at so much love lavished upon indifferent and ungrateful creatures. You would hear the Heavenly Father, as He contemplated His divine Son, speaking to you as He spoke on Tabor: "This is My Beloved Son in Whom I am well pleased; adore Him, love Him, and serve Him with all your heart."'
St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 20, 2016, 01:03:36 AM 'How sweet has it been to me to be deprived of the delights of a frivolous world! What incomparable joy I have felt after a privation once so dreaded.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 21, 2016, 06:30:13 AM 'People hate the truth for the sake of whatever it is they love more than the truth. They love truth when it shines warmly on them, and hate it when it rebukes them.'
St. Augustine A quote folks should think seriously about the consequences of! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 23, 2016, 09:20:42 AM 'Armed with prayer, the saints sustained a glorious warfare and vanquished all their enemies. By prayer, also, they appeased the wrath of God, and obtained from Him all they desired.'
Ven. Louis de Granada Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 24, 2016, 03:01:03 AM 'Yes, the priest stands at the altar, the priest stands there and makes a long supplication, not in order that fire from heaven may consume the things that lie to open view, but that grace, lighting on the Sacrifice, may thereby in flame the souls of all, and show them brighter than silver purified in the fire. Art thou ignorant that the soul of man could never bear this fire of the Sacrifice, but that all would be utterly consumed, were not the aid of the grace of God abundant? For if one would but consider how great a thing it is for a mortal, and one still clothed with flesh and blood, to be enabled to be nigh to that blessed and immortal nature, he would then see how great an honor the grace of the Spirit has vouchsafed to priests.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2016, 04:50:14 AM 'Who, says St. Bernard, shall seek in a sink the limpid water of the spring? Shall I, adds the saint, seek counsel from the man that knows not how to give counsel to himself? Speaking of the bad example of princes, Plutarch says, that it poisons not a single cup, but the public fountain; and thus, because all draw from the fountain, all are poisoned. This may be said with greater truth of the bad example of priests; hence Pope Eugene III has said that bad Superiors are the principal causes of the sins of inferiors.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 26, 2016, 11:01:12 AM 'He who hates the passions gets rid of their causes. But he who is attracted by their causes is attacked by the passions even though he does not wish it.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 28, 2016, 07:22:36 AM 'Blessed the one who manages his possessions in accordance with God's will and has not been condemned by God the Saviour as a lover of money without compassion for his neighbour.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 29, 2016, 02:16:07 PM 'To attain the knowledge of God is impossible for those who are still under the control of their passions. Therefore they cannot attain the salvation they hope for as they have not obtained any knowledge of God.
He who fails to attain this end is clearly subject to the charge of being ignorant of God, and ignorance of God is shown by a man's manner of life.' St. Clement of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 30, 2016, 09:59:11 AM 'The perfection of a Christian consists in knowing how to mortify himself for the love of Christ.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 30, 2016, 04:09:13 PM 'That which man judges to be perfect, in the sight of God is defect. For all the works of man, which appear faultless when he considers them feels, remembers, wills and understands them, are, if he does not refer them to God, corrupt and sinful. For, to the perfection of our works it is necessary that they be wrought in us but not of us. In the works of God it is he that is the prime mover, and not man.'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 01, 2016, 04:27:11 PM 'The greatest pain which the holy souls suffer in Purgatory proceeds from their desire to possess God. This suffering especially afflicts those who in life had but a feeble desire of heaven.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 02, 2016, 01:09:49 AM 'It is a great favour which God grants to that soul that is in a state of grace to take it from this world, where, at any time, it may become changed, and may lose the friendship of God!'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori 'He was taken away lest wickedness should alter his understanding.' Wisdom 4:11 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 03, 2016, 02:25:04 AM 'Father Edmond Auger, an apostolic preacher, who was called "the Gospel Trumpet" for his conversion of 40,000 heretics in France, was so deeply committed to teaching catechism that at his death it pleased God to allow him to be seen ascending into heaven accompanied by a host of angels and children. To Isaiah's question, "Where is the teacher of the little ones?" one might well answer, "Here he is."'
St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 04, 2016, 03:31:19 AM 'Cultivate a tender devotion to the dolors of Mary, to her Immaculate Conception, to your guardian angel, to your patron saints, and the holy apostles.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 05, 2016, 01:42:37 AM 'We read in the holy Canticles, that at the Assumption of the Virgin, the angels three times asked her name: "Who is she that goeth up by the desert as a pillar of smoke?" "Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising?" And in another: "Who is this that cometh up from the desert, flowing with delights?" Richard of St. Laurence inquires why the angels so often asked the name of this queen, and answers: The sound of the name of Mary was so sweet to the angels, and they repeated the question that they might hear it repeated also.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 06, 2016, 08:48:42 PM 'Those who intend to fulfill the Christian way of life to the best of their ability must first devote all their attention to the rational, discriminative and directing aspect of the soul. Perfecting in this way their discrimination between good and evil, and defending the purity of their nature against the attacks of the passions that are contrary to nature, they go forward without stumbling, guided by the eye of discrimination and not embroiled with the impulses of evil. For the soul's will is able to preserve the body free from the vitiation of the senses, to keep the soul away from worldly distraction, and to guard the heart from scattering its thoughts into the world, completely walling them in and holding them back from base concerns and pleasures. Whenever the Lord sees someone acting in this manner, perfecting and guarding himself, disposed to serve Him with fear and trembling, He extends to him the assistance of His grace. But what will God do for the person who willingly gives himself up to the world and pursues its pleasures?'
St. Symeon Metaphrastis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 07, 2016, 11:04:34 PM 'In this accusation, i.e. in Confession, you should make known to your confessor, as to God, all your defects, unraveling all in order, integrally, truly and simply without any veiling excuses, concealment or palliation : and, firstly, your omissions in all things pertaining to God, especially concerning the double exercise of prayer, mental and vocal ; then, defects of righteousness in your dealings with your neighbour, and, lastly, sins of commission due to the slothful custody of the senses and want of watchfulness over your affections and thoughts.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 08, 2016, 03:16:17 AM 'Consider from this how much a good will united with God is capable of, when by means of its pressing towards God the soul is effectively separated the body in spirit and looks on its outward man as it were from a distance, and as not belonging to it. In this way it despises everything that is inflicted on itself or on its flesh as if they were happening to someone else, or not to a human being at all. For He that is united with the Lord is one Spirit, (1 Corinthians 6.17) that is with him. So you should never dare to think or imagine anything before the Lord your God that you would blush to be heard or seen in before men, since your respect for God should be even greater than for them.
It is a matter of justice in fact that all your thoughts and thinking should be raised to God alone, and the highest point of your mind should only be directed to him as if nothing existed but him, and holding to him may enjoy the perfect beginning of the life to come.' St. Albert the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 09, 2016, 03:20:08 AM 'Accustom yourself to repeat as your first words upon awakening, and your last words before sleep, the names of Jesus and Mary, so that God will give you grace to die with these holy Names on your lips and in your heart.'
St. Jean Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 10, 2016, 12:48:40 AM 'You will also know one day that there is a law of the eternal king, proclaiming that every one shall perish, who offers sacrifice to devils: which do you counsel me to obey, and which do you think, should be my option; to die by your sword, or to be condemned to everlasting misery, by the sentence of the great king, the true God?'
St. Peter Balsam Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 11, 2016, 03:14:45 AM 'Wealth, unless it be devoted to good works, will become to its possessor only a source of endless torment in hell.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 12, 2016, 02:26:21 AM 'Although in the world theater is considered a refined form of amusement, the fact is that it is a shame and an embarrassment to Christianity. In fact, are not those who abandon themselves to this kind of work and make it their profession considered publicly infamous? Can you love a profession that covers with embarrassment those who practice it? Is that art not something infamous and shameful in which the skill of the actors consists in exciting in themselves and in others various shameful passions for which a wellborn person can feel nothing but repulsion?
If there is singing going on, the only airs one hears are those that strengthen these same passions. Is there anything conformable to refinement or to decorum in the costuming, the nudity, and the license taken by actors and actresses? Is there anything in their gestures, their words, and their postures that is not unbecoming for a Christian not only to do but even to see? It is, then, entirely against propriety to take pleasure in this form of amusement.' St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 13, 2016, 04:21:11 AM 'If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; as I also have kept my Father's commandments, and do abide in his love.'
John 15:10 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 14, 2016, 05:19:31 AM 'But although we, or an Angel from heaven, evangelize to you beside that which we have evangelized to you, be he anathema.
As we have said before, so now I say again, If any evangelize to you beside that which we have evangelized to you, be he anathema. For do I now use persuasion to men, or to God: Or do I seek to please men? If I yet did please men, I should not be the servant of Christ. For I do you to understand, brethren, the Gospel that was evangelized of me, that it is not according to man. For neither did I receive it of man, nor learn it: but by the revelation of JESUS Christ.' Galatians 1:8-12 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 15, 2016, 02:14:18 AM 'Priests who fall into sin lose light, and lose also the fear of God. Behold, the Lord himself assures us of this. If I be a master, where is My fear, saith the Lord of Hosts, to you, O Priests, that despise My name? St. Bernard says that priests falling from on high remain so immersed in their malice, that they forget God, and disregard the divine threats to such a degree that the danger of their damnation has no longer any terror for them. . .
What chastisement does not the priest deserve who, instead of carrying with him to the altar flames of divine charity, brings the fetid fire of unchaste love! Speaking of the punishment inflicted on the sons of Aaron for having offered strange fire, St. Peter Damian says: "Let us take care not to mingle unholy fire, that is, the flames of lust with the salutary sacrifices."! Whosoever, adds the saint, shall dare to carry the flame of lust to the altar, shall certainly be consumed by the fire of God's vengeance. . . Oh! what an impious treason. Behold how Jesus Christ complains, by the mouth of David, of the sacrilegious priest: For if My enemy had reviled Me would verily have borne with it, . . . but thou, a man of one mind, and My familiar, who didst take sweetmeats together with Me? Behold an exact description of a priest who offers Mass in the state of sin. If my enemy, said the Lord, had insulted me, I would have borne the offence with less pain; but you whom I have made my familiar, my minister, a prince among my people, to whom I have so often given my flesh for food you have sold me to the devil for the indulgence of passion, for a beastly gratification, for a little earth. Of this sacrilegious treason the Lord complained to St. Bridget: "Such priests," he said, "are not my priests, but real traitors; for, like Judas, they sell and betray me." St. Bernardine of Sienna teaches that such priests are even worse than Judas; because Judas betrayed the Saviour to the Jews, but they deliver him up to devils by receiving him into their sacrilegious breasts, which are ruled by devils.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 16, 2016, 03:28:21 AM 'The sign that a sin is forgiven is that the sin does not generate any activity in your heart and that you have forgotten it to such a degree that, in conversation about a similar sin, you do not feel any inclination toward that sin, but rather consider it something totally foreign to you. That is the sign that you are completely pardoned.'
St. Isaiah the Solitary Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 17, 2016, 01:53:53 AM 'The Saints tell us that :
Faith is love that believes. Hope is love that expects. Adoration is love that worships. Prayer is love that petitions. Mercy is love that pardons. Charity is love that sacrifices itself. Mortification, martyrdom, is love that immolates itself.' St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 18, 2016, 01:15:52 AM 'Virtue does not consist in making good resolutions, nor in saying fine words, but in keeping ones resolutions and carrying out one's good intentions.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 19, 2016, 04:26:21 AM 'You are not the only one whom Jesus Christ treats thus: how many penitents have I not had whom the Lord has treated in this way nearly to the day of their death! One of them was continually tempted to hate God; another said without intermission that she had been condemned never to be able to love God, etc.; nevertheless they all died a happy death. And as for you, of what are you afraid? If you had not this cross of desolation, you would not have any cross in this world; and without a cross we cannot come to God. Besides, the pain that you feel on account of not being able to love God, is a proof that you love him; for if you did not love him you would not feel this pain. Those persons that do not love God feel no pain in thinking that they do not love him.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 20, 2016, 03:19:42 AM 'According as you form a closer union and friendship with spiritual men, you will enjoy more happiness in the Lord.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 20, 2016, 11:01:44 AM 'Everything is the Father's will: homeland, fortune, happiness, work, food, life, Jesus' death. Let His will be mine.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 21, 2016, 04:39:40 AM 'Provided that humility and sweetness are not lacking in you, the goodness of God will not fail to help you to fulfil, not only without repugnance, but even with joy, whatever promises you have made Him.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 22, 2016, 06:20:23 AM 'My son, cast not away the discipline of our Lord: neither do thou faint when thou art chastened of him:
for whom our Lord loveth he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself. Proverbs 3:11-12 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 22, 2016, 06:21:14 AM 'Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and floweth with prudence:
better is the purchasing thereof then merchandise of silver, and her fruit then chief and the purest gold: she is more precious then all riches: and all things that are desired, are not able to be compared with her.' Proverbs 3:13-15 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 23, 2016, 05:40:41 AM 'Brother Egidius, of the Order of St. Francis, once said to St. Bonaventure: "Happy you, O Father Bonaventure, who are so learned, and who, by your learning, can become more holy than I can, who am a poor ignorant man." "Listen," replied the saint: "if an old woman knows how to love God better than I do, she is more learned and more holy than I am." At hearing this, Brother Egidius exclaimed: "poor old woman! poor old woman! Father Bonaventure says that, if you love God more than he does, you can surpass him in sanctity."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 24, 2016, 05:44:42 AM 'Seek God at least late, since He has now for a long time been warning and exhorting you through the prophet, saying: "Seek God, and your soul shall live."'
St. Cyprian of Carthage Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 25, 2016, 01:11:56 AM 'For since our God is pure, or rather the highest light, he comes to the pure, and as he has placed a pure soul in us, he will also ask it from us pure. For since it has been made according to God's image and likeness, that is to say as a figure1 of the divine beauty, it has also shared in that beauty. And knowing this the poet speaks thus, "Lord, by your will you granted power to my beauty" [Psalm 29,8], that is to say to the beauty of the soul, lest, having turned away towards the ugly passions of sin and become disfigured, it fall from God and his divine rewards. Since therefore it is agreed that our soul should be like this, lovely and beautiful, and that we should give it back to God like a pledge on the last day, the day of resurrection, I beg and urge that we love this beauty and carefully guard this loveliness, not turning back to the fair things of the present age or to the beauties of flesh and blood. They are not beauties, but idols of beauty; they are rather corruption and change. And this we can learn from the end of things, for one who today is outstandingly beautiful and fair of face is tomorrow cast into a tomb, stinking and abhorrent. So there is nothing fair and loveable but exemplary virtue, which should be our chief pursuit, my brothers. But if admittedly it frequently happens that the soul grows slack and is defiled by unseemly thoughts -- for who will boast that they have a pure heart? -- let it be quickly made clean again and brought back to its former condition, lest by delaying in evil it gives birth to death. And let no one ever say that they cannot be made clean again, stained as they are by many sins, when they listen to the One who said, "Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them white as snow. Though they are like crimson, I will make them white as wool" [Isaias 1,18]. Do you see God's ineffable love for humankind? Not only has he promised to purify, but to bring the one who repents to the pinnacle of loveliness.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 26, 2016, 03:57:42 AM 'You who judge others, at some time be also a judge of yourself, look into the recesses of your own conscience; rather, because there is no shame, indeed, in doing wrong, and sin is so committed as if pleasure came rather through sins themselves, do you who are seen clearly and nakedly by all yourself also look upon yourself.'
St. Cyprian of Carthage Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 27, 2016, 10:59:05 AM 'They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can gain in this life.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 28, 2016, 03:08:28 AM 'Let us now return to our orchard, or flower-garden, and behold now how the trees begin to fill with sap for the bringing forth of the blossoms, and then of the fruit - the flowers and the plants, also, their fragrance. This illustration pleases me; for very often, when I was beginning - and our Lord grant that I have really begun to serve His Majesty - I mean, begun in relation to what I have to say of my life, - it was to me a great joy to consider my soul as a garden, and our Lord as walking in it. I used to beseech Him to increase the fragrance of the little flowers of virtues - which were beginning, as it seemed to bud - and preserve them, that they might be to His glory; for I desired nothing for myself. I prayed Him to cut those He liked, because I already knew that they would grow the better.
I say cut; for there are times in which the soul has no recollection of this garden - everything seems parched, and there is no water to be had for preserving it - and in which it seems as if the soul had never possessed any virtue at all. This is the season of heavy trials; for our Lord will have the poor gardener suppose all the trouble he took in maintaining and watering the garden to have been taken to no purpose. Then is the time really for weeding and rooting out every plant, however small it may be, that is worthless, in the knowledge that no efforts of ours are sufficient, if God withholds from us the waters of His grace; and in despising ourselves as being nothing, and even less than nothing. In this way we gain great humility - the flowers grow afresh. O my Lord and my Good! I cannot utter these words without tears, and rejoicing in my soul; for Thou wilt be thus with us, and art with us, in the Sacrament. We may believe so most truly; for so it is, and the comparison I make is a great truth; and, if our sins stand not in the way, we may rejoice in Thee, because Thou rejoicest in us; for Thou hast told us that Thy delight is to be with the children of men. O my Lord, what does it mean? Whenever I hear these words, they always give me great consolation, and did so even when I was most wicked.' St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 29, 2016, 01:37:22 AM '. . . I have as mine abode a solitary monastery in a remote village, where without much distraction of mind, I can practice that which is sung in the Psalm, "Be still, saith He, and know that I am God."'
St. Vincent of Lerins Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 30, 2016, 07:09:09 AM 'If there is a beginning of mixing the new with the old, foreign ideas with genuine, and profane elements with sacred, this habit will creep in everywhere, without check. In the end, nothing in the Church will be left untouched, unimpaired, unhurt, and unstained. Where formerly there was a sanctuary of chaste and uncorrupted truth, there will be a brothel of impious and filthy errors.
May divine compassion divert such shocking impiety from the minds of its children; instead, may the impious crowd itself be left in its madness!' St. Vincent of Lerins Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 31, 2016, 07:18:26 AM 'As bread is food for the body and virtue is food for the soul, so spiritual prayer is food for the mind.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 01, 2016, 09:52:42 AM 'Just as men take pride in having others wear their livery, so the Most Holy Mary is pleased when her servants wear her scapular as a mark that they have dedicated themselves to her service, and are members of the family of the Mother of God.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 02, 2016, 09:29:26 AM 'We must not speak an idle word, that is to say, a word which is not useful, either to ourselves, our neighbor, or directed to that end.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 03, 2016, 11:26:55 AM 'Allow me, my dearly beloved, to repeat both for you and myself that Oportet jam nos de sommo surgere. ("The time has come: you must wake up now" Rom 13:11) These words are applied by the saints not only to sinners in need of conversion, but to all the redeemed children of God who are thereby fervently stimulated to strive for extraordinary holiness. The time has come: while preaching to others, we must not become worse than they. The time has come: we must protect ourselves from the snares of the one who is the enemy of all and who attacks the ministers of Christ's Gospel and holy religion with special energy. The time has come: we must arm ourselves with courage, generosity and invincible zeal so that we all may be one with Jesus Christ. The time has come: we most grow in virtue, continue to exercise deep humility before God, and acquire compassion in behalf of our fellow human beings. All this must be based upon the spirit of prayer. The time is at hand when we are, to develop that interior virtue which counterbalances the influence of our exterior occupations. We must realize our grave responsibilities to God because of our very special and sublime vocation. Therefore, we say with the Prophet, Exercebar, et scopebam spiritum meum. (I ponder and my spirit asked this question. Ps 77:6) . . . Judicium enim sine misericordia hiis, qui praesunt. ("Ruthless judgment is reserved for the high and mighty." Wis 6:6)
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 04, 2016, 07:39:14 AM 'For he hath given his angels charge over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways.'
Psalm 90:11 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 05, 2016, 09:05:06 AM 'The Creator of Angels is not said to have been clad in purple, but to have been wrapped in rags. Let worldly pride blush at the resplendent humility of the Saviour.'
St. Peter Damian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 06, 2016, 02:43:29 PM 'One might pardon, perhaps, some neglect in the service of man, but in the service of God one ought not to bear with it at any price.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 08, 2016, 09:31:33 PM 'O most merciful heart of my Jesus, accept each of my tears, every cry of pain, as a plea for those who suffer, for those who weep, for those who forget you.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 09, 2016, 12:30:58 PM 'You propose to give up everything to God; be sure, then, to include yourself among the things to be given up.'
St. Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 10, 2016, 02:36:20 PM 'Reveal yourself to the Lord in your mind. 'For man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart' (1 Sam. 16:7).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 11, 2016, 08:05:05 PM 'Because the martyrs were devout men and women, fire, flame, wheel and sword seemed to be flowers and perfume to them. If devotion can sweeten the most cruel torments and even death itself, what must it do for virtuous actions?'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on June 11, 2016, 09:11:15 PM Interesting Question to ponder ......
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 14, 2016, 02:07:25 AM Truly! :D
'The true way to advance in holy virtues, is to persevere in a holy cheerfulness.' St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 15, 2016, 01:07:02 AM 'Our self-love is so subtle, at times it makes us believe that we are seeking God, because we are so much attached to the things of His service, that we feel some annoyance when obliged to leave them. This is because we seek our own satisfaction rather than God; a heart that wishes for Him alone, finds Him everywhere.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 17, 2016, 04:14:58 AM Even though one is well advanced in virtue, should he stop mortifying himself, he soon would lose his modesty and virtue -- just as fertile soul quickly becomes dry and arid and produces nothing but thorns and thistles if it is not cultivated.'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 17, 2016, 02:36:46 PM 'Know that one grain of pride suffices to overthrow a mountain of holiness. Be humble, then, and endeavor to know yourself.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 18, 2016, 01:00:52 AM 'If any one thought to sweeten the vast waters of the sea with one drop of fresh water, would he not be justly regarded as a fool? So also the man who thinks or hopes to do any good without the help of God grievously deceives himself. If he claims any good as his own, God will not fail to humble and confound him; such a man could never become the Lord's instrument, nor accomplish great things for His glory.'
St. Paul of the Cross I think this quote goes quite well along with the last one. :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 19, 2016, 01:25:34 AM 'It is surprising that most Christians look upon decorum and politeness as merely human and worldly qualities and do not think of raising their minds to any higher views by considering them as virtues that have reference to God, to their neighbor, and to themselves. This illustrates very well how little true Christianity is found in the world and how few among those who live in the world are guided by the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Still, it is this Spirit alone which ought to inspire all our actions, making them holy and agreeable to God.'
St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 20, 2016, 03:42:09 AM 'A helpful word indicates an understanding mind; a good action reveals a saint-like soul.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 21, 2016, 05:27:19 AM 'When the Arimathean lifted You, lifeless from the Cross, O Lord of Life, he anointed You, O Christ, with myrrh, and wrapped You in a shroud. He was moved by heartfelt love to kiss your body not subject to decay; but was restrained by fear, and rejoicing, he cried out to You: "Glory to Your condescension, O Lover of Mankind."'
from the Vespers of Great and Holy Friday Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 22, 2016, 04:21:44 AM 'Cast yourself often into His arms or into His divine Heart, and abandon yourself to all His designs upon you.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 23, 2016, 06:39:24 AM 'The feast of the Blessed Sacrament is the feast of love. Oh, what great love! What immense charity! The moth is drawn to the light, and burns itself in it. May your soul likewise draw near to the divine light! May it be reduced to ashes in that sacred flame, particularly during this great and sweet octave of Corpus Christi.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 24, 2016, 02:43:32 AM 'When God wishes, He becomes fire, burning up every coarse passion that has taken root in the soul. "For our God is a consuming fire" (Dt. 4:24; Heb. 12:29). When He wishes, He becomes an inexpressible and mysterious rest so that the soul may find rest in God's rest. When He wishes, he becomes joy and peace, cherishing and protecting the soul.'
St. Macarius the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 25, 2016, 01:51:43 AM 'Let us despise gold, silver, jewels, and all that the blind and cheated world vainly and ignorantly prizes.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 26, 2016, 04:40:58 AM 'If you speak to Jesus about Himself, He in His turn will speak about you. Your heart will expand under the rays of the Sun of goodness as does the moist dew-kissed flower in the early morn of springtime. His sweet voice will pierce your soul. Then you will hearken to Him in silence and peace, or rather in the sweet working of love. You will live in Him!'
St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 27, 2016, 06:20:45 AM 'Holy men are able to look even now upon their Creator by the grace of contemplation.'
St. Peter Damian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 28, 2016, 10:27:07 AM 'I call consolation every increase of faith, hope, and charity, all interior joy which summons and animates man to desire heavenly things, and to wish for his soul's salvation; in fine, all that which, brings to it repose and peace in its Lord and Maker.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 29, 2016, 07:30:05 AM 'Ask Jesus to make you a saint. After all, only He can do that. Go to confession regularly and to Communion as often as you can.'
St. Dominic Savio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 29, 2016, 06:07:49 PM 'Let everything in creation draw you to God. Refresh your mind with some innocent recreation and needful rest, if it were only to saunter through the garden or the fields, listening to the sermon preached by the flowers, the trees, the meadows, the sun, the sky, and the whole universe. You will find that they exhort you to love and praise God; that they excite you to extol the greatness of the Sovereign Architect Who has given them their being.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 30, 2016, 09:32:10 AM 'What, am I not sufficient for thee, I Who am thy beginning and thy last end?'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 02, 2016, 02:34:15 AM 'When we have handled something fragrant, our hands perfume whatever they touch, let our prayers pass through the Blessed Virgin's hands, and she will give them fragrance.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 03, 2016, 02:12:00 PM 'For God is not unjust, that he should forget your work, and the love which you have shewn in his name, you who have ministered, and do minister to the saints.'
Hebrews 6:10 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 04, 2016, 09:12:35 AM 'If man clearly saw that by well-doing he could gain eternal life, and could imagine how great the happiness of heaven will be, he would always persevere in good; and even should he live until the end of the world, he would never occupy his memory, intellect, or will on any but celestial things. . . On the other hand, if man could know how greatly he must suffer hereafter for his sins, hold it for certain that for very fear he would not only abandon all things, but that he would not commit the smallest sin.'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 05, 2016, 10:19:30 AM 'And all the days of thy life have God in thy mind: and take heed thou never consent to sin, nor transgress the commandments of the Lord our God.'
Tobais 4:6 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 06, 2016, 12:28:32 AM 'When you hear the words of Scripture, "Thou shalt render to every man according to his work" (Ps. 62:12. LXX), do not think that God bestows blessings when something is done for the wrong purpose, even though it seems be good. Quite clearly He bestows blessings only when something is done for the right purpose. For God's judgment looks not at the actions but at the purpose behind them.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 06, 2016, 10:59:52 AM 'It costs little to tell God we love Him when He is showering favors upon us; it is in the midst of the tempest that we must cry out to Him like Job: "Although He should kill me, I will trust Him."'
St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 07, 2016, 08:38:58 AM 'Nulla dies sine linea: Do not let a day pass without doing some good during it.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 08, 2016, 07:49:13 AM 'Everyone baptized in the orthodox manner has received mystically the fullness of grace; but he becomes conscious of this grace only to the extent that he actively observes the commandments.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 09, 2016, 11:14:11 AM 'We must not belong to God by halves; as God gives Himself entirely to the soul He loves, so does He desire to possess the soul's entire love.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 10, 2016, 11:12:14 AM 'In storms and squalls we need a pilot, and in this present life we need prayer; for we are susceptible to the provocations of our thoughts, both good and bad. If our thought is full of devotion and love of God, it rules over the passions.'
St. Isaiah the Solitary Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 11, 2016, 10:53:01 AM 'Prayer ought to be humble, fervent, resigned, persevering, and accompanied with great reverence. One should consider that he stands in the presence of a God, and speaks with a Lord before whom the angels tremble from awe and fear.'
St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 12, 2016, 02:03:12 PM 'Patience is necessary for the servant of God, and we must not be distressed at trouble, but wait for consolation.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 12, 2016, 04:40:00 PM 'Perfume is not to be found in mud, nor the fragrance of love in the soul of a rancorous man.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on July 12, 2016, 06:44:16 PM Amen !
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 13, 2016, 08:09:40 PM Amen! :D
'Every one should try to have his heart always occupied and filled with God, to love Him and think of Him only, and whether alone or with others never to be out of His presence.' St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 14, 2016, 02:04:37 PM 'The wicked man easily suspects the virtue of others; as those who have vertigo believe that everything is turning around them.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 15, 2016, 04:42:09 AM 'Let us carry our crosses with love; let us see that they do not become a burden to others, but let us help others carry theirs.'
St. John Bosco Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 16, 2016, 02:44:21 AM 'My heart breaks when I think of the sorrows of the most holy Virgin.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 17, 2016, 01:10:07 AM 'Learn that the more thou retirest into thy nothingness, the more My greatness stoops to find thee.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 18, 2016, 08:12:54 AM 'Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. [Mt 6.26]
The birds are the saints, who fly to heaven on the wings of contemplation, who are so removed from the world that they have no business on earth. They do not labour, but by contemplation alone they already live in heaven.' St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 19, 2016, 02:45:16 AM 'I once heard a spiritual man say that he was not so much astonished at the things done by a soul in mortal sin as at the things not done by it. May God, in his mercy, deliver us from such great evil, for there is nothing in the whole of our lives that so thoroughly deserves to be called evil as this, since it brings endless and eternal evils in its train.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 20, 2016, 02:13:28 AM 'It seems to me that I am awaiting a thousand years the happiness of going to my God, my supreme good.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 21, 2016, 02:16:14 PM 'O Lord, keep Thy hand this day over Philip, if Thou do not, Philip will betray Thee.'
St. Philip Neri, his morning prayer Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 22, 2016, 04:53:09 AM 'The Majesty of God does not come in a stormcloud (III. Reg. 19, 12), nor will the rays of the supreme Sun of justice shine, when calm is not reigning in the soul.'
Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. II, 405 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 23, 2016, 03:27:56 AM 'The person advancing in the spiritual life studies three things: the commandments, doctrine, and faith in the Holy Trinity.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 24, 2016, 02:16:26 PM 'The Lord revealed to St. Gertrude that our confidence so constrains him that he cannot possibly refuse to hear us in everything we seek of him. The same thing was said by St. Climacus: "Prayer exerts a holy violence upon God." Every prayer offered with confidence, as it were, forces God; but this force is acceptable and pleasing to him. Therefore, St. Bernard writes that the divine mercy is like a vast fountain, from which whoso ever brings a larger vessel of confidence carries away a larger abundance of graces. And this is according to what the Psalmist wrote, Let Thy mercy be upon us, O Lord, according as we have put our trust in Thee?'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 26, 2016, 01:56:17 AM 'O my child, bethink you that just as the bee, having gathered heaven's dew and earth's sweetest juices from amid the flowers, carries it to her hive; so the Priest, having taken the Saviour, God's Own Son, Who came down from Heaven, the Son of Mary, Who sprang up as earth's choicest flower, from the Altar, feeds you with that Bread of Sweetness and of all delight.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 28, 2016, 01:25:26 AM 'Remember that sacrifice exists in the will; and although force of habit may dull the sting of sacrifice, still the will remains steadfast and strengthens itself by habit. The agony, the death to self comes at the beginning, with the first act; then, peace returns to the soul; but the merit lasts and increases with the repetition and continuation of the sacrifice. Out of filial love we sustain heroic sacrifices with simplicity, without feeling the cost of them.'
St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 02, 2016, 03:34:01 AM 'A slight sabre-cut will separate my head from my body, like the spring flower which the Master of the garden gathers for His pleasure. We are all flowers planted on this earth, which God plucks in His own good time: some a little sooner, some a little later. Father and son may we meet in Paradise. I, poor little moth, go first. Adieu.'
St. Jean-Theophane Venard, from a letter to his father Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 03, 2016, 04:05:44 AM 'Often make acts of love of our Lady, the saints, and the holy angels. Make friends with them. Talk with them frequently, using words of praise and tenderness. When you have gained familiar access to the citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem above, you will grieve far less at bidding farewell to those of the mean city here below.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 04, 2016, 07:52:47 AM 'If a soul could altogether abstain from venial sins, the greatest pain it could have would be to be detained in this life, so great would its desire be of union with God.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 06, 2016, 07:08:39 AM 'To my beloved Sister Clare, and to the other Sisters at St. Damian's, greeting in the Lord.
I, Brother Francis, poor and little, will follow the life and poverty of our most Sovereign Lord Jesus Christ, and of His most holy Mother, and will persevere in the same to the end. And I beseech you all, my ladies, and counsel you to abide always in this most holy life and poverty. And take great care that you never depart: from it through the teaching or counsel of anyone. Farewell in the Lord.' St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 06, 2016, 10:00:07 AM 'You are my fellow citizens, my fathers, my brothers, my sons, my limbs, my body. You are my light, sweeter to me than the visible light. For what can the rays of the sun bestow on me that is comparable to your love? The sun's light is useful in my earthly life, but your love is fashioning a crown for me in the life to come.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 07, 2016, 06:55:59 AM 'My God, the tabernacle is the abode of Thy love, prepared by Thee for those whom Thou lovest. When shall I be enabled, during the hours of profound solitude, to commune with my Eucharistic Love at the foot of the holy altar? Who will give me the wings of a dove, that I may take my flight to the Sacred Heart of my Jesus?'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 08, 2016, 02:50:32 PM 'This is the thought He wishes me to dwell upon:
"The cross do I glory to bear, And love to it leadeth me e'er; Love divine my entire being doth own, And for me, love sufficeth alone."' St. Margaret Mary Alacoque 'Let nothing disturb thee. Let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything. God alone suffices.' St. Teresa of Avila Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 09, 2016, 11:46:31 AM 'The best of all prayers is that in which we ask that God's holy will be accomplished, both in ourselves and in others.'
St. Louis de Blois Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 10, 2016, 08:30:29 AM 'Thou wast created for the glory of thy Creator, that, making His praises thy employment, thou mightest ever advance towards Him by the merit of justice in this life, and mightest live happily in the world to come.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on August 10, 2016, 02:41:19 PM "You, eternal Trinity, are a deep sea. The more I enter you, the more I discover, and the more I discover, the more I seek you."
~ St. Catherine of Siena - Dialogue 167 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 10, 2016, 04:18:21 PM :D
'Prayer is a pasturage, a field, wherein all the virtues find their nourishment, growth, and strength.' St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on August 10, 2016, 06:09:16 PM Amen :+:
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 11, 2016, 08:12:46 AM 'Finally, I pray you, remember always the holy commandment of love that Christ gave to His disciples before going to death: "A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another." (John xiii. 34.) Ah, what sweet language! Remember that you will never please God if you do not love one another. Let there never be any dissension among you, and if an angry word should escape you, become gentle immediately, be silent, and do not allow anger to control your heart.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 12, 2016, 06:44:07 AM 'Every day you provide your bodies with good to keep them from failing. In the same way your good works should be the daily nourishment of your hearts. Your bodies are fed with food and your spirits with good works. You aren't to deny your soul, which is going to live forever, what you grant to your body, which is going to die.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 13, 2016, 04:09:28 PM 'He loves you and would not have you attach yourself to what is perishable, but to Himself Who alone can satisfy your heart, and He will do so and fill it in the measure in which you empty it of creatures.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 14, 2016, 01:59:40 AM 'To abstain from sinful actions is not sufficient for the fulfillment of God's law. The very desire of what is forbidden is evil.'
St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on August 14, 2016, 02:23:00 AM Amen Bro. ! That's one aspect that many people forget..... :(
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 14, 2016, 09:45:14 PM Amen! :D
Yes it is a splendid quote and has been a great help and so I try to share it with folks more often! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 15, 2016, 07:29:00 AM 'We read in the holy Canticles, that at the Assumption of the Virgin, the angels three times asked her name: "Who is she that goeth up by the desert as a pillar of smoke?" "Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising?" And in another: "Who is this that cometh up from the desert, flowing with delights?" Richard of St. Laurence inquires why the angels so often asked the name of this queen, and answers: The sound of the name of Mary was so sweet to the angels, and they repeated the question that they might hear it repeated also.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 16, 2016, 09:22:43 PM 'When you have done something good, remember the words "without Me you can do nothing" (John 15:5).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 17, 2016, 03:24:12 PM 'Those who are under the sway of passions must pray and be obedient. For even when they receive help, they can only just manage to fight against their prepossessions.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 18, 2016, 04:40:01 AM 'Blessed be our Lord my God, who teacheth my hands to battle, and my fingers to war. My mercy, and my refuge; my defender, and my deliver. My protector, and I have hoped in him, who subdueth my people under me.
Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him? or the son of man, if that thou esteemest him? Man is made like to vanity: his days pass as a shadow. Lord incline thy heavens, and descend: touch the mountains, and they will smoke. Lighten lightening, and thou shalt disperse them; shoot out thine arrows, and thou shalt destroy them. Send forth thy hand from on high, take me out and deliver me from many waters: from the hand of children, strangers. Whose mouth hath spoken vanity: and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity.' Psalm 143:3-8 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 19, 2016, 01:04:21 AM 'In all your acts, in all your works, in all your behavior, imitate the good; be a competitor of the saints, keep your eye on the heroism of the martyrs, follow the example of the just. It is my wish that the life and teachings of the saints be for you an encouragement to virtue.'
St. Isidore of Seville Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 20, 2016, 01:23:38 AM 'Your soul needs a brief winter. The winter purifies the air and the earth of foul vapors; it even invigorates the human body. If it strips the trees of their leaves, it is only to the end that they take deeper roots. The spring comes afterwards, and clothes them again with verdure and blossoms.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on August 20, 2016, 02:53:15 AM I need a brief winter :)
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 20, 2016, 12:00:14 PM So do I! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 20, 2016, 02:26:14 PM 'The end of the upright life that we live is the blessedness of heaven. For this reason one of the tasks that falls to the king is to attend to the upright life of the multitude so that they my attain heavenly beatitude. He does this by ordering those things that lead to the blessedness of heaven and by prohibiting, as much as possible, those things that are contrary to its realization.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 21, 2016, 01:50:53 AM 'He wishes your fidelity to be unswerving. Whatever it may cost you, you must persevere, for the Sacred Heart is averse to every sort of inconstancy -- and this is your greatest fault; but it is only you yourself who, with the grace of God, can remedy it by continually doing violence to self.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 22, 2016, 12:29:55 PM 'Do not think that the loss of virtue is a minor matter, for it was through such a loss that death came into the world.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 24, 2016, 10:53:37 AM 'If you wish to pray well, be faithful in the practice of mortification, avoid dissipation of mind during the day, and never commit any willful faults.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 26, 2016, 01:49:41 AM 'The life of a true Christian should be such that he fears neither death nor any event of his life, but endures and submits to all things with a good heart.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 29, 2016, 02:10:11 AM 'Cherish and honor those who humble and mortify you; look upon them as your greatest benefactors, and say to yourself: Were I known for what I really am, it would be evident that I deserve far more humiliations.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 30, 2016, 03:14:24 AM 'You must avoid every vice, but above all those which tempt you most: it is in these you will find your greatest danger, if you do not take wise precautions.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 31, 2016, 03:41:49 AM 'One who is repentant cannot be haughty, just as one who sins deliberately cannot be humble-minded.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 01, 2016, 05:45:26 AM 'When you behold a beautiful landscape, say: Heaven is more beautiful than that! Above there are true delights and holy pleasures! Let us live, then, absorbed in the thought and the desire of that immense ocean of felicity which we are to enjoy in heaven.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 01, 2016, 06:30:33 AM 'Love is a holy state of the soul, disposing it to value knowledge of God above all created things. We cannot attain lasting possession of such love while we are still attached to anything worldly.
Dispassion engenders love, hope in God engenders dispassion, and patience and forbearance engender hope in God; these in turn are the product of complete self-control, which itself springs from fear of God. Fear of God is the result of faith in God.' St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 04, 2016, 02:39:27 AM 'We are not created for this earth. The end for which God has placed us in the world, is this, that by our good works we may merit eternal life. "The end is life everlasting." (Rom. vi. 22)'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 05, 2016, 05:48:59 AM 'May God bless you and give you many little crosses.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 07, 2016, 02:55:27 AM 'The virtues generate good thoughts; the commandments lead us to the virtues; the practice of the virtues depends on our own will and resolution.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 07, 2016, 11:23:51 PM 'My hope is in Christ, who strengthens the weakest by His Divine help. I can do all in Him who strengthens me. His Power is infinite, and if I lean on him, it will be mine. His Wisdom is infinite, and if I look to Him for counsel, I shall not be deceived. His Goodness is infinite, and if my trust is stayed in Him, I shall not be abandoned.'
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 08, 2016, 03:51:35 AM 'To obtain the protection of our Blessed Lady in our most urgent wants, it is very useful to say sixty-three times, after the fashion of a Rosary, "Virgin Mary, Mother of God, pray to Jesus for me."'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 09, 2016, 04:04:22 AM 'One must wage war against his predominant passion, and not retreat, until, with God's help, he has been victorious.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 09, 2016, 08:10:40 AM 'That great saint, St. Charles Borromeo, had in his apartment a fine cardinal's bed, which everybody saw; but, besides that, there was one which nobody could see, made of bundles of wood; and that was the one he made use of. He never warmed himself; when people came to see him, they remarked that he placed himself so as not to feel the fire. That is what the saints were like. They lived for heaven and not for earth: they were all heavenly; and as for us, we are all earthly.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 10, 2016, 05:22:18 AM 'I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of God.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 11, 2016, 04:16:45 AM 'To attain perfection, and to enjoy true peace of conscience, it is necessary to die to the world and to self.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 12, 2016, 06:53:37 AM 'It is better to accustom ourselves to seek God in everything we do, than to spend a long time in prayer.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 13, 2016, 06:46:40 AM 'As the breath which comes out of his nostrils, so does a man need humility and the fear of God.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 14, 2016, 03:29:06 AM 'O Jesus you who were forsaken have become the refuge of forsaken souls. Your love teaches me that I must gain the strength I need to endure being abandoned by seeing how you were abandoned. I am persuaded that the most terrible abandonment I could experience would be to have no part in yours. By your death, you gave me life; you delivered me from the suffering I deserved by suffering in my place. Because of what you endured on the cross, our Heavenly Father will not desert me. He is never closer to me through His mercy than when I am most united with you in your abandonment.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 15, 2016, 04:40:54 AM 'Dearly beloved, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have confidence towards God: And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments, and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.'
1 John 3:21 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 16, 2016, 10:31:45 AM 'Jesus does not want us to be attached to possessions, to human honors, to creatures. He asks humility. But His love and His generosity make this detachment less difficult and less cruel to our nature. Nothing else matters to me anymore, nothing has any value for me but Jesus, no place, no thing, no person, no idea, no feeling, no honor, no suffering, nothing that can turn me away from Jesus. For me, Jesus Himself is my honor, my delight, my heart, my spirit, He whom I love, what I love, my home Heaven here on earth. Jesus is my treasure and my love and Jesus crucified is my only happiness.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 17, 2016, 05:56:55 AM 'If you wish to advance in the love of God, speak of it; for pious conversations are to charity what the wind is to the flame.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 17, 2016, 12:40:14 PM 'We make no progress because we dwell in that exterior learning which puffs up the mind; but these illiterate Egyptians have a true sense of their own weakness, blindness, and insufficiency; and by that very thing they are qualified to labor successfully in the pursuit of virtue.'
St. Arsenius Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 18, 2016, 09:08:18 AM '"The sea" [Psalm 103:25-26] is this world, full of bitterness, great with riches, wide with delights. Wide is the path that leads to death, but to whom? Not to the poor of Christ who "enter through the narrow gate". Rather to grasping usurers, who have already taken the whole world into their hands.'
St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 20, 2016, 01:33:34 AM 'Since they are unwilling to be deceived, they are unwilling to be convinced that they have been deceived.
Therefore, they hate the truth for the sake of whatever it is that they love in place of the truth.' St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 21, 2016, 05:52:50 AM 'In all your doubts and anxieties, think of Mary, call upon her name.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 22, 2016, 01:20:05 AM 'When temptation comes, a man should remember the sweetnesses he has had in prayer at other times, and he will thus easily master the temptation.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 23, 2016, 01:33:46 AM 'Let your heart be full of compassion for the poor, and lovingly assist them, because the name of Jesus is engraven on their countenance.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 24, 2016, 01:20:53 AM 'When Our Lord sees pure souls coming to visit Him in the Blessed Sacrament He smiles on them. They come with the simplicity that pleases Him so much.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 25, 2016, 01:25:37 AM 'Father, glorify thy name. A voice therefore came from heaven: I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.'
John 12:28 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 26, 2016, 09:19:38 PM 'He that sees another in error and endeavors not to correct it, testifies himself to be in error.'
Pope St. Leo the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 27, 2016, 01:41:10 AM 'You can walk in the way that God has traced out for you only by continual self-denial and by renouncing that strong attachment you have for creatures. Die, therefore, to all these useless affections, so that Jesus may live in you.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 28, 2016, 05:30:12 PM 'You must avoid every vice, but above all those which tempt you most: it is in these you will find your greatest danger, if you do not take wise precautions.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 29, 2016, 03:03:48 AM 'May the two names so sweet and so powerful, of Jesus and Mary, be always in our hearts and on our lips!'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 30, 2016, 01:45:56 AM 'Meditation on Jesus Christ crucified is a precious balm which sweetens all pains.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on September 30, 2016, 02:07:06 AM Amen brother ! Thanks :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 01, 2016, 02:46:04 AM AMEN. :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 02, 2016, 05:43:55 AM 'Blessed Jane of the Cross prayed continually for those who gave her any displeasure. Hence her sisters in religion used to say: Whoever desires the prayers of Mother Jane must offer some insult to her. St. Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary, after having prayed for a person who had offended her, heard from God the following words: Know that you never said a prayer more acceptable to me than that which you have just offered, and on account of this prayer I pardon all your sins. Imitate her example, and you shall certainly obtain the pardon and affection of your divine Spouse.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 03, 2016, 04:18:06 AM 'You will say, then, to me, "Do you, who see God, explain to me the appearance of God." Hear, O man. The appearance of God is ineffable and indescribable, and cannot be seen by eyes of flesh. For in glory He is incomprehensible, in greatness unfathomable, in height inconceivable, in power incomparable, in wisdom unrivaled, in goodness inimitable, in kindness unutterable. For if I say He is Light, I name but His own work; if I call Him Word, I name but His sovereignty; if I call Him Mind, I speak but of His wisdom; if I say He is Spirit, I speak of His breath; if I call Him Wisdom, I speak of His offspring; if I call Him Strength, I speak of His sway; if I call Him Power, I am mentioning His activity; if Providence, I but mention His goodness; if I call Him Kingdom, I but mention His glory; if I call Him Lord, I mention His being judge; if I call Him Judge, I speak of Him as being just; if I call Him Father, I speak of all things as being from Him; if I call Him Fire, I but mention His anger. You will say, then, to me, "Is God angry?" Yes; He is angry with those who act wickedly, but He is good, and kind, and merciful, to those who love and fear Him; for He is a chastener of the godly, and father of the righteous; but He is a judge and punisher of the impious.'
St. Theophilus of Antioch Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 04, 2016, 03:11:08 AM 'It is not lawful for thee, to take a wife while thy wife is alive. To seek another while thou hast thine own, is the crime of adultery.'
St. Ambrose Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 04, 2016, 09:01:45 AM 'I also beseech in the Lord, all my brothers who are, or who shall be, or who desire to be priests of the Most High, that whenever they wish to celebrate Mass, they be pure, and offer with purity and reverence the true Sacrifice of the most holy Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ with a holy and perfect intention; not from any earthly motive, nor for the fear or love of any creature, as though desiring to please men; but let every will (according to the grace given) be directed solely to the most High God, and do you desire to please Him alone, for He alone works in this holy Sacrifice according to His good pleasure, as the Lord has Himself said: "Do this in remembrance of Me:" and he who does otherwise becomes a traitor like Judas. Remember, O priests, my brothers, how it is written in the law of Moses, that those who transgressed even in corporal sacrifices were condemned by God to death, without any mercy. What a far more terrible punishment will he deserve, who tramples under foot the Son of God, and treats the Blood of the New Testament by which he is sanctified as a vile thing, and offers insult to the Holy Ghost! A man stained with sin despises and tramples on the Lamb of God, when, as the Apostle says, not discerning the sacred Bread, which is Christ, from other food, he eats unworthily by being guilty of unworthy actions; for the Lord has said by His Prophet: "Cursed is the man who does the work of God with negligence or fraud." And on account of those priests who will not lay these things seriously to heart, we are condemned, when Our Lord says: "I will curse your blessings."'
St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 05, 2016, 06:22:25 AM 'He who read much and understands much, receives his fill. He who is full, refreshes others. So Scripture says: "If the clouds are full, they will pour rain upon the earth."'
St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 06, 2016, 05:46:46 AM 'The Holy Spirit is the master of prayer, and causes us to abide in continual peace and cheerfulness, which is a foretaste of Paradise.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 07, 2016, 07:21:26 AM 'Without knowledge, no power.
Without knowledge, no wisdom. Without knowledge, no freedom. Without knowledge, no beauty. Without knowledge, no nobleness. Without knowledge, no victory. Without knowledge, no honour. Without knowledge, no God.' St. Cadoc Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 08, 2016, 05:13:06 AM 'God, who is eternal, limitless and infinite, has promised eternal, limitless and inexpressible blessings to those who obey him.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 09, 2016, 01:30:37 AM 'Let the admirable modesty of your Saviour be seen in your countenance, in your movements, and in your apparel.' St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 10, 2016, 05:06:18 AM 'The Heart of Jesus is closer to you when you suffer than when you are full of joy.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 10, 2016, 10:19:19 AM Peace be with you.
'CONSIDER that thou are dust, and unto dust thou must return. The day will come when thou must die, and be placed in a grave where "the worms" shall "cover thee." (Isa. XIV. II.) The same fate awaits all, both nobles and plebeians, both princes and vassals. Directly the soul shall leave the body, with the last gasp, it will go into eternity, and the body will return to its dust. "When Thou takes away their breath they die, and are turned again to their dust." (Ps. CIV. 29.) St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori. God bless you. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 10, 2016, 10:44:01 AM In Fr. John Furniss' book, 'The Great Evil' (http://www.saintsbooks.net/books/Fr.%20John%20Furniss%20-%20The%20Great%20Evil.html) he describes movingly the open sepulchres.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 11, 2016, 07:54:12 AM 'Perhaps you may tell me that they are only going to insult me and that I should leave them alone and not bother about them. No, my good brethren. I can't abandon them: they are my own dear brothers and sisters. Tell me, if you had a very dear brother who was so sick that he was delirious and in his fever insulted you and said every foul thing in the world to you, would you abandon him? I'm sure you would not. You would feel all the more sorry for him and do everything you could for his recovery. Well, that is the way I feel about sinners. The poor creatures are just delirious. That makes them all the more deserving of compassion. I cannot abandon them. I have to work for their salvation and pray to God for them, saying with Jesus Christ, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing or saying."'
St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 12, 2016, 01:38:33 AM Peace be with you.
I look forward to reading that Book. Thanks for that, Shin. God bless you. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 12, 2016, 04:07:46 AM Peace be with you.
It is by the Most Holy Virgin Mary that Jesus has come into the world, and it is also by Her that He has to reign in the world. Mary has been singularly hidden during Her Life. It is on this account that the HolyGhost and the Church call Her Alma Mater,— Mother secret and hidden. Her Humility was So Profound that She had no propensity on earth more powerful or more unintermitting than that of hiding Herself, even from Herself, as well as from every other creature, so as to be known to God only. He heard Her prayers to Him, when She begged to be hidden, to be humbled, and to be treated as in all respects poor and of no account. He took pleasure in hiding Her from all human creatures in Her Conception, in Her Birth, in Her Life, and in Her Resurrection and Assumption. Her parents even did not know Her, and the Angels often asked of each other: "Quae est ista?" "Who is that?" Because the Most High either hid Her from them, or if He revealed any thing of Her to them, it was nothing compared to what He kept undisclosed. St. Louis-Marie Grignon de Montford God bless you. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 12, 2016, 04:23:53 AM This statement reminds of one of the desert fathers..
There was a monk named Pambo and they said of him that he spent three years saying to God, “Do not glorify me on earth.” But God glorified him so that one could not gaze steadfastly at him because of the glory of his countenance. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 12, 2016, 04:27:06 AM Fr. Furniss is quite good reading!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 13, 2016, 12:36:59 AM This statement reminds of one of the desert fathers.. There was a monk named Pambo and they said of him that he spent three years saying to God, “Do not glorify me on earth.” But God glorified him so that one could not gaze steadfastly at him because of the glory of his countenance. Peace be with you. That's Beautiful. Thank you. God bless you. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 13, 2016, 12:39:20 AM Fr. Furniss is quite good reading! Peace be with you. I've read the 'Sight of Hell' by him. Good reading indeed. God bless you. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 13, 2016, 01:01:25 AM 'Perhaps you may tell me that they are only going to insult me and that I should leave them alone and not bother about them. No, my good brethren. I can't abandon them: they are my own dear brothers and sisters. Tell me, if you had a very dear brother who was so sick that he was delirious and in his fever insulted you and said every foul thing in the world to you, would you abandon him? I'm sure you would not. You would feel all the more sorry for him and do everything you could for his recovery. Well, that is the way I feel about sinners. The poor creatures are just delirious. That makes them all the more deserving of compassion. I cannot abandon them. I have to work for their salvation and pray to God for them, saying with Jesus Christ, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing or saying."' St. Anthony Mary Claret Peace be with you. That reminds me of this: My sweet Jesus, remember the poor Bridget, and have pity on her. You labored and you toiled for thirty-three years to save that soul; you bled on the cross, and died a bitter death, to save that soul; and now, when you are able to save it, will you not save it? Why should that poor soul not be saved? Are its sins so great that your Divine blood is not able to wash them away? O Jesus, be kind to that poor creature -- have pity on her -- speak to her heart, and she will be saved. Prayer of St. Catherine of Siena in the Chapel before the Blessed Sacrament. My dear Catherine I have heard your prayer. I am glad. I thank you for praying for the poor Bridget, because it is my providence, that when anybody prays for sinners, then I have pity on them and convert them. It is well that you have prayed for Bridget, for she will soon die; and, if you had not prayed for her, she would have died in her sins, and gone to Hell. But now, since you have prayed for her, I will have mercy on her, and convert her. Reply of the Lord Jesus Christ from the Tabernacle. God bless you. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 13, 2016, 08:58:50 AM A very moving prayer!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 13, 2016, 08:59:29 AM 'O my Saviour, who am I, that Thou shouldst have so long awaited my repentance!'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 13, 2016, 07:47:48 PM I was very happy that Fr. Furniss' works could be transcribed for the website. There is still more too, it will be good to read in the future. :D
'If, we be not in fault, God will assuredly, by his all-powerful aid, enable us to become saints.' St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 13, 2016, 09:24:40 PM 'Do you find it an oppressive burden to denounce those who commit these sins? It is an oppressive burden to remain silent. For this silence makes you an enemy to God and brings destruction both to you who conceal such sinners and to those whose sins go unrevealed. How much better it is to become hateful to our fellow servants for saving them to provoke God's anger against yourselves. Even if your fellow servant be vexed with you now, he will not be able to harm you but will be grateful later on for his cure. But if you seek to win your fellow servant's favor, if you remain silent and hurt him by concealing his sin, God will exact from you the ultimate penalty.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 14, 2016, 03:51:40 AM I was very happy that Fr. Furniss' works could be transcribed for the website. There is still more too, it will be good to read in the future. :D Peace be with you. I look forward to it. God bless you. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 14, 2016, 03:59:13 AM Peace be with you.
I often asked myself why God had preferences, why all souls did not receive an equal measure of grace. I was filled with wonder when I saw extraordinary favours showered on great sinners like St. Paul, St. Augustine, St. Mary Magdalen, and many others, whom He forced, so to speak, to receive His grace. In reading the lives of the Saints I was surprised to see that there were certain privileged souls, whom Our Lord favoured from the cradle to the grave, allowing no obstacle in their path which might keep them from mounting towards Him, permitting no sin to soil the spotless brightness of their baptismal robe. And again it puzzled me why so many poor savages should die without having even heard the name of God. Our Lord has deigned to explain this mystery to me. He showed me the book of nature, and I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume of the violet or the sweet simplicity of the daisy. I understood that if all the lowly flowers wished to be roses, nature would lose its springtide beauty, and the fields would no longer be enamelled with lovely hues. And so it is in the world of souls, Our Lord's living garden. He has been pleased to create great Saints who may be compared to the lily and the rose, but He has also created lesser ones, who must be content to be daisies or simple violets flowering at His Feet, and whose mission it is to gladden His Divine Eyes when He deigns to look down on them. And the more gladly they do His Will the greater is their perfection. St. Therese of Lisieux God bless you. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 14, 2016, 08:30:19 PM 'Ah! this is the work of love, and I am never sufficiently disposed to lose myself in love.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 15, 2016, 03:06:22 AM Peace be with you.
"I have come to teach you the prayer which I made as a young girl when I was still living in the Temple. I resolutely decided in my heart that I wished to have God as father and I made up my mind to do whatever would please him, so that I might find favour in his sight. I made myself learn his law and all the commandments contained in it. In particular I committed to memory three commandments, being eager to keep them with the greatest care and with all my might. These are: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Love your neighbour as yourself (Dt 6:5). Love your friend and hate your enemy" (Lv 19:18 and Mt 5: 3). For I understood that man and angel were good, and my enemy was the devil and, insofar as he is evil, the evil man. From that love of God and neighbour, and from the fear and hatred of the enemy (that is, of the devil and sin), every fulness of grace and virtue has descended to me. That love cannot take root in the human heart unless there is there hatred of the enemy, that is, of the devil and sin. (To be continued another day.) The Blessed Virgin Mary appearing and speaking to St. Elizabeth of Toss while she was praying with great concentration, reciting the Hail Mary in a loud voice, with much devotion and shedding of tears on the Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord. God Bless you. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 15, 2016, 04:49:53 PM Beautiful words!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 16, 2016, 02:55:04 AM 'God takes particular care to detach those from the fleeting pleasures of this life whom He loves with a love of predilection, by the desires with which He inspires them for the heavenly life, and by the griefs and afflictions which He sends them in this life.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 16, 2016, 03:52:52 AM Peace be with you.
O Eternal Love, You command Your Sacred Image to be painted, And reveal to us the inconceivable fount of Mercy, You Bless whoever approaches Your Rays, And a soul all black will turn into Snow. O Sweet Jesus, it is here You established the Throne of Your Mercy, To bring Joy and Hope to sinful man, From Your Open Heart, as from a Pure fount, Flows Comfort to a Repentant heart and soul. May Praise and Glory for this Image, Never cease to stream from man's soul. May praise and glory for this Image, Never cease to stream from man's soul, May praise of God's Mercy pour from every heart, Now, and at every hour, and Forever and Ever. St. Maria Faustina - Helen Kowalska God Bless you. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on October 16, 2016, 03:55:50 AM Amen
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 17, 2016, 05:05:48 AM Peace be with you.
:crucifix: St. Gregory :crucifix: says, "There was a very wicked and cruel king. His name was Theodoric. He lived in a town called Ravenna. At the same time there was a holy Pope called John, living in Rome. One day this holy Pope went to the town where Theodoric, the cruel king was living. When Theodoric heard the pope was come, he had him put in prison. He gave him very little to eat, and was very cruel to him. In a few days the good pope died in prison. Very soon after Theodoric had killed the Pope, he killed another good man called Symmachus. Soon after this the cruel king Theodoric died himself. You'll see how God punished him. There is a little island called Stromboli, with water all around it. On this island there is a great mountain. Fire is often seen coming out of the top of this mountain. At that time there was a O:) Holy Hermit O:) living on the island in a little cell or room. On the night that cruel king Theodoric died, it happened that the hermit was looking out his window. He saw three persons near the top of the fiery mountain. They were persons who were dead. But he had seen them all before. So he knew who they were. There was Theodoric, the cruel king, who had died that night. The other two were Pope John and Symmachus, who had been unjustly killed by Theodoric. He :o saw :o that Theodoric was in the middle betwixt the other two. When they came to that place where the fire was coming out, he saw :'( Theodoric :'( leave the other two, and go down into the fiery mountain. Those who had seen the cruel king's injustice saw also his punishment." St. Gregory the Great God Bless you. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 17, 2016, 09:22:11 AM An impressive piece of history to hear of!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 17, 2016, 09:31:09 AM 'The angel Gabriel was sent; whose name means 'God is my comfort'. . . Whither was he sent? Into a city of Galilee, which means 'a wheel' or 'passing across'. Those who labour in these two, need comfort. A wheel runs - to ruin! The human race ran from sin to sin, and afterwards passed over to hell. So Jeremiah says in Lamentations 1: Juda hath removed her dwelling place, because of her affliction and the greatness of her bondage: she hath dwelt among the nations and she hath found no rest: all her persecutors have taken her in the midst of straits. From the slavery of sin there comes the passing over to the damnation of hell. In such straits, comfort is needed, to turn the wheel, that ran down to death, towards life, and so to the passing over to glory.'
St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 17, 2016, 07:12:32 PM 'The man who speaks for God's sake does well; but he who is silent for God's sake also does well.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 18, 2016, 04:18:38 AM :crucifix: Peace be with you. :crucifix: :crucifix: The Value of Time. :crucifix: We are told in Holy Scripture to be careful of time, which is the most precious thing and the greatest gift that God bestows upon living man. Time is a treasure which can be found in this life alone; it is to be found neither in Heaven or Hell. And you, my brother, how are you spending the time? And for what reason do you put off until tomorrow that which you can do today? Remember that the time which is already pass away is no longer yours; the future is not in your power; the present time alone you have for doing good. There is nothing that is more precious than time, but yet there is nothing less valued, and more despised by men of the world. This is what St. Bernard deplores, when he says, "The days of salvation pass away, and no one reflects that the day which has passed away from him can never return." That gambler will be seen to waste both day and night in play; if he is asked what he is doing, he answers, "We are passing away the time." Another idler will be seen to loiter about the streets, for whole hours together, looking at those who pass by, either speaking of wicked, or else about useless things; if he is asked what he is doing, he answers, " I am passing away the time." Poor, blind ones! who are wasting so many days, but days that will never return. O despised time, thou wilt be the thing most desired by the worldly at the time of death. They will desire one more year, one more month, one more day; but they will not have it, they will then hear it declared, that "time shall be no longer." Nevertheless, the prophet bids us remember God, and observe His Grace before the light shall fail, "Remember now your Creator...while the sun or the light... be not darkened." How it distresses a pilgrim when he finds out that he has wandered from the right way, and it is already night, and there is no longer time to get back to the right path. This will be the Distress when death comes to him, of him who has lived for many years in the world, but who has not spent those years in Loving God, "The night cometh, when no man can work." Death will be to him the time of night, when he will be able to do nothing. His conscience will then remind him of the time he has had, and how he has spent it in the ruin of his soul; the many calls and graces that he has received from God to become holy, and yet was not willing to profit by all this, and then he will behold the way of doing any good closed against him. Then will he Weep and say, "Oh, fool that I have been! Oh, Time forever Lost! Oh, Wasted life! Oh, years that are lost in which I could have become holy, but I did not do so, and now there is no longer time to become holy." But what will these lamentations and sighs avail, when his life's scene is forever closing, the lamp is well nigh spent, and the dying man is drawing near to that last moment upon which his eternity depends? O:) St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori. O:) :crucifix: God Bless you. :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 19, 2016, 02:02:16 AM 'The Eucharist is the supreme proof of the love of Jesus. After this, there is nothing more but Heaven itself.'
St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 19, 2016, 05:22:49 AM :crucifix: Peace be with you.:crucifix: :crucifix: This Dark Hour, Right now, Currently.:crucifix: On one occasion, when Father Theophilus insisted that the devil should depart and return to hell, the devil replied in a growling tone: "How can you banish me to hell? I must be free to prepare the way for the Antichrist." And again he spoke out of the possessed woman: "We know a lot. We read the signs of the times. This is the last century. When people will write the year 2000 the end will be at hand." Whether the "father of lies," as our Lord Himself styles Satan, spoke the truth, it is impossible to judge. At all events, we shall do well if according to our Lord's suggestion, we try to understand the signs of the times. That the powers of hell are putting up a desperate attempt to ruin the Church of Christ in our own times cannot be denied. At one time the evil spirits howled and yelped fearfully when the prayers of exorcism were solemnly pronounced and when the blessings with the relic of the cross and the consecrated Host were given: "Oh, we cannot bear it any longer. We suffer intensely. Do stop it, do stop it! This is many times worse than hell!" These groans, indicating the attendant pain and suffering, cut to the quick. Some things that happened during the Earling, Iowa Exorcism in 1928. “I knew that Lucifer will be unchained for some time: fifty or sixty years before the year 2000 of Christ, if I do not err. Some demons instead are to be loosened before that epoch in order to castigate and exterminate the worldly. Some of them were unleashed in our days; others will be soon. Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824) Russia, the Scourge of God "Tell them, Father, that many times the Most Holy Virgin told my cousins Francisco and Jacinta, as well as myself, that many nations will disappear from the face of the earth. She said that Russia will be the instrument of chastisement chosen by Heaven to punish the whole world if we do not beforehand obtain the conversion of that poor nation." (Notice, Russia got no weapons powerful enough in 1917 to make many nations disappear but Now Russia has Nukes. Russia was called USSR during the Cold War, not Russia. But now Russia is called Russia with Nukes. That Prophecy was referring to this Current Time, Right Now.) Last Times "Father, the Most Holy Virgin did not tell me that we are in the last times of the world, but She made me understand this for three reasons." The Final Battle "The first reason is because She told me that the devil is in the mood for engaging in a decisive battle against the Virgin. And a decisive battle is the final battle where one side will be victorious and the other side will suffer defeat. Also, from now on we must choose sides. Either we are for God or we are for the devil. There is no other possibility." The Last Remedies "The second reason is because She said to my cousins as well as to myself, that God is giving two last remedies to the world. These are the Holy Rosary and devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. These are the last two remedies which signify that there will be no others." The Sin Against the Holy Spirit "The third reason is because in the plans of Divine Providence, God always, before He is about to chastise the world, exhausts all other remedies. Now, when He sees that the world pays no attention whatsoever, then as we say in our imperfect manner of speaking, He offers us with ?certain fear? the last means of salvation, His Most Holy Mother. It is with ?certain fear? because if you despise and repulse this ultimate means, we will not have any more forgiveness from Heaven, because we will have committed a sin which the Gospel calls the sin against the Holy Ghost. This sin consists of openly rejecting, with full knowledge and consent, the salvation which He offers. Let us remember that Jesus Christ is a very good Son and that He does not permit that we offend and despise His Most Holy Mother. We have recorded through many centuries of Church history the obvious testimony which demonstrates by the terrible chastisements which have befallen those who have attacked the honor of His Most Holy Mother, how Our Lord Jesus Christ has always defended the honor of His Mother." :crucifix: Sister Lucia of Fatima.:crucifix: :crucifix: God Bless you.:crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 19, 2016, 08:21:44 PM 'For there shall be a time when they will not bear sound doctrine: but according to their own desires they will heap to themselves masters [Vulgate: magistros], having itching ears, and from the truth certes they will avert their hearing, and to fables they will be converted.'
2 Timothy 4:3-4 '. . . yet the Son of man, when He cometh, shall He find, think you, faith on earth?' Luke 18:8 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 20, 2016, 05:22:29 AM :crucifix: Peace be with you.:crucifix: A White Rose 1. Dear ministers of the most high God, you my fellow priests who preach the truth of God and who teach the gospel to all nations, let me give you this little book as a white rose that I would like you to keep. The truths contained in it are set forth in a very simple and straightforward manner, as you will see. Please keep them in your heart so that you yourselves may make a practice of the Rosary and taste its fruits. Please have them always on your lips too, so that you will always preach the Rosary and thus convert others by teaching them the excellence of this holy devotion. I beg of you to beware of thinking of the Rosary as something of little importance - as do ignorant people, and even several great but proud scholars. Far from being insignificant, the Rosary is a priceless treasure which is inspired by God. Almighty God has given it to you because he wants you to use it as a means to convert the most hardened sinners and the most obstinate heretics. He has attached to it grace in this life and glory in the next. The saints have said it faithfully and the Popes have endorsed it. When the Holy Spirit has revealed this secret to a priest and director of souls, how blessed is that priest! For the vast majority of people fail to know this secret or else only know it superficially. If such a priest really understands this secret, he will say the Rosary each day and will encourage others to say it. God and his blessed Mother will pour abundant grace into his soul, so that he may become God's instrument for his glory; and his word, though simple, will do more good in one month than that of other preachers in several years. 2. Therefore, my dear brothers and fellow priests, it will not be enough for us to preach this devotion to others; we must practice it ourselves, for if we firmly believed in the importance of the holy Rosary but never said it ourselves, people could hardly be expected to act upon our advice, since no one can give what he does not have: "Jesus began to do and to teach." We ought to pattern ourselves on our Lord, who began practising what he preached. We ought to emulate St. Paul, who knew and preached nothing but Jesus crucified. I could tell you at great length of the grace God has given me to know by experience the effectiveness of the preaching of the holy Rosary, and of how I have seen, with my own eyes, the most wonderful conversions it has brought about. I would gladly tell you all these things if I thought that it would move you to preach this beautiful devotion, in spite of the fact that priests are not in the habit of doing so these days. O:) St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montford.O:) :crucifix: God Bless you.:crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 20, 2016, 08:46:54 PM 'Son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me. If, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die: thou declare it not to him, nor speak to him, that he may be converted from his wicked way, and live: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand. But if thou give warning to the wicked, and he be not converted from his wickedness, and from his evil way: he indeed shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.'
Ezechiel 3:17-19 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 21, 2016, 02:04:54 AM :crucifix: Peace be with you.:crucifix: :crucifix: Description of One Departed.:crucifix: In order more clearly to see what indeed you are, my Christian soul, St. John Chrysostom observes, "Go to a sepulchre, contemplate dust, ashes, worms and sigh." See how that corpse becomes at first yellow, and then black. Afterwards there is seen upon the body a white and unpleasant mould. Then there issues forth a foul and corrupt matter, which sinks into the ground. In that corruption many worms are generated, which feed upon the flesh. The rats then come to feast upon the body, some on the outside, others entering into the mouth and bowels. The cheeks, the lips, and the hair fall in pieces; the ribs are the first to become bare of flesh, then the arms and the legs. The worms after having consumed the flesh eat each other, and, in the end, nothing remains of that body but a fetid skeleton, which, in course of time, is divided, the bones being separated, and the head falling from the body: they "become like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors, and the wind carried them away." Behold, then, what man is - a little dust upon a threshing-floor, which is carried away by the wind. O:) St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori.O:) :crucifix: Mark C9:crucifix: 43 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished. 45 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished. 47 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished. :crucifix: God Bless you.:crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 21, 2016, 10:37:57 PM Per totam noctem laborantes, nihil cepimus. Luke v. 5.
"We have labored all the night and taken nothing." Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 22, 2016, 01:47:53 AM 'In order the better to gain souls, in visiting the sick, we ought to imagine that what we do for the sick man we are doing for Christ Himself; we shall thus perform this work of mercy with more love and greater spiritual profit.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 22, 2016, 04:04:39 AM :crucifix: Peace be with you.:crucifix: :crucifix: The Great Tribulation, Preceding the End of the Age.:crucifix: :crucifix: Russia, the Scourge of God.:crucifix: "Tell them, Father, that many times the Most Holy Virgin told my cousins Francisco and Jacinta, as well as myself, that many nations will disappear from the face of the earth. She said that Russia will be the instrument of chastisement chosen by Heaven to punish the whole world if we do not beforehand obtain the conversion of that poor nation." :crucifix: Sister Lucia of Fatima, 1917.:crucifix: :crucifix: 2nd Apparition of Akita on August 3, 1973::crucifix: "With My Son, I desire souls who will have to make reparations for the sinners and the ungrateful, by means of their own suffering and their poverty. In order that the world may know His Anger, the Heavenly Father is preparing to inflict a Great Chastisement on All Humankind. I intervened many times with My Son to appease the Anger of the Father. I prevented the arrival of calamities by offering Him the Sufferings of the Son on the Cross, His Precious Blood and the Beloved Souls who console Him forming a Cohort of Victim Souls. Prayer, penance and courageous sacrifices can mitigate the Wrath of the Father. I desire also this from your community... that it love poverty, that it sanctify itself and pray in reparation for the ingratitude and the offences of many people..." :crucifix: The Blessed Virgin Mary.:crucifix: :crucifix: The Last Apparition of Akita on October 13, 1973::crucifix: "As I told you, if people will not repent and will not improve themselves, the Father will Inflict a Terrible Chastisement on All Humanity. It will be a Punishment Greater than the Deluge, such as it was never seen before. Fire will fall from the Sky and will Wipe Out a large part of humanity, the Good as well as the bad, without sparing either the priests or the faithful. The survivors will find themselves so afflicted that they will envy the dead. The only weapons that will remain for you are the Holy Rosary and the Sign left by My Son. Recite every day the Prayers of the Holy Rosary. With the Holy Rosary, pray for the Pope, the Bishops and the priests. The work of the devil will enter also into the Church in such a way that one will see Cardinals opposing other Cardinals, Bishops against Bishops. The priests who venerate me will be despised and hindered by their fellow priests... churches and altars will be sacked; the Church will be filled by those who accept compromises and the devil will lead many priests and consecrated souls to leave the Service of the Lord. The devil will be implacable especially against the souls consecrated to God." :crucifix: The Blessed Virgin Mary.:crucifix: :crucifix: My Opinion::crucifix: I have a strange feeling that if the Blessed Virgin Mary has run out of Victim Souls to do reparations to the Heavenly Father, that the Great Chastisement will begin after October 13, 2017 which is after 100 years of the Apparitions of Our Lady in Fatima. God would allot a specific amount of time after the Fatima Apparitions for Humanity to Repent. Once the time is up, Humanity either repented or did not. I have a feeling that allotted time is 100 years, a nice whole number. The Evidence is Clear that Humanity has Not Repented and Has Rejected Jesus Christ and His Ways. In fact, the Greater Portion of Humanity has embraced Materialism and Hedonism to its Grandeur and is now wallowing in the Effects of loving wickedness and sin, the ways of the devil and darkness. So the Great Chastisement and Tribulation is Inevitable and only a Very Short time away from now. It also looks like the Blessed Virgin Mary is unable to hold back all the floods and droughts that are occurring currently and with greater and larger effects. So we have to look forward to More Bigger Earthquakes, Bigger Floods, Bigger Droughts, Bigger Tornadoes, Bigger Hail Storms, Bigger Violent Rainfalls, Violent Wind Storms, Bigger Sink Holes, Bigger Tsunami's, Mass Nuclear Oblivion, preceeding Mass Famine, Mass Pestilence, Mass Plague, Mass Suffering, Mass Death, Mass Damnation preceeding the Second Coming, Absolute Mass Salvation for the Good and Absolute, Utter and Total Mass Death and Damnation for the Wicked. :crucifix: God bless you.:crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 23, 2016, 04:21:40 AM 'The time is fast approaching in which there will be great trials and afflictions; perplexities and dissensions, both spiritual and temporal, will abound; the charity of many will grow cold, and the malice of the wicked will increase. The devils will have unusual power, the immaculate purity of our Order, and of others, will be so much obscured that there will be very few Christians who will obey the true Sovereign Pontiff and the Roman Church with loyal hearts and perfect charity. At the time of this tribulation a man, not canonically elected, will be raised to the Pontificate, who, by his cunning, will endeavour to draw many into error and death.
Then scandals will be multiplied, our Order will be divided, and many others will be entirely destroyed, because they will consent to error instead of opposing it. There will be such diversity of opinions and schisms among the people, the religious and the clergy, that, except those days were shortened, according to the words of the Gospel, even the elect would be led into error, were they not specially guided, amid such great confusion, by the immense mercy of God. Then our Rule and manner of life will be violently opposed by some, and terrible trials will come upon us. Those who are found faithful will receive the crown of life; but woe to those who, trusting solely in their Order, shall fall into tepidity, for they will not be able to support the temptations permitted for the proving of the elect. Those who preserve their fervour and adhere to virtue with love and zeal for the truth, will suffer injuries and, persecutions as rebels and schismatics; for their persecutors, urged on by the evil spirits, will say they are rendering a great service to God by destroying such pestilent men from the face of the earth, but the Lord will be the refuge of the afflicted, and will save all who trust in Him. And in order to be like their Head, [Christ] these, the elect, will act with confidence, and by their death will purchase for themselves eternal life; choosing to obey God rather than man, they will fear nothing, and they will prefer to perish rather than consent to falsehood and perfidy. Some preachers will keep silence about the truth, and others will trample it under foot and deny it. Sanctity of life will be held in derision even by those who outwardly profess it, for in those days Jesus Christ will send them not a true Pastor, but a destroyer.' St. Francis of Assisi 'There shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect.' Matthew 24:24 Making an exceptional citation, a commentator on the above: 'The prophecies of the Apocalypse show that Satan will imitate the Church of Christ to deceive mankind; he will set up a church of Satan in opposition to the Church of Christ. Antichrist will assume the role of Messias; his prophet will act the part of Pope, and there will be imitations of the Sacraments of the Church. There will also be lying wonders in imitation of the miracles wrought in the Church.' (p.119) 'Miracles are no proof of sanctity, for Christ has said that on the day of judgment many will say to Him: "Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name?"' (p.119) 'And, there seems to be no reason why a false Church might not become universal, even more universal than the true one, at least for a time.' (p.155) Rev. E. Sylvester Berry, D.D. The Church of Christ, An Apologetic and Dogmatic Treatise. Herder, St. Louis and London, 1927 & 1941 'The death of the impenitent persecutors of the Church will take place during the three days of darkness. He who survives those three days of darkness and horror will see himself as if alone, because the earth will be covered with cadavers.' St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 23, 2016, 05:36:28 AM :crucifix: Peace be with you.:crucifix: :crucifix: Counsel of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St. Elizabeth of Toss::crucifix: "If therefore you wish to obtain that Love, do as I did in the Temple in my earliest youth. For I would rise in the middle of the night and, standing before the Altar with complete concentration of Mind, I would ask the Lord for His Grace by which I might be able to keep these Commandments I have mentioned, and I would make seven petitions, one after the other, in Prayer before the Altar. "The first was, that he would give me His Grace by means of which I should be able to Fulfill the First Commandment, that is, on loving God Above All Things, with All my Heart, All my Mind and All my Strength. "The second was, that I should be able to Fulfill the Second Commandment, on Loving my Neighbour as myself, and that He should make me Love what He Himself Loved. "The third was, that I should be able to Fulfill the Third Commandment and that He should make me hate the enemy of the human race because from him derive vice, sin, and whatever He Himself hates. "The fourth was, that He should give me Humility, Patience, Kindliness, Gentleness and other Virtues, by which I might be made Lovely in His Eyes. "The fifth was, that He should allow me to see the Time when that Blessed Virgin should be born who, according to the sayings of the Prophets, was to bear His Son; and that He would keep safe my eyes with which I might see Her, my ears with which I might hear Her speak, my tongue with which I might praise Her, my hands with which I might touch Her, my feet with which I might run to Her, my knees on which I might do Her Homage, and see and do Homage to Her Son lying on Her lap. "The sixth was, that He would give me Grace by which I might be able to Keep All the Commandments of the Priests and the Rules of the Temple. "The seventh and last was that he would deign to keep safe his holy Temple and all his own People, to Serve Him forever." :crucifix: The Blessed Virgin Mary Speaking with St. Elizabeth of Toss.:crucifix: :crucifix: God bless you.:crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 24, 2016, 02:51:11 AM 'You have forgotten what you are.'
St. Severinus Boethius Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 24, 2016, 06:37:33 AM :crucifix: :crucifix: Peace be with you.:crucifix: :crucifix: :crucifix: Purgatory:crucifix: First Account of St. Pio: One evening Padre Pio was resting in a room of the guest quarters on the ground floor of the convent. He was alone and he had been lying on his cot for a short time when, suddenly, there appeared to him a man wrapped in a black cloak. Padre Pio asked the man who he was and what he wanted. The man answered that he was a soul of Purgatory. ‘I am Pietro Di Mauro. I died in a fire on September 18, 1908, in this convent, used as a home for the elderly after the expropriation of ecclesiastical property. I died in the midst of the flames in my bed, overtaken during sleep, exactly in this room. I am coming from Purgatory: the Lord has allowed me to come to ask you to offer for me the Holy Mass of tomorrow morning. Thanks to this Mass I will be able to enter Heaven.’ “Padre Pio assured that he would offer the Mass for him: ‘I wanted to accompany him to the door of the convent. I became fully aware of having spoken to a deceased person only when, going out to the churchyard, the man who was beside me, suddenly disappeared. I must confess that I reentered the convent somewhat frightened. I asked permission to Padre Paolino da Casacalenda, superior of the convent, to whom my agitation did not go unnoticed, to celebrate the Holy Mass in supplication of that soul after, naturally, having explained to him all that had happened.’ ” A few days later, Padre Paolino wanted to verify the information and went to the registry office of the Town of San Giovanni Rotondo to consult the register of the dead for the year 1908. In the records listing the people deceased in the month of September, Padre Paolino found the man's first name, surname and the cause of death: “On September 18, 1908, in the fire of the home for the elderly died Pietro Di Mauro, son of the late Nicola.” Second Account of St. Pio: Another episode was told by Padre Pio himself to Padre Anastasio: “One evening while I was praying in the choir alone, I heard the rustling of a robe and saw a young friar puttering around the main altar, as if he were dusting the candle holders and arranging the flower vases. Convinced that it was Fra Leone organizing the altar, and since it was the time for supper, I approached the banister and said to him: ‘Fra Leone, go to eat, it is not the time to dust and set up the altar.’ But a voice that was not the one of Fra Leone answered me: ‘I am not Fra Leone.’ ‘So who are you?’ I asked. “ ‘I am one of your fellow friars who did his novitiate here. For obedience I received the task to keep the main altar clean and orderly during my year of probation. Unfortunately, many times I was disrespectful to Jesus in the sacrament by passing in front of the altar without revering the Most Holy One kept in the tabernacle. For this grave omission, I am still in Purgatory. Now the Lord, in his infinite goodness, sends me to you so that you may determine how much longer I must suffer in those flames of love. Help me.’ “ ‘I, believing to be generous towards that suffering soul, exclaimed: You will remain here until the Mass of tomorrow morning. That soul yelled: You are cruel! Then he screamed loudly and disappeared. That wailing created a wound in my heart that I have felt and shall feel all my life. I, who through divine delegation could have sent that soul immediately to Heaven, condemned him to remain another night in the flames of Purgatory.’ ” O:) St. Pio of Pietrelcina.O:) :crucifix: My Opinion on the Second Account of St. Pio :crucifix: I just want to elaborate on the second account of St. Pio in regards to his conduct for that Soul. The Soul was correct in what he said about St. Pio at that point in time. The Soul came to offer St. Pio advice in a round about way by way of reminder of the reason why he was in Purgatory, that the Soul had treated the Altar of the Lord and the Host in the Tabernacle without Holy Reverence or in an improper manner befitting the vocation of that Soul. St. Pio did not understand what the Soul was trying to tell him at that time as St. Pio himself demonstrated. That is why the Soul told St. Pio, "You are Cruel!" And St. Pio's heart was wounded by God's Providence to teach St. Pio a lesson that befitted his vocation. The Soul came by God's Providence to inform St. Pio of his lack of Reverence and Mercy in regards to his conduct befitting his vocation and also St. Pio's lack of understanding at the Altar of the Lord in terms of Grace and Mercy. The Soul by God's Providence was asking St. Pio to render him assistance and this was being asked for and done at the Altar of the Lord. St. Pio's reply was one of judgment instead of gratitude to the Soul for having reminded St. Pio of his duties of his vocation. :crucifix: :crucifix: God bless you.:crucifix: :crucifix: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 25, 2016, 08:03:44 AM O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) Peace be with you. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) The Holy Rosary. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) A Red Rose. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) 3. Poor men and women who are sinners, I, a greater sinner than you, wish to give you this rose, a crimson one, because the precious blood of our Lord has fallen upon it. Please God that it may bring true fragrance into your lives - but above all, may it save you from the danger that you are in. Every day unbelievers and un-repentant sinners cry, "Let us crown ourselves with roses." But our cry should be, "Let us crown ourselves with the roses of the Holy Rosary." O:) :crucifix: O:) How different are theirs from ours! Their roses are pleasures of the flesh, worldly honours and passing riches which wilt and decay in no time, but ours, which are the Our Father and Hail Mary which we have said devoutly over and over again, and to which we have added good penitential acts, will never wilt or die, and they will be just as exquisite thousands of years from now as they are today. O:) :crucifix: O:) On the contrary, sinners' roses only look like roses, while in point of fact they are cruel thorns which prick them during life by giving them pangs of conscience, at their death they pierce them with bitter regret and, still worse, in eternity they turn to burning shafts of anger and despair. But if our roses have thorns, they are the thorns of Jesus Christ, who changes them into roses. If our roses prick us, it is only for a short time, and only in order to cure the illness of sin and to save our souls. O:) :crucifix: O:) 4. So by all means we should eagerly crown ourselves with these roses from Heaven, and recite the Entire Rosary Every Day, that is to say, Three Rosaries each of Five Decades, which are like three little wreaths or crowns of flowers. There are two reasons for doing this: first of all, to honour the three crowns of Jesus and Mary - Jesus' crown of grace at the time of his Incarnation, his crown of thorns during his passion, and his crown of glory in heaven, and of course the three-fold crown which the Blessed Trinity gave Mary in heaven. Secondly, we should do this so that we ourselves may receive three crowns from Jesus and Mary, the first a crown of merit during our lifetime; the second, a crown of peace at our death; and the third, a crown of glory in Heaven. O:) :crucifix: O:) If you say the Rosary faithfully until Death, I do assure you that, in spite of the gravity of your sins "you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory." Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as sorcerers do who practice black magic, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and save your soul, If - and Mark Well what I Say - If you say the Rosary Devoutly Every Day Until Death for the purpose of Knowing the Truth and Obtaining Contrition and Pardon for your sins. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montford.O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) God Bless you. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 26, 2016, 02:19:50 AM The account from Padre Pio reminds me of the accounts in the Rev. F.X. Schouppe, S.J.'s splendid volume 'Purgatory' (http://htt[://saintsbooks.net).
May the Lord grant us to love and say the Holy Rosary so that we have many roses to offer Our Lady. ---,---'---{@ ---,---'---{@ ---,---'---{@ :thrones: :angelblue: :angelyellow: :cherubim: :seraphim: :principalities: :seraphim: :cherubim: :angelyellow: :angelblue: :thrones: ---,---'---{@ ---,---'---{@ ---,---'---{@ ---,---'---{@ ---,---'---{@ ---,---'---{@ ---,---'---{@ ---,---'---{@ ---,---'---{@ ---,---'---{@ ---,---'---{@ Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 26, 2016, 07:28:13 AM O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) Peace be with you. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) Divine Mercy in My Soul. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) Diary Entry 40 and 41. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) 40. The year 1929. Once during Holy Mass, I felt in a very special way the closeness of God, although I tried to turn away and escape from Him. On several occasions I have run away from God because I did not want to be a victim of the evil spirit; since others have told me, more than once, that such is the case. And this incertitude lasted for quite some time. During Holy Mass, before Communion, we had the renewal of vows. When we had left our kneelers and had started to recite the formula for the vows, Jesus appeared suddenly at my side clad in a White garment with a golden girdle around His Waist, and He said to me, I give you Eternal Love that your purity may be untarnished and as a sign that you will never be subject to temptations against Purity. Jesus took off His golden cincture and tied it around my waist. O:) :crucifix: O:) Since then I have never experienced any attacks against this Virtue, either in my heart or in my mind. I later understood that this was one of the Greatest Graces which the Most Holy Virgin Mary had obtained for me, as for many years I had been asking this Grace of Her. Since that time I have experienced an Increasing Devotion to the Mother of God. She has taught me how to love God interiorly and also how to carry out His Holy Will in All things, O Mary, You are Joy, because through You, God descended to Earth [and] into my heart. :o :'( O:) :crucifix: O:) :'( :o 41.On one occasion I saw a servant of God in the immediate danger of committing a mortal sin. O:) :crucifix: O:) :crucifix: O:) :crucifix: O:) I started to beg God to deign to send down upon me all the torments of hell and all the sufferings He wished if only this priest would be set free and snatched from the occasion of committing a sin. Jesus heard my prayer and, that very instant, I felt a crown of thorns on my head. The thorns penetrated my head with great force right into my brain. This lasted for three hours. :) :) O:) :crucifix: O:) :) :) The servant of God was set free from this sin, and his soul was strengthened by a Special Grace of God. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) St. Maria Faustina - Helen Kowalska. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) God Bless you. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 27, 2016, 03:09:32 AM 'The doctrines of Godliness are overturned; the rules of the Church are in confusion; the ambition of the unprincipled seizes upon places of authority; and the chief seat is now openly proposed as a reward for impiety; so that he whose blasphemies are the more shocking, is more eligible for the oversight of the people.
Priestly gravity has perished; there are none left to feed the Lord's flock with knowledge; ambitious men are ever spending, in purposes of self-indulgence and bribery, possessions which they hold in trust for the poor. The accurate observation of the canons are no more; there is no restraint upon sin. Unbelievers laugh at what they see, and the weak are unsettled; faith is doubtful, ignorance is poured over their souls, because the adulterators of the word in wickedness imitate the truth. Religious people keep silence, but every blaspheming tongue is let loose. Sacred things are profaned; those of the laity who are sound in faith avoid the places of worship, as schools of impiety, and raise their hands in solitude with groans and tears to the Lord in heaven.' St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 27, 2016, 05:37:04 AM O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) Peace be with you. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) Preparation for Death. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) Description of One Departed. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) My brother, in this description of death, you see yourself, and that, which one day you will be, "Dust you are, and unto dust shall you return." Reflect, for in a few years, no, perhaps in a few months, and even days, you will become a mass of corruption and worms. By thinking upon this, Job became a Saint, "I have said to corruption, "You are my father, to the worm, you are my brother and sister." (Job 17,14) O:) :crucifix: O:) Everything must have an end; and if, when the hour of death arrives, your soul is lost, everything will be lost for you. St. Lawrence Justinian says, "Consider yourself as dead already, since you know already you must die. If now the hour of your death were approaching, what is there of good, that you would not like to have done? Now, that you are still living, reflect, that one day you must die. O:) :crucifix: O:) St. Bonaventure observes, that in order to guide the vessel aright, the pilot must place himself at the helm; even so must a man, if he wishes to lead a Holy Life, reflect that death is ever nigh. Therefore, St. Bernard observes, "Look upon the sins of youth, and blush; look upon the sins of manhood, and weep; look upon the present evil habits of your life, and tremble, and hasten to make amends." O:) :crucifix: O:) When St. Camillus de Lellis beheld the graves of the dead, he said within himself, "If all these dead bodies could come back again to life, what would they not do to gain Eternal Life? And I, who have now the opportunity - what am I doing for my soul?" Yet it was Humility on the part of this Saint which caused him to say this. But perhaps, my brother, you might with reason fear, lest you should be like that barren fig-tree, concerning which our Blessed Lord said, "Behold these Three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and find none." (St. Luke 13,7) You, who for many more years than Three have been living in this world, what fruits have you yielded? O:) :crucifix: O:) Take Care, remarks St. Bernard, for the Lord does not require flowers only, but seeks for fruits also; that is to say, not only good desires and resolutions, but also good works. Therefore, Take Care to make Good Use of the Time which God in His Mercy grants to you; do Not wait until "Time shall be no longer" to desire to do good - when it shall be said to you: "Time shall be no longer, Depart." Make haste, it is now almost time to leave the world; make haste, what is done, is done. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) God Bless you. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 28, 2016, 03:35:07 AM 'Quid hoc ad aeternitatem?'
'What is the value of this for eternity?' St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 28, 2016, 08:37:05 AM My friend I have removed the last post of the messages, I hope this does not upset you. I hope we will discuss these messages together in the future.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 29, 2016, 04:10:29 AM 'Adulterers! Do you not know that the love of this world is hatred toward God? Therefore whoever chooses to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God.'
James 4:4 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Gabriel Marie Josef Anton on October 29, 2016, 05:32:38 AM My friend I have removed the last post of the messages, I hope this does not upset you. I hope we will discuss these messages together in the future. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) Peace be with you. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) No, it does not upset me because I don't believe it is your intent to upset me by deleting the post. You might be offending your Mother in Heaven though. When you want to delete speech or remove a post, you have to give a good reason to stifle speech. Your reasoning was not good. It would be good if you could give a good and proper reason for its removal, like "your post was sinful", or "your post was rude", or "your post contains evil". I don't really know the reason why the post was deleted so no point judging anything. Maybe you know something about them which I don't. Maybe you are still examining the contents of them to determine its source. The Messages were not posted here for it to be spread, just for it to be read among a few of us. This site here would not be the site of choice to spread them. Let me know if you know something about them from your vast experience and knowledge. Is it dangerous to talk about them? Why do so few people know about them compared to the other Messages of the Blessed Virgin Mary? Is there a censure on those Messages? The Messages have an Imprimatur which was issued years ago so they have been checked for Theological errors. I will cease posting until a good and proper reason is given as to not misguide you or maybe the other way round, for you not to misguide me. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) God Bless you. O:) :crucifix: O:) O:) :crucifix: O:) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 29, 2016, 02:43:34 PM :crucifix:
Well now, when you are online and it's a good time for you, send me a PM and we can discuss the messages and I would like to hear about how they inspired you so much to become a promoter of them. Then I will tell you the concerns I have about them, and I know it's a sensitive matter for you, so I understand why you responded so, let's try to speak about them peacefully, rather than have them be a justification to throw out everything for their sake and talk to each other like idiots throwing bricks rather than folks trying to understand. Don't worry I have more to say about them and why your post was removed, I know it's often upsetting to have a post removed for many folks and to have these messages which obviously mean a lot to you spoken about as false. We can have a good long discussion about discernment of these matters and why you embraced them and I will tell you how I know they are false, giving you examples, despite the good feelings about Our Lord and Our Lady and many good things they promote at times. Emotional appeals to love Our Lord and Our Lady naturally inspire good feelings, and then, too, when there is a series of messages that are like this particular case it is in fact often hard to tell they are false because there is spiritual influence adding positive feelings to them that inspires them to convince otherwise and leads them to good deeds to keep this conviction. I knew they were false but for your sake my friend, I read through them anyway, over a couple hours, from beginning to end, a significant investment of time and effort. I hope you appreciate that to read false apparitions messages is not a pleasant task, but for your sake and God's sake I did so, and weathered the spiritual interference that tries to convince a person they are true when a person reads them, which was quite a bit of trouble I must say. I did this hoping despite the normal probabilities that we could carry on somewhat like before and have a good long discussion about them. It is a sad case in these times there are so many messages out there that are false.. but that is the kind of times were are living in. :+: :flower: :+: :tea: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 29, 2016, 03:10:05 PM 'Those who wish to enter upon the religious life, should first of all mortify themselves for a long time, and particularly mortify their will in things to which they have the greatest repugnance.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 31, 2016, 01:21:12 AM 'Those locutions are very dangerous, and I cannot approve of them. I shall tell you the reason, founded on the little experience which God has given me. What necessity is there that God should reveal to a novice that He desires from the novices more fervor in their Communions? Is it, perchance, that their master, with the aid of the lights that God has given him for his office, does not know it himself? And again: does he not know that God is greatly offended chiefly by sacrileges? You see that this locution is not necessary. God makes revelations only in view of His glory and the needs of holy Church; and as we can learn these things from holy books, from the experience God gives us, and, principally, by the light He gives those that hold offices, there is no reason for desiring to learn by locutions.'
St. Paul of the Cross 'He who follows the spiritual path must pay great attention to discrimination, since the ability to distinguish between good and evil, and to scrutinize and understand the various tricks through which the devil by means of plausible fantasies leads most people astray, keeps us safe and helps us in every way. If a man wanting to test his wife's virtue comes to her at night disguised as someone else, and she repels him, he will rejoice at this and welcome the assurance it gives. It is exactly the same with us in relation to the attacks of the evil spirits. Even if you repel the heavenly spirits, they will be gladdened by this, and will help you to participate still further in grace: because of this proof of your love for the Lord they will fill you brim-full with spiritual delight. So do not from light-mindedness speedily surrender yourself to the visitations of spirits, even if they are heavenly angels, but be wary, submitting them to the most careful scrutiny. Thus you will welcome the good and repel the evil. In this way you will increase in yourself the workings of grace, which sin, however much it may assume the appearance of the good, cannot altogether simulate.' St. Symeon Metaphrastis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 01, 2016, 11:15:59 PM 'Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. [Mt 6.26]
The birds are the saints, who fly to heaven on the wings of contemplation, who are so removed from the world that they have no business on earth. They do not labour, but by contemplation alone they already live in heaven.' St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 02, 2016, 08:49:28 AM 'The practice of recommending to God the souls in Purgatory, that He may mitigate the great pains which they suffer, and that He may soon bring them to His glory, is most pleasing to the Lord and most profitable to us. For these blessed souls are His eternal spouses, and most grateful are they to those who obtain their deliverance from prison, or even a mitigation of their torments. When, therefore, they arrive in Heaven, they will be sure to remember all who have prayed for them.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 03, 2016, 06:30:12 AM 'Ecclesiasticus says, that the fear of the Lord brings not pain, but joy and gladness: The fear of the Lord shall delight the heart, and shall give joy and gladness. Thus this very fear leads to the acquisition of a firm hope in God, which makes the soul happy: He that fears the Lord shall tremble at nothing, and shall not be afraid, for He is his hope. The soul of him that fears the Lord is blessed. Yes, blessed, because fear draws man away from sin. The fear of the Lord drives out sin and at the same time infuses into him a great desire of observing the commandments: Blessed is the man that fears the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in His commandments.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 04, 2016, 04:30:07 AM 'Our enemy employs no surer artifice for banishing true charity from the hearts of God's servants, than to make them rule themselves in spiritual matters, not with calmness and reason, but thoughtlessly and with all the unrestrained violence of their passions.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 05, 2016, 03:38:56 AM 'Obedience to the commandments is the resurrection of the dead, for by nature life follows upon virtue.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 06, 2016, 05:42:22 AM 'The most evident mark of God's anger is the most terrible castigation He can inflict upon the world, is manifested when He permits his people to fall into the hands of clergy who are priests more in name than in deed. When God permits such things it is very positive proof that He is thoroughly angry with His people and is visiting His most dreadful anger on them. That is why He cries out unceasingly to Christians, return you rebellious Christians and I will give you pastors according to my own heart.'
St. Jean Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 07, 2016, 12:49:19 PM 'It is not difficult to get rid of material things if you so desire; but only with great effort will you be able to get rid of thoughts about them.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 08, 2016, 04:14:11 AM 'After Antichrist has been slain by lightning on Mount Olivet and his death has been made widely known through out the world, this our earth will exist for forty-five more days; I do not say years, but days. This is clearly to be seen in Daniel (12:11) : "And from the time when the continual sacrifice shall be taken away and the abomination of desolation shall be set up, there shall be one thousand, two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh unto the one thousand, three hundred and thirty-five days."
The Doctors say that these forty-five days will be given by God for the conversion of those who have been seduced by Antichrist, but Antichrist will have left behind him so great riches and pleasure that hardly any of the nations will be converted to the Faith of Christ. For there is no savior but Christ, and yet they will not be converted.' St. Vincent Ferrer Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 09, 2016, 12:18:51 PM 'Each man's knowledge is genuine to the extent that it is confirmed by gentleness, humility and love.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 10, 2016, 02:36:02 AM 'Hence sadness is to be judged beneficial for us in one instance alone -- when we conceive it out of repentance for our sins and are inflamed by a desire for perfection, and by the contemplation of future blessedness. Of this the blessed Apostle himself says: "The sadness that is in accordance with God works repentance unto a lasting salvation, but the world's sadness works death." [II Corinthians 7:10]'
St. John Cassian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 11, 2016, 04:07:05 AM 'One day the Lord let me see a huge bundle of crosses. At the same time He inspired me interiorly to plunge my own will, as a drop of water, into the immense ocean of the most amiable will of God. I did so, and in the twinkling of an eye all the crosses disappeared.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on November 11, 2016, 06:15:08 PM In The Letter to the Ephesians, Chapter 6 Verses 1-2 states:
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother." :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: :mommaandbaby: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 12, 2016, 08:01:11 AM Obedience to parents is a duty and a virtue! Just as the obedience of the wife to the husband is!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 13, 2016, 05:36:23 PM 'If you want with a few words to benefit one who is eager to learn, speak to him about prayer, right faith, and the patient acceptance of what comes. For all else that is good is found through these.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 15, 2016, 11:59:33 AM 'If a man falls into some sin and does not feel remorse for his offence as he should, he will easily fall into the same net again.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 16, 2016, 08:34:55 PM 'We read in the holy Canticles, that at the Assumption of the Virgin, the angels three times asked her name: "Who is she that goeth up by the desert as a pillar of smoke?" "Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising?" And in another: "Who is this that cometh up from the desert, flowing with delights?" Richard of St. Laurence inquires why the angels so often asked the name of this queen, and answers: The sound of the name of Mary was so sweet to the angels, and they repeated the question that they might hear it repeated also.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 18, 2016, 04:49:43 AM Prayer 'Dearest and most Blessed Virgin Mary. . .'
by St. Thomas Aquinas Dearest and most blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, overflowing with affection, Daughter of the Sovereign King, and Queen of the Angels: Mother of Him Who created all things, this day and all the days of my life I commend to the bosom of thy regard my soul and my body, all my actions, thoughts, wishes, desires, words, and deeds, my whole life, and my end: so that through thy prayers they may all be ordered according to the will of thy beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Lady most holy, be my helper and my comforter against the attacks and snares of the ancient foe, and of all my enemies. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 20, 2016, 08:42:18 AM 'I, Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses, and Quisquina, have taken the resolution to live in this cave for the love of my Lord, Jesus Christ.'
St. Rosalina of Palermo, inscription on the cave wall Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 21, 2016, 11:30:13 PM 'One of the things which we must be very firm about, if we are to please our Lord, is to cast far from us everything that could remove us from the love of our brethren. We should make every effort to love them with a tender charity, for Supreme Truth has said: This is how all will know you are my disciples, etc. [John 13:35]'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 23, 2016, 02:02:42 AM 'Behold, O my soul, the means by which you can honor your God, viz., by renouncing and humbling yourself with Jesus Christ and for the love of Jesus Christ. Thus you will find a life in death, sweetness in bitterness, and God in self-effacement: for you must leave all in order to find Him.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 25, 2016, 02:28:24 AM 'When a man knows how to break down his own will and to deny his soul what it desires, he has got a good degree in virtue.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 26, 2016, 02:14:40 AM 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.'
John 1:1 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 27, 2016, 02:24:05 AM 'It should suffice for us that God is satisfied. I am sure that neither you nor I wish for anything else. Let us then love our Lord, and give Him all without reserve.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 28, 2016, 01:44:00 PM 'When you sit down to eat, pray. When you eat bread, do so thanking Him for being so generous to you. If you drink wine, be mindful of Him who has given it to you for your pleasure and as a relief in sickness. When you dress, thank Him for His kindness in providing you with clothes. When you look at the sky and the beauty of the stars, throw yourself at God's feet and adore Him who in His wisdom has arranged things in this way. Similarly, when the sun goes down and when it rises, when you are asleep or awake, give thanks to God, who created and arranged all things for your benefit, to have you know, love and praise their Creator.'
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 29, 2016, 07:11:48 AM 'Love above everything the glory of God. May God, infinitely good, be the aim of your words, your thoughts, and your actions.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 01, 2016, 02:39:23 AM 'Bless God at all times: and desire of Him to direct thy ways, and that all thy counsels may abide in Him.'
Tobias 4:20 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 02, 2016, 02:54:14 AM 'O Virtue! How rarely we see you, yet how real you are!'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 02, 2016, 05:34:24 AM 'Do not think that the loss of virtue is a minor matter, for it was through such a loss that death came into the world.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 03, 2016, 04:47:32 AM 'Moreover, know that just as all mortal sins are very serious, so too a venial sin is made mortal if a human being delights in it with the intention of persevering. Wherefore, know that two sins, which I now name to you, are being practiced and that they draw after them other sins that all seem as if venial. But because the people delight in them with the intention of persevering, they are therefore made mortal. . . The first of the two sins is that the faces of rational human creatures are being painted with the various colors with which insensible images and statues of idols are colored so that to others, these faces may seem more beautiful than I made them. The second sin is that the bodies of men and women are being deformed from their natural state by the unseemly forms of clothing that the people are using.' Our Lord Jesus Christ, 'The Revelations of St. Bridget of Sweden' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 04, 2016, 09:06:53 AM 'May He who inaugurates every good thing inaugurate all that you undertake, so that it may be done with His blessing.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 05, 2016, 05:39:39 AM 'This is the sum of the mystery: to be corpses to the world but alive to God.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 06, 2016, 04:49:49 AM 'If we would advance in virtue, we must not neglect little things, for they pave the way to greater.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 07, 2016, 02:53:40 AM 'Often make acts of love of our Lady, the saints, and the holy angels. Make friends with them. Talk with them frequently, using words of praise and tenderness. When you have gained familiar access to the citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem above, you will grieve far less at bidding farewell to those of the mean city here below.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 08, 2016, 07:58:13 AM 'My trials are great! However, "although God should kill me, I will trust in Him." (Job xiii. 15.) What ought a poor shipwrecked person do when in the midst of furious billows and on the point of being engulfed? I have no other resource left but to turn my eyes to the Lord.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 09, 2016, 06:45:59 AM 'Son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me. If, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die: thou declare it not to him, nor speak to him, that he may be converted from his wicked way, and live: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand. But if thou give warning to the wicked, and he be not converted from his wickedness, and from his evil way: he indeed shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.'
Ezechiel 3:17-19 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 11, 2016, 08:42:09 AM 'To seek to reconcile the faith with the modern spirit leads much further than people think, not only to the weakening of the faith, but to its total loss.'
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 12, 2016, 05:26:52 AM 'Consider the shortness of time, the length of eternity and reflect how everything here below comes to an end and passes by. Of what use is it to lean upon that which cannot give support?'
St. Gerard Majella Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on December 12, 2016, 05:03:43 PM In The Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Chapter 40 Verse 1-2 states:
Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God, Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her service is at an end. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 13, 2016, 03:57:37 AM 'The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare the way of our Lord, make straight the paths of our God in the wilderness.'
Isaiah 40:3 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 14, 2016, 08:59:14 PM 'Unlimited self-denial. Love for and fidelity to Jesus, my Spouse, until death.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 16, 2016, 09:43:26 PM 'This earth is not our country; it is for us a place of passage, from which we shall soon go to the house of eternity. . . The house, then, dear reader, which you inhabit, is not your house; it is a hospital, from which you will soon, and when you least expect, be dislodged. . .'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 17, 2016, 01:27:32 PM 'Prayer is a pasturage, a field, wherein all the virtues find their nourishment, growth, and strength.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 18, 2016, 03:11:06 AM 'If any one thought to sweeten the vast waters of the sea with one drop of fresh water, would he not be justly regarded as a fool? So also the man who thinks or hopes to do any good without the help of God grievously deceives himself. If he claims any good as his own, God will not fail to humble and confound him; such a man could never become the Lord's instrument, nor accomplish great things for His glory.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 19, 2016, 05:20:32 PM 'Were any one to ask me, no matter at what moment, "Of what are you thinking?" it seems to me I could reply, "God alone occupies my mind."'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 23, 2016, 02:22:52 AM 'We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. When one asks, "Why should I love God?" he may mean, "What is lovely in God?" or "What shall I gain by loving God?" In either case, the same sufficient cause of love exists, namely, God Himself.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: eschator83 on December 25, 2016, 03:21:51 PM The Incarnation sprang from the goodness of God. The humility of this mystery is amazing, marvelous, astonishing. It shines forth with a dazzling brilliance. Bl Charles de Foucauld cited in 2016 Word Among Us Prayer Journal
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 27, 2016, 02:40:58 AM 'No single virtue by itself opens the door of our nature; but all the virtues must be linked together in the correct sequence.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 28, 2016, 05:14:33 AM 'O my brethren, so long as ye have breath in your bodies strive for your redemption; and before there cometh the hour wherein we shall have to weep for our souls let us cultivate spiritual excellence with a ready mind. And I say unto you that, if ye knew what good things were in heaven, and the glory which is laid up for the saints, and how those who have fallen are punished by God, and the tortures which are laid up for those who have been neglectful, and especially for those who having known the truth have not, as was right, guided themselves hereby, instead of inheriting the blessedness which is reserved for the saints, [ye would do so].'
St. Pachomius Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 29, 2016, 04:11:30 AM 'Wretch that I am! Oh, most unhappy! Why did I not know my Lord sooner? Why was I so deaf to His calls?'
St. Camillus de Lellis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 30, 2016, 03:22:02 AM 'Oh, what can I say of the precious and divine treasure that our great God has hidden in suffering?'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 31, 2016, 07:32:12 AM 'Go to Confession with humility and devotion. . . if it is possible, every time that you go to Holy Communion, even though you do not feel in your conscience any remorse of mortal sin.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 01, 2017, 06:49:06 AM 'Blessed the one who heart has blossomed like a palm tree by rightness of faith and has not been thrust out, as by thorns, by the heresy of the faithless and impious.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 02, 2017, 03:52:07 AM 'Besides pardoning those who persecute us, we ought to feel pity for the delusion they are labouring under.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 03, 2017, 11:44:52 AM 'It is first of all necessary to purify carefully the hidden recesses of our heart. For that which we desire to gain by bodily purity we must possess in the depths of our conscience, where the Lord resides as judge and superintendent of the games He carefully observes how we run and fight. Thus those things which we are loathe to admit in the open will not even take shape in our interior and we will not even be soiled by any secret connivance. For although it might escape the notice of men, it cannot lie hidden from the knowledge of Almighty God and the holy angels, from whom no secret is hidden.'
St. John Cassian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 04, 2017, 04:49:58 AM 'If in times of dryness in prayer we make acts of humility, self-knowledge, protestations of our own inability to help ourselves, and petitions for God's assistance, all this is real and substantial prayer.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 05, 2017, 06:47:41 AM 'We must become detached from self gratification, our own opinions and sentiments, that we may escape the dangers of a spiritual curiosity, and practise true poverty of spirit.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 06, 2017, 09:58:21 AM 'Every day make a visit to the Blessed Sacrament, and when the duties of your state of life prevent you, visit Him in spirit.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 07, 2017, 06:35:56 AM 'Oh! Lord, I desire thee wholly, for in thy clear and strong light I see that the soul can never be at peace until she has attained her last perfection. Oh, sweet Lord! if I believed that I should lose one spark of thee, I could no longer live.'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 08, 2017, 04:42:50 AM 'The state of love may be recognized in the giving of money, and still more in the giving of spiritual counsel and in looking after people in their physical needs.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 09, 2017, 09:50:11 AM 'O men too slow to listen to the appeal of the poor! It was one of your brothers the angels crying to you. He came to prove you and to assure himself whether you forgot the Saviour in your merry makings. I wish to God you had guessed who it was.'
St. Lydwine of Schiedam Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 10, 2017, 03:22:58 PM 'The fraternity of Christ, is closer than the fraternity of blood.'
St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 11, 2017, 03:01:56 AM 'As the wax which we place near the fire assumes any form we wish to give it, so the loving soul ought to obey as soon as her Beloved has spoken.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 12, 2017, 04:31:58 AM 'While man can scarcely keep what belongs to him by nature, Christ gives the grace of sonship through the Cross.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 13, 2017, 06:08:48 PM 'When a sparrow tied by the leg tries to fly, it is held back by the string and pulled down to the earth. Similarly, when the intellect that has not yet attained dispassion flies up towards heavenly knowledge, it is held back by the passions and pulled down to the earth.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 14, 2017, 03:44:38 AM 'St. Prosper says that to save his own soul it will not be enough for a priest to lead a holy life, for he shall be damned with those that are lost through his fault. . . The Council of Cologne declared that if a person take the Order of priesthood without the intention of performing the office of vicar of Jesus Christ, or of saving souls, a great and certain chastisement is reserved for him, as for a wolf and a robber, which he is called in the Gospel. . . And St. John Chrysostom says, "Not on account of their own, but on account of the sins of others that they did not prevent, priests are often condemned to hell."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 15, 2017, 07:41:12 AM 'Another force that drives me to preach and hear confessions is my desire to make my neighbor happy. If there is so much joy in healing the sick, freeing the prisoner, consoling the afflicted, and cheering the sad, then there is far greater joy in bringing one's neighbor to the glory of heaven. It means saving him from every evil and bringing him to the enjoyment of every good -- and for all eternity. Mortals cannot understand this just now, but when they are in glory they will know the great good that was offered them and that they will have, happily, attained. Then they will sing the everlasting mercies of the Lord and bless those who have been merciful to them.'
St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 15, 2017, 06:09:36 PM 'When we enter ornate and clean Basilicas, adorned with crosses, sacred images, altars and burning lamps, we most easily conceive devotion. But on the other hand, when we enter the temples of the heretics, where there is nothing except a chair for preaching and a table for making a meal, we feel ourselves to be entering a profane hall and not the House of God.'
St. Robert Bellarmine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 16, 2017, 09:21:18 PM 'There are mothers who have so little religion or, if you like, are so ignorant that if they want to show off their baby to some neighbouring mothers, they will show it to them naked. Others, when they are putting on diapers, will leave the babies, for a long period of time, uncovered before everyone. Now even if there is no one present at all, you should not do this. Should you not respect the presence of their Guardian Angels? It is the same thing when you are feeding them. Should any Christian mother allow her breasts to remain exposed? And even if they are covered, should she not turn aside to some place where there is no one else? Then there are others who, under the pretext of being foster-nurses, are continually only half-covered. This is very disgusting. It is enough to make even the pagans blush. People are compelled to avoid their company in order not to expose themselves to evil thoughts.
But, you will say to me, even if everyone is around, we must feed our children and change their diapers when they cry! And I shall tell you that when they cry, you ought to do everything you possibly can to quieten them but that it is a far better thing to let them cry a little than to offend God. Alas! How many mothers are the cause of evil glances, of bad thoughts, of immodest touches! Tell me, are these the Christian mothers who should be so reserved? Oh, dear God! What judgment should they expect? Others are so cruel that they let their children run around for the whole morning, during the summer, only half-dressed. Tell me, unhappy people, would it not be better for you to take your places among the savage beasts? Where is your religion, then, and your anxiety to do your duty? Alas! As far as religion is concerned, you have none. As for your duties, have you ever known what they were? That you have not, you give proof every day. Ah, poor children, how unfortunate you are to belong to such parents!' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 17, 2017, 08:03:14 AM 'We must be very careful in the practice of modesty.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 18, 2017, 04:39:42 AM 'Knowledge of what is good for him has been given to every-one by God; but self-indulgence leads to negligence, and negligence to forgetfulness.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 19, 2017, 01:43:44 PM 'When the intellect forgets the purpose of true devotion, then external works of virtue bring no profit.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 19, 2017, 04:21:56 PM 'If charity and sweetness have not truth for their companion they do not deserve the names of charity and sweetness, but those of hypocrisy and vanity.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 20, 2017, 10:18:31 AM 'Failure to do the good that is within your power is hard to forgive. But mercy and prayer reclaim the negligent.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 21, 2017, 02:57:58 AM 'And they did not understand,
Until the flood came and swept them all away.' Matthew 24:39 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 22, 2017, 08:25:19 AM 'The fervour of spirituality is usually very great in the beginning, but afterwards, the Lord fingit se longius ire, makes as though He would go farther: in such a case we must stand firm and not be disturbed, because God is then withdrawing His most holy Hand of sweetnesses, to see if we are strong; and then, if we resist and overcome those tribulations and temptations, the sweetnesses and heavenly consolations return.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 23, 2017, 11:23:12 AM 'First of all, consideration purifies the very fountain, that is the mind, from which it springs. Then it governs the affections, directs our actions, corrects excesses, softens the manners, adorns and regulates the life, and, lastly, bestows the knowledge of things divine and human alike. It is consideration that brings order out of disorder, puts in the links, pulls things together, investigates mysteries, traces the truth, weighs probabilities, exposes shams and counterfeits. It is consideration which arranges beforehand what is to be done, and ponders what is accomplished, so that nothing faulty, or needing correction, may settle in the mind.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 23, 2017, 12:19:43 PM 'A word suffices, sometimes, to dispose us to mental prayer. "Our Father, Who art in heaven" - pronounce those words, and then let the heart act.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 24, 2017, 11:10:36 AM 'When you have committed faults, do not be anxious because anxiety, uneasiness and too much agitation withdraw the soul from God and cause Jesus Christ to withdraw from the soul. Let us, rather, ask pardon of Him and beg His Sacred Heart to restore us to favor.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on January 24, 2017, 04:17:27 PM In The Book of Ecclesiastes: Chapter 11 Verses 1 to 2 expresses: Cast your bread upon the waters; after a long time you may find it again. Make seven or eight portions. :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: :littlepigeons: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 26, 2017, 06:21:40 PM Seven or eight.. numbers with a deeper meaning I suspect..
Let's cast our bread upon the waters.. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 28, 2017, 04:28:03 AM 'But immorality and every uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints.' Ephesians 5:3 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 29, 2017, 12:28:34 PM 'He who speaks rightly should recognize that he receives the words from God. For the truth belongs not to him who speaks, but to God who is energizing him.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 30, 2017, 02:47:42 AM 'You must strive with all possible care to please God in such a manner as neither to do nor behold anything, without first consulting Him, and in everything to seek Him alone and His glory.' St. Alphonsus Rodriguez Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 31, 2017, 03:58:52 AM 'Thus it is clear that our whole fight is against the passions within. Once these have been extirpated from our heart by the grace and help of God, we will readily be able to live not simply with other men, but even with wild beasts, Job confirms this when he says: 'And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you' (Job 5:23). But first we must struggle with the demon of dejection who casts the soul into despair. We must drive him from our heart. It was this demon that did not allow Cain to repent after he had killed his brother, or Judas after he had betrayed his Master. The only form of dejection we should cultivate is the sorrow which goes with repentance for sin and is accompanied by hope in God. It was of this form of dejection that the Apostle said: 'Godly sorrow produces a saving repentance which is not to be repented of (2 Cor. 7:10). This 'godly sorrow' nourishes the soul through the hope engendered by repentance, and it is mingled with joy. That is why it makes us obedient and eager for every good work: accessible, humble, gentle, forbearing and patient in enduring all the suffering or tribulation God may send us. Possession of these qualities shows that a man enjoys the fruits of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, goodness, faith, self-control (cf. Gal. 5:11). But from the other kind of dejection we come to know the fruits of the evil spirit: listlessness, impatience, anger, hatred, contentiousness, despair, sluggishness in praying. So we should shun this second form of dejection as we would unchastity, avarice, anger and the rest of the passions. It can be healed by prayer, hope in God, meditation on Holy Scripture, and by living with godly people.'
St. John Cassian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 01, 2017, 03:07:14 AM 'Put off the old man with his works, and put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 02, 2017, 05:46:01 AM 'Even though one is well advanced in virtue, should he stop mortifying himself, he soon would lose his modesty and virtue – just as fertile soul quickly becomes dry and arid and produces nothing but thorns and thistles if it is not cultivated.'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on February 02, 2017, 04:02:35 PM In The Book of Sirach, Chapter 24 Verse 3 states: Unless you earnestly hold fast to the fear of the Lord, suddenly your house will be thrown down. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 03, 2017, 03:00:35 AM 'Pray for us that Our Lord may enable us to triumph over our enemies so terribly arrayed against us.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 04, 2017, 02:30:25 AM 'Think that human love, which is only a parody of a true love, very often excludes God; that it is a form of egoism, since for people who truly love each other the rest of the world does not exist; and that it is fair that this forgetfulness of God and this indifference towards your neighbour should be expiated.'
St. Lydwine of Schiedam Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 05, 2017, 03:08:06 AM 'When you are alone in your room, take your crucifix, kiss its five wounds reverently, tell it to preach you a little sermon, and then listen to the words of eternal life that it speaks to your heart; listen to the pleading of the thorns, the nails, the precious Blood. Oh, what an eloquent sermon!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 06, 2017, 05:17:40 AM 'At the times when you remember God, increase your prayers, so that when you forget Him, the Lord may remind you.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 07, 2017, 07:02:21 AM The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist. Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 08, 2017, 02:16:31 AM 'Laying away all malice, and all guile, and simulations, and envies, and all detractions, as infants even now born, reasonable, the milk without guile desire ye, that in it you may grow unto salvation: if yet you have tasted that our Lord is sweet.'
1 Peter 2:3 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 09, 2017, 03:05:41 AM 'Sometimes, in prayer, God communicates to the soul, all at once, His treasures of lights and heavenly graces. Imagine that you have in your hand a golden dish, that you pour into it the extract of the rarest and most exquisite perfumes, and that you steep into it a fine cambric handkerchief; this handkerchief will yield a delicious and inexplicable odor, composed of all the perfumes. It is thus my soul feels when I receive those intimate and hidden communications.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 10, 2017, 03:44:05 AM 'O my God, it is consummated! I am dead, and my life is hidden in God with Jesus Christ on the Cross and in the Most Blessed Sacrament!'
St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 11, 2017, 04:45:09 AM 'To labor, to suffer, to be silent, to complain not, to bear no resentment - these are the maxims of the saints, the maxims of a high perfection.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 12, 2017, 04:59:22 AM 'It should suffice for us that God is satisfied. I am sure that neither you nor I wish for anything else. Let us then love our Lord, and give Him all without reserve.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 13, 2017, 04:08:09 AM 'One thing I have asked of the Lord; this will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. (Ps. xxvi. 4.) I will take the chalice of salvation, and will call upon the name of the Lord. (Ps. cxv. 4)'
St. Peter Balsam, singing during his tortures on the rack Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 14, 2017, 05:01:40 AM 'Father, I am hungry; for the love of God give this soul her food, her Lord in the Eucharist. . .'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 15, 2017, 05:53:01 AM 'It is well to choose some one good devotion, and to stick to it, and never to abandon it.'
St. Philip Neri This is a very admirable and helpful llifelong practice! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 16, 2017, 03:42:35 AM 'This is the clear, distinguishing mark of the true follower of Jesus: to suffer anything out of love for Him and to drink a small drop from that bitter chalice which He drank even to the very last drop for us.'
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 17, 2017, 10:10:21 AM 'As the branch separated from the roots soon loses all life and verdure, so it is with good works which are not united with charity.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 18, 2017, 06:14:14 PM 'Better that only a few Catholics should be left, staunch and sincere in their religion, than that they should, remaining many, desire as it were, to be in collusion with the Church's enemies and in conformity with the open foes of our faith.'
St. Peter Canisius Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 19, 2017, 07:38:27 AM 'Heaven grant that I may live to accomplish the Will of my God!'
St. Joseph, his oft repeated words, revealed to St. Bridget of Sweden Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 20, 2017, 05:24:55 AM 'Behold how you encounter in your father an image of the Eternal Father. For this reason we should honor and reverence the one through whom it so pleased God to give us life.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 21, 2017, 11:18:46 AM 'Among the different means that we have of pleasing God in all that we do, one of the most efficacious is to perform each of our actions as though it were to be the last of our life.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 22, 2017, 07:31:03 AM 'In order to bear our afflictions with patience, it is very useful to read the lives and legends of the saints who endured great torments for Jesus Christ.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 23, 2017, 08:56:11 AM 'If we find nothing in the world to please us, we ought to be pleased by this very not finding anything to please us.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: CyrilSebastian on February 23, 2017, 04:17:01 PM In The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 55 Verse 6 states:
Seek the Lord while he may be found, call him while he is near. :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 28, 2017, 02:42:44 AM 'Truly, matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in earnest to reform ourselves, a really good beginning will have been made.'
St. Peter of Alcantara Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 03, 2017, 03:27:33 AM 'Indeed, the true friends of the people are neither revolutionaries, nor innovators: they are traditionalists.'
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 04, 2017, 08:15:58 AM 'The devil has always attempted by means of heretics to deprive the world of the Mass, making them precursors of the antichrist, who before anything else will try to abolish and will actually abolish the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as a punishment for the sins of men, according to the prediction of Daniel, "And strength was given him against the continual sacrifice." (Daniel 8:12)'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 04, 2017, 08:21:53 AM I remember a sermon I once heard of how the Holy Mass was abolished in England in the time of Henry VIII. The "Reformers" did not abolish it in such a way that there was nothing at all, they rather replaced it, with the Protestant substitute service, claiming it was a better version free of the flaws of the previous. And the many Catholic.. or rather formerly Catholic priests and bishops who went over and became Protestants, promoted it. Still to this day too, the Anglicans, still call themselves "Catholic".
Also of course, Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries, collecting all the monies he could from stealing all the land, buildings, and belongings.. selling them off.. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 05, 2017, 05:25:18 AM 'Many seducers are gone into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh: this is a seducer and an Anti-christ.'
2 John 7 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 05, 2017, 05:29:19 AM 'Heretofore perhaps they were able to dissimulate: now they are called Antichrists. For who can but execrate them, and fly from their communion like a taint, or the poison of a serpent? The whole Church everywhere is mourning, every city groans, aged bishops are suffering in exile, and heretics dissembling, who while denying Christ have made themselves publicans, sitting in the Churches and exacting revenue.'
St. Athanasius Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 06, 2017, 07:10:39 AM 'As I hear, so I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.'
John 5:30 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 07, 2017, 02:42:55 AM 'Everywhere, the good are rare and the wicked great in number. Who does not know that today there is so much libertinage among mature men, liberty among young girls, vanity among women, licentiousness in the nobility, corruption in the middle class, dissolution in the people, impudence among the poor, that one could say what David said of his times: "All alike have gone astray. . . there is not even one who does good, not even one."'
St. Leonard of Port Maurice Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 07, 2017, 08:43:23 AM 'Is unbelief a mortal sin? Listen to Our Lord: "If you do not believe that I am He, you shall die in your sins!"'
St. Benedict Joseph Labre Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 08, 2017, 04:14:45 AM 'Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 08, 2017, 04:21:55 AM 'God pardons sin; but He will not pardon the will to sin.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 09, 2017, 03:05:59 AM 'When I see and contemplate what God is, and what our own misery is, and behold the many ways by which he seeks to exalt us, I am transported beyond myself with astonishment. On the part of man, I see such a perversity and rebellion against God, that it seems impossible to bend his will except by the lure of things greater than those he enjoys here in this life. This is because the soul loves visible things, and will not renounce one but with the hope of four. And even with this hope, she would still seek to escape, if God did not retain her by his exterior and interior graces, without which man, whose instincts are naturally corrupt, could not be saved; for we are naturally corrupt, could not be saved; for we are naturally prone to add actual to original sin, and to continually tend toward earth for our satisfactions.'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 10, 2017, 04:03:10 AM 'If a man should have no one to instruct him, God will show him, unless he culpably wishes to remain where he is.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 11, 2017, 07:43:14 AM 'it is not the intellect that understands, but the soul through the intellect'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 12, 2017, 01:31:56 AM 'Anselm.. If you should find yourself in the sight of God, and one said to you: "Look thither;" and God, on the other hand, should say: "It is not my will that you should look;" ask your own heart what there is in all existing things which would make it right for you to give that look contrary to the will of God.
Boso. I can find no motive which would make it right; unless, indeed I am so situated as to make it necessary for me either to do this, or some greater sin. Anselm.. Put away all such necessity, and ask with regard to this sin only whether you can do it even for your own salvation. Boso. I see plainly that I cannot. Anselm.. Not to detain you too long; what if it were necessary either that the whole universe, except God himself, should perish and fall back into nothing, or else that you should do so small a thing against the will of God? Boso. When I consider the action itself, it appears very slight; but when I view it as contrary to the will of God, I know of nothing so grievous, and of no loss that will compare with it; but sometimes we oppose anothers' will without blame in order to preserve his property, so that afterwards he is glad that we opposed him. Anselm.. This is in the case of man, who often does not know what is useful for him, or cannot make up his loss; but God is in want of nothing, and, should all things perish, can restore them as easily as he created them. Boso. I must confess that I ought not to oppose the will of God even to preserve the whole creation. Anselm.. What if there were more worlds as full of beings as this? Boso. Were they increased to an infinite extent, and held before me in like manner, my reply would be the same. Anselm.. You cannot answer more correctly, but consider, also, should it happen that you gave the look contrary to God's will, what payment you can make for this sin? Boso. I can only repeat what I said before. Anselm.. So heinous is our sin whenever we knowingly oppose the will of God even in the slightest thing; since we are always in his sight, and he always enjoins it upon us not to sin. Boso. I cannot deny it.' St. Anselm of Canterbury, 'Cur Deus Homo' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 12, 2017, 08:53:33 AM 'A good conscience is found through prayer, and pure prayer through the conscience. Each by nature needs the other.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 13, 2017, 06:25:23 AM 'How are they of the Catholic Church, who have shaken off the Apostolical faith, and become authors of fresh evils?'
St. Athanasius Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 14, 2017, 06:25:13 AM 'In what does the praise of God consist, if not in a lamentation of the soul that it can never praise Him as it desires? And the desires, devotion, prayer and good will that a soul has to do good, all this is a sorrowful lamentation, and when I come to supply for it Myself, I heal it of all its wounds.'
The Lord, to St. Mechtilde Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 15, 2017, 08:10:47 AM 'O souls! seek a refuge, like pure doves, in the shadow of the crucifix. There mourn the Passion of your divine Spouse, and drawing from your hearts flames of love and rivers of tears, make of them a precious balm with which to anoint the wounds of your Saviour.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 16, 2017, 06:09:56 AM 'O Jesus, hidden under the Eucharistic veils, Thou hast said: "If any one thirst, let him come to Me, and I will refresh him." Do Thou quench my thirst . . . In truth, in truth, Jesus has refreshed me; at some future day He will entirely quench my thirst.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 17, 2017, 06:02:01 AM 'The more the wicked abound, so much the more must we suffer with them in patience; for on the threshing floor few are the grains carried into the barns, but high are the piles of chaff burned with fire.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 17, 2017, 06:47:37 AM 'And again after a few years I was in Britain with my people. who received me as their son, and sincerely besought me that now at last, having suffered so many hardships, I should not leave them and go elsewhere.
And there I saw in the night the vision of a man, whose name was Victoricus, coming as it were from Ireland, with countless letters. And he gave me one of them, and I read the opening words of the letter, which were, `The voice of the Irish'; and as I read the beginning of the letter I thought that at the same moment I heard their voice---they were those beside the Wood of Voclut, which is near the Western Sea---and thus did they cry out as with one mouth: `We ask thee, boy, come and walk among us once more.' And I was quite broken in heart, and could read no further, and so I woke up. Thanks be to God, after many years the Lord gave to them according to their cry.' St. Patrick Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 18, 2017, 07:02:58 AM 'As Jesus has shown me in the Blessed Sacrament a love of preference, I am ready to do every thing to respond to it, but the great virtue that He demands of Me is the renunciation of my own will.'
St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 19, 2017, 09:58:49 AM 'One of the clearest proofs that we love God is to seek only His good pleasure, to desire God alone: Dilectus meus mihi et ego illi - "My Beloved to me, and I to Him " (Cant. ii. 16), and to do His will as soon as we know it.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 20, 2017, 04:18:59 PM 'If you want spiritual health, listen to your conscience, do all it tells you, and you will benefit.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 21, 2017, 10:01:51 AM 'You ought to forget yourself in God; let your spirit fall, as a drop of water, into that immense ocean of charity, to repose there and receive the divine communications, without losing sight of your nothingness. We learn all things in this divine solitude; we learn more things in this interior school by being silent than by talking. St. Mary Magdalen out of love fell at the feet of Jesus; there she was silent, she listened, she loved, she lost herself in love.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 22, 2017, 03:19:24 PM 'Neither did I care to read newspapers, for I should prefer to read a chapter of the Holy Bible wherein I know for sure that what I read is true. In newspapers, as a general rule, one finds only a great deal of lies and useless reading.'
St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 23, 2017, 10:33:31 AM 'Do not claim to have acquired virtue unless you have suffered affliction, for without affliction virtue has not been tested.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 25, 2017, 01:30:58 AM 'What is meritorious is not that a man should be poor, but that, being poor, he should love poverty.'
St. Vincent Ferrer Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 26, 2017, 01:10:48 AM 'The Lord is hidden in His own commandments, and He is to be found there in the measure that He is sought.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 27, 2017, 01:51:03 AM 'Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: Thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie. The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor. . .
For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain. Their throat is an open sepulchre: they dealt deceitfully with their tongues: judge them, O God. Let them fall from their devices: according to the multitude of their wickedness cast them out: for they have provoked thee, O Lord.' Psalm 5:7,10-11 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 28, 2017, 02:36:14 AM 'Prayer is, beyond doubt, the most powerful weapon the Lord gives us to conquer evil passions and temptations of the devil; but we must really put ourselves into our prayer: it is not enough just to say the words, it must come from the heart. And also prayer needs to be continuous, we must pray no matter what kind of situation we find ourselves in: the warfare we are engaged in is on-going, so our prayer must be on-going also.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 29, 2017, 01:06:20 AM 'Resignation is all in all to the sick man; he ought to say to God, "Lord, if You want me, here I am, although I have never done any good: do with me what You will.'"
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 31, 2017, 02:07:02 AM 'An unjust law is no law at all.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 01, 2017, 06:25:48 AM 'Prayer must be humble: God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Here St. James tells us that God does not listen to the prayers of the proud, but resists them; while, on the other hand, he is always ready to hear the prayers of the humble: The prayer of the man that humbleth himself shall pierce the clouds, . . . and he will not depart till the Most High behold. The prayer of an humble soul at once penetrates the heavens and presents itself before the throne of God, and will not depart thence till God regards it and listens to it. However sinful such a soul may be, God can never despise a heart that repents of its sins, and humbles itself: A contrite and humbled heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 02, 2017, 03:10:59 AM 'When the intellect prays without distraction it afflicts the heart; and "a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise" (Ps. 51:17).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 03, 2017, 01:41:05 AM 'But I listen to the Apostle who says: "Preach the word; insist upon it, welcome and unwelcome." Welcome to whom? Unwelcome to whom? By all means welcome to those who desire it; unwelcome to those who do not. However unwelcome, I dare to say: "You wish to stray, you wish to be lost; but I do not want this." For the one whom I fear does not wish this. And should I wish it, consider his words of reproach: "The straying sheep you have not recalled; the lost sheep you have not sought." Shall I fear you rather than him? "Remember, we must all present ourselves before the judgment seat of Christ."'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 04, 2017, 01:51:12 AM '. . . a theologian who is humble, will never teach anything as true Catholic doctrine, unless he is perfectly certain of the truth which he asserts, and proves it from Holy Scripture and the Tradition of the Church.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 05, 2017, 02:10:14 AM 'He who beholds Heaven with a pure eye, sees better the darkness of earth; for, although the latter seems to have some brilliancy, it disappears before the splendor of the heavens.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 06, 2017, 02:59:36 AM 'The lamp of thy body is the eye. If the eye be sound, thy whole body will be full of light. But if it be evil, thy body will be full of darkness. Take care, therefore, that the light that is in thee is not darkness. If, then, thy whole body is full of light, having no part in darkness, it will all be illumined, as when a bright lamp illumines thee.'
Luke 11:33-36 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 07, 2017, 03:23:45 AM 'The hermit's cell is the meeting-place of God and man, a cross-roads for those who dwell in the flesh and heavenly things. For there the citizens of heaven hold intercourse with men, not in the language of the flesh, but by being made manifest, without any clamour of tongues, to the rich and secret places of the soul.'
St. Peter Damian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 08, 2017, 05:00:33 AM 'Everything Christ did was done to keep us bound together and living at peace with one another. . . And so it was that Paul could have accused the Corinthians of many great crimes but he accused them of contentiousness before any other. He could have accused them of fornication, of pride, of taking their quarrels to the pagan courts, of banquets in the shrines of idols. He could have charged that the women did not veil their heads and that the men did. Over and above all this, he could have accused them of neglecting the poor, of the pride they took in their charismatic gifts, and in the matter of the resurrection of the body. But since, along with these, he could also find fault with them because of their dissensions and quarrels with one another, he passed over all the other crimes, and corrected their contentiousness first.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 10, 2017, 04:45:48 AM 'Blessed the one who loves repentance that saves sinners and has not thought of doing ill, like someone ungrateful before God our Saviour.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 12, 2017, 05:58:03 AM 'To die is to be separated from God, to be hardened in sin, to refuse to cleanse the soul by penitent confession. He is dead who has no faith in God, no love for his Maker. But he does not die who always fears God, keeps his conscience pure by frequent confession, and desires to be united to his Lord.'
The Lord, to St. Bridget of Sweden Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 13, 2017, 12:02:42 PM 'Humility, which Christ recommended to us both by word and example, ought to include three conditions. First, we are to consider ourselves, in all sincerity, worthy of the contempt of men; secondly, to be glad that others should see what is imperfect in us and what might cause them to despise us; thirdly, when the Lord works any good in us or by our means, to conceal it, if possible, at the sight of our baseness, and if this cannot be done, to ascribe it to the Divine Mercy, and to the merits of others. Whoever shall attain to this humility, happy is he! And to him who shall not attain it, griefs will never be wanting.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 15, 2017, 07:21:23 AM 'The intellect freed from the passions forms conceptual images that are also passion-free, whether the body is asleep or awake.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 16, 2017, 02:18:16 PM 'Brethren and fathers, because winter has passed and spring has arrived, we see creation flourishing again; the plants are flowering, the earth is growing green, the birds are singing and everything else is being renewed; and we take pleasure in all this and we glorify God the master craftsman who transforms and changes creation year by year, and it is reasonable to do so. Ever since the creation of the world his eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the things he has made [Rom. 1:20]. It is our duty not just to stay where we are, but to advance further and to examine carefully for ourselves the logic of creation. How? Because this renewal has winter as its cause. It would not have reached its prime had it not first undergone snows and rains and winds. And so it is with the soul; unless it is first snowed on by afflictions, troubles and difficulties, it will not flower, it will not fruit; but by enduring, it bears fruit and partakes in a blessing from God, as it is written: Ground that drinks up the rain falling on it repeatedly, and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is cultivated, partakes in a blessing from God [Heb. 6:7]. Therefore, brethren, let us also endure every affliction, every trouble, every trial which assails us both visibly and invisibly, the fast we are drawing out as we hunger and thirst and are otherwise made wretched, so that we may bear fruit and partake of God's blessing; and not only that, but that we may nourish and welcome Jesus as our guest. For just as we enjoy the sight of creation, so he too enjoys the hour of our souls.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 17, 2017, 06:51:43 AM 'And I saw a great white throne, and one sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away, and there was no place found for them.'
Apocalypse 20:11 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 18, 2017, 02:37:14 PM 'I understand that, each time we contemplate with desire and devotion the Host in which is hidden Christ's Eucharistic Body, we increase our merits in heaven and secure special joys to be ours later in the beatific vision of God.'
St. Gertrude the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 19, 2017, 06:02:28 AM 'The best perfection is to do ordinary things in a perfect manner. Constant fidelity in little things is a great and heroic virtue.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 20, 2017, 11:26:08 AM 'The greater part of men will set no value on the blood of Christ, and will go on offending Him.'
St. Isidore of Seville Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 21, 2017, 09:05:28 AM 'He who would become a great saint must labor that God alone may live in him. He will have attained this end when he performs all his actions for the love of God, in union with those of Christ, Who is our way, our truth, and our life. The heart of the true servant of God ought to be an altar whereon is daily offered the gold of charity, the incense of continual and humble prayer, and the myrrh of incessant mortification.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 22, 2017, 01:19:39 AM 'Poverty, so much abhorred by the world, is a precious pearl, and in the sight of God contains all wealth.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 23, 2017, 06:56:37 AM 'I say, God loves His creature with a perfection that cannot be understood, nor could it be even by an angelic intellect which would fail to comprehend even its slightest spark.'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 24, 2017, 11:18:02 AM 'Blessed is he who is not attached to anything transitory or corruptible.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2017, 08:35:56 AM 'To seek to reconcile the faith with the modern spirit leads much further than people think, not only to the weakening of the faith, but to its total loss.'
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 26, 2017, 08:30:27 AM 'Spiritual poverty is complete dispassion; when the intellect has reached this state it abandons all worldly things.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 29, 2017, 06:32:03 PM 'An impassioned conceptual image is a thought compounded of passion and a conceptual image. If we separate the passion from the conceptual image, what remains is the passion-free thought. We can make this separation by means of spiritual love and self-control, if only we have the will.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 30, 2017, 01:34:42 AM 'He who suffers wrong and does not demand any reparation from the man who wronged him, trusts in Christ to make good the loss; and he is rewarded a hundredfold in this world and inherits eternal life (cf. Mark 10:30).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 01, 2017, 03:53:25 AM 'Come now, thou poor child of man, turn awhile from thy business, hide thyself for a little time from restless thoughts, cast away thy troublesome cares, put aside thy wearisome distractions. Give thyself a little leisure to converse with God, and take thy rest awhile in Him. Enter into the secret chamber of thy heart: leave everything without but God and what may help thee to seek after Him, and when thou hast shut the door, then do thou seek Him. Say now, O my whole heart, say now to God, "I seek Thy face; Thy face, Lord, do I seek." Come now then, O Lord my God, teach Thou my heart when and how I may seek Thee, where and how I may find Thee?'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 04, 2017, 02:59:19 AM 'To expose yourself to the danger of sinning, and not to sin, is a greater miracle than raising the dead to life.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 05, 2017, 01:04:39 AM 'Let us pray much; let us pray for one another.'
St. Conrad of Parzham Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 07, 2017, 02:24:21 AM 'To work or to suffer is all one to a heart that loves. Let us, then, leave the future to the loving Providence of this divine Heart Which only asks of us fidelity to the present moment.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 09, 2017, 03:11:46 AM 'He is the Source of all blessings, and will bestow them wherever the picture of His divine Heart is placed and honored.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 10, 2017, 03:02:35 AM 'When you can do good, defer it not, because "alms delivers from death."' [ Tobit 4:10, Tobit 12:9]
St. Polycarp of Smyrna Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 12, 2017, 05:40:17 AM 'Patient self-control and long-suffering love dry up the pleasures of soul and body.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 14, 2017, 05:56:40 AM 'In retirement, solitude and circumspection with thou find thy peace.'
The Blessed Virgin, to Ven. Mary of Agreda Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 15, 2017, 03:33:15 AM 'Let devotion accompany your studies: consult God, the giver of all science and aks Him with humility to make you understand what you read and learn. Interrupt your application by short prayers: never begin or end your studies but by prayer. Learning is a gift of the Father of Lights; do not, therefore, consider it a fruit of your own intellect or industry.'
St. Vincent Ferrer Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 17, 2017, 06:05:58 AM 'In union with the perfect confidence and hope that the Holy and Blessed Virgin placed in Thee, do I hope O Lord.'
Pope St. Pius V Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 18, 2017, 12:46:38 AM 'I know of no other happiness in life than to remain ever hidden in our nothingness -- to suffer and love in silence -- to embrace our crosses, praising and thanking Him Who gives them to us.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 19, 2017, 03:46:44 AM 'He who forsakes all worldly desires sets himself above all worldly distress.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 20, 2017, 11:29:56 AM 'It is not lawful to differ even by a single word from the evangelical and apostolic doctrine, or to think otherwise than as the blessed Apostles and our fathers learned and taught concerning the Holy Scriptures.'
Pope St. Leo the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 21, 2017, 05:03:53 AM 'Every day at nightfall, before sleep comes upon you, excite the judgment of your conscience, demand an account from it, and whatever evil counsels you may have taken during the day . . . pierce them, tear them to pieces, and do penance for them.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 22, 2017, 01:48:18 AM 'One of the best proofs that we advance in virtue is to be at peace amid the attacks and the contradictions of creatures. Be firm on this point, and despise all the assaults of hell. More than ever show your fidelity to God by reposing on the cross with equanimity of spirit, and even exteriorly be calm and serene, without murmur or complaint. Drink of the chalice which Jesus Himself offers you; if it be bitter to the palate, it is sweet to the heart.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 23, 2017, 01:30:49 AM 'Go to one who hath both knowledge and conscience, one of those who know excellently how to discern that which ought to be done. . . Choose one who is good, not anyone, whatever he may be, no! For sometimes thou wilt go to one who hath a carnal mind, and is not instructed, and who will say to thee; it is permitted thee for the sake of pleasure to thy husband to beautify thyself and to deck thself out with ornaments. Out upon him! for he is a beast; do as I say to thee: go to a man of conscience and learning, and who is good.'
St. Bernardine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 25, 2017, 07:46:43 AM 'If we look forward to receiving God's mercy, we can never fail to do good so long as we have the strength. For if we share with the poor, out of love for God, whatever he has given to us, we shall receive according to his promise a hundredfold in eternal happiness. What a fine profit, what a blessed reward! With outstretched arms he begs us to turn toward him, to weep for our sins, and to become the servants of love, first for ourselves, then for our neighbors. Just as water extinguishes a fire, so love wipes away sin.'
St. John of God Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 28, 2017, 01:24:19 AM 'He who with fear of God admonishes or corrects a man who has sinned, gains the virtue that is opposite to that sin. But he who reproaches him out of rancor and ill will becomes subject to a similar passion, according to the spiritual law.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 29, 2017, 01:55:48 AM 'Patience is necessary for the servant of God, and we must not be distressed at trouble, but wait for consolation.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 31, 2017, 05:52:01 AM 'It is well to deny ourselves that which is permitted, in order to avoid more easily that which is not.'
St. Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 01, 2017, 01:19:45 AM 'Rest tranquilly in the loving Heart of our dear Saviour; do not lose peace, even though the world turn upside down.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 02, 2017, 12:21:11 PM 'The law of holiness consists in recollection. When God first calls the soul to Him, He makes it abandon sin by one way alone, recollection of conscience; He makes use of recollection again to lead the soul to a higher state of virtue, and finally, He uses the same means to unite it to Himself in the life of love.
For penitents, then, for those who are making progress, and for those who are nearing the goal, recollection is the law of holiness.' St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 03, 2017, 02:29:43 PM 'If a man reads this or any other work not to gain spiritual benefit but to track down matter with which to abuse the author, so that in his conceit he can show himself to be the more learned, nothing profitable will ever be revealed to him in anything.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 04, 2017, 01:44:44 PM 'Yes, my dear bretheren, we shall see at the Judgement that the largest section of Christians practiced a religion of whim or caprice only -- that is to say, the greatest number of them practiced their religion merely from motives of routine, and very few sought God alone in what they did.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 06, 2017, 04:09:24 AM 'Blessed Jane of the Cross prayed continually for those who gave her any displeasure. Hence her sisters in religion used to say: Whoever desires the prayers of Mother Jane must offer some insult to her. St. Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary, after having prayed for a person who had offended her, heard from God the following words: Know that you never said a prayer more acceptable to me than that which you have just offered, and on account of this prayer I pardon all your sins. Imitate her example, and you shall certainly obtain the pardon and affection of your divine Spouse.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 07, 2017, 02:58:32 AM 'I desire that thou mayest serve Me as an instrument to draw hearts to My love.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 08, 2017, 01:35:08 AM 'Love reigns in virginity of heart.'
St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 10, 2017, 02:18:30 AM 'Ah! the Blood of Jesus Christ, so much insulted, cries more powerfully for vengeance against the sacrilegious priest than the blood of Abel did against Cain. This Jesus Himself declared to St. Bridget. Oh! what horror must God and His Angels feel at the sight of a sacrilegious Mass!'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 11, 2017, 05:13:18 AM 'Do we not see priests who, in church, at the altar, in the confessional, and even when vested for Mass, not only raise their eyes, but turn them round in all directions and fix them on people as if they wished to study them, and who are so uneasy and restive, craning their necks and moving hands and feet, that they show plainly that they cannot control themselves? How is it possible for the people to be edified at such a sight and learn to respect the house of God, and stand with reverence and composure?
On one occasion it happened that a layman came into a church looking for a priest to hear his confession. As soon as he entered he saw a confessor who, having dispatched a penitent from one side of the confessional before turning to the other, had a good look round the church, and not content with that, leaned out straining his eyes in order to get a better view of everything. At such a sight the man took his hat and went out saying that such a confessor would hardly suit him.' St. Joseph Cafasso, 'The Priest, The Man Of God, His Dignity and Duties' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 12, 2017, 03:29:40 AM 'I understand that, each time we contemplate with desire and devotion the Host in which is hidden Christ's Eucharistic Body, we increase our merits in heaven and secure special joys to be ours later in the beatific vision of God.'
St. Gertrude the Great Don't forget this quote my friends! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 14, 2017, 02:43:19 AM 'The Heart of Jesus is closer to you when you suffer than when you are full of joy.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 15, 2017, 04:12:38 AM 'Continue to prepare yourself for everything as a meek lamb. Love to see your plans, though good, frustrated; a time will come when God will permit you fully to execute them.'
St. Paul of the Cross Advice to remember! Trustful surrender to Divine Providence in all! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 17, 2017, 11:57:51 AM 'We were terrified beyond all else by the disastrous state of human society today. For who can fail to see that society is at the present time, more than in any past age, suffering from a terrible and deep rooted malady which, developing every day and eating into its inmost being, is dragging it to destruction? You understand, Venerable Brethren, what this disease is - apostasy from God, than which in truth nothing is more allied with ruin, according to the word of the Prophet: "For behold they that go far from Thee shall perish" (Ps. lxxii., 17)'
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 19, 2017, 12:13:32 PM 'The devotions we practice in honor of the glorious Virgin Mary, however trifling they be, are very pleasing to her divine Son, and He rewards them with eternal glory.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 21, 2017, 10:27:01 AM 'My son, keep the precepts of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy throat. When thou shalt walk, let them go with thee: when thou shalt sleep, let them keep thee, and awaking, talk with them. Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and the way of life the reproofs of discipline.'
Proverbs 6:20-23 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 22, 2017, 02:32:57 AM 'Nothing helps a man more than prayer.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 23, 2017, 08:57:28 AM 'As for you, let that which you have heard from the beginning, abide in you. If that abide in you, which you have heard from the beginning, you also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.'
1 John 2:24 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 24, 2017, 01:46:08 AM 'The love of God inspires the love of our neighbor, and the love of our neighbor serves to keep alive the love of God.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 25, 2017, 04:04:38 AM 'The Gospel not only teaches the faith, it is the school of morals, the mirror of conversation.'
St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 26, 2017, 06:30:08 AM 'Pride is an illusion, a lie and a theft. And since it is a truth of faith that we are nothing, he who esteems himself and thinks that he is someone is a seducer who deceives himself.'
St. Jean Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 26, 2017, 09:49:23 PM 'He who wishes to be wise without the true Wisdom, or saved without the Saviour, is not well, but sick - is not wise, but a fool.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 27, 2017, 06:04:54 AM 'Question the beauty of the earth, the sea, the air distending and diffusing itself, the sky. . . question all these realities. All respond: "See, we are beautiful." These beauties are subject to change. Who made them if not the Beautiful One who is not subject to change?'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 27, 2017, 07:28:06 PM 'Blessed the one who observes with spiritual understanding the choirs of stars shining with glory and the beauty of the heavens and longs to contemplate the Maker of all things.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 28, 2017, 04:48:43 AM 'The Lord has given me to know that, in order to apply to anything intelligibly and holily, I must first go and prostrate at His feet, and there my work will be blessed. I have then firmly resolved never to draw up any plan with out having first thought it over before Our Lord and submitted it to Him for approval.'
St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 29, 2017, 07:53:23 AM 'My Son's heart is as sweet as the sweetest honey and as clean as the purest spring, for whatever belongs to virtue and goodness flows from it as from a spring. His heart is also most pleasant. What is more pleasant to a sensible person than the contemplation of God's love in his creation and redemption, in his life of work and his teaching, in his grace and long-suffering? His love is indeed not fluid like water, but widespread and durable, for it stays with a person until the very end, so much so that if a sinner were standing at the very gates of perdition, even then he would be rescued if he cried out with a purpose of amendment.
There are two ways to reach the heart of God. The first is the humility of true contrition. This leads a person to God's heart and to a spiritual dialogue. The second way is the contemplation of my Son's passion. This removes the hardness of the human heart and makes a person run toward God's heart with joy.' The Blessed Virgin, to St. Bridget of Sweden Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 30, 2017, 12:04:58 AM 'The fear of our Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise Wisdom and doctrine.'
Proverbs 1:7 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 01, 2017, 07:41:59 AM 'I wish that I always had at hand a weeding tool to root up and entirely destroy the weed which continually springs up in my garden. You understand me; I mean that I endeavor to strip my soul of all that is not God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 05, 2017, 04:10:35 AM 'Men always seek to advance in, the knowledge of their secular profession, but are satiated with the mere rudiments of the science of the saints. In all their worldly pursuits, men are never satiated; but in virtue it is sufficient for them to have made a beginning.'
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 07, 2017, 01:18:40 AM 'He who anoints his intellect for spiritual contest and drives all impassioned thoughts out of it has the quality of a deacon. He who illuminates his intellect with the knowledge of created beings and utterly destroys false knowledge has the quality of a priest. And he who perfects his intellect with the holy myrrh of the knowledge and worship of the Holy Trinity has the quality of a bishop.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 08, 2017, 01:42:15 PM 'What I admire more than all is the state of humiliation and obedience which Jesus assumes in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. Behold the grace of predilection for me!'
St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 09, 2017, 07:33:25 PM 'A saint-like soul helps its neighbor and when ill-treated by him is patient, enduring what it suffers at his hands.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 12, 2017, 03:42:30 AM 'The Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ gives you these holy aspirations through the ardent love He bears you, which makes Him desire to possess your heart whole and entire.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 14, 2017, 12:59:40 AM 'When you are before the altar where Christ reposes, you ought no longer to think that you are amongst men; but believe that there are troops of angels and archangels standing by you, and trembling with respect before the sovereign Master of Heaven and earth. Therefore, when you are in church, be there in silence, fear, and veneration.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 14, 2017, 09:47:50 PM 'Stillness, prayer, love and self-control are a four-horsed chariot bearing the intellect to heaven.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan What a beautiful quote! :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 15, 2017, 02:26:34 AM 'He who does that which is displeasing to himself has discovered the secret of pleasing God.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 16, 2017, 04:53:23 AM 'In this golden ciborium I put your Sacramental Communions. In this silver ciborium I put your Spiritual Communions. Both ciboriums are quite pleasing to Me.'
The Lord, to St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 18, 2017, 06:59:21 AM 'It is because of faith that we exchange the present for the future.'
St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 19, 2017, 05:23:32 AM 'A woman who deliberately destroys a fetus is answerable for murder. And any fine distinction between its being completely formed or unformed is not admissible among us.'
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 21, 2017, 06:59:47 AM 'The Church teaches us that mercy belongs to God. Let us implore Him to bestow on us the spirit of mercy and compassion, so that we are filled with it and may never lose it. Only consider how much we ourselves are in need of mercy.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 22, 2017, 10:36:08 AM 'If Peter had not failed to catch anything during the night's fishing (cf. Luke 5:5), he would not have caught anything during the day. And if Paul had not suffered physical blindness (cf. Acts 9:8), he would not have been given spiritual sight. And if Stephen had not been slandered as a blasphemer, he would not have seen the heavens opened and have looked on God (cf. Acts 6:15; 7:56).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 24, 2017, 08:43:14 PM 'Moreover it is all the more remarkable that the more we submit to God's will, the more He tries to meet our wishes. It would seem that as soon as we make it our sole aim to obey Him, He on His part does His best to try and please us. Not only does He answer our prayers but He even forestalls them by granting the very desires we have endeavored to stifle in our hearts in order to please Him, and granting them in a measure we had never imagined.'
St. Claude de la Colombiere Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 26, 2017, 05:09:33 PM 'I wish that all men could understand the great favor that God grants them when, in His goodness, He sends them suffering, and especially suffering devoid of all consolation; for then the soul, like gold which is purified in the fiery crucible, is cleansed, made beautiful, detached from earthly things, and united to the Sovereign Good, without even being conscious of it.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 27, 2017, 05:33:23 AM 'We must cover the failings of our neighbor with the mantle of charity, attributing them to ignorance or inadvertence.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 30, 2017, 01:29:51 AM 'There is nothing of which apostolic men have more need than interior recollection, in order not to endanger their own salvation whilst seeking that of others.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 01, 2017, 01:12:07 AM 'Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 03, 2017, 05:37:21 AM 'Perfection of life consists in drawing close to God. Heaven is the possession of God. In heaven God is contemplated, adored, loved. But to attain heaven it's necessary to be detached from what is earthly. What is the life of a Carmelite if not one of contemplating, adoring and loving God incessantly? And she, by being desirous for that heaven, distances herself from the world and tries to detach herself as much as possible from everything earthly.'
St. Teresa of the Andes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 05, 2017, 07:24:32 AM 'Turn away thy face from a woman dressed up, and gaze not about upon another's beauty.'
Ecclesiasticus 9:8 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 09, 2017, 01:53:30 AM 'Man has been created to praise, honor, and serve the Lord his God, and in this way to save his soul; and everything else on earth exists for man to aid him to reach the end which God has marked out for him in creating him. He must, then, use things as long only as they conduct him. to this end, and abstain from them whenever they turn him aside from it.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 10, 2017, 02:02:45 AM 'St. Paul teaches us to continue "instant in prayer" [Romans 12:12], grounding ourselves in it by long perseverance [Collossians 4:2, Ephesians 6:18]. He also commands us to "pray everywhere" [1 Timothy 2:8] so that no idle one can excuse himself because he lives far from the house of prayer. Any place is suitable for prayer. God accepts those who call to Him with a pure heart and righteous deeds, and seeing their disposition, listens to their supplication, even if the place whence they call to Him has nothing special to distinguish it.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 14, 2017, 03:01:39 AM 'The best remedy for dryness of spirit, is to picture ourselves as beggars in the presence of God and the Saints, and like a beggar, to go first to one saint, then to another, to ask a spiritual alms of them with the same earnestness as a poor fellow in the streets would ask an alms of us.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 15, 2017, 01:48:17 AM 'If, after we have commenced the practice of virtue, we begin to fear and lose heart because of the temptations we experience, no beast on earth becomes so ferocious as the enemy of our souls, so deep is the hatred with which he pursues his wicked designs.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 16, 2017, 01:25:59 AM 'Let us think, if we only got to heaven, what a sweet and easy thing it will be there to be always saying with the angels and the saints, Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 18, 2017, 06:05:00 AM 'Stillness and prayer are the greatest weapons of virtue, for they purify the intellect and confer on it spiritual insight.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 19, 2017, 02:28:38 AM 'O my God! O God infinitely good! how canst Thou bear with a sinner like me!'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 21, 2017, 02:57:29 AM 'All the honey that can be gathered from the flowers of this world has less sweetness than the vinegar and gall of Jesus Christ our Lord.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 21, 2017, 03:44:29 PM 'For when our Lord was suffering upon the cross, the tombs were burst open, the infernal region was disclosed, the souls leapt forth, the dead returned to life, and many of them were seen in Jerusalem, while the mystery of the cross was being perfected; what time our Lord trampled upon death, dissolved the enmity, bound the strong man, and raised the trophy of the cross, His body being lifted up upon it, that the body might appear on high, and death to be depressed under the foot of flesh. Then the heavenly powers wondered, the angels were astonished, the elements trembled, every creature was shaken while they looked on this new mystery, and the terrific spectacle which was being enacted in the universe. Yet the entire people, as unconscious of the mystery, exulted over Christ in derision; although the earth was rocking, the mountains, the valleys, and the sea were shaken, and every creature of God was smitten with confusion. The lights of heaven were afraid, the sun fled away, the moon disappeared, the stars withdrew their shining, the day came to end; the angel in astonishment departed from the temple after the rending of the veil, and darkness covered the earth on which its Lord had closed His eyes.'
St. Alexander of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 22, 2017, 02:27:50 AM 'So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil: and the devil will fly from you. Draw nigh to God: and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you of two minds. Begin to lament, to mourn, to weep. . . Humble yourselves before the Lord and He will exalt you.'
James 4:7-9,10 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 23, 2017, 01:39:23 AM 'Union, intimate union with Jesus, heart to heart with Jesus like Saint John, in purity and in love.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 25, 2017, 02:55:11 AM 'In his mercy the Lord supports all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down' (Ps. 145:14).'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 26, 2017, 08:01:45 AM 'He is the Source of all blessings, and will bestow them wherever the picture of His divine Heart is placed and honored.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 27, 2017, 02:28:27 AM 'O charity! O marvels of love! And for whom? O ungrateful man! how is it possible that you do not love God?'
St. Paul of the Cross Do not forget the advice to honor an image of His Heart in your home! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 28, 2017, 06:18:27 AM 'Knowledge of what is good for him has been given to every-one by God; but self-indulgence leads to negligence, and negligence to forgetfulness.'
St. Mark the Ascetic I think this quote is really a key to greater understanding. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 30, 2017, 04:23:26 AM 'I am going to give you some spiritual advice, that you may advance, every day, in the love of God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 31, 2017, 04:59:03 AM 'As I looked, thrones were placed and one that was Ancient of Days took His seat; His raiment was white as snow, and the hair of His head like pure wool; His throne was like fiery flames, its wheels were like a burning fire. A stream of fire issued and came forth from before him; a thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the court sat in judgment, and the books were opened.'
Daniel 7:9-10 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 02, 2017, 01:23:02 AM 'Let us learn here below to give God the confession of praise which we ought to hope to give Him in heaven above.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 03, 2017, 05:03:34 AM 'Virtue does not consist in making good resolutions, nor in saying fine words, but in keeping ones resolutions and carrying out one's good intentions.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 05, 2017, 07:16:39 AM 'Grace has been given mystically to those who have been baptized into Christ; and it becomes active within them to the extent that they actively observe the commandments. Grace never ceases to help us secretly; but to do good - as far as lies in our power - depends on us.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 06, 2017, 01:49:43 AM 'To obtain the protection of our Blessed Lady in our most urgent wants, it is very useful to say sixty-three times, after the fashion of a Rosary, "Virgin Mary, Mother of God, pray to Jesus for me."'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 07, 2017, 02:21:24 PM 'Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one's flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 08, 2017, 06:15:07 AM 'While dressing in the morning I will think of the Incarnation, in which our Lord put on our nature, and I will thank God for it.'
St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 09, 2017, 04:12:33 AM 'He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.'
St. Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 10, 2017, 06:09:29 AM 'Are you making no progress in prayer? Then you need only offer God the prayers which the Savior has poured out for us in the sacrament of the altar. Offer God his fervent love in reparation for your sluggishness. In the course of every activity pray as follows: "My God, I do this or I endure that in the heart of your Son and according to his holy counsels. I offer it to you in reparation for anything blameworthy or imperfect in my actions." Continue to do this in every circumstance of life.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 11, 2017, 05:53:53 AM 'Weeping is the way that Scripture and our Fathers have handed on to us.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 12, 2017, 11:05:39 PM 'My brother and I were quite frightened to know, from our reading, that suffering and glory were forever. It befell us to speak about this many times and we liked to say, "forever, forever, forever!" Through my frequently saying this, Our Lord left me impressed, even in my childhood, with the pathway to truth.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 12, 2017, 11:09:43 PM 'Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat. How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!'
Matthew 7:13-14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 14, 2017, 02:16:34 AM 'Conformity to the will of God is an easy and certain means of acquiring a great treasure of graces in this life.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 15, 2017, 09:49:39 AM 'You aspire to great things? Begin with little ones.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 15, 2017, 02:26:57 PM 'May the Sacred Heart accomplish in you all His designs and be Himself your strength and your stay, so as to enable you to bear courageously the weight of your responsiblity.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 16, 2017, 02:31:25 AM 'The Apostle commands us to rejoice, but in the Lord, not in the world. For, you see, as Scripture says, whoever wishes to be a friend of this world will be counted as God's enemy. Just as a man cannot serve two masters, so too no-one can rejoice both in the world and in the Lord.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 17, 2017, 01:52:39 AM 'Without contrition of the heart, it is altogether impossible to rid ourselves of evil. Now the heart is made contrite by threefold self-control: in sleep, in food and in bodily relaxation. For excess of these three things leads to self-indulgence; and this in turn makes us accept evil thoughts, and is opposed to prayer and to appropriate work.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 18, 2017, 01:14:20 AM 'God knows how useful it is to us to be obliged to pray, in order to keep us humble, and to exercise our confidence; and he therefore permits us to be assaulted by enemies too mighty to be overcome by our own strength, that by prayer we may obtain from his mercy aid to resist them; and it is especially to be remarked that no one can resist the impure temptations of the flesh, without recommending himself to God when he is tempted.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 19, 2017, 04:33:52 AM 'For can anyone be excused who, by ceasing to pray, has shown that he did not wish to overcome his enemy.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 20, 2017, 02:47:00 AM 'A resolute will triumphs over everything with the help of God, which is never wanting.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 21, 2017, 02:26:04 AM May God grant us a resolute will to serve Him!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 21, 2017, 02:26:14 AM 'The sixth weapon is the memory of the goods of paradise which are prepared for those who lawfully struggle by abandoning all the vain pleasures of the present life in accord with the saying of the most holy doctor Saint Augustine that it is impossible to enjoy present goods and future ones too. So, dear sisters, be content not to have in this world any pleasure or any beloved, and do not grow tired of denying your own will, remembering what our patriarch St. Francis said, that is, that the most excellent and greatest gift that God's servant can receive from God in this world is to conquer himself by denying his own will. So he said: "So great is the good that I behold / that every wound is beloved by me," in order to show how, through the memory of eternal things, he rejoiced in suffering evil.'
St. Catherine of Bologna Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 22, 2017, 03:37:21 AM 'St. Bernard says that poverty was not to be found in heaven, it existed only on earth; but that man, not knowing its value, did not seek after it. Therefore the Son of God came down from heaven to this earth, and chose it for his companion throughout his whole life, that by his example he might also render it precious and desirable to us: "Poverty was not found in heaven, but she was well known on earth, and men knew not her excellence. So the Son of God loved her, and came down from heaven to take her to himself, that we might learn to value her when we see how he regards her."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 23, 2017, 02:05:33 AM 'Never forget Him Who died for love of you. You will only love Him in so far as you know how to suffer in silence, preferring Him to creatures and eternity to time.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 24, 2017, 04:12:17 AM 'Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father.'
1 John 2:23 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 25, 2017, 02:37:49 AM 'He who truly loves his neighbor and can not efficaciously assist him, should strive at least to relieve and help him by his prayers.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 26, 2017, 05:00:01 AM 'The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ is the shortest way to perfection.
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 28, 2017, 01:17:57 AM 'The truly physician-like intellect is one that first heals itself and then heals others of the diseases of which it has been cured.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 29, 2017, 05:57:18 PM 'Every thought has its weight and measure in God's sight. For it is possible to think about the same thing either passionately or objectively.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 30, 2017, 02:10:27 AM 'The hermits of old, those great servants of God, communicated rarely; but because they prepared themselves carefully they received such special graces that, in a short time, they arrived at perfection.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 04, 2017, 04:08:04 AM 'Pride deprives us of God's help, making us over-reliant on ourselves and arrogant towards other people.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 07, 2017, 01:40:27 AM 'See my children; the treasure of a Christian is not on the earth, it is in Heaven. Well, our thoughts ought to be where our treasure is. Man has a beautiful occupation, that of praying and loving. You pray, you love -- that is the happiness of man upon the earth. Prayer is nothing else than union with God. When our heart is pure and united to God, we feel within ourselves a joy, a sweetness that inebriates, a light that dazzles us. In this intimate union God and the soul are like two pieces of wax melted together; they cannot be separated. This union of God with His little creature is a most beautiful thing. It is a happiness that we cannot understand. . . God, in His goodness, has permitted us to speak to Him. Our prayer is an incense which He receives with extreme pleasure.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 08, 2017, 07:27:25 AM 'For what is the ascetic life but mastery of the passions, control of thoughts and unrelenting wrestling against invisible foes? And how should these things not afflict the flesh? But this slight momentary affliction of ours, as it is written, is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory, beyond all measure, because our aim is not what can be seen but what cannot be seen.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 09, 2017, 07:40:31 PM 'He does much in the sight of God who does his best, be it ever so little.'
St. Peter of Alcantara Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 11, 2017, 06:51:28 PM 'The truly humble reject all praise for themselves, and refer it all to God.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 12, 2017, 05:05:07 AM 'If thou wouldst glory, let it be in the Lord, by referring everything to Him, and giving to Him all the honor and glory.'
Ven. Louis de Granada Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 13, 2017, 02:35:40 PM 'True words from a pure conscience betoken unfeigned love.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 14, 2017, 08:10:08 AM 'Prayer is our principal weapon. By it we obtain of God the victory over our evil inclinations, and over all temptations of hell.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 15, 2017, 07:45:07 AM 'What then should a Catholic do if some part of the Church were to separate itself from communion with the universal Faith? What other choice can he make but to prefer to the gangrenous and corrupted member the whole of the body that is sound. And if some new contagion were to try to poison no longer a small part of the Church, but all of the Church at the same time, then he will take the greatest care to attach himself to antiquity which, obviously, can no longer be seduced by any lying novelty.'
St. Vincent of Lerins Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 16, 2017, 09:25:43 AM 'Strive ever to have a loving and filial fear, which will lead you to do good and avoid evil, rejecting all other fears, for they only come from the spirit of darkness.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 17, 2017, 10:53:15 PM '"Learn from Me", He said "for I am gentle and humble in heart" (Matt. 11:29). Gentleness keeps the soul's incensive power in a calm state; humility frees the intellect from conceit and self-esteem.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 19, 2017, 02:04:19 AM 'Do not attempt to explain something difficult with contentiousness, but in the way which the spiritual law enjoins: with patience, prayer and unwavering hope.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 20, 2017, 01:19:59 AM 'He who is not attracted by worldly things cherishes stillness. He who loves nothing merely human loves all men. And he who takes no offence at anyone either on account of their faults, or on account of his own suspicious thoughts, has knowledge of God and of things divine.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 21, 2017, 01:42:30 AM 'Lord, grant that I may know Thee, and that I may know myself.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 22, 2017, 02:23:25 AM 'Be fond of working with your hands, but still more of the memory of prayer; because the first does not always bring us the fruit of that occupation, while the second does so unceasingly. Do not stop praying until you have paid your due of prayer in full, and do not listen to the thought that it is time to sit down to work. Equally, when you sit at work, do not be too concerned in it, lest you agitate the heart by your haste and make it worthless for prayer.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 23, 2017, 01:43:32 AM 'He who has not yet attained divine knowledge energized by love is proud of his spiritual progress. But he who has been granted such knowledge repeats with deep conviction the words uttered by the patriarch Abraham when he was granted the manifestation of God: "I am dust and ashes" (Gen. 18:27).'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 25, 2017, 04:23:22 AM 'If you have not yet received the gift of prayer or psalmody, ask persistently, and you will receive.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 27, 2017, 04:30:39 AM 'In your patience you shall possess your souls.'
Luke 21:19 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 28, 2017, 07:31:52 AM 'The Fathers put compunction as the beginning of every action.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 31, 2017, 06:58:52 AM 'Ever keep the fire of charity burning on the altar of your heart.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 01, 2017, 02:24:20 AM 'Now is the time of a fruitful sowing for eternity, when the harvest will be plentiful. Do not lose courage. Your sufferings endured with patience are worth a thousand times more than any other austerity. This is what God asks of you for the present.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: James - a humble servant on November 01, 2017, 01:10:42 PM A glad spirit attains to perfection more quickly than any other.
~ St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 02, 2017, 03:24:23 AM 'St. Catherine of Bologna, when she wished to obtain any grace, had recourse to the souls in Purgatory, and her prayers were heard immediately. She declared that, by praying to those holy souls she obtained many favors which she had sought through the intercession of the saints without obtaining them. The graces which devout persons are said to have received through the holy souls are innumerable.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 03, 2017, 02:43:50 AM 'As the king would think it faithlessness of an officer, when his post was attacked not to ask him for reinforcements, he would be reputed a traitor if he did not request help from the king; so God thinks himself betrayed by the man who, when he finds himself surrounded by temptations, does not run to him for assistance.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 03, 2017, 07:13:09 AM 'Nothing but self-will can separate us from God.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 04, 2017, 06:51:31 AM 'Neither shall light ever be darkness as long as light exists, nor shall the truth of the things pertaining to us be controverted. For truth is that than which nothing is more powerful. Every one who might speak the truth, and speaks it not, shall be judged by God.'
St. Justin Martyr Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 05, 2017, 02:05:23 AM 'The continual remembrance of the presence of God engenders in the soul a divine state.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 06, 2017, 05:38:12 AM 'It is very useful for those who minister the word of God, or give themselves up to prayer, to read the works of authors whose names begin with S, such as Saint Augustine, Saint Bernard, etc.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 08, 2017, 02:15:38 AM 'Our Lord wishes us to have great charity for our neighbor, for whom we should pray as for ourselves; it is one of the characteristic effects of this devotion to reconcile hearts and to bring peace to souls.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 09, 2017, 04:00:54 AM 'If we would advance in virtue, we must not neglect little things, for they pave the way to greater.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 10, 2017, 10:22:38 PM 'Since they attack the very root of faith either by openly denying, hypocritically undermining, or misrepresenting revealed doctrine, we should above all recall the truth Charles often taught. "The primary and most important duty of pastors is to guard everything pertaining to the integral and inviolate maintenance of the Catholic Faith, the faith which the Holy Roman Church professes and teaches, without which it is impossible to please God." Again: "In this matter no diligence can be too great to fulfill the certain demands of our office." We must therefore use sound doctrine to withstand "the leaven of heretical depravity," which if not repressed, will corrupt the whole. That is to say, we must oppose these erroneous opinions now deceitfully being scattered abroad, which, when taken all together, are called Modernism. With Charles we must be mindful "of the supreme zeal and excelling diligence which the bishop must exercise in combating the crime of heresy."'
Pope St. Pius X, 'Editae Saepe' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 13, 2017, 07:51:35 AM 'When the intellect grows strong, it makes ready to pursue the love which quenches all bodily passions and which prevents anything contrary to nature from gaining control over the heart. Then the intellect, struggling against what is contrary to nature, separates this from what is in accordance with nature. Examine yourself daily in the sight of God, and discover which of the passions is in your heart. Cast it out, and so escape His judgment. Be attentive to your heart and watch your enemies, for they are cunning in their malice. In your heart be persuaded of this: it is impossible for a man to achieve good through evil means. That is why our Savior told us to be watchful, saying: "Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leads to life, and few there are that find it (Matt. 7:14)."'
St. Isaiah the Solitary Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 14, 2017, 01:23:29 PM '. . . in the early days of the faith few indeed -- but they were very upright -- were regarded as monks, and they had received that form of life from the evangelist Mark of blessed memory, who was the first to rule as bishop over the city of Alexandria. They not only retained then those magnificent qualities that we read in the Acts of the Apostles were originally cultivated by the Church and by the throngs of believers but to these they even added things far more lofty. . . they went off to quite secluded places on the outskirts of the city and led a strict life of such rigorous abstinence that even those who did not share their religion were astonished at the arduous profession of their way of life. For day and night they gave themselves over to the reading of Holy Scripture, to prayer, and to manual labor with such fervor that the very appetite for and memory of food only disturbed them every second or third day, when their bodies felt hunger, and they would take food and drink not so much out of desire as out of necessity. Indeed, they would not do this before sunset, so as to link the daytime with the pursuit of spiritual meditation but the care of the body with the night. And other things they did that were far more lofty than these. . .'
St. John Cassian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 15, 2017, 09:03:06 AM 'There are two cries in man, the cry of the angel and the cry of the beast. The cry of the angel is prayer; the cry of the beast is sin. Those who do not pray, stoop towards the earth, like a mole trying to make a hole to hide itself in. They are all earthly, all brutish, and think of nothing but temporal things, . . . like that miser who was receiving the last Sacraments the other day; when they gave him a silver crucifix to kiss, he said, "That cross weighs a full ten ounces." If. . . the poor lost souls, notwithstanding their sufferings, could worship, there would be no more Hell. Alas! they had a heart to love God with, a tongue to bless Him with; that was their destiny. And now they are condemned to curse Him through all eternity. . .'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 16, 2017, 09:13:32 AM 'He who does nothing to dispel love is precious in the sight of God and among men.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 16, 2017, 09:30:40 PM 'Decorum, however, as well as religion, requires that as a Christian, you not allow yourself to sing every sort of song and that you be especially on your guard not to sing indecent songs or those whose words are too explicit or contain double meanings. In a word, it is very unbecoming for a Christian to sing songs that might lead to impiety, that glorify loose living, or that contain expressions and words suggesting that it is an honor and a great pleasure to drink to excess. Besides the fact that it is very uncouth to have these words on your lips, such words might strongly contribute to having someone else fall into such excesses, even if he is not doing so at the moment. Songs can move you with the spirit they contain more strongly than do mere words.'
St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 17, 2017, 09:30:37 AM 'Indeed it is written, Everyone who sins is a slave of sin; but the slave does not abide in the house for ever. The son abides for ever. Since then we too have been granted to have been called sons according to grace, we remain in the house for ever, if we hold firm the beginning of our undertaking to the end.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 18, 2017, 09:45:38 PM 'Man has been created to praise, honor, and serve the Lord his God, and in this way to save his soul; and everything else on earth exists for man to aid him to reach the end which God has marked out for him in creating him. He must, then, use things as long only as they conduct him. to this end, and abstain from them whenever they turn him aside from it.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 19, 2017, 10:36:33 AM 'He who relies on theoretical knowledge alone is not yet a faithful servant: a faithful servant is one who expresses his faith in Christ through obedience to His commandments.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 21, 2017, 02:10:35 AM 'Abandon everything to My good pleasure and let Me accomplish My designs; do not thou interfere in anything, for I will take care of all.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 22, 2017, 04:05:01 AM 'The things of this life are only really happy, as far as they prepare us for the eternal life which follows.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 23, 2017, 04:25:56 PM 'A virtuous life consists in mortifying vices, sins, bad thoughts, and evil affections, and in exercising ourselves in the acquisition of holy virtues.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 24, 2017, 03:18:19 AM 'There are many souls who close their ears against Him because they prefer to speak and hurry through vocal prayers as if a task had been set them to say a certain amount everyday. Do not imitate them. You are doing more by occasionally repeating a single petition of the Our Father than by repeating the whole of it many times in a hurry and not thinking [or willing] what you are saying.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 26, 2017, 04:17:24 AM 'Eating and drinking don't make friendships - such friendship even robbers and murderers have. But if we are friends, if we truly care for one another, let us help one another spiritually. . . Let us hinder those things that lead our friends away to hell.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 27, 2017, 02:29:23 AM 'Yes, my brothers, I ask you, let us stand nobly, rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, persevering in prayer, attentive to our manual work, to the psalmody, the recitation, the readings, that by such occupation we may keep a hold on the mind, dragging it away from being occupied with vanities; since idleness is the mother of wickedness, while work is the guardian of the mind. Not however through these being turned from our state, but placing even greater emphasis on obedience, good order, the repose of our neighbour, all the other things which bring about the salvation of our soul; besides all these praying also for our brothers who have been scattered here and there; for concerning them too, whom I cannot see before my eyes, it is an anguish for me how each one is coming through safely; but at any rate praying earnestly for my humble person, that a word may be given me when I open my mouth, and a life free from deformation; so that from either side both we and you may be saved, in Christ Jesus our Lord, to whom be glory and might, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and always and to the ages of ages. Amen.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 28, 2017, 08:38:59 AM 'My children, we are going to speak of hope: this is what makes the happiness of man on earth. Some people of this world hope too much, and others do not hope enough. Some say, "I am going to commit this sin again. It will not cost me more to confess four than three." It is like a child saying to his father, "I am going to give you four blows; it will cost me no more than to give you one: I shall only have to ask your pardon."
That is the way men behave towards the good God. They say, "This year I shall amuse myself again; I shall go to dances and to the alehouse, and next year I will be converted. The good God will be sure to receive me, when I choose to return to Him." . . . Do you think that He will adapt Himself to everything in your will? Do you think He will embrace you after you have despised Him all your life? Oh, no, indeed! There is a certain measure of grace and of sin after which God withdraws Himself. . . God would not be just if He made no difference between those who serve Him and those who offend Him. My children, there is so little faith now in the world, that people either hope too much, or they despair. Some say, "I have done too much evil; the good God cannot pardon me." My children, this is a great blasphemy; it is putting a limit on the mercy of God, which has no limit -- it is infinite. You may have done enough to lose the souls of a whole parish, and if you confess, if you are sorry for having done this evil, and resolve not to do it again, the good God will have pardoned you.' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 29, 2017, 04:56:49 AM 'Passions work in four stages -- first, in the heart; second, in the face; thirdly, in words; and fourthly, it is essential not to render evil for evil in deeds. If you can purify your heart, passion will not come into your expression; but if it comes into your face, take care not to speak; but if you do speak, cut the conversation short in case you render evil for evil.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 01, 2017, 06:01:09 AM 'It is God Himself who receives what we give in charity, and is it not an incomparable happiness to give Him what belongs to Him, and what we have received from His goodness alone?'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 03, 2017, 03:34:14 AM 'Do thou, therefore, apply thyself unweariedly to the pursuit of holiness, lest thou cease to be the temple of God.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 05, 2017, 02:43:57 AM 'Happy are they who in this life prepare themselves to be judged and saved by Christ our Lord, who must judge us for eternity.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 07, 2017, 11:25:33 AM 'An intellect that does not use its intelligence fails to chastise the soul, and so prevents it from acquiring love and self-control.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 08, 2017, 05:40:52 AM 'The love of Christ arouses us, urges us to run, and to fly lifted on the wings of holy zeal . . . The man who burns with the fire of divine love is a son of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and wherever he goes, he enkindles that flame; he desires and works with all his strength to inflame all men with the fire of God's love. Nothing deters him: he rejoices in poverty; he labors strenuously; he welcomes hardships; he laughs off false accusations; he rejoices in anguish. He thinks only of how he might follow Jesus Christ and imitate Him by his prayers, his labors, his sufferings, and by caring always and only for the glory of God and the salvation of souls.'
St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 10, 2017, 04:30:56 AM 'In the Heart of Jesus be constantly recollected; it is not necessary that you should feel and taste the divine presence, but it is all-important that you keep yourself in that presence by pure faith, devoid of all self-satisfaction.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 11, 2017, 04:28:40 AM 'According to St. Bonaventure, all the angels in heaven unceasingly call out to her: "Holy, holy, holy Mary, Virgin Mother of God." They greet her countless times each day with the angelic greeting, "Hail, Mary", while prostrating themselves before her, begging her as a favour to honour them with one of her requests. According to St. Augustine, even St. Michael, though prince of all the heavenly court, is the most eager of all the angels to honour her and lead others to honour her. At all times he awaits the privilege of going at her word to the aid of one of her servants.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 12, 2017, 06:32:34 AM 'For God is not unjust, that he should forget your work, and the love which you have shewn in his name, you who have ministered, and do minister to the saints.'
Hebrews 6:10 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 14, 2017, 09:50:17 AM 'What, am I not sufficient for thee, I Who am thy beginning and thy last end?'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 16, 2017, 09:50:45 AM 'Be ever ready and disposed to receive Me, because henceforth I will make My abode in thee so as to hold familiar converse with thee.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 17, 2017, 04:08:29 AM 'The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 18, 2017, 03:38:30 AM 'For the greater glory of God, the important thing is not to do many things, but to do all things well.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 19, 2017, 04:07:28 AM 'The life of Christ was but a continuous cross.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 22, 2017, 02:02:47 AM 'The power of evil men lives on the cowardice of the good.'
St. John Bosco Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 24, 2017, 07:54:12 AM 'Last Christmas-day I had the happiness of saying my first Mass in the Church of St. Mary Major, in the chapel where the crib of the Infant Jesus is.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 24, 2017, 05:02:54 PM 'I have often thought of, and meditated on, the holy eagerness of the patriarchs who so sighed for the coming of the Messiah; and I felt confused, and was, moreover, so penetrated with grief, that I could scarcely refrain from weeping, so much was I ashamed to see the tepidity and indifference of these unhappy days.
For who amongst us is filled with so much joy in the fulfillment of this mystery, as did the saints of the Old Testament, at the promises which so called forth their longing desires? Many, it is true, may rejoice at the celebration of this feast; but I am much afraid that it is less on account of the feast, than through vanity.' St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 26, 2017, 01:54:42 AM 'As bread is food for the body and virtue is food for the soul, so spiritual prayer is food for the mind.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 28, 2017, 04:53:51 AM 'When the man once blind received his sight and saw the Lord, he acknowledged Him no longer as Son of David but as Son of God, and worshipped Him. (cf. John 9; 38)'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 30, 2017, 03:45:53 AM 'The intellect becomes a stranger to the things of this world when its attachment to the senses has been completely sundered.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 30, 2017, 07:46:31 PM 'A virtuous soul cultivates good thoughts; a soul full of evil breeds thoughts of depravity.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan My friends let's be good farmers of the soul! :D :farmer: :gardener: :littlepigeons: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 01, 2018, 01:26:28 AM 'If you want with a few words to benefit one who is eager to learn, speak to him about prayer, right faith, and the patient acceptance of what comes. For all else that is good is found through these.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 04, 2018, 06:32:39 AM 'If you find yourself in an abyss of pride and of vain self-esteem, plunge yourself at once into the abyss of the humility of the Sacred Heart. There you must submerge your feelings of pride that are stirred up within you, so that by love of your own abjection you may clothe yourself with His sacred annihilations.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 05, 2018, 04:55:50 AM 'All vices must first be eradicated by the practice of good works in the active life, so that, the mind's eye being purified, one may advance to the contemplation of God in the contemplative life.'
St. Isidore of Seville Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 07, 2018, 02:32:22 AM 'If you have not yet received the gift of prayer or psalmody, ask persistently, and you will receive.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 08, 2018, 04:55:55 PM 'The servant of God ought to seek knowledge, but never to show it or make a parade of it.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 09, 2018, 06:20:40 AM 'I resolve in the first place to remain continually in the presence of God and to ask myself frequently if I would do this or that if my confessor or superior were watching me and especially if God and my guardian angel were present.'
St. Conrad of Parzham, resolutions in the novitiate Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 10, 2018, 04:59:40 AM 'Preserve the harmony of the soul's virtues, and it will bring forth the fruit of righteousness.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 11, 2018, 11:29:56 PM 'Woe to him who neglects to recommend himself to Mary, and thus closes the channel of grace!'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 12, 2018, 02:05:45 AM 'But if these beings angels guard you, they do so because they have been summoned by your prayers.'
St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 13, 2018, 09:29:51 AM 'If any one thought to sweeten the vast waters of the sea with one drop of fresh water, would he not be justly regarded as a fool? So also the man who thinks or hopes to do any good without the help of God grievously deceives himself. If he claims any good as his own, God will not fail to humble and confound him; such a man could never become the Lord's instrument, nor accomplish great things for His glory.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 14, 2018, 12:53:02 PM 'Let us profit by the time which He gives us and delay no longer; but let us not be anxious, for anxiety serves but to increase our trouble.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 17, 2018, 12:57:32 PM 'Go forward, forget yourself, and let Him act, for He loves you; by wanting to do too much, you hinder Him from furthering the work of your perfection.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 18, 2018, 02:17:05 AM 'The path of virtue is painful to nature when left to itself; but nature, assisted by grace, finds it easy and agreeable.'
Ven. Louis de Granada Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 19, 2018, 07:27:49 PM 'If you wish to advance in the love of God, speak of it; for pious conversations are to charity what the wind is to the flame.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 20, 2018, 02:02:28 AM 'Nothing but sin can separate us from God. You do not wish to sin; therefore preserve your heart in peace, and have it constantly turned towards heaven.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 21, 2018, 02:55:10 AM 'We ought to pray God importunately to increase in us every day the light and heat of his goodness.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 22, 2018, 11:02:51 AM 'What did Our Lord answer the curious man in the Gospel who asked Him, "Lord, is it only a few to be saved?" Did He keep silence? Did He answer haltingly? Did He conceal His thought for fear of frightening the crowd? No. Questioned by only one, He addresses all of those present. He says to them: "You ask Me if there are only few who are saved?" Here is My answer: "Strive to enter by the narrow gate; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able." Who is speaking here? It is the Son of God, Eternal Truth, who on another occasion says even more clearly, "Many are called, but few are chosen." He does not say that all are called and that out of all men, few are chosen, but that many are called; which means, as Saint Gregory explains, that out of all men, many are called to the True Faith, but out of them few are saved. Brothers, these are the words of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Are they clear? They are true. Tell me now if it is possible for you to have faith in your heart and not tremble.'
St. Leonard of Port Maurice Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 24, 2018, 03:37:42 AM 'The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue. Therefore, if you want to be rich, beloved, love true riches. If you aspire to the heights of real honor, strive to reach the kingdom of Heaven. If you value rank and renown, hasten to be enrolled in the heavenly court of the Angels.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 25, 2018, 09:04:20 AM 'Just as water and fire cannot be combined, so self-justification and humility exclude one another.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 27, 2018, 05:59:15 AM 'By wishing to do too much, we often spoil everything, constraining our Lord to leave us to act alone and withdraw from us in sorrow.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 28, 2018, 01:56:45 AM 'The trials of life cease to oppress us if we accept them for the love of God.'
Ven. Louis de Granada Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 28, 2018, 05:54:12 AM 'Wherefore it is said:
Awake thou sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall enlighten thee.' Ephesians 5:14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 29, 2018, 07:07:48 AM 'As a mother feels no disgust in dressing the sores of her child, so Mary, the heavenly infirmarian, never refuses to care for sinners who have recourse to her.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 30, 2018, 04:19:10 PM 'God sends us trials and afflictions to exercise us in patience and teach us sympathy with the sorrows of others.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 01, 2018, 02:01:47 AM 'It is through our fulfilling of the commandments that the Lord makes us dispassionate; and it is through His divine teachings that He gives us the light of spiritual knowledge. All such teachings are concerned either with God, or with things visible and invisible, or else with the providence and judgment relating to them.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 02, 2018, 02:54:11 AM 'My watchmen are blind, all of them unaware; They are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams. These are the shepherds which know no discretion; Each of them goes his own way, every one after his own gain, from the first even to the last.'
Isaiah 56:10-11 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 04, 2018, 06:38:36 AM 'Always give the preference to actions which appear to you the most agreeable to God, and most contrary to self-love.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 06, 2018, 03:06:51 AM 'This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 09, 2018, 08:09:37 AM 'Nothing but self-will can separate us from God.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 11, 2018, 07:14:13 AM 'This is the business of our life. By labor and prayer to advance in the grace of God, till we come to that height of perfection in which, with clean hearts, we may behold God.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 12, 2018, 08:44:06 PM 'Pray persistently about everything, and then you will never do anything without God's help.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 13, 2018, 09:37:50 AM 'Take a house that has been for a long time very dirty and neglected -- it is in vain to sweep it out, there will always be a nasty smell. It is the same with our soul after confession; it requires tears to purify it. My children, we must ask earnestly for repentance. After confession, we must plant a thorn in our heart, and never lose sight of our sins. We must do as the angel did to St. Francis of Assisi; he fixed in him five darts, which never came out again.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 15, 2018, 01:55:00 AM 'May the perfect love of God reign in our hearts!'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 15, 2018, 11:45:00 AM 'Souls who aspire to a sublime union with God by contemplation usually suffer interior purgations in one way or another.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 16, 2018, 02:01:21 AM 'When a person who has been living a spiritual life for a long time falls into a serious fault, there is no better way of raising him up again than by exhorting him to manifest his fall to any pious friend with whom he has a particular intimacy: and God will reconduct him to his first estate for the sake of his humility.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 17, 2018, 02:10:41 AM 'It was God's will that I should leave everything that was near and dear to me. I thank him for having called me to religious life where I have found such peace and joy as I could never have found in the world. My plan of life is chiefly this: to love and suffer, always meditating upon, adoring and admiring God's unspeakable love for his lowliest creatures.'
St. Conrad of Parzham Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 18, 2018, 02:43:33 AM 'If I wish thee to be deaf, dumb and blind in My presence, must thou not be content to be so?'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 19, 2018, 04:10:32 AM 'My son, give me thy heart: and let thy eyes keep my ways.'
Proverbs 23:26 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 20, 2018, 09:31:12 AM 'Man has been created to praise, honor, and serve the Lord his God, and in this way to save his soul; and everything else on earth exists for man to aid him to reach the end which God has marked out for him in creating him. He must, then, use things as long only as they conduct him. to this end, and abstain from them whenever they turn him aside from it.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 21, 2018, 05:23:57 AM 'If we want to do something but cannot, then before God, who knows our hearts, it is as if we have done it. This is true whether the intended action is good or bad.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 22, 2018, 02:28:21 AM 'As long as the pot is on the fire, no fly nor any other animal can get near it, but as soon as it is cold, these creatures get inside. So it is for the monk; as long as he lives in spiritual activities, the enemy cannot find a means of overthrowing him.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 23, 2018, 02:22:53 AM 'Jesus expires on the cross! He is dead that we may have life. All creation mourns: the sun darkens, the earth trembles, the rocks burst, and the veil of the temple is rent in twain; my heart alone remains harder than a rock!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 24, 2018, 05:09:42 AM 'The conscience is nature's book. He who applies what he reads there experiences God's help.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 25, 2018, 04:09:29 AM 'It seems to me that the Divine and Sovereign Goodness wishes to give you in His kingdom a most plentiful and munificent reward for the service you render Him; since for the good deeds for which others receive at least a little consolation in return, even as regards man, you have known only pain and most extraordinary contradictions.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 26, 2018, 02:19:52 PM 'Worldly people are miserable when they have crosses, and good Christians are miserable when they have none. The Christian lives in the midst of crosses, as the fish lives in the sea.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 27, 2018, 04:17:52 AM 'When you do a good action, have the intention of first pleasing God, and then of giving good example to your neighbor.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 28, 2018, 05:44:30 AM 'There is no sin nor wrong that gives a man such a foretaste of hell in this life as anger and impatience. It is hated by God, it holds its neighbour in aversion, and has neither knowledge nor desire to bear and forbear with its faults. And whatever is said or done to it, it at once empoisons, and its impulses blow about like a leaf in the wind.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 28, 2018, 08:22:06 AM 'First, discover by reflection whether you are occasionally or habitually negligent. Recollect whether the control of your heart is slipshod and haphazard.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 01, 2018, 04:54:20 AM 'Courage then! Finish what you have begun for the sake of this divine Heart, and rest assured that Our Lord will repay you a hundredfold for all that you do for His love.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 02, 2018, 04:08:14 AM 'We must not be wise according to the flesh. Rather we must be simple, humble and pure.'
St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 03, 2018, 05:39:14 AM 'He who wishes to be wise without the true Wisdom, or saved without the Saviour, is not well, but sick - is not wise, but a fool.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 04, 2018, 04:41:50 AM 'You will not see anyone who is really striving after his advancement who is not given to spiritual reading. And as to him who neglects it, the fact will soon be observed by his progress.'
St. Athanasius Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 05, 2018, 04:16:48 AM 'As all things find rest only in their center and are irresistibly drawn to what is natural to them, even so my heart, wholly absorbed in its center, the humble heart of Jesus, has an unquenchable thirst for humiliations, contempt and oblivion on the part of creatures, and thus I never feel happier than when I am conformed to my crucified Spouse.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 06, 2018, 04:33:24 AM 'The brightest ornaments in the crown of the blessed in heaven are the sufferings which they have borne patiently on earth.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 07, 2018, 10:34:11 AM 'After Antichrist has been slain by lightning on Mount Olivet and his death has been made widely known through out the world, this our earth will exist for forty-five more days; I do not say years, but days. This is clearly to be seen in Daniel (12:11) : "And from the time when the continual sacrifice shall be taken away and the abomination of desolation shall be set up, there shall be one thousand, two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh unto the one thousand, three hundred and thirty-five days." The Doctors say that these forty-five days will be given by God for the conversion of those who have been seduced by Antichrist, but Antichrist will have left behind him so great riches and pleasure that hardly any of the nations will be converted to the Faith of Christ. For there is no savior but Christ, and yet they will not be converted.'
St. Vincent Ferrer Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 08, 2018, 07:33:48 AM 'As far as you can, do some manual work so as to be able to give alms, for it is written that alms and faith purify from sin.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 09, 2018, 08:09:40 AM 'We must endeavor to the utmost of our power to enter into the adorable Heart of our Lord by making ourselves very little and humbly confessing our nothingness, thus losing sight of self entirely.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 10, 2018, 07:15:15 AM 'The wisdom of the Scriptures is learned rather by prayer than by study.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 11, 2018, 06:12:20 AM 'Patient self-control and long-suffering love dry up the pleasures of soul and body.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 12, 2018, 06:44:24 AM 'I want it to be understood that the Saviour was not tempted as we are and that temptation could not be in Him as it is in us, for He was an impregnable stronghold to which it did not have access. Just as a man who is vested from head to toe in fine steel could not be injured in any way by the blows of a weapon, since it would glance off on either side, not even scratching the armor; so temptation could indeed encompass Our Lord but never enter into Him, nor do any injury to His integrity and perfect purity.
But we are different. If, by the grace of God, we do not consent to temptations, and avoid the fault and the sin in them, ordinarily we are nevertheless wounded a little by some importunity, trouble, or emotion that they produce in our heart.' St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 13, 2018, 08:10:28 AM 'No more of the world, no more of the world.'
St. Camillus de Lellis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 14, 2018, 12:11:57 PM 'The reason why I am not permitted to speak of the rewards which He promises to those whom He will employ in this holy work, is that they may act without any other motive than that of His glory and for love of Him alone.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 15, 2018, 08:51:19 AM 'Impel your intellect continually to prayer and you will destroy the evil thoughts that beset your heart.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 16, 2018, 01:47:36 AM 'All who have not believed that Jesus Christ was really the Son of God are doomed. Also all who see the Sacrament of the Body of Christ and do not believe it is really the most holy Body and Blood of the Lord . . . these also are doomed!'
St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 17, 2018, 03:00:44 AM 'Before communion, we ought to exercise ourselves in many acts of virtue.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 18, 2018, 07:30:19 AM O God and Lord of the Powers
by St. Basil the Great O God and Lord of the Powers, and Maker of all creation, Who, because of Thy clemency and incomparable mercy, didst send Thine Only-Begotten Son and our Lord Jesus Christ for the salvation of mankind, and with His venerable Cross didst tear asunder the record of our sins, and thereby didst conquer the rulers and powers of darkness; Receive from us sinful people, O merciful Master, these prayers of gratitude and supplication, and deliver us from every destructive and gloomy transgression, and from all visible and invisible enemies who seek to injure us. Nail down our flesh with fear of Thee, and let not our hearts be inclined to words or thoughts of evil, but pierce our souls with Thy love, that ever contemplating Thee, being enlightened by Thee, and discerning Thee, the unapproachable and everlasting Light, we may unceasingly render confession and gratitude to Thee: The eternal Father, with Thine Only-Begotten Son, and with Thine All-Holy, Gracious, and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 19, 2018, 08:29:54 AM 'Among the things we ought to ask of God, is perseverance in well-doing and in serving the Lord; because, if we only have patience, and persevere in the good life we have begun to lead, we shall acquire a most eminent degree of spirituality.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 20, 2018, 02:26:20 AM 'Charity and cheerfulness, or charity and humility, should be our motto.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 21, 2018, 07:55:04 PM 'Heaven grant that I may live to accomplish the Will of my God!'
St. Joseph, his oft repeated words, revealed to St. Bridget of Sweden Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 23, 2018, 04:26:17 AM 'Wonder not at this; for the hour cometh, wherein all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God. And they that have done good things, shall come forth unto the resurrection of life; but they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.'
John 5:28-29 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 25, 2018, 01:11:36 AM 'Everything in the stable is painful: everything is painful to the sight, for one sees nothing but rugged and dark rocks; everything is painful to the hearing, for he hears only the cries of brute beasts; everything is painful to the smell, from the stench of the litter that is scattered around ; and everything is painful to the touch, for his cradle is only a narrow manger, and his bed only a handful of straw. Look on this Infant God, how lie lies bound up in swaddling-clothes, so that he cannot stir: "God endures," said St. Zeno, "to be bound in swaddling-clothes, because he had come to pay the debts of the whole world."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 26, 2018, 06:07:45 AM 'And he withdrew himself into the desert and prayed.'
Luke 5:16 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 29, 2018, 02:18:59 PM 'Gratitude for graces received is a most efficacious means of obtaining new ones.'
St. Vincent de Paul How important to remember! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 02, 2018, 04:11:43 AM 'Christ died on account of our sins in accordance with the Scriptures' (1 Cor. 15:3); and to those who serve Him well He gives freedom. "Well done, good and faithful servant," He says, "you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter into the joy of your Lord" (Matt. 25:21).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 03, 2018, 07:16:19 AM 'Leave to every one the care of what belongs to him, and disturb not thyself with what is said or done in the world.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 05, 2018, 03:30:05 AM 'It is God Himself who receives what we give in charity, and is it not an incomparable happiness to give Him what belongs to Him, and what we have received from His goodness alone?'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 06, 2018, 08:16:41 AM 'Assuredly there is no one in the world who would not receive every kind of help from Heaven, if he had a truly grateful love for Jesus Christ, such as that which is shown by devotion to His Sacred Heart.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 07, 2018, 10:32:40 PM 'When our Lord inspires us with some good deed, He also gives the strength to do it.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 08, 2018, 12:47:03 PM 'The proper function of the soul's intelligent aspect is devotion to the knowledge of God, while that of its passible aspect is the pursuit of self-control and love.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 09, 2018, 11:00:29 AM 'It is certain that the love of God does not consist in experiencing sweetness or tenderness of heart but in truly serving God in justice, strength and humility.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 11, 2018, 02:13:49 AM 'If you have a heart, you can be saved.'
St. Pambo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 12, 2018, 01:46:00 AM 'The notion that you commit sin in everything you do is a wicked suggestion of the devil; it is not true.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 13, 2018, 01:34:07 AM 'Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow.'
St. Clare of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 14, 2018, 06:21:25 AM 'Your most important business is the care of your soul. This is why, before leaving your room in the morning, you should spend at least a quarter of an hour in meditating on the life, the Passion, and the death of Our Lord Jesus Christ.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 14, 2018, 10:01:04 PM 'In all your actions purify your intention, renew it several times a day, often repeat: All for the greater glory of God!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 15, 2018, 08:47:55 AM 'Prayer is to our soul what rain is to the soil. Fertilize the soil ever so richly, it will remain barren unless fed by frequent rains.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars These last couple quotes are splendid for invigorating the spiritual life! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 16, 2018, 07:52:03 AM 'May the holy name of our Lord be ever blessed; may it be eternally praised by every creature, who has been created and placed in this world only for that end, so just in itself and so lawfully imposed.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 17, 2018, 10:17:33 PM 'Father, I am hungry; for the love of God give this soul her food, her Lord in the Eucharist. . .'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 22, 2018, 10:46:20 AM 'True words from a pure conscience betoken unfeigned love.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 23, 2018, 12:53:09 PM 'In the spiritual life there are three degrees: the first may be called the animal life; this is the life of those who run after sensible devotion, which God generally gives to beginners, to allure them onwards by that sweetness to the spiritual life, just as an animal is drawn on by a sensible object.
The second degree may be called the human life; this is the life of those who do not experience any sensible sweetness, but by the help of virtue combat their own passions. The third degree may be called the angelic life; this is the life which they come to, who, having been exercised for a long time in the taming of their own passions, receive from God a quiet, tranquil, and almost angelic life, even in this world, feeling no trouble or repugnance in anything. Of these three degrees it is well to persevere in the second, because the Lord will grant the third in His own good time.' St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 24, 2018, 04:27:54 AM 'Be humble and courageous in not giving way to despondency on account of your faults or of the slight vexations and humiliations with which you may meet.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2018, 03:39:31 AM 'Your cross is indeed great! Thanks to our only Good, Who holds you on the cross! O beloved cross! O holy cross, tree of life, whence springs eternal life, I salute thee, I embrace thee, I press thee to my heart! Ah! these are the sentiments which ought to animate us in our trials. Courage, then! Courage! Under so heavy a weight human nature will waver, it is true; but the soul will taste a sweet peace in the bosom of God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 28, 2018, 01:35:58 AM 'It is most certain that the malice of our own hearts is the principal cause that hinders us from attaining to our beatitude and everlasting happiness, because it makes us slow to godly actions, dull to virtuous exercises, and suggests a greater difficulty in them than there is, which if it were not a man might walk without any molestation in the way of virtue, and at length without labor attain to his desired end.'
St. Peter of Alcantara Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 29, 2018, 03:50:50 AM 'To instruct your neighbour is the same thing as reproving him.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 01, 2018, 04:44:58 PM 'Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make His spirit, His devotion, His affections, His desires, and His disposition live and reign there. All our religious exercises should be directed to this end. It is the work which God has given us to do unceasingly.'
St. Jean Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 02, 2018, 09:28:47 AM 'But you see before you the mountain of Christian perfection, which is very high, and you exclaim in fearfulness that you can never ascend it. Be of good cheer, my child. When the young bees first begin to live they are mere grubs, unable to hover over flowers, or to fly to the mountains, or even to the little hills where they might gather honey; but they are fed for a time with the honey laid up by their predecessors, and by degrees the grubs put forth their wings and grow strong, until they fly abroad and gather their harvest from all the country round. Now we are yet but as grubs in devotion, unable to fly at will, and attain the desired aim of Christian perfection; but if we begin to take shape through our desires and resolutions, our wings will gradually grow, and we may hope one day to become spiritual bees, able to fly. Meanwhile let us feed upon the honey left us in the teaching of so many holy men of old, praying God that He would grant us doves' wings, so that we may not only fly during this life, but find an abiding resting-place in Eternity.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 03, 2018, 06:09:11 AM 'In God's Name, the counsel of My Lord is safer and wiser than yours. You thought to deceive me, and it is yourselves who are deceived, for I bring you better succor than has ever come to any general or town whatsoever the succor of the King of Heaven. This succor does not come from me, but from God Himself, Who, at the prayers of Saint Louis and Saint Charlemagne, has had compassion on the town of Orleans, and will not suffer the enemy to hold at the same time the Duke and his town!'
St. Joan of Arc Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 04, 2018, 06:49:40 AM 'He who cannot make up his mind to give up all for Christ ought at least to refer all to Him; and to consider the highest honors as infinitely inferior to that one only thing which our Lord and Saviour has declared necessary.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 05, 2018, 06:56:12 AM 'One thing the adorable Heart of Jesus asks of Its friends, viz: purity of intention, humility in action and singleness of purpose.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 07, 2018, 12:20:19 PM 'If our salvation depended only on ourselves, we should have much to fear; but as it is in the hands of God, we can tranquilly repose in Him.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 08, 2018, 07:30:32 AM 'Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. Children must be obedient to their parents in every way; it is a gracious sign of serving the Lord; and you, parents, must not rouse your children to resentment, or you will break their spirits.'
Colossians 3:18-21 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 10, 2018, 01:41:53 AM 'It is a great virtue to accept patiently whatever comes and, as the Lord enjoins, to love a neighbor who hates you.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 11, 2018, 05:23:59 AM 'Let the apostolic man not forget himself: he has not come to handle gold, but mud; he cannot, therefore, watch himself too carefully, that he may not contract the leprosy of which he seeks to cure others.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 12, 2018, 06:58:23 AM 'My heart can neither love nor be attached to aught but to Him alone. All else is nothing and serves but to hinder the purity of love, and to raise a barrier between the soul and her Beloved.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 14, 2018, 04:05:50 PM 'Let a man consider that God always seeth him from Heaven, that the eye of God beholdeth his works everywhere, and that the angels report them to Him every hour.'
St. Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 16, 2018, 12:53:29 AM 'A precious crown is reserved in Heaven for those who perform all their actions with all the diligence of which they are capable; for it is not sufficient to do our part well, it must be done more than well.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 17, 2018, 11:22:17 PM 'In the Old Testament the New is concealed, in the New the Old is revealed.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 18, 2018, 09:56:00 AM 'But it will be well to note what class of people takes comfort in the thought of God. Surely not that perverse and crooked generation to whom it was said, "Woe unto you that are rich; for ye have received your consolation" (Luke 6.24). Rather, those who can say with truth, "My soul refuseth comfort" (Ps. 77.2). For it is meet that those who are not satisfied by the present should be sustained by the thought of the future, and that the contemplation of eternal happiness should solace those who scorn to drink from the river of transitory joys. That is the generation of them that seek the Lord, even of them that seek, not their own, but the face of the God of Jacob. To them that long for the presence of the living God, the thought of Him is sweetest itself: but there is no satiety, rather an ever-increasing appetite, even as the Scripture bears witness, "they that eat me shall yet be hungry" (Ecclus. 24.21); and if the one an-hungered spake, "When I awake up after Thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it." Yea, blessed even now are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they, and they only, shall be filled. Woe to you, wicked and perverse generation; woe to you, foolish and abandoned people, who hate Christ's memory, and dread His second Advent! Well may you fear, who will not now seek deliverance from the snare of the hunter; because "they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts" (I Tim. 6.9). In that day we shall not escape the dreadful sentence of condemnation, "Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire" (Matt. 25.41). O dreadful sentence indeed, O hard saying! How much harder to bear than that other saying which we repeat daily in church, in memory of the Passion: 'Whoso eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood hath eternal life' (John 6.54). That signifies, whoso honors My death and after My example mortifies his members which are upon the earth (Col. 3.5) shall have eternal life, even as the apostle says, "If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him" (II Tim. 2.12).'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 20, 2018, 11:45:11 AM 'If it is not easy to find anyone conforming to God's will who has not been put to the test, we ought to thank God for everything that happens to us.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 24, 2018, 01:22:06 AM 'A day will come, perhaps it is not far off, when we must bid goodbye to life, goodbye to the world, goodbye to our relations, goodbye to our friends. When shall we return, my children? Never. We appear upon this earth, we disappear, and we return no more; our poor body, that we take such care of, goes away into dust, and our soul, all trembling, goes to appear before the good God. When we quit this world, where we shall appear no more, when our last breath of life escapes, and we say our last goodbye, we shall wish to have passed our life in solitude, in the depths of a desert, far from the world and its pleasures. We have these examples of repentance before our eyes every day, my children, and we remain always the same. We pass our life gaily, without ever troubling ourselves about eternity. By our indifference to the service of the good God, one would think we were never going to die.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 25, 2018, 01:09:53 AM 'A fire will destroy Schiedam, for the iniquity of this town is ripe and the hour of the harvest is here. I cannot, alas! disarm the resentment of the Just One. . . I know, my dear sister, that you have in reserve a certain number of planks which were left over in the construction of the house they built for you. Give the order for them to be transferred without delay to the garden here. We will use them to build a shed wherein the homeless may deposit the things they have saved from destruction.'
St. Lydwine of Schiedam Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 26, 2018, 07:08:42 AM 'The errors of others should serve to keep us from adding any of our own to them.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 27, 2018, 01:44:39 AM 'Never neglect prayer. Be strong and constant. Courage! God wishes to make a saint of you. May Jesus bless you!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 28, 2018, 04:34:53 AM 'The first step in the practice of the virtues is faith in Christ; its consummation, the love of Christ.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 29, 2018, 07:24:30 AM 'If you do not want to suffer evil, do not inflict it, since the suffering of it inevitably follows its infliction. "For whatever a man sows he will also reap" (Gal. 6:7).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 01, 2018, 06:01:48 AM 'Persons who live in the world should persevere in coming to church to hear sermons, and remember to read spiritual books, especially the Lives of the Saints.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 02, 2018, 02:11:26 AM 'Behold thy lofty origin, and bethink thee of the due of love thou owest thy Creator. "Let Us make man," said God, "to Our Image and Likeness" (Gen. i. 26). If thou awakest not at this word, O my soul; if thou art not all aflame with love of Him for His so ineffable graciousness of condescension towards thee; if thine inmost marrow burns not with longings after Him, what shall I say? Asleep shall I call thee? Or must I rather think thee dead?'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 04, 2018, 11:12:40 AM 'During life despise that which will avail you nothing at the hour of death.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 05, 2018, 01:54:43 AM 'God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 06, 2018, 06:22:29 AM 'The choice of a state of life decides whether our conduct shall be good or bad.'
St. Gregory Nazianzus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 10, 2018, 03:41:39 AM 'He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name. Who are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.' John 1:10-13 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 11, 2018, 02:39:34 AM 'My heart now experiences such a thirst that a river would not suffice to satisfy it; an ocean is needed to quench this thirst, but it is an ocean of fire and love that I wish to consume.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 15, 2018, 01:57:14 AM 'Jesus helps us to face every tribulation. Holy resignation to his sovereign dispositions is the central, pivotal point which balances the weight of the Cross.'
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 17, 2018, 11:57:28 AM 'What is it that renders death terrible? Sin. We must therefore fear sin, not death.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 18, 2018, 09:40:41 AM 'The best perfection is to do ordinary things in a perfect manner. Constant fidelity in little things is a great and heroic virtue.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 20, 2018, 11:48:59 AM 'Hold your eyes on God and leave the doing to Him. That is all the doing you have to worry about.'
St. Jane Frances de Chantal Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 21, 2018, 08:04:34 AM 'I am the vine: you the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.'
John 15:5 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 22, 2018, 11:54:51 AM 'As the king would think it faithlessness of an officer, when his post was attacked not to ask him for reinforcements, he would be reputed a traitor if he did not request help from the king; so God thinks himself betrayed by the man who, when he finds himself surrounded by temptations, does not run to him for assistance.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 23, 2018, 01:00:27 AM 'The hour is finished - we may say the same of the year; but the time to do good is not finished yet.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 24, 2018, 08:54:13 PM 'We must faithfully keep what we have promised. If through human weakness we fail, we must always without delay arise again by means of holy penance, and give our attention to leading a good life and to dying a holy death. May the Father of all mercy, the Son by his holy passion, and the Holy Spirit, source of peace, sweetness and love, fill us with their consolation. Amen.'
St. Colette Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 25, 2018, 12:07:35 PM 'Steadfast faith is a strong tower; and for one who has faith Christ comes to be all.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 27, 2018, 02:15:11 AM 'I cannot of myself do any thing.'
John 5:30 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 28, 2018, 05:38:15 AM 'You cannot please both God and the world at the same time, they are utterly opposed to each other in their thoughts, their desires, and their actions.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 29, 2018, 02:02:40 AM 'God is my Creator; my Saviour; my Sanctifier. I belong to God, therefore He is absolute master of my body, my soul, and my actions. He wants me to sacrifice my will to Him at every moment and in everything. In the hands of my superiors, I should be like a dead person, or more accurate like a staff. Never mind if they make mistakes. I know that I will never be wrong if I obey with a spirit of faith.
My crown in Heaven should shine with innocence and its flowers should be radiant as the sun. Sacrifices are the flowers Jesus and Mary chose. I must be a victim; that is to say, I should live sacrificially every day as Jesus and Mary did.' St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 30, 2018, 02:19:57 AM 'Blessed the one who has become a good husbandman of the virtues and planted a spiritual vine, plucked the grapes and filled his presses with fruits of life in the Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 01, 2018, 05:58:56 AM 'We must often remember what Christ said, that not he who begins, but he that perseveres to the end, shall be saved.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 02, 2018, 04:09:40 AM 'God was pleased to ransom us, to suffer ignominy to glory us, to choose poverty to enrich us, to die in the disgrace and agony of one condemned to secure for us everlasting life in the happiness of Heaven.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 03, 2018, 05:29:37 AM 'After knowing the will of God in regard to a work which we undertake, we should continue courageously, however difficult it may be. We should follow it to the end with as much constancy as the obstacles we encounter are great.'
St. Vincent de Paul Through hard times the beautiful virtue of perseverance in the Lord's work shines out! :) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 04, 2018, 09:42:38 AM 'To do well and to feel that we do nothing well is a sign of deep humility.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 07, 2018, 04:20:46 AM 'Blessed the one who has before his eyes the day of departure and has hated pride, before the weakness our nature has been proved as it rots in the tomb.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 09, 2018, 03:38:35 AM 'You can make these short prayers while walking or working, and even when in company with others; for though you be externally engaged with others, your heart is free, and through your heart you can benefit your soul, even in the midst of the most serious occupations.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 11, 2018, 04:24:17 AM 'An ordinary action, performed through obedience and love of God, is more meritorious than extraordinary works done on your own authority.'
St. Louis de Blois :D Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 12, 2018, 03:05:49 AM 'It is first of all necessary to purify carefully the hidden recesses of our heart. For that which we desire to gain by bodily purity we must possess in the depths of our conscience, where the Lord resides as judge and superintendent of the games He carefully observes how we run and fight. Thus those things which we are loathe to admit in the open will not even take shape in our interior and we will not even be soiled by any secret connivance. For although it might escape the notice of men, it cannot lie hidden from the knowledge of Almighty God and the holy angels, from whom no secret is hidden.'
St. John Cassian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 14, 2018, 03:34:48 AM 'Yes, my dear bretheren, we shall see at the Judgement that the largest section of Christians practiced a religion of whim or caprice only -- that is to say, the greatest number of them practiced their religion merely from motives of routine, and very few sought God alone in what they did.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 15, 2018, 09:56:43 AM 'What I wish above all is, that you busy yourselves in the pure love of Jesus Christ, in the desire for His glory, and the salvation of souls which He has so dearly purchased.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 16, 2018, 06:48:38 AM 'When people say that it is impossible to attain perfection, to be once and for all free from the passions, or to participate fully in the Holy Spirit, we should cite Holy Scripture against them, showing them that they are ignorant and speak falsely and dangerously. For the Lord said: "Become perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Matt. 5:48), perfection denoting total purity; and: "I desire these men to be with Me wherever I am, so that they may see My glory." (John 17:24) He also said: "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away." (Matt. 24:35) And St. Paul is saying the same as Christ when he writes: ". . . so that we may present every man perfect in Christ." (Col. 1:28) and: ". . . until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ." (Eph. 4:13) Thus by aspiring to perfection two of the best things come about, provided we struggle diligently and unceasingly: we seek to attain this perfect measure and growth; and we are not conquered by vanity, but look upon ourselves as petty and mean because we have not yet reached our goal.
Those who deny the possibility of perfection inflict the greatest damage on the soul in three ways. First, they manifestly disbelieve the inspired Scriptures. Then, because they do not make the greatest and fullest goal of Christianity their own, and so do not aspire to attain it, they can have no longing and diligence, no hunger and thirst for righteousness; (cf. Matt. 5:6) on the contrary, content with outward show and behavior and with minor accomplishments of this kind, they abandon that blessed expectation together with the pursuit of perfection and of the total purification of the passions. Third, thinking they have reached the goal when they have acquired a few virtues, and not pressing on to the true goal, not only are they incapable of having any humility, poverty and contrition of heart but, justifying themselves on the grounds that they have already arrived, they make no efforts to progress and grow day by day. People who think it is impossible to attain through the Spirit the "new creation" of the pure heart (cf. 2 Cor. 5:17) are rightly and explicitly likened by the apostle to those who, because of their unbelief, were found unworthy of entering the promised land and whose bodies on that account "were left lying in the desert." (Heb. 3:17)' St. Symeon Metaphrastis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 17, 2018, 02:15:44 AM 'Your love for God must be so great that grace may triumph over your heart and over all human respect. No more self-introspection. Provided that the good pleasure of the Sacred Heart is accomplished, suffering and enjoyment must be a matter of indifference to you.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 18, 2018, 09:39:45 AM 'There is nothing of which apostolic men have more need than interior recollection, in order not to endanger their own salvation whilst seeking that of others.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 19, 2018, 12:19:49 PM 'It never was, is, or shall be lawful for Catholic Christians to teach any doctrine except that which they have received once and for all time; and it always was, is, and shall be their duty to condemn those who do.'
St. Vincent of Lerins Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 20, 2018, 09:45:27 PM 'Do we not admire Joseph, a young man of seventeen, for enduring his temptation to the end? And God glorified him. Do we not also see Job, how he suffered to the end, and lived in endurance? Temptations cannot destroy hope in God.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 21, 2018, 09:25:20 AM 'God makes all his own the soul that is wholly given to him.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 22, 2018, 02:09:51 AM 'When the body is urged by the senses to indulge its own desires and pleasures, the corrupted intellect readily succumbs and assents to its impassioned fantasies and impulses. But the regenerated intellect exercises self-control and withholds itself from them. Moreover, as a true philosopher it studies how to rectify such impulses.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 25, 2018, 01:11:17 AM 'Holy Communion is the most efficacious means of uniting one's self to God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 28, 2018, 02:28:06 AM 'Blessed the one who has not defiled his hands with unseemly deeds like one accursed, for about this there will be a judgment in the dread day in the presence of the Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 29, 2018, 01:39:36 AM 'To assure our salvation it does not suffice to call ourselves children of Mary, therefore let us always have the fear of God.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 30, 2018, 06:32:35 AM 'A person must be ready to endure, when through a virtuous motive he is mortified by others, and even when God permits him to be in bad odour with others, and regarded and driven away as an infected sheep.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 01, 2018, 02:39:46 AM 'In everything you say, especially when you are trying to restore peace and are giving spiritual exhortations, be on your guard and remember that everything you say may or will become public.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 02, 2018, 07:22:09 AM 'Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat. How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!'
Matthew 7:13-14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 03, 2018, 02:40:43 AM 'Patient self-control and long-suffering love dry up the pleasures of soul and body.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 04, 2018, 02:09:57 AM 'He who is gentle in God's sight is wiser than the wise; and he who is humble in heart is stronger than the strong. For they bear the yoke of Christ with spiritual knowledge.'
St. Mark the Ascetic A beautiful virtue! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 05, 2018, 03:29:25 AM 'The poor would receive even greater aid if the many institutions which our pious ancestors established for their relief had not been closed down or plundered in the recent recurrent public demonstrations. Let Our poor recall the teaching of Christ Himself that they should not be sad at their condition, since their very poverty makes lighter their journey to salvation, provided that they bear their need with patience and are poor not alone in possessions, but in spirit too. For He says: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."'
Pope Pius IX Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 07, 2018, 08:51:09 AM 'When I placed before Him my humble petitions regarding those things that seem difficult to obtain (concerning the devotion to the Sacred Heart), I seemed to hear these words: "Dost thou believe that I can do this? If thou dost believe thou shall behold the omnipotence of My Heart in the magnificence of My love." As I watch its steady progress I hear those other words: "Did I not indeed tell thee, that if thou couldst believe, thou shouldst see thy desires accomplished?"'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 08, 2018, 07:52:28 AM 'We must visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament a hundred thousand times a day.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 11, 2018, 01:28:03 PM 'In order to preserve holy purity it is necessary to love it much, to distrust one's self, to be cautious with all-in a word, it is necessary to fear and to fly.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 13, 2018, 03:36:09 PM 'I wish neither life nor death, but only that which God wills.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 14, 2018, 04:17:01 AM 'To serve the servants of my Lord is my honor and my glory.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 15, 2018, 10:25:05 PM 'When, a house takes fire, the furniture is thrown out of the windows; and when a soul burns with divine love, she, without the aid of sermons, or spiritual reading, or the exhortations of directors, divests herself of all affection for creatures, to possess and to love her only Supreme Good the God of Majesty and Sovereign of the universe.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 17, 2018, 02:30:45 AM 'It is a great achievement not to be attracted by things. But it is a far greater achievement to remain dispassionate in the face both of things and of the conceptual images we derive from them.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 18, 2018, 07:11:44 AM 'There is nothing which is more profitable and more consoling to the mind than to frequently remember the Blessed Virgin.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 19, 2018, 05:50:20 PM 'Jesus Christ at His birth: I contemplate Him there with Mary and Joseph. What conditions, though! Lying in a manger where animals feed! Humiliation, privation, suffering.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 20, 2018, 10:19:32 PM 'Blessed the one who considers those who sleep in their coffins in graves and has rejected every foul smelling desire, for he will rise in glory when the heavenly trumpet sounds, rousing all the children of humankind from sleep.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 21, 2018, 04:42:39 PM 'Nothing but self-will can separate us from God.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 23, 2018, 06:46:49 PM 'Brethren and fathers, because winter has passed and spring has arrived, we see creation flourishing again; the plants are flowering, the earth is growing green, the birds are singing and everything else is being renewed; and we take pleasure in all this and we glorify God the master craftsman who transforms and changes creation year by year, and it is reasonable to do so. Ever since the creation of the world his eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the things he has made [Rom. 1:20]. It is our duty not just to stay where we are, but to advance further and to examine carefully for ourselves the logic of creation. How? Because this renewal has winter as its cause. It would not have reached its prime had it not first undergone snows and rains and winds. And so it is with the soul; unless it is first snowed on by afflictions, troubles and difficulties, it will not flower, it will not fruit; but by enduring, it bears fruit and partakes in a blessing from God, as it is written: Ground that drinks up the rain falling on it repeatedly, and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is cultivated, partakes in a blessing from God [Heb. 6:7]. Therefore, brethren, let us also endure every affliction, every trouble, every trial which assails us both visibly and invisibly, the fast we are drawing out as we hunger and thirst and are otherwise made wretched, so that we may bear fruit and partake of God's blessing; and not only that, but that we may nourish and welcome Jesus as our guest. For just as we enjoy the sight of creation, so he too enjoys the hour of our souls.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 24, 2018, 09:36:52 AM 'Since God Himself is all greatness, He takes pleasure in lowering His greatness to our littleness, that He may be glorified in our infirmity.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 25, 2018, 09:04:10 AM 'I will not let you kick, nor will I feed you with corn, but with chaff; I will tame you by hunger and thirst; I will load you with heavy weights, and accustom you to heat and cold, so that you shall think more of food than of pleasure.'
St. Hilarian, addressing his body Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 27, 2018, 10:45:01 AM 'We should express ourselves in few words; the truth is all its simplicity suffices. We should guard against enlarging on the consequences; truth in itself always carries conviction; too many ornaments but weaken and over-weight it in its struggle with error.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 28, 2018, 01:39:41 AM 'Firmly control anger and desire, and you will speedily rid yourself of evil thoughts.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 29, 2018, 01:00:35 AM 'The days of the Passion are days when the very stones melt into tears. What! the High-Priest is dead, and we cannot weep over Him? We must have lost faith, O my God!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 30, 2018, 10:35:11 PM 'It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 02, 2018, 01:02:59 AM 'A vain question deserves nothing but silence. So learn to be silent for a time; you will edify your brethren and silence will teach you to speak when the hour is come.'
St. Vincent Ferrer Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 06, 2018, 10:27:26 AM 'For Thy sake we came into being, so that we might delight in the paradise which Thou hast planted and in which Thou hast placed us.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 08, 2018, 05:39:06 AM 'Cleanse your vessel, that you may receive grace more abundantly. For though remission of sins is given equally to all, the communion of the Holy Ghost is bestowed in proportion to each man's faith. If you have laboured little, you receive little; but if you have wrought much, the reward is great.'
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 09, 2018, 09:25:09 AM 'Human language cannot express the beauty of a soul which dies in a state of grace.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 10, 2018, 08:24:39 AM 'God is your business and language. Whoever wants to speak to you must learn this language; and if he doesn't, be on your guard that you don't learn his; it will be a hell.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 11, 2018, 05:00:15 AM 'But, you ask, after I have thus burst the chains of my unholy bondage, will no traces remain, and shall I not still carry the scars on my feet-that is, in my wounded affections? Not so, my child, if you have attained a due abhorrence of the evil; in that case all you will feel is an exceeding horror of your unworthy affection, and all appertaining thereto; no thought will linger in your breast concerning it save a true love of God.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 12, 2018, 05:02:20 AM 'The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to Him, the more He thinks of me too.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 13, 2018, 05:42:15 PM 'Eyes, ears, and mouth are the doors of the soul.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 14, 2018, 03:32:01 AM 'My tongue, while I am speaking of my neighbor, shall be in my mouth like a knife in the hand of a surgeon that would cut between the sinews and tendons. The blow I shall give shall be neither more nor less than the truth.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 15, 2018, 02:03:25 AM 'I commend to you devotion in helping your neighbor's soul in such a manner, that you always have a care of your own, to preserve and perfect it in every kind of virtue to the glory of the Lord our God.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 16, 2018, 02:35:58 AM 'All vice is caused by self-esteem and sensual pleasure; you cannot overcome passion without hating them. . . "Avarice is the root of all evil" (1 Tim. 6:10); but avarice is clearly a product of these two components.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 17, 2018, 06:48:49 PM 'If they be faithful and seek no satisfaction in creatures, they pass from pure suffering to the pure love of God. But the fortunate souls who succeed thus far are very few.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 18, 2018, 07:52:51 AM 'The best remedy for dryness of spirit, is to picture ourselves as beggars in the presence of God and the Saints, and like a beggar, to go first to one saint, then to another, to ask a spiritual alms of them with the same earnestness as a poor fellow in the streets would ask an alms of us.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 19, 2018, 02:38:17 AM 'He who does not choose to suffer for the sake of truth will be chastened more painfully by suffering he has not chosen.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 20, 2018, 08:10:39 AM 'Do you ask what piety is? It is leaving time for consideration. You may perhaps tell me that herein I differ from him who defines piety as the worship of God; I do not really differ from him. If you well consider the point you will find that I have expressed his meaning in my own words, only partly, however, I admit. What is so essential to the worship of God as the practice to which He exhorts in the psalm, Be still and see that I am God? This certainly is the chief object of consideration. Is anything, in all respects, so influential as consideration? Does it not by a kindly anticipation create the divisions of the active life itself, in a manner rehearsing and arranging beforehand what has to be done? There must be consideration lest haply affairs which foreseen and premeditated might turn out well, may, if precipitated, be fraught with peril.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 21, 2018, 06:32:57 AM 'Thou hast still a long, painful and rugged path to tread, on which thou wilt often need to take breath and rest in My Sacred Heart; on that account. It shall always be open to thee, as long as thou walkest in Its ways.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 23, 2018, 12:40:35 AM 'If you have anything against any man, forgive it: you come here to receive forgiveness of sins, and thou also must forgive him that has sinned against you. Else with what face will you say to the Lord, "Forgive me my many sins," if you have not yourself forgiven your fellow-servant even his little sins.'
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 23, 2018, 07:48:08 AM 'Decorum requires that you have a great horror for anything even remotely suggesting impurity. Far from allowing yourself to laugh and to make jokes about it, you must show that you do not find anything about the topic in any way amusing. Those who laugh about such things give proof that they live more according to the flesh than according to the spirit and that their hearts are thoroughly corrupt.'
St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 24, 2018, 10:16:39 PM 'If Peter had not failed to catch anything during the night's fishing (cf. Luke 5:5), he would not have caught anything during the day. And if Paul had not suffered physical blindness (cf. Acts 9:8), he would not have been given spiritual sight. And if Stephen had not been slandered as a blasphemer, he would not have seen the heavens opened and have looked on God (cf. Acts 6:15; 7:56).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 25, 2018, 01:13:04 AM 'Let us have no further reserve with Him; let us abandon to Him all that we are, without anxiety about the future, not reflecting on ourselves and our incapacity.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 03, 2018, 04:48:18 AM 'Oh, what can I say of the precious and divine treasure that our great God has hidden in suffering?'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 04, 2018, 04:26:56 AM 'If there be a true way that leads to the Everlasting Kingdom, it is most certainly that of suffering, patiently endured.'
St. Colette Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 05, 2018, 04:29:26 AM 'Consider beforehand what occupations, duties and occasions are likely this day to enable you to serve God; what temptations to offend Him, either by vanity, anger, etc., may arise; and make a fervent resolution to use all means of serving Him and confirming your own piety; as also to avoid and resist whatever might hinder your salvation and God's Glory. Nor is it enough to make such a resolution, -- you must also prepare to carry it into effect. Thus, if you foresee having to meet someone who is hot-tempered and irritable, you must not merely resolve to guard your own temper, but you must consider by what gentle words to conciliate him. If you know you will see some sick person, consider how best to minister comfort to him, and so. . .'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 06, 2018, 05:05:51 AM 'The true preparation for prayer consists in the exercise of mortification; for he who wishes to give himself up to prayer without mortification, is like a bird wishing to fly before it is fledged.'
St. Philip Neri A very important quote! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 07, 2018, 01:26:05 AM 'Do not trust in your own righteousness, do not worry about the past, but control your tongue and your stomach.'
St. Anthony of Egypt Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 08, 2018, 06:01:37 AM 'We come to confession quite preoccupied with the shame that we shall feel. We accuse ourselves with hot air. It is said that many confess, and few are converted. I believe it is so, my children, because few confess with tears of repentance. See, the misfortune is, that people do not reflect. If one said to those who work on Sundays, to a young person who had been dancing for two or three hours, to a man coming out of an alehouse drunk, "What have you been doing? You have been crucifying Our Lord!" they would be quite astonished, because they do not think of it. My children, if we thought of it, we should be seized with horror; it would be impossible for us to do evil. For what has the good God done to us that we should grieve Him thus, and put Him to death again -- Him, who has redeemed us from Hell? It would be well if all sinners, when they are going to their guilty pleasures, could, like St. Peter, meet Our Lord on the way, who would say to them, "I am going to that place where you are going yourself, to be there crucified again." Perhaps that might make them reflect.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 09, 2018, 07:04:27 AM 'When we are compelled by our conscience to accomplish all the commandments of God, then we shall understand that the law of the Lord is faultless (cf. Ps. 19:8. LXX). It is performed through our good actions, but cannot be perfected by men without God's mercy.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 10, 2018, 07:33:57 AM 'I have a presentiment of my approaching end, and I have need of great grace to prepare for it.'
St. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 13, 2018, 09:07:43 AM 'At the times when you remember God, increase your prayers, so that when you forget Him, the Lord may remind you.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 14, 2018, 06:14:12 AM 'We must exercise the spirit which God gives us in prayer, and follow that; so that, when, for example, it inclines us to meditate on the Passion, we must not wish to meditate on some other mystery.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 15, 2018, 02:06:21 AM 'Just as the light of the sun attracts a healthy eye, so through love knowledge of God naturally draws to itself the pure intellect.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 16, 2018, 05:14:58 AM 'Oh, what a profitable exchange to give our hearts to God, and in return to be made the objects of his love. But, because we do not offer him the undivided affections of our souls, he does not bestow upon us all the treasures of his life.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 18, 2018, 02:30:13 PM 'I cannot reach the heights of contemplation, I do not burst into tears of compunction. My mind, overshadowed by the darkness of worldly affairs, endeavours in vain to reach the heights of contemplation; it is weighed down by the business of this world as if with piles of stones.'
St. Peter Damian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 21, 2018, 06:12:26 PM 'In our ascetic warfare we can neither rid ourselves of evil thoughts apart from their causes, nor of their causes without ridding ourselves of the thoughts. For if we reject the one without the other, before long the other will involve us in them both at once.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 22, 2018, 06:50:46 PM 'One day when Blessed Alan was saying Mass, Our Lord, Who wished to spur him on to preach the Holy Rosary, spoke to him in the Sacred Host: "How can you crucify Me again so soon?" Jesus said. "What did you say, Lord?" asked Blessed Alan, horrified. "You crucified Me once before by your sins," answered Jesus, "and I would willingly be crucified again rather than have My Father offended by the sins you used to commit. You are crucifying Me again now because you have all the learning and understanding that you need to preach My Mother's Rosary, and you are not doing so. If you only did this you could teach many souls the right path and lead them away from sin - but you are not doing so and so you yourself are guilty of the sins that they commit." This terrible reproach made Blessed Alan solemnly resolve to preach the Rosary unceasingly.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 23, 2018, 03:17:04 AM 'A monk is a man who has freed his intellect from attachment to material things and by means of self-control, love, psalmody and prayer cleaves to God.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 23, 2018, 05:45:22 PM 'Demonstrate what you think by your bearing and your walk. Have simplicity in the way you present yourself, purity in your walk, gravity in your gestures, honesty in your step. Do not display lasciviousness, arrogance, and superficiality. The stance of the body is the indicator of the mind. Your walk, therefore, should not represent superficiality; your step should not affront yourself or your neighbor.'
St. Isidore of Seville Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 24, 2018, 07:48:29 AM 'Let the simplicity of Christ instruct me, and the true humility of the wise loose me from the chains of doubt. For, as St. Paul says: 'When God showed us His wisdom, the world, with all its wisdom, could not find its way to God; and now God would use a foolish thing, our preaching, to save those who will believe in it.'
St. Peter Damian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 25, 2018, 10:12:11 AM 'Some, when they actively observe the commandments, expect this to outweigh their sins; others, who observe the commandments without this presumption, gain the grace of Him who died on account of our sins. We should consider which of these is right.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 26, 2018, 07:25:07 PM 'Those who are going to Communion should prepare themselves for more temptations than usual, for the Lord will not have us stand idle.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 27, 2018, 08:08:16 AM 'Nuptials fill the earth; virginity, paradise.'
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 31, 2018, 11:03:58 AM 'Whilst the enemy sees us humble, he tries to inspire the mind with a false humility, that is to say, an extreme and wicked humility.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 02, 2018, 09:49:15 PM 'If we die with him we shall live with him,
if we bear with him we shall reign with him, if we deny him he will deny us, if we believe not in him, he will remain faithful, he cannot deny himself.' 2 Timothy 2:11-14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 04, 2018, 02:58:27 AM 'When St. Aloysius Gonzaga was a student, he never sought to excuse himself when he was reproached with anything; he said what he thought, and troubled himself no further about what others might think; if he was wrong, he was wrong; if he was right, he said to himself, "I have certainly been wrong some other time." My children, the saints were so completely dead to themselves, that they cared very little whether others agreed with them.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 06, 2018, 02:49:59 AM 'When we have handled something fragrant, our hands perfume whatever they touch, let our prayers pass through the Blessed Virgin's hands, and she will give them fragrance.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 08, 2018, 02:24:42 AM 'For all flesh is as grass; and all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass is withered, and the flower thereof is fallen away. But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel hath been preached unto you.'
1 Peter 1:24-25 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 09, 2018, 02:41:43 PM 'The intellect energized by divine love cultivates good thoughts about God; but when impelled by self-love it produces diabolic thoughts.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 10, 2018, 03:54:32 AM 'In the face of the never-ceasing snares of the enemy, it is necessary to have each day a fixed hour for review, to enter into one's self and consider carefully, in presence of God, all one's thoughts, words, and actions.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 11, 2018, 04:45:43 AM 'Then I read the Gospel, and saw there that a great means of reaching perfection was the selling of one's goods, the sharing of them with the poor, the giving up of all care for this life, and the refusal to allow the soul to be turned by any sympathy towards things of earth.'
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 12, 2018, 07:35:14 AM 'Do not shun poverty and afflictions, these wings of buoyant prayer.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 14, 2018, 04:22:25 AM 'O Immaculate Mary! O glorious Saint Joseph! And you, Saint John, beloved disciple of the Divine Heart, teach me the great science of love! May it draw me powerfully! May I soar at last, may I take flight and hasten to lose myself, unite myself and disappear with you in the adorable heart of Jesus, and Jesus Crucified, the divine heart of Charity, purity, self-denial and perfect submission.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 15, 2018, 03:17:46 AM 'So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil: and the devil will fly from you. Draw nigh to God: and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you of two minds. Begin to lament, to mourn, to weep. . . Humble yourselves before the Lord and He will exalt you.'
James 4:7-9,10 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 16, 2018, 04:48:09 AM 'Your prayer ought to be continual. The place wherein we ought to pray is the spirit of God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 17, 2018, 06:00:44 AM 'Obedience to a commandment purifies the soul, and purification of the soul leads to its participation in light.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 18, 2018, 05:05:23 AM 'By virtuous actions break with your sins, break with your crimes by showing mercy to the poor, and so perhaps live long and peacefully.'
Daniel 4:24 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 19, 2018, 05:43:02 AM '. . . most men turn their backs upon crosses, and fly before them. They more they run, the more the cross pursues them, the more it strikes and crushes them with burdens. . . If you were wise, you would go to meet it like St. Andrew, who said, when he saw the cross prepared for him and raised up into the air, "Hail, O good cross! O admirable cross! O desirable cross! receive me into thy arms, withdraw me from among men, and restore me to my Master, who redeemed me through thee."'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 20, 2018, 05:32:37 AM 'If you wish to regain the good graces of Our Lord Jesus Christ, you must no longer commit any voluntary fault, otherwise, you will seek for them in vain.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 22, 2018, 08:52:13 AM 'It is not enough to love our own souls, we must have love for all mankind.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 24, 2018, 05:04:06 PM 'Men have the power of thinking that they may avoid sin.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 25, 2018, 05:41:10 AM 'Discretion is necessary in spiritual life. It is its part to restrain the exercises in the way of perfection, so as to keep us between the two extremes.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 26, 2018, 02:01:24 AM 'I love You, O my God'
by St. Jean-Marie Vianney I love You, O my God, and my only desire is to love You until the last breath of my life. I love You, O my infinitely lovable God, and I would rather die loving You, than live without loving You. I love You, Lord and the only grace I ask is to love You eternally. . . My God, if my tongue cannot say in every moment that I love You, I want my heart to repeat it to You as often as I draw breath.' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 27, 2018, 07:29:22 PM 'Look not to the qualities thou mayest possess, which are wanting to others; but look to those which others possess and which are wanting to thee, that thou mayest acquire them.'
Ven. Louis de Granada Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 28, 2018, 11:20:27 AM 'A virtuous soul cultivates good thoughts; a soul full of evil breeds thoughts of depravity.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 29, 2018, 07:30:53 PM 'The air that we breathe, the bread that we eat, the heart which throbs in our bosoms, are not more necessary for man that he may live as a human being, than is prayer for the Christian that he may live as a Christian.'
St. Jean Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 02, 2018, 12:39:43 AM 'Blessed the one who loves repentance that saves sinners and has not thought of doing ill, like someone ungrateful before God our Saviour.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 02, 2018, 02:03:10 AM 'Do not stop praying as long as, by God's grace, the fire and the water [i.e. fervor and tears] have not been exhausted, for it may happen that never again in your whole life will you have such a chance to ask for the forgiveness for your sins.'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 06, 2018, 04:20:57 AM 'As sailors are guided by star to the port, so are Christians guided to Heaven by Mary.'
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 07, 2018, 02:52:14 AM 'As the king would think it faithlessness of an officer, when his post was attacked not to ask him for reinforcements, he would be reputed a traitor if he did not request help from the king; so God thinks himself betrayed by the man who, when he finds himself surrounded by temptations, does not run to him for assistance.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 08, 2018, 03:46:04 AM 'Dear little friends, this beautiful rosebud is for you; it is one of the beads of your Rosary, and it may seem to you to be such a tiny thing. But if you only knew how precious this bead is! This wonderful bud will open out into a gorgeous rose if you say your Hail Mary really well. . . This Rosary will be your little wreath of roses, your crown for Jesus and Mary.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 09, 2018, 07:00:05 AM 'Whatever a man loves he inevitably clings to, and in order not to lose it he rejects everything that keeps him from it. So he who loves God cultivates pure prayer, driving out every passion that keeps him from it.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 10, 2018, 04:38:41 AM 'One must wage war against his predominant passion, and not retreat, until, with God's help, he has been victorious.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 11, 2018, 09:13:28 AM 'The moment has come when you should more than ever die to all that is not God, that you may the more lovingly commune with Him alone. Let your life be as hidden as possible. Lock yourself up in the great sanctuary of the divine Heart, for there the soul is nourished by her divine Spouse with that wine which strengthens, vivifies, inflames the soul, and causes her to take flight to the contemplation of the supreme Monarch; it is in that sanctuary that the soul learns the science of the saints, which is taught only to the humble.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 12, 2018, 06:45:49 AM 'Love the greatest sinners; love them for the little faith they still have, or if they have none, love them for their past virtues;'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 14, 2018, 03:06:34 AM 'He who wishes for anything but Christ, does not know what he wishes; he who asks for anything but Christ, does not know what he is asking; he who works, and not for Christ, does not know what he is doing.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 15, 2018, 11:18:52 AM 'If you love true knowledge, devote yourself to the ascetic life; for mere theoretical knowledge puffs a man up (cf. 1 Cor. 8:1).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 16, 2018, 05:57:39 AM 'If you want to be certain of being in the number of the Elect, strive to be one of the few, not one of the many. And if you would be quite sure of your salvation, strive to be among the fewest of the few; that is to say: do not follow the great majority of mankind, but follow those who enter upon the narrow way, who renounce the world, who give themselves to prayer, and who never relax their efforts by day or night, so that they may attain everlasting blessedness.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 17, 2018, 05:19:21 AM 'We offend God, because we do not know His greatness.'
St. Benedict Joseph Labre Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 18, 2018, 02:09:59 AM 'On awaking, keep your heart under control, by the remembrance of God, your Love, your only Good. When God inspires you with a sentiment of love, stop and taste it, as the bee sips the honey. . . Ah! when I reflect that my soul is the temple of God, that God dwells in me, how my heart rejoices! All affliction appears to me sweet and light! What a fruitful source of meditation!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 19, 2018, 03:10:57 AM 'The Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ gives you these holy aspirations through the ardent love He bears you, which makes Him desire to possess your heart whole and entire.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 21, 2018, 06:37:36 AM 'After knowing the will of God in regard to a work which we undertake, we should continue courageously, however difficult it may be. We should follow it to the end with as much constancy as the obstacles we encounter are great.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 23, 2018, 04:57:29 PM 'Purity is a supernatural denial of nature, which means that a mortal and corruptible body is rivalling the celestial spirits in a truly marvellous way.'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 24, 2018, 09:39:21 PM 'And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, that shall be to all the people: For, this day, is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David. And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God, and saying: Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will.'
Luke 2:10-14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 26, 2018, 07:13:57 AM 'Oh, blessed is he that converses with Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, in this holy solitude of the manger.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 27, 2018, 07:50:58 AM 'When the afflictions of this life overcome us, let us encourage ourselves to bear them patiently by the hope of heaven.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 30, 2018, 04:07:59 AM 'From humility of heart proceed serenity of mind, gentleness of conduct, interior peace, and every good.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 02, 2019, 01:39:10 AM 'The person who listens to Christ fills himself with light; and if he imitates Christ, he reclaims himself.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 03, 2019, 04:59:59 AM 'There were two precepts of the ancient law concerning the birth of first-born sons. One was, that the mother should remain as an unclean person, retired in her house, for forty days; after which she should go to purify her self in the temple. The other was, that the parents of the first-born should take him to the temple, and there offer him to God. On this day the most holy Virgin desired to obey both precepts. Although Mary was not bound by the law of purification, since she was always a virgin, and always pure; yet, by her love of humility and obedience, she wished to go, like other mothers, to be purified. At the same time she obeyed the second precept, to present and offer her Son to the eternal Father.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 05, 2019, 07:04:28 AM 'When the intellect is absorbed in the contemplation of things invisible, it seeks their natural principles, the cause of their generation and whatever follows from this, as well as the providential order and judgment which relates to them.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 06, 2019, 06:50:39 AM 'Were any one to ask me, no matter at what moment, "Of what are you thinking?" it seems to me I could reply, "God alone occupies my mind."'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 07, 2019, 09:29:26 AM 'God confers a great honor on us when He calls us to walk the same path as His only Son.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 08, 2019, 05:33:37 AM 'The Lord created all mortals in the light, offering the supreme joys of heaven according to their merits.
Blessed is the one who without straying directs his soul toward those heights and is vigilant to preserve himself from all evil. Blessed again is the one who repents after sinning and often weeps because of his fault. Alas! People live as though death did not follow life, as if hell were only an unfounded fable, though burning embrace. Mortals, have a care that you live, all of you, in such a way that you do not have to fear the lake of hell.' St. Bruno Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 10, 2019, 08:49:57 AM 'Such also was Saint Ignatius of Antioch who called himself God-bearer by his bearing in himself the Lord's sufferings. Such was St. Eustratius who cried out in the midst of torments and said, "Now I know that Christ lives in me". O blessed voices and thrice-blessed souls! Whose memorials then do we celebrate? Whose nativities do we feast? To whom do we erect sacred churches, whose relics do we venerate? Is it not those of the Martyrs? Those of the Confessors? Those of the Ascetics? And if here they have been found worthy of so great glory, how much and how great the splendour they would enjoy in the age to come? Ineffable and unimaginable the reckoning! This is the fair business, this the blessed exchange: by small struggles and toils to purchase goods that are eternal and without end. Let us too then imitate them, brethren; let us mingle our blood with the holy blood, for this is possible; for its nature is not dissimilar nor has he changed who says: See, see that I am and I have not changed [Cf. Dt. 32:39 and Mal. 3:6].'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 12, 2019, 10:00:37 AM 'A friend will visit his friend in the morning to wish him a good day; in the evening, a good night; taking also an opportunity to converse with him during the day. In like manner make visits to Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, if your duties permit it. It is especially at the foot of the altar that one prays well. In all your visits to Our Saviour, frequently offer His precious blood to the Eternal Father. You will find these visits very conducive to your growth in the knowledge and love of Our Lord.'
St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 13, 2019, 11:55:54 AM 'Blessed the one who has become like a noble warrior in the Lord's work, rousing the idle, encouraging the faint-hearted in the way of the Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 15, 2019, 08:25:14 AM 'They said therefore to him: Who art thou? Jesus said to them: The beginning, who also speak unto you.'
John 8:25 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 15, 2019, 08:26:43 AM 'Those who will not taste how sweet is the Lord, and who love darkness rather than light, being unwilling to fulfill the law of God, are cursed; for the prophet, speaking of them, says: "Cursed are they that decline from Thy commandments." But, on the contrary, how blessed and happy are they who adore Him (as they ought) in spirit and in truth. Let us praise and beseech Him day and night, saying: "Our Father, Who art in heaven," etc., for we ought always to pray, and not to faint.'
St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 16, 2019, 06:08:28 AM 'Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 18, 2019, 11:02:35 PM 'Preserve the harmony of the soul's virtues, and it will bring forth the fruit of righteousness.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 19, 2019, 09:04:51 AM 'Blessed the one who honours the Saints and loves his neighbour and has banished envy from his own soul; envy through which Cain became his brothers' murderer.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 21, 2019, 03:08:58 AM 'As the flesh is nourished by food, so is man supported by prayers.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 22, 2019, 02:06:47 AM 'When the soul lies resignedly in the hands of God, and is contented with the divine pleasure, it is in good hands, and has the best security that good will happen to it.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 25, 2019, 03:38:43 AM 'Let us serve God; He will certainly take care of us and we shall want for nothing.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 25, 2019, 09:53:32 PM 'You will note that the Lord establishes as the prime good contemplation, that is the gaze turned in the direction of the things of God. Hence we say that the other virtues, however useful and good we may say they are, must nevertheless be put on a secondary level, since they are all practiced for the sake of this one. "You are full of worry and are upset over many things when actually it should be over a few or even one." In saying this the Lord locates the primary good not in activity, however praiseworthy, however abundantly fruitful, but in the truly simple and unified contemplation of Himself.'
St. John Cassian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 26, 2019, 04:25:51 AM 'We should not spare expense, fatigue, nor even our life, when there is a question of accomplishing the holy will of God.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 27, 2019, 02:35:42 AM 'Holy knowledge is the light of the soul; bereft of it, "the fool walks in darkness" (Eccles. 2:14).'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 28, 2019, 07:30:17 AM 'When through dryness or distraction of mind, you feel unable to form any good thought at mental prayer, offer to the Eternal Father the prayer the Sacred Heart makes for you in the Blessed Sacrament, thus to supply for your insufficiency.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 29, 2019, 02:59:18 AM 'O my Mother, to you I sacrifice all other attachments so that my heart may belong entirely to you and to my Jesus.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 30, 2019, 08:31:04 AM 'In God's Name! The soldiers will fight, and God will give the victory.'
St. Joan of Arc Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 31, 2019, 07:21:57 AM 'God is my Creator; my Saviour; my Sanctifier. I belong to God, therefore He is absolute master of my body, my soul, and my actions. He wants me to sacrifice my will to Him at every moment and in everything. In the hands of my superiors, I should be like a dead person, or more accurate like a staff. Never mind if they make mistakes. I know that I will never be wrong if I obey with a spirit of faith.
My crown in Heaven should shine with innocence and its flowers should be radiant as the sun. Sacrifices are the flowers Jesus and Mary chose. I must be a victim; that is to say, I should live sacrificially every day as Jesus and Mary did.' St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 05, 2019, 03:40:54 PM 'May your actions never be unworthy of your words, may it not happen that, when you preach in church, someone might say to himself: "Why does he therefore not act like this?'. How could a teacher, on a full stomach, discuss fasting; even a thief can blame avarice; but in the priest of Christ the mind and words must harmonize.'
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 06, 2019, 03:44:58 AM 'Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which thou hast sanctified.'
Psalm 131:8 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 07, 2019, 05:32:17 AM 'Charity and cheerfulness, or charity and humility, should be our motto.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 08, 2019, 08:50:56 PM 'If you have a heart, you can be saved.'
St. Pambo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 09, 2019, 06:59:39 AM 'Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
This blessedness, dearly beloved, does not derive from any casual agreement or from any and every kind of harmony, but it pertains to what the Apostle says: Be at peace before the Lord, and to the words of the prophet: Those who love your law shall enjoy abundant peace; for them it is no stumbling block. Even the most intimate bonds of friendship and the closest affinity of minds cannot truly lay claim to this peace if they are not in agreement with the will of God. Alliances based on evil desires, covenants of crime and pacts of vice - all lie outside the scope of this peace. Love of the world cannot be reconciled with love of God, and the man who does not separate himself from the children of this generation cannot join the company of the sons of God. But those who keep God ever in their hearts, and are anxious to preserve the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, never dissent from the eternal law as they speak the prayer of faith. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.' Pope St. Leo the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 11, 2019, 02:48:17 PM 'It is no time to speak to creatures when we are before the Eucharistic throne where dwells the Lord of lords, the Master of the world.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 11, 2019, 11:31:36 PM 'Nothing seems tiresome or painful when you are working for a Master who pays well; who rewards even a cup of cold water given for love of Him.'
St. Dominic Savio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 12, 2019, 02:37:38 AM 'Mary, my mother, have pity on me.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 13, 2019, 02:12:28 AM 'To conquer himself is the grandest victory that man can gain.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 14, 2019, 02:22:22 AM 'If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; as I also have kept my Father's commandments, and do abide in his love.'
John 15:10 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 15, 2019, 02:21:17 AM 'Guard yourself from that mother of vices, self-love, which is mindless love for the body. For it gives birth with specious justification to the three first and most general of the impassioned thoughts. I mean those of gluttony, avarice and self-esteem, which take as their pretext some so-called need of the body. All further vices are generated by these three. You must therefore be on your guard, as we have already said, and fight against self-love with great vigilance. For when this vice is eradicated, all the others are eradicated too.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 16, 2019, 03:24:26 AM 'It seems to me we have nothing to fear when we look to God only and seek His glory alone, since He takes into account the goodwill alone of a heart that loves Him.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 18, 2019, 03:29:45 AM 'He who has tasted the things for which he hopes will spurn the things of this world: all his longing will be spent on what he hopes for.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 19, 2019, 05:18:59 AM 'Whosoever revolteth, and continueth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that continueth in the doctrine, the same hath both Father and the Son. If any man come to you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into the house, nor say to him, "God speed you." For he that saith unto him, "God speed you," communicateth with his wicked works!'
2 John 9-11 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 20, 2019, 06:39:03 AM 'When during prayer no conceptual image of anything worldly disturbs your intellect, then know that you are within the realm of dispassion.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 21, 2019, 10:34:30 AM 'Our Lord Jesus has given light to all men, but those who do not trust in Him bring darkness upon themselves.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 23, 2019, 06:43:25 AM 'The Sacred Heart of Jesus is a burning furnace in which our hearts, so cowardly and cold, so faulty and imperfect, are tried and purified as gold in the crucible, in order that they be offered to Him as living victims, wholly immolated and sacrificed to His adorable designs.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 24, 2019, 05:39:27 AM '"A patient man abounds in understanding" (Prov. 14: 29); and so does he who listens to words of wisdom.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 26, 2019, 05:10:28 PM 'You must expect then to be shaped, cut and chiseled under the hammer of the Cross, otherwise you would remain unpolished stone, of no value at all, to be disregarded and cast aside. Do not cause the hammer to recoil when it strikes you. Yield to the chisel that is carving you and the hand that is shaping you.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 28, 2019, 02:18:33 AM 'If everything that exists was made by God and for God, and God is superior to the things made by Him, he who abandons what is superior and devotes himself to what is inferior shows that he values things made by God more than God Himself.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 02, 2019, 06:11:47 AM 'In spiritual life, when you cease to climb, you begin to descend.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 03, 2019, 08:14:01 AM 'Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 04, 2019, 06:17:13 PM 'Once you recognize that the Lord's judgments "are in all the earth" (1 Chr. 16:14), then everything that happens to you will teach you knowledge of God.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 05, 2019, 08:05:07 AM 'When God speaks to souls by lights or impressions, in an angelic manner, without articulated words, His communications are sublime, being purely intellectual. In this case God speaks with great majesty, and His word produces wonderful effects.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 05, 2019, 11:23:17 PM 'Even the holiest desires, whether they refer to the salvation of souls or the needs of the Church, which are very great, should be consumed in the fire of the love of God, whence they proceed, and await God's time for their fulfilment. Meanwhile cultivate one only desire, the most perfect of all; that is, to please God more and more, and to nourish yourself with His will.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 06, 2019, 12:03:03 PM 'The greatest pain which the holy souls suffer in Purgatory proceeds from their desire to possess God. This suffering especially afflicts those who in life had but a feeble desire of heaven.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 07, 2019, 11:14:18 AM 'We should be cordial and affable with the poor, and with persons in humble circumstances. We should not treat them in a supercilious manner. Haughtiness makes them revolt. On the contrary, when we are affable with them, they become more docile and derive more benefit from the advice they receive.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 08, 2019, 02:15:33 PM 'Having once made an entire donation of ourselves, let us not retract it: our Lord will employ every means to sanctify us, in proportion as we make use of every opportunity to glorify Him.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 10, 2019, 01:01:36 PM 'The love which our Blessed Lady had for God was so great, that she suffered keenly through her desire of union with Him; hence the Eternal Father, to console her, sent her His only and beloved Son.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 11, 2019, 12:56:10 AM 'The value of a thing is only its worth before God.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 13, 2019, 01:01:02 AM 'When you have not the means of helping your neighbor, recommend him fervently to God, Whose sovereign dominion holds all creatures in His hand. Counsels gently given heal every wound, but given with asperity only serve to aggravate it tenfold.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 14, 2019, 02:17:36 AM 'It is good to help enquirers with words; but it is better to co-operate with them through prayer and the practice of virtue. For he who through these offers himself to God, helps his neighbor through helping himself.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 16, 2019, 01:36:58 AM 'To consume ourselves for Him is little.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 17, 2019, 02:38:14 AM 'What dost thou fear, since I have answered for thee and made Myself thy surety?'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 18, 2019, 04:52:50 AM 'The poor should not eat dainties.'
St. Benedict Joseph Labre Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 19, 2019, 07:45:19 AM 'When it is possible to avoid the delectation arising out of temptation, it is always a sin to accept it, in proportion to the pleasure we take, and the amount of consent given, whether that be great or small, brief or lasting. . .
Therefore, when you are tempted to any sin, examine whether you voluntarily exposed yourself to the temptation, and if you find that you have done so by putting yourself into its way, or by not foreseeing the temptation, as you ought to have done, then it is sin; but if you have done nothing to bring about the temptation, it is not in anywise to be imputed to you as sin.' St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 20, 2019, 01:14:27 AM 'If you lay down rules for yourself, do not disobey yourself; for he who cheats himself is self-deluded.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 21, 2019, 07:31:08 AM 'They say to him: Lord, come and see. And Jesus wept.'
John 11:34-35 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 22, 2019, 01:57:59 AM 'Do not neglect the practice of the virtues and your intellect will be illumined; for it is written, "I will open for you invisible secret treasures" (Isa. 45:3. LXX).'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 22, 2019, 02:09:43 PM 'If you desire God to work wonders in your soul, you ought to keep yourself as much as is possible detached from all created things, in true poverty of spirit, and in perfect interior solitude. O sacred desert in which the soul learns the science of the saints, like Moses in the solitude of Mount Horeb!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 23, 2019, 06:26:25 AM 'When I am troubled I sing softly some hymn to the Holy Virgin; this does me good and gives me courage.'
St. Jean-Theophane Venard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 24, 2019, 05:38:43 AM 'When an archer desires to shoot his arrows successfully, he first takes great pains over his posture and aligns himself accurately with his mark. It should be the same for you who are about to shoot the head of the wicked devil. Let us be concerned first for the good order of sensations and then for the good posture of inner thoughts.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 25, 2019, 01:24:18 AM 'It is as a general rule a bad sign when a man has not a particular feeling of devotion on the chief feasts of the year.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 25, 2019, 08:02:30 AM 'By the Angelic Salutation God became man, a virgin became the Mother of God, the souls of the just were delivered from Limbo, the empty thrones in heaven have been filled, sin has been pardoned, grace been given to us, the sick been made well, the dead brought back to life, exiles brought home, the Blessed Trinity has been appeased, and men obtained eternal life.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 26, 2019, 06:23:00 AM 'The more numerous the gifts we have received from God, the greater the account we must render to Him.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 28, 2019, 06:35:32 PM 'He who has succeeded in attaining the virtues and is enriched with spiritual knowledge sees things clearly in their true nature. Consequently, he both acts and speaks with regard to all things in a manner which is fitting, and he is never deluded. For according to whether we use things rightly or wrongly we become either good or bad.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 29, 2019, 05:06:59 PM 'If we no longer fulfill the desires of the flesh, then with the Lord's help the evils within us will easily be eliminated.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 31, 2019, 06:51:50 AM 'Act justly: keep what is your own - namely, your misery and frailty, capable of leading you to the commission of every crime; and leave to God that which belongs to Him, that is, every good.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 31, 2019, 10:24:43 PM 'A man without prayer is an animal without the use of reason.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 01, 2019, 06:55:34 AM 'In proportion as the love of God increases in our soul, so does also the love of suffering.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 02, 2019, 04:42:12 PM '"Shun evil and do good" (Ps. 34:14), that is to say, fight the enemy in order to diminish the passions, and then be vigilant lest they increase once more. Again, fight to acquire the virtues and then be vigilant in order to keep them. This is the meaning of "cultivating" and 'keeping" (cf. Gen. 2:15).'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 03, 2019, 08:50:50 AM 'My divine spouse has made me desire a humble and hidden life. Jesus has often told me that I will not die until I have sacrificed all to Him. And to convince me, He has often told me that when it is over, at the hour of death, He alone, Jesus crucified, will console me. I will carry only Him, my faithful friend, with me to my grave. It is madness to attach myself to anything other than Him.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 04, 2019, 02:51:23 AM 'They are the flower of the Church's growth; the grace of the spirit finds in them its beauty and delicacy; they are our pride and bloom; in them praise and honor have their perfect and incorrupt work; they are God's image reflecting the Lord's sanctity; the more illustrious portion of Christ's flock. In them exults, in them beauteously flowers the glorious fecundity of our mother the Church, and the more virginity adds to its number the more that mother's joy increases.'
St. Cyprian of Carthage Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 04, 2019, 09:24:00 AM 'If you wish to acquire the gift of prayer, you must humbly persevere in mortifying your senses. . . I especially advise you to be very faithful to holy recollection, mortifying your eyes, your tongue and your ears, but cutting off all vain curiosity, which is often the cause of the distractions which beset you in your [spiritual] exercises.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 05, 2019, 01:01:35 AM 'You must flee from sensual things. Truly every time a man comes close to a struggle with sensuality, he is like a man standing at the edge of a deep lake, and the Enemy throws him in whenever he likes. But if the man lives far from sensual things, he is like one who stands at a distance from the lake, so that even if the Enemy entices him in order to throw him to the bottom, God sends him help at the very moment that the Enemy is drawing him away and doing him violence.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 05, 2019, 01:04:17 AM 'Are you making no progress in prayer? Then you need only offer God the prayers which the Savior has poured out for us in the sacrament of the altar. Offer God his fervent love in reparation for your sluggishness. In the course of every activity pray as follows: "My God, I do this or I endure that in the heart of your Son and according to his holy counsels. I offer it to you in reparation for anything blameworthy or imperfect in my actions." Continue to do this in every circumstance of life.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 06, 2019, 03:00:21 AM 'Would that I could exhaust myself in acts of thanksgiving and gratitude towards this Divine Heart, for the great favor He shows us, in deigning to accept our help to make Him known, loved and honored; He reserves infinite blessings for all those who devote themselves to this work.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 07, 2019, 02:49:29 AM 'My children, the saints were so completely dead to themselves, that they cared very little whether others agreed with them. People in the world say, "Oh, the saints were simpletons!" Yes, they were simpletons in worldly things; but in the things of God they were very wise. They understood nothing about worldly matters, to be sure, because they thought them of so little importance that they paid no attention to them.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 08, 2019, 02:45:28 AM 'Every affliction tests our will, showing whether it is inclined to good or evil. This is why an unforeseen affliction is called a test, because it enables a man to test his hidden desires.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 09, 2019, 01:08:01 AM 'A man who has been assiduous in acquiring the fruits of love will not cease loving even if he suffers a thousand calamities. Let Stephen, the disciple of Christ, and others like him persuade you of the truth of this (cf. Acts 7:60). Our Lord Himself prayed for His murderers and asked the Father to forgive them because they did not know what they were doing (cf. Luke 23:34).'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 11, 2019, 03:25:44 AM 'To-day God invites you to do good; do it therefore to-day. To-morrow you may not have time, or God may no longer call you to do it.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 12, 2019, 03:56:41 AM 'Far from consoling me, the things of this world only inspire me with pain and disgust.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 13, 2019, 08:15:41 AM 'In this world we are all in a valley of tears. Our consolation is not here; we shall have it eternally in Paradise, if we suffer tribulations on earth.'
St. Benedict Joseph Labre Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 14, 2019, 05:36:32 AM 'He who suffers wrong and does not demand any reparation from the man who wronged him, trusts in Christ to make good the loss; and he is rewarded a hundredfold in this world and inherits eternal life (cf. Mark 10:30).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 15, 2019, 04:57:48 AM 'Spiritual dryness should not deject us nor consolation make us proud; in the first case we must remember the favors we have already received; and in the second not forget that it is a favor from God, which we have not merited.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 16, 2019, 08:42:52 AM 'God gives to each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 17, 2019, 08:51:38 AM 'The life of Christ was but a continuous cross.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 18, 2019, 02:00:41 AM 'Sometimes, in prayer, God communicates to the soul, all at once, His treasures of lights and heavenly graces. Imagine that you have in your hand a golden dish, that you pour into it the extract of the rarest and most exquisite perfumes, and that you steep into it a fine cambric handkerchief; this handkerchief will yield a delicious and inexplicable odor, composed of all the perfumes. It is thus my soul feels when I receive those intimate and hidden communications.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 19, 2019, 05:21:33 AM 'Some without fulfilling the commandments think that they possess true faith. Others fulfill the commandments and then expect the kingdom as a reward due to them. Both are mistaken.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 19, 2019, 05:23:20 AM 'The life of Christ was but a continuous cross.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 20, 2019, 07:50:59 AM 'Nature and grace cannot subsist together in the same heart. The one must always make room for the other.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 21, 2019, 03:37:04 AM 'They slew by nailing to the tree Him who had brought to life their dead, had healed their maimed, had made their lepers clean, had given light to their blind. Behold, you sons of men! behold, all you people, these new wonders! They suspended Him on the tree, who stretches out the earth; they transfixed Him with nails who laid firm the foundation of the world; they circumscribed Him who circumscribed the heavens; they bound Him who absolves sinners; they gave Him vinegar to drink who has made them to drink of righteousness; they fed Him with gall who has offered to them the Bread of Life; they caused corruption to come upon His hands, and feet who healed their hands and feet; they violently closed His eyes who restored sight to them; they gave Him over to the tomb, who raised their dead to life both in the time before His Passion and also while He was hanging on the tree.'
St. Alexander of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 21, 2019, 10:15:56 AM 'Divine Heart of my Jesus, grant that I may love you always, and always more.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 22, 2019, 12:27:46 PM 'Let the Lord seek His image, wash away from it all accumulated uncleanness that has stained it and so brighten up the mirror of the human heart.'
St. Prosper of Aquitaine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 23, 2019, 10:40:32 PM 'When we hear people talk of riches, honors and amusements of the world, let us remember that all things have an end, and let us then say: "My God, I wish for You alone and nothing more."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 24, 2019, 10:41:29 PM 'A most excellent means of learning how to pray, is to acknowledge ourselves unworthy of such a benefit, and to put ourselves entirely into the hands of the Lord.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2019, 06:55:49 AM 'O Lord, keep Thy hand this day over Philip, if Thou do not, Philip will betray Thee.'
St. Philip Neri, his morning prayer Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 26, 2019, 01:02:17 AM 'It would be folly, for the sake of a day's pleasure, to condemn one's self to be burnt alive. And is it not folly, for the sake of a sensual gratification, which can last but for one moment, to condemn one's self to the fire of hell, whose victims, though dying every moment, yet never, never die?'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 26, 2019, 10:37:28 PM 'Affliction or consolation, health or sickness, is all one to a heart that loves. Since we wish only to please God, it should be enough for us that His Will is accomplished.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 27, 2019, 10:23:33 AM 'Nourish your soul with sacred readings;'
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 28, 2019, 08:51:34 AM 'However, we must not only beware of all that is obvious and unmistakable, but also of all that can deceive by fraud and cunning. What could be more clever and cunning than the Enemy's moves after being unmasked and worsted by Christ's coming? Light had come to the gentiles and the lamp of salvation was shining for the deliverance of mankind, so that the deaf began to hearken to the Spirit's call of grace, the blind to open their eyes upon the Lord, the sick to recover their health unto eternity, the lame to make speed to the Church, and the dumb to raise their voice aloud in prayer. Thereupon the Enemy, seeing his idols abandoned and his temples and haunts deserted by the ever growing numbers of the faithful, devised a fresh deceit, using the Christian name itself to mislead the unwary. He invented heresies and schisms so as to undermine the faith, to corrupt the truth, to sunder our unity.'
St. Cyprian of Carthage Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 29, 2019, 01:23:47 AM 'If you distract your intellect from its love for God and concentrate it, not on God, but on some sensible object, you thereby show that you value the body more than the soul and the things made by God more than God Himself.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 01, 2019, 01:14:24 AM 'It seems to me that the great desire that our Lord has that His Sacred Heart should be honored by some particular worship is to renew in souls the effects of His Redemption.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 02, 2019, 02:56:05 AM 'The upright intention is the soul of our actions. It gives them life and makes them good.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 03, 2019, 04:53:01 AM 'The expectation of the blessings held in store links the intellect with what it expects. When it continually meditates on these blessings, it forgets the things of this world.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 04, 2019, 02:10:41 AM 'Everyone receives what he deserves in accordance with his inner state. But only God understands the many different ways in which this happens.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 05, 2019, 03:59:59 AM 'Obedience to a commandment purifies the soul, and purification of the soul leads to its participation in light.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 06, 2019, 04:03:16 AM 'As they who endeavor to drive away a bad thought deserve a great reward from Heaven, in the same way they who resist holy inspirations expose themselves to the danger of falling into the greatest sins.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 07, 2019, 09:09:46 AM 'My soul, rejoice that you resemble Jesus a little in that you are hidden behind lowliness!'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 08, 2019, 02:28:12 AM 'The Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ gives you these holy aspirations through the ardent love He bears you, which makes Him desire to possess your heart whole and entire.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 08, 2019, 12:09:09 PM 'A self-indulgent heart becomes a prison and chain for the soul when it leaves this life; whereas an assiduous heart is an open door.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 09, 2019, 03:29:40 PM 'If you are submerged in the waters of infidelity and inconstancy, plunge yourself into the fathomless deep of the Sacred Heart. Its stability and steadfastness will teach you to be faithful to Him -- our true and faithful Friend --and constant in His service, as He has ever been in His love for us.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 10, 2019, 07:12:24 AM 'Consider every day that you are then for the first time beginning; and always act with the same fervor as on the first day you began.'
St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 11, 2019, 04:15:31 PM 'May you no longer have any liberty except to love Him. May no other light illumine your soul, no other aim absorb your heart than that of His pure love which keeps Him a prisoner in the Blessed Sacrament. You will ask Him, through the merits of this captivity, to set free His poor prisoners in Purgatory.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 12, 2019, 07:47:36 AM 'Act towards our Lord with entire confidence and simplicity: do not spend time by dwelling too often on your past faults: this only serves to satisfy self-love and to discourage us.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 13, 2019, 02:53:51 AM 'The hermits of old, those great servants of God, communicated rarely; but because they prepared themselves carefully they received such special graces that, in a short time, they arrived at perfection.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 14, 2019, 06:00:02 PM 'Keep your soul always in peace, with love and trust in our Lord, and -- I repeat -- remember what you have promised Him, that is to say, undivided love, persevering humility and generous mortification. This is what you owe to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 15, 2019, 05:23:16 AM 'We must become detached from self gratification, our own opinions and sentiments, that we may escape the dangers of a spiritual curiosity, and practise true poverty of spirit.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 16, 2019, 01:19:16 PM 'Jesus gives all to those who surrender all.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 17, 2019, 05:40:46 AM 'As for me, I am cheerful, tranquil and content, only because I am doing the will of God. I proclaim that I want to live and die with total abandonment to him. Is it not a great thing for a soul to know with certainty that one is fulfilling the divine will?'
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 18, 2019, 01:24:54 PM 'Let every occasion for presumption be avoided in the monastery. We decree that no one be permitted to excommunicate or to strike any one of his brethren, unless the Abbot hath given him the authority. But let those who transgress be taken to task in the presence of all, that the others may fear (cf. 1 Tm 5:20).'
St. Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 19, 2019, 01:26:41 AM 'An intellect in control of itself is the temple of the Holy Spirit, but that of a glutton is like a nest of crows.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 20, 2019, 04:17:31 AM 'Finally, the happiness of the person whose will is entirely submitted to God's is constant, unchangeable and endless. No fear comes to disturb it for no accident can destroy it. He is like a man seated on a rock in the middle of the ocean who looks on the fury of the waves without dismay and can amuse himself watching and counting them as they roar and break at his feet. Whether the sea is calm or rough, whichever way the waves are carried by the wind is a matter of indifference to him, for the place where he is is firm and unshakeable.
That is the reason for the peaceful and untroubled expression we find on the faces of those who have dedicated themselves to God.' St. Claude de la Colombiere Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 21, 2019, 01:37:01 AM 'When fathers have given their sons a good education, and put everything clearly and distinctly in train for them, the sons who succeed them, and continue to follow the road marked out for them, will have the advantage of seeing their family persevere in holy ways, and in the fear of God.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 22, 2019, 02:32:34 AM 'A mole burrowing in the earth is blind and cannot see the stars; and he who does not trust God in temporal things will not trust Him in eternal things.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 23, 2019, 03:36:40 AM 'Even though knowledge is true, it is still not firmly established if unaccompanied by works. For everything is established by being put into practice.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 24, 2019, 03:01:07 AM 'A word suffices, sometimes, to dispose us to mental prayer. "Our Father, Who art in heaven" - pronounce those words, and then let the heart act.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 25, 2019, 02:35:07 AM 'Let your "Yes" mean "Yes," and your "No" mean "No." Anything more is from the evil one.'
Matthew 5:37 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 26, 2019, 05:21:36 AM 'The thought of the presence of God renders us familiar with the practice of doing in all things His holy will.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 27, 2019, 05:39:36 AM 'To continue my spiritual prescription: grind all your sufferings in the mill of patience and silence; knead them with the balm of Our Saviour's Passion into a little pill; swallow it with faith and love, and let the heat of charity digest it.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 29, 2019, 06:44:24 AM 'God refuses no one the gift of prayer. By it we obtain the help that we need to overcome disorderly desires and temptations of all kinds.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 31, 2019, 02:44:40 AM 'Act justly: keep what is your own - namely, your misery and frailty, capable of leading you to the commission of every crime; and leave to God that which belongs to Him, that is, every good.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 02, 2019, 05:58:32 AM 'What we know of the virtues of the saints is the least part of them.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 03, 2019, 04:41:00 AM 'What is done in accordance with God's will is the best of all things even if it seems to be bad. What is done contrary to God's will and decree is the worst and most unlawful of all things-even if men judge that it is very good. Suppose someone slays another in accordance with God's will. This slaying is better than any loving-kindness. Let someone spare another and show him great love and kindness against God's decree. To spare the other's life would be more unholy than any slaying. For it is God's will and not the nature of things that makes the same actions good or bad.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 04, 2019, 05:59:12 AM 'Listen to the words of those who have been granted perfect love: "What can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? 'As it is written, For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we are regarded as sheep for slaughtering' (Ps. 44:22). But in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Rom. 8:35-39). Those who speak and act thus with regard to divine love are all saints.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 04, 2019, 10:14:53 AM 'I am capable of opening up hell for all to see its punishments. However, that would not be just, since people would then serve me out of fear, when they should be serving me out of love.
For only a person who loves shall enter the kingdom of heaven.' The Lord, to St. Bridget of Sweden Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 05, 2019, 03:45:50 AM 'If any man love not Our Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathama maranatha.'
1 Corinthians 16:22 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 06, 2019, 04:32:47 AM 'We should always look to God as in ourselves, no matter in what manner we meditate upon Him, so as to accustom ourselves to dwell in His divine presence. For when we behold Him within our souls, all our powers and faculties, and even our senses, are recollected within us. If we look at God apart from ourselves we are easily distracted by exterior objects.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 07, 2019, 03:50:21 PM 'Cultivate a tender devotion to the dolors of Mary, to her Immaculate Conception, to your guardian angel, to your patron saints, and the holy apostles.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 08, 2019, 06:25:27 AM 'There are three principal reasons why we find ourselves desolate. The first is, because of our being tepid, lazy or negligent in our spiritual exercises; and so through our faults, spiritual consolation withdraws from us. The second, to try us and see how much we are and how much we let ourselves out in His service and praise without such great pay of consolation and great graces. The third, to give us true acquaintance and knowledge, that we may interiorly feel that it is not ours to get or keep great devotion, intense love, tears, or any other spiritual consolation, but that all is the gift and grace of God our Lord, and that we may not build a nest in a thing not ours, raising our intellect into some pride or vainglory, attributing to us devotion or the other things of the spiritual consolation.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola, 'Spiritual Exercises' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 08, 2019, 04:16:18 PM 'More signs are required to decide that God intends a man to remain in a state wherein the observance of the commandments alone suffices, than to believe the same man to be called to the practice of evangelical counsels; for our Lord openly exhorts us to follow these counsels.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 09, 2019, 06:07:19 AM 'Remain firmly attached to the traditional doctrine that you have been taught, so that you can preach according to right doctrine and refute those who contradict it.'
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 09, 2019, 09:40:48 PM 'By only looking at a person, we know if he is pure. His eyes have an air of candor and modesty which leads you to the good God. Some people, on the contrary, look quite inflamed with passion. . . Satan places himself in their eyes to make others fall and to lead them to evil.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 10, 2019, 07:01:10 AM 'In passing from a bad state to a good one there is no need of counsel, but in passing from a good one to a better, time, counsel, and prayer must go to the decision.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 11, 2019, 06:50:28 AM 'His compassion is given to His works: His severity is not over His works, but over your works. Lastly, if you remove your own evil works, and there remain in you nought but His work, His compassion will not leave you: but if you leave not your works, there will be severity over your works, not over His works.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 12, 2019, 07:36:52 AM 'In leaving the church I would not wish it should be said, O how great an orator! He has a prodigious memory; he is very learned; he spoke admirably: but I would wish to hear the hearers say: How beautiful, how necessary is penance! My God, how good, how just Thou art! and the like: or that the words of the preacher having made a breach in the hearts of the hearers, they were unable to render any testimony in favor of their merit but the amendment of their lives.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 13, 2019, 12:12:01 PM 'Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul.'
St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 13, 2019, 11:41:37 PM 'Put faith into practice by thinking on these four truths:
God is always present. Nothing happens without His permission or outside of His will. Anything we do to others we do to Him. All kindness and goodness are in Him. Live faith with these truths: Drive out all sin. Console all grief. Cast away all listlessness. Enrich the soul with the life of grace. One day God will say about us: quoniam bene. How? Union with Jesus and Mary.' St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 15, 2019, 08:22:09 AM 'The dear Lord knows what is going on. We must pray. The good Lord will take pity. We must not lose patience.'
St. Conrad of Parzham Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 16, 2019, 01:01:10 AM 'It is as though Jesus said: "O My Father, I am indeed going to clothe myself with human flesh, but the greater part of the world will set no value on my blood!"'
St. Isidore of Seville Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 16, 2019, 11:45:04 PM 'To pray well requires the whole man.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 17, 2019, 02:22:19 AM 'But blessed is God, who has granted us to be admitted to such a way of life, not because of any works of justice that we have done, for we have done nothing good upon earth, but according to his mercy the call is freely given. So then each one of us is a debtor, to say always with a contrite heart, Who am I, O Lord, my Lord, and what the house of my father, that you have loved me?'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 19, 2019, 01:34:30 AM 'The soul that truly loves God loves all good, seeks all good, protects all good, praises all good, joins itself to good men, helps and defends them, and embraces all the virtues: it loves only what is true and worth loving. Do you think it possible that one who truly loves God cares, or can care, for vanities, or riches, or worldly things, or pleasures or honors? Neither can such a soul quarrel or feel envy, for it aims at nothing save pleasing its Beloved.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 20, 2019, 03:28:05 AM 'When the sun rises and casts its light on the world, it reveals both itself and the things it illumines. Similarly, when the Sun of righteousness rises in the pure intellect. He reveals both Himself and the inner principles of all that has been and will be brought into existence by Him.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 21, 2019, 02:51:50 AM 'When the devil suggests discouraging thoughts, we must seek help in the remembrance of the blessings, without number, that we have received from God.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 21, 2019, 09:40:13 PM '"I will give thee to read in the Book of Life which contains the science of love." And revealing to me His Sacred Heart, He made me read in It the following words: "My love reigns in suffering, it triumphs in humility and rejoices in unity." '
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 22, 2019, 04:19:32 AM 'As the branch separated from the roots soon loses all life and verdure, so it is with good works which are not united with charity.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 23, 2019, 04:21:38 AM 'If no poor could be found in the world, men ought to go in search of them, and dig them up from underground to do them good, and to be merciful to them.'
St. Camillus de Lellis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 24, 2019, 03:57:06 AM 'The first among all evils is ignorance; next comes lack of faith.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 25, 2019, 04:34:26 AM 'Blessed the one who in accordance with God's will loves self-mastery and has not been condemned, thanks to his stomach, as a pleasure seeker and defiled, for such a one will be magnified by the Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 26, 2019, 03:56:49 AM 'If God wishes to despoil us, let us allow Him to do so. Let us not neglect the practice of virtues, let us not neglect the holy presence of God, let us not neglect the remembrance of the Passion of our dear Jesus; but in meditation we must follow His inspirations, not our own impulses. There are some rules, but God is the Master.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 28, 2019, 04:18:42 AM 'If you desire God to work wonders in your soul, you ought to keep yourself as much as is possible detached from all created things, in true poverty of spirit, and in perfect interior solitude. O sacred desert in which the soul learns the science of the saints, like Moses in the solitude of Mount Horeb!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 29, 2019, 08:14:37 PM 'Live with the few if you would reign with the few.'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 30, 2019, 02:47:45 AM 'I think you will please the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ, if you so completely surrender yourself to Him, that you will see Him alone and hear Him alone, that He alone may illumine your understanding, be the motive power of your will, the abiding thought of your memory and the supreme love of your heart.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 01, 2019, 03:41:27 AM 'It suffices not to perform good works; we must do them well, in imitation of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom it is written, "He doeth all things well."'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 02, 2019, 05:19:30 AM 'The self-indulgent are distressed by criticism and hardship; those who love God by praise and luxury.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 03, 2019, 05:36:39 AM 'Learn that the more thou retirest into thy nothingness, the more My greatness stoops to find thee.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 04, 2019, 10:39:03 PM 'You have the power to incline either upwards or downwards: choose what is superior and you will bring what is inferior into subjection.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 05, 2019, 08:08:01 AM 'We make no progress because we dwell in that exterior learning which puffs up the mind; but these illiterate Egyptians have a true sense of their own weakness, blindness, and insufficiency; and by that very thing they are qualified to labor successfully in the pursuit of virtue.'
St. Arsenius Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 06, 2019, 05:59:13 AM 'In storms and squalls we need a pilot, and in this present life we need prayer; for we are susceptible to the provocations of our thoughts, both good and bad. If our thought is full of devotion and love of God, it rules over the passions. As keepers of stillness, we should discriminate between virtue and vice with discretion and watchfulness; and we should know which virtues to practice when in the presence of our brethren and elders and which to pursue when alone. We should know which virtue comes first, and which second or third; which passions attack the soul and which the body, and also which virtues concern the soul and which the body. We should know which virtue pride uses in order to assault the intellect, and which virtue leads to vainglory, wrath or gluttony. For we ought to purify our thoughts from "all the self-esteem that exalts itself against the knowledge of God." (2 Cor. 10:5)'
St. Isaiah the Solitary Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 07, 2019, 07:24:53 AM 'Are you making no progress in prayer? Then you need only offer God the prayers which the Savior has poured out for us in the sacrament of the altar. Offer God his fervent love in reparation for your sluggishness. In the course of every activity pray as follows: "My God, I do this or I endure that in the heart of your Son and according to his holy counsels. I offer it to you in reparation for anything blameworthy or imperfect in my actions." Continue to do this in every circumstance of life.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 08, 2019, 02:08:44 PM 'Some people with possessions possess them dispassionately, and so when deprived of them they are not dismayed but are like those who accepted the seizure of their goods with joy (cf. Heb. 10:34). Others possess with passion, so that when they are in danger of being dispossessed they become utterly dejected, like the rich man in the Gospel who went away full of sorrow (cf. Matt. 19:22); and if they actually are dispossessed, they remain dejected until they die. Dispossession, then, reveals whether a man's inner state is dispassionate or dominated by passion.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 09, 2019, 01:31:30 AM 'O my dear brother in this divine Heart, were it but possible for me to reveal the infinite riches that are hidden in this precious treasure, with which He enriches and benefits His faithful friends! Could we but understand, we should spare no pains to procure Him the satisfaction He so ardently desires.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 09, 2019, 07:26:57 PM 'It is through our fulfilling of the commandments that the Lord makes us dispassionate; and it is through His divine teachings that He gives us the light of spiritual knowledge. All such teachings are concerned either with God, or with things visible and invisible, or else with the providence and judgment relating to them.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 10, 2019, 02:14:03 AM 'Let us remember that here below everything is passing away, consequently nothing should really afflict us but sin, which offends God.'
St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 11, 2019, 01:17:12 AM 'The mouth of a humble man speaks the truth; but he who speaks against the truth is like the servant who struck the Lord on the face. (cf. Mark 14:65)'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 12, 2019, 02:03:29 AM 'Blessed the one who loves truth continually and has not lent his mouth as an instrument of impiety by lying, for he fears the commandment about idle speech.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 13, 2019, 02:17:32 AM 'He who wishes to find Jesus should seek Him, not in the delights and pleasures of the world, but in mortification of the senses.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 14, 2019, 02:33:41 AM 'A man wanted to do evil, but first prayed as usual; and finding himself prevented by God, he was then extremely thankful.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 15, 2019, 05:43:59 AM 'Blessed the one who continually humbles himself willingly; he will be crowned by the One who willingly humbled himself for our sake.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 16, 2019, 06:48:50 AM 'If we could see all He sees we would unhesitatingly wish all He wishes. We would beg Him on bended knees for those afflictions we now ask Him to spare us. To all of us He addresses the words spoken to the Sons of Zebeedee: You know not what you ask -- O blind of heart, your ignorance saddens me. Let me manage your affairs and look after your interests. I know what you need better than you do yourselves. If I paid heed to what you think you need you would have been hopelessly ruined long ago.'
St. Claude de la Colombiere Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 17, 2019, 03:43:55 AM 'Certain things stop the movement of the passions and do not allow them to grow; others subdue them and make them diminish. For instance, where desire is concerned, fasting, labor and vigils do not allow it to grow, while withdrawal, contemplation, prayer and intense longing for God subdue it and make it disappear. The same is true with regard to anger. Forbearance, freedom from rancor, gentleness, for example, all arrest it and prevent it from growing, while love, acts of charity, kindness and compassion make it diminish.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 18, 2019, 04:09:45 AM 'A man ought never to think he has done any good, or rest contented with any degree of perfection he may have attained, because Christ has given us the type of our perfection, in putting before us the perfection of the Eternal Father. Be ye perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 19, 2019, 12:12:48 PM 'Blessed is he who has attained boundless infinity, transcending all that is transitory.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 20, 2019, 03:11:37 AM 'O, that I had in the desert a wayfarer's shelter!'
Jeremias 9:2 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 21, 2019, 05:04:31 AM 'Who can ever have a heart so hard that it will not melt on hearing the most lamentable event which once occurred in the world? There was a noble and holy Mother Who had an only Son. This Son was the most amiable that can be imagined--innocent, virtuous, beautiful, Who loved His Mother most tenderly; so much so that He had never caused her the least displeasure, but had ever shown her all respect, obedience, and affection: hence this Mother had placed all her affections on earth in this Son. Hear, then, what happened. This Son, through envy, was falsely accused by His enemies; and though the judge knew, and himself confessed, that He was innocent, yet, that he might not offend His enemies, he condemned Him to the ignominious death that they had demanded. This poor Mother had to suffer the grief of seeing that amiable and beloved Son unjustly snatched from her in the flower of His age by a barbarous death; for, by dint of torments and drained of all His blood, He was made to die on an infamous gibbet in a public place of execution, and this before her own eyes.
Devout souls, what say you? Is not this event, and is not this unhappy Mother worthy of compassion. You already understand of whom I speak. This Son, so cruelly executed, was our loving Redeemer Jesus; and this Mother was the Blessed Virgin Mary; Who, for the love she bore us, was willing to see Him sacrificed to Divine Justice by the barbarity of men.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 24, 2019, 03:25:22 AM 'When a spiritual person feels a great calmness of mind in asking anything of God, it is a good sign that God either has granted it, or will do so shortly.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 26, 2019, 05:45:57 PM 'And as Adam opposed his own will to the divine will, so we must seek to have the will of God as our only object, and by it to have our own disposed and annihilated. And as we cannot by ourselves discover our own evil inclinations, and our secret self-love, nor possibly annihilate our own self-will, it is very useful to subject our will to that of some other creature, and to do its bidding for the love of God. And the more we so subject ourselves for that divine love, so much the more shall we emancipate ourselves from that evil plague of our self-will which is so subtle and hidden within us, and works in so many ways, and defends itself by so many pleas that it is like the very demon. What it cannot effect in one way, it does in another, and this under many disguises. . . It is an abyss, so deep and dangerous, that no one but God can save us from it.'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 27, 2019, 07:01:49 AM 'I exhort you not only to watch over your eyes and to repress sensuality, but to conform your every movement to the rules of this virtue, which beautifies and ennobles every action.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 28, 2019, 04:34:25 AM 'When the soul finds herself in the sacred silence of faith and love, and feels an interior impulse to pray for the wants of the Church, or of the world, for some special or general intention, she should do so immediately; but this interior movement ceasing, she ought to repose again in God. If this repose transform itself into the sleep of love and faith, so much the better. The Divine Goodness, I hope, will make you understand this language if you be very humble and retain a full sense of your nothingness.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 28, 2019, 07:45:11 PM 'Armed with prayer, the saints sustained a glorious warfare and vanquished all their enemies. By prayer, also, they appeased the wrath of God, and obtained from Him all they desired.'
Ven. Louis de Granada Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 29, 2019, 06:07:52 AM 'If you love true knowledge, devote yourself to the ascetic life; for mere theoretical knowledge puffs a man up (cf. 1 Cor. 8:1).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 01, 2019, 06:23:41 PM 'Since the light of spiritual knowledge is the intellect's life, and since this light is engendered by love for God, it is rightly said that nothing is greater than divine love (cf. 1 Cor. 13:13).'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 02, 2019, 02:45:08 AM 'The grace of the Holy Ghost be ever with you. Amen.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 03, 2019, 03:07:35 AM 'Fulfilling a commandment means doing what we are enjoined to do; but virtue is to do it in a manner that conforms to the truth.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 03, 2019, 05:10:28 AM 'An impassioned conceptual image is a thought compounded of passion and a conceptual image. If we separate the passion from the conceptual image, what remains is the passion-free thought. We can make this separation by means of spiritual love and self-control, if only we have the will.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 04, 2019, 04:29:25 AM 'The person who listens to Christ fills himself with light; and if he imitates Christ, he reclaims himself.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 05, 2019, 01:35:13 AM 'He wishes your fidelity to be unswerving. Whatever it may cost you, you must persevere, for the Sacred Heart is averse to every sort of inconstancy -- and this is your greatest fault; but it is only you yourself who, with the grace of God, can remedy it by continually doing violence to self.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 07, 2019, 03:49:26 AM 'It is good to hold fast to the principal commandment, and not to be anxious about particular things or to pray for them specifically, but to seek only the kingdom and the word of God (cf. Matt. 6: 25-33). If, however, we are still anxious about our particular needs, we should also pray for each of them. He who does or plans anything without prayer will not succeed in the end. And this is what the Lord meant when He said; "Without Me you can do nothing" (John 15:5).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 09, 2019, 03:08:02 AM 'The devotion to the Eucharist is the most noble, because it has God as its object; it is the most profitable for salvation, because it gives us the Author of Grace; it is the sweetest, because the Lord is Sweetness Itself.'
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 10, 2019, 02:35:51 AM 'When you do a good action, have the intention of first pleasing God, and then of giving good example to your neighbor.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 11, 2019, 03:00:29 PM 'The dispassion taught by the God of truth is a noble quality; through it He fulfils the aspirations of the devout soul.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 12, 2019, 01:27:38 AM 'When you are before the altar where Christ reposes, you ought no longer to think that you are amongst men; but believe that there are troops of angels and archangels standing by you, and trembling with respect before the sovereign Master of Heaven and earth. Therefore, when you are in church, be there in silence, fear, and veneration.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 13, 2019, 06:10:41 AM 'When the body dies, it is wholly separated from the things of this world. Similarly, when the intellect dies while in that supreme state of prayer, it is separated from all conceptual images of this world. If it does not die such a death, it cannot be with God and live with Him.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 14, 2019, 01:37:06 AM 'Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved - do not despair. One was not - do not presume.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 15, 2019, 01:59:41 AM 'I must die to myself continually and accept trials without complaining. I work, I suffer and I love with no other witness than His Heart. Anyone who is not prepared to suffer all for the Beloved and to do His will in all things is not worthy of the sweet name of Friend, for here below, Love without suffering does not exist.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 16, 2019, 03:22:38 AM 'So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil: and the devil will fly from you. Draw nigh to God: and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you of two minds. Begin to lament, to mourn, to weep. . . Humble yourselves before the Lord and He will exalt you.'
James 4:7-9,10 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 17, 2019, 02:45:27 AM 'I have to seek only the glory of God, my own sanctification, and the salvation of my neighbor. I should therefore devote myself to these things, if necessary, at the peril of my life.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 21, 2019, 04:47:37 AM 'The number of saved is as few as the number of grapes left after the vineyard pickers have passed.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 22, 2019, 02:13:20 AM 'Impurity of intellect consists first in having false knowledge; secondly in being ignorant of any of the universals (I refer to the human intellect, for it is a property of the angelic intellect not to be ignorant even of particulars); thirdly in having impassioned thoughts; and fourthly in assenting to sin.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 24, 2019, 06:36:35 AM 'Ah! the God of truth loves the truth. Now, he who knows his nothingness, and acknowledges it, knows the truth.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 25, 2019, 05:03:49 AM 'Why is He so little in me? Is it because I am not little enough, not humble enough. Therefore may I become more humble, may I humble myself, and Jesus will increase.
Grow, Jesus, grow in my, in my heart, in my spirit, my imagination, my senses, by your modesty, your purity, your humility, your zeal, your love. Grow with your grace, your light, your peace. Grow despite my resistance, my pride. Grow until you reach the fullness of human perfection. Grow as you did at Nazareth before God and before men, for the glory of your Father.' St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 26, 2019, 09:58:07 AM 'There are three things that impel us towards what is holy: natural instincts, angelic powers and probity of intention. Natural instincts impel us when, for example, we do to others what we would wish them to do to us (cf. Luke 6:31), or when we see someone suffering deprivation or in need and naturally feel compassion. Angelic powers impel us when, being ourselves impelled to something worthwhile, we find we are providentially helped and guided. We are impelled by probity of intention when, discriminating between good and evil, we choose the good.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 26, 2019, 08:57:03 PM 'In addition let us welcome the times of psalmody, be enthusiastic for hymnody, attentive to the readings, making prostrations according to the given measure at each hour; working with our own hands, because working is good and because one who does not work is not judged worthy of eating. Let us bear one anothers' burdens, for one is weak and another strong, making use of food and drink and the other necessities with moderation, so that there is no provoking to jealousy among evil people, but zeal in goodness. In everything be good to one another, compassionate, reasonable, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, and the peace of God which passes all understanding will keep your hearts and thoughts. And now, may you be found worthy without condemnation to reach the supreme day of the Resurrection, but in the age to come at the resurrection of the dead to gain the kingdom of heaven in Christ Jesus our Lord, to whom be the glory and the might, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 27, 2019, 06:37:38 AM 'If you had been of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.'
John 15:19 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 28, 2019, 08:55:05 AM 'Ah! if we had the eyes of angels with which to see Our Lord Jesus Christ, who is here present on this altar, and who is looking at us, how we should love Him! We should never more wish to part from Him.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 29, 2019, 07:17:28 AM 'Lay to thy heart this example, which doth show thee how the Grace of God cometh to men. Seest thou those windows? One of them is wholly open, one open but a little way, and one less. Even by way of those which are shut fast there doth enter some of the Grace of God, since that there are certain tiny crevices therein. And by way of every one of those windows there doth enter something of the splendour of the sun, but here more and there less; for so much or so little brightness doth enter there within according as each is more or less open. So is it with those who wish for Grace from God, according as he doth dispose himself so hath he Grace: if he doth show himself very well disposed, God giveth him very much of it; if he doth show himself but little disposed, then God giveth him but little Grace. And to the man who doth shut himself away from it, even to him God would give of his Grace.'
St. Bernardine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 30, 2019, 03:45:45 AM 'The wise intellect tests the soul and trains the body with all kinds of ascetic practice.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 30, 2019, 10:53:18 PM 'Do you see, my children, except God, nothing is solid -- nothing, nothing! If it is life, it passes away; if it is a fortune, it crumbles away; if it is health, it is destroyed; if it is reputation, it is attacked. We are scattered like the wind. . . . Everything is passing away full speed, everything is going to ruin. O God! O God! how much those are to be pitied, then, who set their hearts on all these things! They set their hearts on them because they love themselves too much; but they do not love themselves with a reasonable love-they love themselves with a love that seeks themselves and the world, that seeks creatures more than God. That is the reason why they are never satisfied, never quiet; they are always uneasy, always tormented, always upset. See, my children, the good Christian runs his course in this world mounted on a fine triumphal chariot; this chariot is borne by angels, and conducted by Our Lord Himself, while the poor sinner is harnessed to the chariot of this life, and the devil who drives it forces him to go on with great strokes of the whip.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 31, 2019, 09:46:20 AM 'The oratory and the cell constitute the earthly paradise of the true servants of God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 01, 2019, 08:39:05 PM 'I always strove to mortify my sense of hearing. Thus, I took no pleasure in useless conversations or idle words. I couldn't abide or tolerate uncharitable conversations; if someone started one, I would either leave, change the subject, or frown in disapproval. I also disliked listening to conversations about food, drink, money, worldly things, or politics. I didn't care for reading newspapers and would say that I preferred reading a chapter from the Holy Bible, in which I would read the truth, to reading newspapers, which are ordinarily full of lies and trivia.'
St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 03, 2019, 02:31:58 AM 'Wicked or misinformed men may calumniate you; pray to God that it may never come to pass that any one may speak any evil of you that is not a calumny.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 04, 2019, 01:21:28 AM 'My divine spouse has made me desire a humble and hidden life. Jesus has often told me that I will not die until I have sacrificed all to Him. And to convince me, He has often told me that when it is over, at the hour of death, He alone, Jesus crucified, will console me. I will carry only Him, my faithful friend, with me to my grave. It is madness to attach myself to anything other than Him.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 05, 2019, 01:22:06 AM 'Notwithstanding my weakness, I am no longer afraid; I have placed my confidence in God Who can do all things, and from Whom I hope all things, for I rely not on myself.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 07, 2019, 05:25:39 AM 'More determination is required to subdue the interior man than to mortify the body; and to break one's will than to break one's bones.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 08, 2019, 04:52:18 AM 'The signs that accompany those who wish to submit to the Logos of God and who bring forth good fruit are: sighing, weeping, sorrow, stillness, shaking of the head, prayer, silence, persistence, bitter grief, tribulation of heart arising from religious devotion. In addition, their actions manifest vigilance, fasting, self-control, gentleness, forbearance, unceasing prayer, study of the divine Scriptures, faith, humility, brotherly affection, submission, rigorous toil, hardship, love, kindliness, courtesy and-the sum of all-light, which is the Lord. The signs that accompany those who are not producing the fruit of life are listlessness, day-dreaming, curiosity, lack of attention, grumbling, instability; and in their actions they manifest gluttony, anger, wrath, back-biting, conceit, untimely talk, unbelief, disorderliness, forgetfulness, unrest, sordid greed, avarice, envy, fractiousness, contempt, garrulity, senseless laughter, willfulness and - the sum of all - darkness, which is Satan.'
St. Symeon Metaphrastis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 09, 2019, 02:07:55 AM 'The things of this world do not remain constantly with us, for if we do not leave them before we actually die, in death at least we all infallibly depart as empty-handed as we came.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 10, 2019, 02:28:01 AM 'Whence we preach nothing except what we have received from our forefathers. In all things, therefore, both in the rule of faith in the observance of discipline, let the pattern of antiquity be observed.'
Pope St. Leo the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 11, 2019, 06:05:30 AM 'Bless God at all times: and desire of Him to direct thy ways, and that all thy counsels may abide in Him.'
Tobias 4:20 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 12, 2019, 03:44:57 AM 'Tribulations, if we bear them patiently for the love of God, appear bitter at first, but they grow sweet, when one gets accustomed to the taste.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 13, 2019, 03:38:52 AM 'The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue. Therefore, if you want to be rich, beloved, love true riches. If you aspire to the heights of real honor, strive to reach the kingdom of Heaven. If you value rank and renown, hasten to be enrolled in the heavenly court of the Angels.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 14, 2019, 12:25:12 PM 'Shall we, in the spirit of mortification, abstain from drinking water? Yes, for the love of Jesus, Who was crucified and tormented with thirst on the cross, let us make this sacrifice.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 15, 2019, 07:07:26 AM 'Your prayer ought to be continual. The place wherein we ought to pray is the spirit of God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 16, 2019, 02:13:48 AM 'It is His Will that we should apply to Him in all our needs, with humble, respectful, but very filial trust, abandoning ourselves entirely to His loving care like children to a good father.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 17, 2019, 08:33:23 AM 'He Himself says of His own, "I will dwell in them and walk in them" (2 Cor. vi. 16.).
Doubt not, therefore, that wherever there are holy souls, there He is in them. For if thou art in those limbs of thine which thou quickenest, wholly and in all their parts, how much more is God, who created thee and thy body, wholly present in thee through and through?' St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 18, 2019, 01:27:46 AM 'What? The cross make us lose our inward peace? Surely it is the cross that bestows it on our hearts. All our miseries come from our not loving it.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 20, 2019, 04:34:41 AM 'Sufferings are the richest presents that the Divine Majesty bestows on you.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 21, 2019, 02:45:04 AM 'He who does not make his will agree with God is tripped up by his own schemes and falls into the hands of his enemies.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 22, 2019, 03:35:21 AM 'Nothing is stronger than prayer in its action, nothing more effective in winning God's favor.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 22, 2019, 10:03:25 PM 'It is well to deny ourselves that which is permitted, in order to avoid more easily that which is not.'
St. Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 23, 2019, 06:43:12 AM 'Keep yourself in the presence of our Lord, not only during prayer, but also at other times, as a disciple before his Master, anxious to do His Will by giving up his own.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 24, 2019, 06:16:32 AM 'O my God! O God infinitely good! how canst Thou bear with a sinner like me!'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 25, 2019, 05:59:09 AM 'My friend, I weep because you do not weep.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 25, 2019, 07:43:16 PM 'Bless God at all times: and desire of Him to direct thy ways, and that all thy counsels may abide in Him.'
Tobias 4:20 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 26, 2019, 09:39:42 AM 'Like a faithful servant, you must forget yourself so as to work wholeheartedly in the service of your divine Master, Who will reward your actions in proportion to your love alone.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 27, 2019, 01:05:02 AM 'How beautiful to look upon is the starry firmament! Yet it is only the portal of the blessed country where I hope to go one day.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 27, 2019, 08:58:03 PM 'For God is not unjust, that he should forget your work, and the love which you have shewn in his name, you who have ministered, and do minister to the saints.'
Hebrews 6:10 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 29, 2019, 03:25:17 AM 'Unexpected trials are sent by God to teach us to practice the ascetic life; and they lead us to repentance even when we are reluctant.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 30, 2019, 11:55:25 AM 'This divine Heart is naught but sweetness, humility and patience, therefore, we must wait. . . He knows when to act.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 01, 2019, 04:10:10 AM 'A man of prayer is capable of everything. He can say with St. Paul, "I can do all things in Him who strengthened me."'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 02, 2019, 07:24:41 AM '. . . he that shall drink of the water that I will give him, shall not thirst for ever: But the water that I will give him, shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into life everlasting.'
John 4:13-14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 03, 2019, 03:47:08 AM 'He who ignores discipline despises himself, but he who yields to correction gains understanding.'
Proverbs 15:32 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 04, 2019, 04:53:36 AM 'On the other hand, St. John Chrysostom affirms that the ruin of the Church is the great eagerness of sacred orators, not to move their hearers to compunction, but to please them with fine words; as if they came to hear a singer chant a piece of sacred music in the pulpit. "Such preachers," continues the saint, "act like a father who gives to his sick child what it wants. Such a one, however, does not deserve the name of father. This happens every time that one seeks flowery language, not to inspire compunction, but to win vain praise." Yes, reverend Sir, there are many sacred orators who delight their auditory by their elegant and pompous diction, and attract crowds to their sermons. But I would wish to know how many of those who are so highly pleased with their discourses, full of elegance and ornament, leave the church with a contrite heart, and afterwards amend their lives.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 06, 2019, 04:34:42 AM 'When we fulfill the commandments in our outward actions, we receive from the Lord what is appropriate; but any real benefit we gain depends on our inward intention.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 07, 2019, 03:53:25 AM 'From humility of heart proceed serenity of mind, gentleness of conduct, interior peace, and every good.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 08, 2019, 02:31:34 AM 'You must be indifferent to all created things and especially to the impulses prompted by your self-love and your own will. This self-will He wishes you to sacrifice as often as He gives you the opportunity thereof, by breaking and thwarting it, until it is wholly destroyed and extinct, in order that the Will of His divine Heart, alone, may reign in you.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 08, 2019, 05:05:52 AM 'Weeping is the way that Scripture and our Fathers have handed on to us.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 09, 2019, 04:41:17 AM 'The first weapon I call zeal, that is solicitude in doing good, since the Holy Scripture condemns those who are negligent and lukewarm in the way of God (Apoc 3.15-16). The office of the Holy Spirit is to inspire in us good inspirations, while our duty is to accept them and put them into operation by waging continual violence against our sensuality which always invites us to what is contrary to what the spirit wills. Therefore, it is necessary to resist it with true diligence and not to let the time granted to us pass by without acquiring the fruit of good works, as it is written:
Whoever wishes to go up, let him rest not From thoughts, from speaking works and doing deeds And always exerting himself in God but with discretion, so that when our adversary, like a wicked traitor, assails us from ambush, we can defend ourselves. By "from ambush" I mean, when under the appearance of good he wishes to kill you, for there is as much danger in too much as in too little. And so I tell you "with discretion," aware that this virtue establishes and perfects all the other virtues according to what was said by the glorious teacher of the ancient holy fathers, that is, St. Antonio of Vienna.' St. Catherine of Bologna Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 09, 2019, 08:38:03 AM 'For he hath given his angels charge over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways.'
Psalm 90:11 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 09, 2019, 09:23:29 AM 'With all guard keep thy heart, because life proceedeth from it.'
Proverbs 4:23 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 10, 2019, 03:52:14 AM 'Do not claim to have acquired virtue unless you have suffered affliction, for without affliction virtue has not been tested.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 11, 2019, 09:38:03 AM 'And we denounce unto you, brethren, in the name of our Lord JESUS Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking inordinately, and not according to the tradition which they have received of us.'
2 Thessalonians 3:6 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 12, 2019, 01:44:36 AM 'Pray firstly to be purified of passions, secondly to be freed from ignorance and forgetfulness, and thirdly to be delivered from all temptation and forsaking.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 14, 2019, 07:19:21 AM 'Happy the soul that is detached from self-satisfaction, from her own will, from her own sentiments!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 15, 2019, 01:02:34 AM 'Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow.'
St. Clare of Assisi For a moment I thought 'passes like a swallow'. :D :littlepigeons: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 16, 2019, 04:59:16 PM 'The devotion to the Eucharist is the most noble, because it has God as its object; it is the most profitable for salvation, because it gives us the Author of Grace; it is the sweetest, because the Lord is Sweetness Itself.'
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 17, 2019, 02:51:26 AM 'Live always in the certainty that whatever happens to you is the result of divine Providence; because nothing hard or laborious falls to your lot without the Lord permitting it.'
St. Louis de Blois Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 18, 2019, 04:17:28 AM 'We must take care of little faults: for he who once begins to go backward, and to make light of such defects, brings a sort of grossness over his conscience, and then goes wrong altogether.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 19, 2019, 05:13:15 AM 'We should not measure our spiritual progress by our deeds, our amiability, or our love of solitude, but by the violence we do ourselves.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 20, 2019, 01:05:45 AM 'By Christ's Passion our weakness was cured. By His Resurrection death was conquered. Still we have to be sorrowful for the world, as well as joyful in the Lord, sorrowful in penance, joyful in gratitude.'
St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 21, 2019, 05:50:26 AM 'Keep your soul always in peace, with love and trust in our Lord, and -- I repeat -- remember what you have promised Him, that is to say, undivided love, persevering humility and generous mortification. This is what you owe to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 21, 2019, 08:40:18 PM 'God wants me to eat and sleep not as a luxury, but as a necessity and for my humiliation, so that I can see how poor I am to still be needing such worldly things, whereas in heaven there will be no need to eat or sleep. And so I say, "Lord, I do these things because it is your will."'
St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 22, 2019, 10:00:50 PM 'We can obtain no reward without merit, and no merit without patience.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 22, 2019, 10:13:40 PM 'Notwithstanding my weakness, I am no longer afraid; I have placed my confidence in God Who can do all things, and from Whom I hope all things, for I rely not on myself.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 23, 2019, 03:20:15 AM 'Even if we do not wish to believe Him, it was Jesus who said that no one can serve two masters (cf. Matt. 6:24).'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 23, 2019, 05:17:54 AM 'We must say to ourselves, "O Lord, Thou hast wrought all our works in us." [Is. 26:12] Because this is really so you must attribute every good work to Him and not to yourself. Bear in mind that "you in your own might and in the strength of your own hand" [c.f. Deut. 8:17] have not attained to all the good things you possess. "It is the Lord who made us and not we ourselves." [c.f. Ps. 99:3]'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 24, 2019, 07:45:55 AM 'It has pleased God to reserve me for this present time. It seemed awhile ago as if he rejected me as a stone unfit to enter his building, but he has the goodness to take me now to be placed in it; I am ready to suffer all things for his name, that I may have a part in his kingdom with his saints.'
St. Serenus, during his trial Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 25, 2019, 09:36:27 AM 'Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 26, 2019, 01:25:50 AM 'In this golden ciborium I put your Sacramental Communions. In this silver ciborium I put your Spiritual Communions. Both ciboriums are quite pleasing to Me.'
The Lord, to St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 27, 2019, 01:04:18 AM 'The devil hates all Christians indeed, but cannot tolerate in any way upright monks and virgins of Christ.'
St. Anthony of Egypt Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 29, 2019, 01:04:26 AM 'Provided He is pleased we ought to be satisfied, and ought not to be troubled about our feelings of dissatisfaction or annoyance; these arise within us only because we are not sufficiently mortified and simple-hearted to cut off the windings and reflections of self-love.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 30, 2019, 01:58:39 AM 'Poverty and tribulations are given us by God as trials of our fidelity and virtue, as well as to enrich us with more real and lasting riches in heaven.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 30, 2019, 10:04:36 PM 'If we find ourselves in an abyss of resistance and opposition to the Will of God, we must submerge it in that of submission and conformity to our Lord. There, losing all our resistance, let us clothe ourselves with that salutary conformity to all His designs in our regard.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 31, 2019, 01:31:50 AM 'Glory not in apparel at any time, and be not exalted in the day of thy honour: for the works of the Highest only are wonderful, and his works are glorious, and secret, and hidden.'
Ecclesiasticus 11:4 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 01, 2019, 03:55:13 AM 'Happy the man to whom God has given the science of the saints. [c.f. Sap. x. 10.] Oh, how sublime the science which teaches us to know how to love God and to save our souls!
Happy, says St. Augustine, is the man "who knows God, although he is ignorant of other things." They who know God, the love which he merits, and how to love him, stand not in need of any other knowledge. They are wiser than those who are masters of many sciences, but know not how to love God.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 02, 2019, 03:09:19 AM 'Our Lord loves you and wishes to see you advance with great speed in the way of His love, however crucifying to nature. Therefore, do not bargain with Him, but give Him all, and you will find all in His divine Heart.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 03, 2019, 05:15:07 AM 'If you wish to acquire the gift of prayer, you must humbly persevere in mortifying your senses. . . I especially advise you to be very faithful to holy recollection, mortifying your eyes, your tongue and your ears, but cutting off all vain curiosity, which is often the cause of the distractions which beset you in your [spiritual] exercises.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 04, 2019, 06:20:33 AM 'On awaking, enter in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and consecrate to It your body, your soul, your heart and your whole being, so as to live but for Its love and glory alone.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 05, 2019, 04:31:14 AM 'Eternal Trinity, Godhead, mystery deep as the sea, you could give me no greater gift than the gift of yourself. For you are a fire ever burning and never consumed, which itself consumes all the selfish love that fills my being. Yes, you are a fire that takes away the coldness, illuminates the mind with its light, and causes me to know your truth. And I know that you are beauty and wisdom itself. The food of angels, you gave yourself to man in the fire of your love.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 05, 2019, 02:51:19 PM '. . . so we will have no dealings with rebel heretics, remembering the Lord's command, who says, "Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine." [Matthew 7:6] Surely it is altogether unworthy and unjust to admit to freedom of discussion men whom the Holy Spirit describes in the words of the prophet, "the sons of the stranger have lied unto me."'
Pope St. Leo the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 06, 2019, 06:15:33 AM 'Do not trust in your own righteousness, do not worry about the past, but control your tongue and your stomach.'
St. Anthony of Egypt Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 07, 2019, 05:23:57 AM 'There is an energy of grace not understood by beginners, and there is also an energy of evil which resembles the truth. It is advisable not to scrutinize these energies too closely, because one may be led astray, and not to condemn them out of hand, because they may contain some truth, but we should lay everything before God in hope, for He knows what is of value in both of them.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 08, 2019, 07:35:43 AM 'Obedience to a commandment purifies the soul, and purification of the soul leads to its participation in light.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 09, 2019, 02:24:59 AM 'Death in the true sense is separation from God, and "the sting of death is sin" (1 Cor. 15:56). Adam, who received the sting, became at the same time an exile from the tree of life, from paradise and from God (cf. Gen. 3); and this was necessarily followed by the body's death. Life, in the true sense, is He who said, "I am the life" (John 11:25), and who, having entered into death, led back to life him who had died.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 10, 2019, 05:16:00 AM 'Blessed the one who has made his fellow servants glad with spiritual gladness from the fruit of the virtues, which he planted by toiling to give back the fruit of life in the Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 11, 2019, 01:18:11 PM 'What employ can I have more honorable, or what better thing can I do in the world, than to live a Christian?'
St. Peter Balsam Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 12, 2019, 05:03:51 AM 'A man who has been assiduous in acquiring the fruits of love will not cease loving even if he suffers a thousand calamities. Let Stephen, the disciple of Christ, and others like him persuade you of the truth of this (cf. Acts 7:60). Our Lord Himself prayed for His murderers and asked the Father to forgive them because they did not know what they were doing (cf. Luke 23:34).'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 13, 2019, 12:12:29 PM 'Let nothing disturb thee. Let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything. God alone suffices.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 14, 2019, 05:20:24 PM 'A person may be endowed with the gift of miracles, and yet may lose his soul: miracles ensure not salvation; they may indeed procure esteem and applause; but what will it avail a man to be esteemed on earth, and afterwards be delivered up to hell torments?'
St. Fulgentius of Ruspe Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 15, 2019, 02:11:50 AM 'To obtain perfectly the gift of humility, four things are required: to despise the world, to despise no person, to despise one's self, to despise being despised.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 16, 2019, 03:19:25 AM 'Blessed stillness gives birth to blessed children: self-control, love and pure prayer.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 17, 2019, 06:48:36 PM 'What does it profit a man to gain the universe if he loses his soul? A terrible thought, but profoundly true! As Saint Ignatius said: How insignificant earth seems to me when I consider Heaven.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 18, 2019, 08:34:37 AM 'Walk in faith.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 19, 2019, 05:45:16 AM 'Blessed the one whose thought has been with grace, like a cloud filled with rain, and which waters souls for the increase of fruits of life; his praise will be for everlasting glory.'
St. Ephrem of Syria One beautiful quote! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 20, 2019, 03:46:36 PM 'If you have a heart, you can be saved.'
St. Pambo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 22, 2019, 08:06:24 AM 'Let us pray much; let us pray for one another.'
St. Conrad of Parzham Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 23, 2019, 09:01:23 AM 'Be fond of working with your hands, but still more of the memory of prayer; because the first does not always bring us the fruit of that occupation, while the second does so unceasingly. Do not stop praying until you have paid your due of prayer in full, and do not listen to the thought that it is time to sit down to work. Equally, when you sit at work, do not be too concerned in it, lest you agitate the heart by your haste and make it worthless for prayer.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 25, 2019, 02:20:33 AM 'The time has come: you must wake up now.'
Romans 13:11 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 26, 2019, 02:27:38 AM 'I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man: and behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.'
Proverbs 24:30,31 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 27, 2019, 06:39:57 PM 'Let us make up for lost time. Let us give to God the time that remains to us.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 28, 2019, 01:14:13 AM 'Shall we, in the spirit of mortification, abstain from drinking water? Yes, for the love of Jesus, Who was crucified and tormented with thirst on the cross, let us make this sacrifice.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 29, 2019, 04:30:47 AM 'No more of the world, no more of the world.'
St. Camillus de Lellis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 30, 2019, 02:12:56 AM 'I wish that I always had at hand a weeding tool to root up and entirely destroy the weed which continually springs up in my garden. You understand me; I mean that I endeavor to strip my soul of all that is not God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 01, 2019, 06:40:16 PM 'God, heal your creature, that he not be ruled by the enemy.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 02, 2019, 11:48:35 AM 'The lover of Jesus will be freed from evil; the disciples of Jesus will behold true knowledge.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 04, 2019, 07:31:27 AM 'The more the intellect withdraws from bodily cares, the more clearly it sees the craftiness of the enemy.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 05, 2019, 11:30:34 PM 'Holy men are able to look even now upon their Creator by the grace of contemplation.'
St. Peter Damian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 06, 2019, 10:29:04 AM 'Many have fought in various ways against circumstances; but without prayer and repentance no one has escaped evil.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 06, 2019, 09:29:14 PM 'Do not think that every affliction is a consequence of sin. For there are some who do God's will and yet are tested. Thus it is written that the ungodly and wicked shall be persecuted (cf. Ps. 37: 28), but also that those who "seek to live a holy life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution" (2 Tim. 3:12).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 07, 2019, 05:15:16 AM 'This is the Great Work of a man: always to take the blame for his own sins before God and to expect temptation to his last breath.'
St. Anthony of Egypt Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 09, 2019, 02:55:57 AM 'We must accept the adversities which God sends us without reasoning too much upon them, and we must take for granted that it is the best thing which could happen to us.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 10, 2019, 05:15:32 AM 'He could, indeed have appeared upon this earth a full-grown man, as the first man Adam appeared. No, the Son of God wished to present Himself under the form of a sweet little child, that thus He might the more readily and the more forcibly draw to Himself the love of man. Little children of themselves are loved at once, and to see them and to love them is the same thing. With this view, says St. Francis de Sales, the Eternal Word chose first to be seen among men as an infant, to conciliate to Himself the love of all mankind.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 11, 2019, 09:03:42 AM 'Truly, you are dead, and your life is hidden in God with Christ. Since you are dead to everything that is not God, keep yourself perfectly detached from every creature. God loves childlike souls. He teaches them that wisdom which He has concealed from the wise and prudent of the world. (Matt. xi. 25.) Never stray away from the sacred wounds of Jesus. Let the sufferings of your Divine Redeemer be deeply impressed on your heart, and be assured that He, the Good Shepherd, will conduct you as a cherished lamb to His divine fold. And what is the fold of this amiable Shepherd? It is the bosom of His heavenly Father.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 12, 2019, 12:15:23 PM 'The best of attitudes is humility.
The best of occupations, work. The best of sentiments, pity. The best of cares, justice. The best of pains, that which a man takes to make peace between two enemies. The best of sorrows, sorrow for sin. The best of chararacters, generosity. St. Cadoc Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 13, 2019, 05:10:58 PM 'The soul's strength is its firm state of virtue; on reaching such a state one may say with the invincible apostle Paul; 'What can separate us from the love of Christ?' (Rom. 8:35).'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 14, 2019, 03:01:52 AM 'I also recommend to you holy modesty at all times and in all places, because we are always in the presence of God, Who is everywhere.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 15, 2019, 05:06:25 AM 'By denying our self-love and our inclinations in little things, we gradually acquire mortification and victory over ourselves.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 16, 2019, 05:24:56 PM 'To do well and to feel that we do nothing well is a sign of deep humility.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 17, 2019, 03:42:30 PM 'There were two saints in the desert, who had sewed thorns into all their clothes; and we seek for nothing but comfort!'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 18, 2019, 09:07:28 AM 'When passions dominate the intellect, they separate it from God, binding it to material things and preoccupying it with them. But when love of God dominates the intellect, it frees it from its bonds, persuading it to rise above not only sensible things but even this transitory life.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 19, 2019, 08:34:42 AM 'Do you see that glass of water or that piece of bread which a holy soul gives to a poor person for God's sake; it is a small matter, God knows, and in human judgment hardly worthy of consideration: God, notwithstanding, recompenses it, and forthwith gives for it some increase of charity.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 20, 2019, 12:10:29 PM 'It is the manner of life which shows up those who know the commandments; for as a man's word is, so is his life.
The tree is known by its fruit, not by its blossom and leaves. Knowledge, then, comes from the fruit and from behaviour, not from talk and from blossom.' St. Clement of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 22, 2019, 02:31:52 AM 'In the Angelic Salutation can be seen the faith and hope of the patriarchs, the prophets and the apostles. Furthermore, it gives to martyrs their unswerving constancy and strength, it is the wisdom of the doctors of the Church, the perseverance of the holy confessors and the life of all religious. It is the new hymn of the law of grace, the joy of angels and men, and the hymn which terrifies devils and puts them to shame.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 23, 2019, 04:16:44 AM 'Do not attempt to explain something difficult with contentiousness, but in the way which the spiritual law enjoins: with patience, prayer and unwavering hope.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 24, 2019, 10:23:30 AM 'And it came to pass, that when they were there, her days were accomplished, that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds watching, and keeping the night watches over their flock. And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the brightness of God shone round about them; and they feared with a great fear.'
Luke 2:6-9 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 25, 2019, 02:29:39 AM 'And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, that shall be to all the people: For, this day, is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David. And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God, and saying: Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will.'
Luke 2:10-14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 26, 2019, 03:32:41 AM 'Dearly beloved, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have confidence towards God: And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments, and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.'
1 John 3:21 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 26, 2019, 05:15:22 PM 'In the Old Testament the New is concealed, in the New the Old is revealed.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 27, 2019, 06:19:59 AM 'The holy kings then look at Mary, who does not speak she remains silent; but with her blessed countenance that breathes the sweetness of paradise she welcomes them, and thanks them for having been the first to come and acknowledge her son (as indeed he is) for their Sovereign Lord. See also how, out of reverence, they adore him in silence, and acknowledge him for their God, kissing his feet, and offering him their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Let us also with the holy Magi adore our little King Jesus, and let us offer him all our hearts.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 28, 2019, 02:30:23 AM 'You ought to forget yourself in God; let your spirit fall, as a drop of water, into that immense ocean of charity, to repose there and receive the divine communications, without losing sight of your nothingness. We learn all things in this divine solitude; we learn more things in this interior school by being silent than by talking. St. Mary Magdalen out of love fell at the feet of Jesus; there she was silent, she listened, she loved, she lost herself in love.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 29, 2019, 07:35:18 AM 'The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 31, 2019, 10:07:28 AM 'When you say your Rosary, the angels rejoice, the Blessed Trinity delights in it, my Son finds joy in it too, and I myself am happier than you can possibly guess. After the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, there is nothing in the Church that I love as much as the Rosary.'
The Blessed Virgin, to Bl. Alan de la Roche Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 01, 2020, 02:39:17 AM 'If you truly love --- and long to reach the kingdom that is to come, if you are truly pained by your failings and are mindful of punishment and of the eternal judgment, if you are truly afraid to die, then it will not be possible to have an attachment, or anxiety, or concern for money, for possessions, for family relationships, for worldly glory, for love and brotherhood, indeed for anything of earth. All worry about one's condition, even for one's body, will be pushed aside as hateful. Stripped of all thought of these, caring nothing about them, one will return freely to Christ. One will look to heaven and to the help coming from there, as in the scriptural sayings: "I will cling close to you" (Psalm 62:9) and "I have not grown tired of following you nor have I longed for the day or the rest that man gives" (Jeremiah 17:16)'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 01, 2020, 10:02:22 PM 'Happy are they who have received Thee today in the Blessed Sacrament, O Jesus. Blessed are the walls of the Church that guard my Jesus. Blessed are the priests, who are always near the most lovable Jesus.'
St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 02, 2020, 05:35:18 AM 'All that the beginner in prayer has to do -- and you must not forget this, for it is very important -- is to labour and be resolute and prepare himself with all possible diligence to bring his will into conformity with the will of God. As I shall say later, you may be quite sure that this comprises the very greatest perfection which can be attained on the spiritual road.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 03, 2020, 07:45:57 PM 'Men of the world, who know no treasures but those of the earth, cannot comprehend what pleasure can be found in spending a long time before an altar, where is placed a consecrated Host; but to souls which love God, hours and days passed before the Blessed Sacrament seem as moments, for the celestial sweetness which the Lord there gives them to taste and to enjoy.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 04, 2020, 04:06:01 PM 'I resolve to cultivate a deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and strive to imitate her virtues. '
St. Conrad of Parzham, resolutions in the novitiate Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 05, 2020, 03:32:46 PM 'There is a beauty of form, a dignity of language, a sublimity of diction which are, so to speak, spontaneous, and are the natural outcome of great thoughts, strong convictions, and glowing feelings. The Fathers [of the Church] often attain to this eloquence without intending to do so, without self-complacency and all unconsciously.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 06, 2020, 08:30:30 PM 'I must efface and annihilate myself and live poor, unknown, forgotten and despised by divine Master, so that He may found His Kingdom on my nothingness.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 07, 2020, 12:06:18 AM 'He will keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk simply keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.'
Proverbs 2:7-8 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 07, 2020, 07:33:31 PM 'Rain cannot fall without a cloud, and we cannot please God without a good conscience.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 08, 2020, 05:20:13 AM 'Sinners call the saints who, in this life, fly from honors, riches, and the pleasures of sense, and embrace poverty, contempt, and mortification, fools. But at the day of final retribution they will confess that they themselves have been fools in judging the lives of the saints to be folly: We fools esteemed their life madness. (Wis. 5:4) And what greater folly can there be than to live without God? which is to live a miserable life in this world, to be succeeded by a still more miserable one in hell.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 09, 2020, 08:54:49 AM 'Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation: and to keep one's self unstained from this world.'
James 1:27 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 10, 2020, 08:39:57 PM 'When in the intensity of its love for God the intellect goes out of itself, then it has no sense of itself or of any created thing. For when it is illumined by the infinite light of God, it becomes insensible to everything made by Him, just as the eye becomes insensible to the stars when the sun rises.
All the virtues cooperate with the intellect to produce this intense longing for God, pure prayer above all. For by soaring towards God through this prayer the intellect rises above the realm of created beings.' St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 11, 2020, 11:46:28 PM 'We have learnt to recognize as freedom that which the Lord alone confers on us when he liberates us from lusts and desires and the other passions. "He who says, I know the Lord, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar and the truth is not in him," says John.'
St. Clement of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 13, 2020, 07:55:11 AM 'Recreation ordinarily consists in conversing in an open, frank manner and recounting interesting, pleasant things that provide occasions of laughter and entertainment for the group. However, you must take care that these stories do not include anything vulgar or anything suggesting a lack of good education. Rather, they must be told in an uplifting manner, which ought to make the simplest tale striking, interesting, and pleasing to others.'
St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 14, 2020, 09:40:36 AM 'Cheerfulness strengthens the heart and makes us persevere in a good life; wherefore the servant of God ought always to be in good spirits.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 15, 2020, 09:31:31 AM 'God takes particular care to detach those from the fleeting pleasures of this life whom He loves with a love of predilection, by the desires with which He inspires them for the heavenly life, and by the griefs and afflictions which He sends them in this life.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 16, 2020, 11:23:13 AM 'Let us take refuge in the Wound of the Sacred Side like a poor traveller, who seeks a safe harbor in which to shelter from the rocks and tempests of the stormy sea of this life, for here below we are continually exposed to shipwreck, unless we have the help of our all-wise Pilot.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 17, 2020, 11:59:01 AM 'Cultivate a tender devotion to the dolors of Mary, to her Immaculate Conception, to your guardian angel, to your patron saints, and the holy apostles.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 18, 2020, 03:17:46 AM 'My soul, rejoice that you resemble Jesus a little in that you are hidden behind lowliness!'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 18, 2020, 04:08:54 AM 'Resignation is all in all to the sick man; he ought to say to God, "Lord, if You want me, here I am, although I have never done any good: do with me what You will.'"
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 19, 2020, 07:18:11 AM 'I ardently desire, and I ask you by the love and respect we bear to our Divine Master, that in our spiritual exercises we would remember one an other.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 20, 2020, 04:41:26 AM 'When a trial comes upon you unexpectedly, do not blame the person through whom it came but try to discover the reason why it came, and then you will find a way of dealing with it. For whether through this person or through someone else you had in any case to drink the wormwood of God's judgments.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 21, 2020, 06:56:17 AM 'Since the sanctification of man is in the power of God who sanctifies, it is not in the competency of man to choose the things by which he is to be sanctified, but this must be determined by Divine institution.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 22, 2020, 03:28:40 AM 'The paralytic let down through the roof (cf. Mark 2:4) signifies a sinner reproved in God's name by the faithful and receiving forgiveness because of their faith.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 22, 2020, 09:26:29 AM 'He who listens to a life-giving rebuke will have his place among the wise.'
Proverbs 15:31 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 23, 2020, 07:10:45 AM 'Apply thyself to sacred studies, and fix thy thoughts on the blessings that are of God. Leave temporal things behind, and make for the eternal.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 24, 2020, 04:26:33 AM 'In visiting the dying we should not say many words to them, but rather help them by praying for them.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 24, 2020, 08:26:25 AM 'It is true that highwaymen, grave-robbers, and sorcerers have their sides torn to pieces; it is also true that the martyrs undergo this same suffering. What is done is the same, but the purpose and reason why it is done is different. And so it is that there is a great difference between the criminals and martyrs.
In these cases we not only consider the torture but we first look for the intention and the reasons why the torture is inflicted. And this is why we love the martyrs - not because they are tortured but because they are tortured for the sake of Christ. But we turn our backs on the robbers - not because they are being punished but because they are being punished for their wickedness. So, too, in the matter of fasting, you must pass a judgment. If you see people fasting for the sake of God, approve what they do; if you see that they do this against God's will, turn your back on them and hate them more than you do those who drink, revel, and carouse. And in the case of this fasting we must inquire not only into the reason for fasting but we must consider also the place and the time.' St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 25, 2020, 05:05:30 AM 'Blessed the one who has not defiled his hands with unseemly deeds like one accursed, for about this there will be a judgment in the dread day in the presence of the Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 26, 2020, 07:34:23 AM 'Blessed Francis Patrizi, who had the greatest devotion to the "Hail Mary" used to recite five hundred a day. Mary announced the hour of his death to him, and he died as a saint. After forty years, a beautiful lily grew out of his mouth, and on each of the leaves was written the "Hail Mary" in letters of gold. This lily was afterwards taken to France.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 27, 2020, 05:15:32 AM 'I rejoice on account of the interior and exterior sufferings which you have to bear; I rejoice that you love them. You begin to be a disciple of Christ. It is true that yours are light crosses, and you ought to humble yourself by the consideration that they are nothing compared to those of the servants of God, and much less still when weighed in the balance of your Saviour's cross.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 28, 2020, 04:14:44 AM 'Let a man always think that he has God before his eyes.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 29, 2020, 04:32:40 AM 'Finally, I pray you, remember always the holy commandment of love that Christ gave to His disciples before going to death: "A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another." (John xiii. 34.) Ah, what sweet language! Remember that you will never please God if you do not love one another. Let there never be any dissension among you, and if an angry word should escape you, become gentle immediately, be silent, and do not allow anger to control your heart.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 29, 2020, 03:25:31 PM 'All ought to make the holy will of God the center and lever of all their actions, and His Divine qualities the only object of their discourse, the only end of their hopes.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 30, 2020, 05:30:38 AM 'The Christian life does indeed mean battles and trials, but it also means consolations. And though I must leave Tabor and climb to Calvary, one day I will leave Calvary with Jesus and return to Tabor. A foretaste of Heaven awaits me there. My soul follows but one path: from Golgotha to Tabor. It leaves Golgotha to seek strength and courage at Tabor. Life is such a ladder.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 31, 2020, 04:58:42 PM 'If someone said to you, "I would like to become rich; what must I do?" you would answer him, "You must labor:" Well, in order to get to Heaven, we must suffer.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 01, 2020, 09:58:48 AM 'It you totally fulfill the command to love your neighbor, you will feel no bitterness or resentment against him whatever he does. If this is not the case, then the reason why you fight against your brother is clearly because you seek after transitory things and prefer them to the commandment of love.
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 02, 2020, 05:31:15 AM 'Let us charge into the good fight with joy and love without being afraid of our enemies. Though unseen themselves, they can look at the face of our soul, and if they see it altered by fear, they take up arms against us all the more fiercely. For the cunning creatures have observed that we are scared. So let us take up arms against them courageously. No one will fight with a resolute fighter.'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: eschator83 on February 02, 2020, 02:47:18 PM Am I correct in assuming that 3229 quote refers to evil spirits, and perhaps when they are within us? Can I presume when we are confronted or assaulted by a person there must certainly be an evil spirit in or maybe about that person, and can I presume we can fight that spirit too, with prayer, reason, and (?), even as we try to love the person?
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 06, 2020, 10:50:25 PM This quote is from the book "The Ladder of Divine Ascent".
Yes, that would be the evil spirits referenced in the quote. There may be the influence evil spirits in such a case as you mention, or it may be a human matter, both invisible spirits and human motivations are some of the hardest matters to discern about, if indeed it is possible to discern in many cases. Prayer is the weapon against the evil spirits, and certainly using one's reason is useful too. We must wish the good of our neighbor for the sake of the love of God, though we may suspect the influence of evil spirits. :+: Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 06, 2020, 10:51:13 PM 'Let us pray much; let us pray for one another.'
St. Conrad of Parzham Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 07, 2020, 09:08:24 AM 'In the texts which follow, the beliefs of those in error will be refuted by those whose faith is well founded and who know the truth.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 08, 2020, 08:49:48 AM 'If you wish to pray well, be faithful in the practice of mortification, avoid dissipation of mind during the day, and never commit any willful faults.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 11, 2020, 12:13:40 AM 'Prayer is the sure way that leads to holiness.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 11, 2020, 02:02:58 AM 'Like the sun which shines on all alike, vainglory beams on every occupation. What I mean is this. I fast, and turn vainglorious. I stop fasting so that I will draw no attention to myself, and I become vainglorious over my prudence. I dress well or badly, and am vainglorious in either case. I talk or I hold my peace, and each time I am defeated. No matter how I shed this prickly thing, a spike remains to stand up against me.'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 12, 2020, 02:03:12 AM 'O Mary, my gentle Mother, here I am, your child who can bear no more. See my needs and above all my spiritual distress. Have pity on me; grant that one day I may be with you in Heaven.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 13, 2020, 03:50:12 AM 'Those who are under the sway of passions must pray and be obedient. For even when they receive help, they can only just manage to fight against their prepossessions.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 14, 2020, 02:20:10 AM 'I had become by this time fond of good books, and that gave me life.
I read the Epistles of St. Jerome, which filled me with so much courage. . .' St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 15, 2020, 02:28:17 AM 'A soiled garment excludes one from the divine wedding feast and makes one a communicant of outer darkness (cf. Matt. 22:12-13).'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 16, 2020, 03:49:03 AM 'Fasting then is a renewal of the soul, for the holy Apostle says, Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward is being renewed day by day. And if it is being renewed, clearly it is being made beautiful according to its original beauty; made beautiful in itself it is being drawn lovingly to the one who said, I and the Father will come and make our dwelling with him. If then such is the grace of fasting, that it makes us into a dwelling place of God, we must welcome it, brethren, gladly, not grieving at the plainness of the diet, for we know that the Lord, though he is able to nourish lavishly, made a banquet for thousands in the wilderness from bread and water. Also because what is unusual, with enthusiasm becomes acceptable and painless. Fasting is not defined by foods alone, but by every abstinence from evil, as our godly fathers have explained. And so, I beg you, let us abstain from despondency, idleness, sluggishness, jealousy, strife, maliciousness, self-indulgence, self-reliance; let us abstain from destructive desire which the many-shaped serpent lays before us when we are fasting.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 16, 2020, 07:15:29 AM 'When you can do good, defer it not, because "alms delivers from death."' [ Tobit 4:10, Tobit 12:9]
St. Polycarp of Smyrna Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 17, 2020, 05:04:31 AM 'Let him who hath need of less thank God and not give way to sadness, but let him who hath need of more, humble himself for his infirmity, and not be elated for the indulgence shown him; and thus all the members will be at peace.'
St. Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 18, 2020, 03:28:44 AM 'Renew your confidence by a glance at the cross. See that precious blood, those mortal wounds, those hands which have made heaven and earth are still outstretched to poor, repentant sinners who humbly sigh for the embrace of Jesus.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 19, 2020, 03:12:51 AM 'The first ideas I can remember date back to when I was five years old. When I went to bed, instead of sleeping -- I have never been much of a sleeper -- I used to think about eternity. I would think "forever, forever, forever." I would try to imagine enormous distances and pile still more distances on these and realize that they would never come to an end.'
St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 20, 2020, 08:46:31 AM 'Do not distress yourself on account of any distaste or dryness you experience in God's service. He wills that you should serve Him fervently and constantly it is true, but without any other help than simple faith, and thus your love will be more disinterested, and your service the more pleasing to Him.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 21, 2020, 08:43:19 AM 'The benefits to be derived from spiritual reading do not merely consist in impressing on the memory the precepts set forth, but in opening the heart to them, that they may bear fruit.'
St. Louis de Blois Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 21, 2020, 11:34:34 AM 'You were sincere and uncorrupted, and forgetful of injuries between one another. Every kind of faction and schism was abominable in your sight. You mourned over the transgressions of your neighbours: their deficiencies you deemed your own. You never grudged any act of kindness, being "ready to every good work." Adorned by a thoroughly virtuous and religious life, you did all things in the fear of God. The commandments and ordinances of the Lord were written upon the tablets of your hearts.'
Pope St. Clement I of Rome, 'Epistle to the Corinthians' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 22, 2020, 03:51:18 AM 'I do not desire to die soon, because in Heaven there is no suffering. I desire to live a long time because I yearn to suffer much for the love of my Spouse.'
St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 23, 2020, 09:19:09 AM 'I was captured again and imprisoned in the basement of the tower. . . I was bound with a chain round my waist so that I was compelled to remain standing, and only a crust of bread was given me with a little water daily. After three days I fell asleep through weakness. As I slept it seemed to me that a great noise was made, and, awakening, I saw a beam of sunlight illuminating the whole tower. Then, as I raised my head to give thanks to God, I saw a Friar Minor, stigmatized in his feet, who disappeared when I tried to embrace him. Bending my head, I found myself shaven, just as you see me now. I knew for certain this Friar Minor was our Holy Father St. Francis. At last I perceived that it was the will of God that I should leave the world and serve him alone.'
St. John of Capistrano Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 24, 2020, 04:33:38 PM 'How pure and stainless should be the heart on which is written the most holy name of Jesus!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 25, 2020, 12:24:47 PM 'May the will of God be our food, our centre, our repose; therein we shall enjoy a peaceful sleep, which nothing can disturb.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 26, 2020, 11:17:47 AM 'Prayer is to our soul what rain is to the soil. Fertilize the soil ever so richly, it will remain barren unless fed by frequent rains.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 27, 2020, 04:18:16 AM 'Do not claim to have acquired virtue unless you have suffered affliction, for without affliction virtue has not been tested.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 28, 2020, 09:18:26 AM 'The reason why sometimes you have asked and not received, is because you have asked amiss, either inconsistently, or lightly, or because you have asked for what was not good for you, or because you have ceased asking.'
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 29, 2020, 08:30:30 AM 'Give me ten truly detached men, and I will convert the world with them.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 01, 2020, 09:14:30 AM 'Frequently offer your will to God as a holocaust, and perfect contentment will be your reward. The more obedient you are, the more tranquil and indifferent you will be as to your employment. Holy obedience will be your true spouse, and you will love it in Jesus, that great King of obedient souls. Thus you will render yourselves more capable to serve the Church and our Congregation by means of your prayers. Jesus answers the prayer of obedient souls.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 01, 2020, 09:14:58 PM 'Every blessing comes from the Lord providentially. But this fact escapes the notice of the ungrateful and the idle.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 02, 2020, 07:50:29 AM 'There is no need to prove the existence of Hell. Our Lord Himself speaks of it when He relates the history of the wicked rich man who cried out, "Lazarus! Lazarus!" We know very well that there is a Hell, but we live as if there were not; we sell our souls for a few pieces of money. We put off our conversion till the hour of death; but who can assure us that we shall have time or strength at that formidable moment, which has been feared by all the saints -- when Hell will gather itself up for a last assault upon us, seeing that it is the decisive moment? There are many people who lost the faith, and never see Hell till they enter it. The Sacraments are administered to them; but ask them if they have committed such a sin, and they will answer you, "Oh! settle that as you please."'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 03, 2020, 07:06:04 AM 'In order to enrich us with true riches, Jesus Christ chose to be a poor man, as the Apostle writes, For your sakes He became poor, that by His poverty ye might become rich. He chose to be poor in order to teach us by his example to despise earthly blessings; and thus to enrich us with heavenly blessings, which are infinitely more precious, and which last forever. Wherefore he declared that whoever did not renounce every species of attachment to this earth could not be his true disciple.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 03, 2020, 11:05:31 PM 'Every thought has its weight and measure in God's sight. For it is possible to think about the same thing either passionately or objectively.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 04, 2020, 04:26:57 PM 'To deserve the name of a true religious, it is not only necessary to renounce the world, but still more to renounce one's self.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 05, 2020, 12:41:59 AM 'It is not only necessary to consider what God's zeal requires in itself, but one must apply and use this zeal to the interests of his neighbor.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 05, 2020, 09:38:55 AM 'Woe to me if I should prove myself but a halfhearted soldier in the service of my thorn-crowned Captain.'
St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, martyr Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 05, 2020, 11:02:39 AM 'Ah! if we had the eyes of angels with which to see Our Lord Jesus Christ, who is here present on this altar, and who is looking at us, how we should love Him! We should never more wish to part from Him.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 06, 2020, 02:25:09 AM 'From all eternity the Lord has judged it fitting, and willed it, that you should suffer those bodily ailments, those assaults of Satan, and those persecutions from men. Look upon them with the eye of faith, and adore the good pleasure of God by pious short prayers.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 06, 2020, 09:34:47 AM 'I know my mine, and they know me.'
John 10:14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 07, 2020, 02:02:57 AM 'If some shameful thought is sown in your heart as you are sitting in your cell, watch out. Resist the evil, so that it does not gain control over you. Make every effort to call God to mind, for He is looking at you, and whatever you are thinking in your heart is plainly visible to Him. Say to your soul: "If you are afraid of sinners like yourself seeing your sins, how much more should you be afraid of God who notes everything?" As a result of this warning the fear of God will be revealed in your soul, and if you cleave to Him you will not be shaken by the passions; for it is written: "They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion; he that dwells in Jerusalem shall never be shaken" (Ps. 125:1. LXX). Whatever you are doing, remember that God sees all your thoughts, and then you will never sin. To Him be glory through all the ages. Amen.'
St. Isaiah the Solitary Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 07, 2020, 11:30:28 PM '"The soldier going to war", it is said, "does not entangle himself in the affairs of this world" (2 Tim. 2:4). For he who entangles himself with the passions while trying to overcome them is like a man who tries to put out a fire with straw.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 08, 2020, 05:29:58 AM 'Let us take refuge in the Wound of the Sacred Side like a poor traveller, who seeks a safe harbor in which to shelter from the rocks and tempests of the stormy sea of this life, for here below we are continually exposed to shipwreck, unless we have the help of our all-wise Pilot.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 09, 2020, 01:48:23 AM 'I had a banner of which the field was sprinkled with lilies; the world was painted there, with an angel at each side; it was white, of the white cloth called 'boccassin'; there was written above, I believe, 'Jhesus Maria'; it was fringed with silk.'
St. Joan of Arc Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 10, 2020, 01:39:20 AM 'Jesus is the Christ, one of the Holy Trinity. You are destined to be His heir.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 11, 2020, 02:09:27 AM 'Nature and grace cannot subsist together in the same heart. The one must always make room for the other.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 11, 2020, 09:27:11 AM 'If a man reads this or any other work not to gain spiritual benefit but to track down matter with which to abuse the author, so that in his conceit he can show himself to be the more learned, nothing profitable will ever be revealed to him in anything.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 12, 2020, 05:27:08 AM 'It is well to deny ourselves that which is permitted, in order to avoid more easily that which is not.'
St. Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 13, 2020, 04:43:42 AM 'Strive to love every man equally, and you will simultaneously expel all the passions.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 14, 2020, 08:53:00 PM 'I think that this fear which Our Lord makes you feel is the result of His very great love for you; for seeing that your love for Him is not powerful enough to make you do good and avoid evil, He mingles fear with love, that the two together may make you do what He desires of you.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 15, 2020, 02:50:36 AM 'As for me, I am cheerful, tranquil and content, only because I am doing the will of God. I proclaim that I want to live and die with total abandonment to him. Is it not a great thing for a soul to know with certainty that one is fulfilling the divine will?'
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 16, 2020, 03:03:29 AM 'He who truly loves God prays entirely without distraction, and he who prays entirely without distraction loves God truly. But he whose intellect is fixed on any worldly thing does not pray without distraction, and consequently he does not love God.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 17, 2020, 05:28:07 AM 'He shall be the greatest who will make himself the least. He that humbles himself the most profoundly shall be the most exalted; he shall have, the more easily, access to that wine-cellar, that royal hall, whence opens that secret sanctuary in which the soul communes face to face with her divine Spouse.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 19, 2020, 01:03:35 AM 'Cleanse your vessel, that you may receive grace more abundantly. For though remission of sins is given equally to all, the communion of the Holy Ghost is bestowed in proportion to each man's faith. If you have laboured little, you receive little; but if you have wrought much, the reward is great.'
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 20, 2020, 03:04:02 AM 'Let a man who desires the first place take the last.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 21, 2020, 01:57:38 AM 'Do not cling to spiritual consolation, for it is not lasting; on the contrary, seek God by faith, and remember that He has a right to our love no less when He tries us than when He consoles us.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 22, 2020, 02:20:39 AM 'He who truly loves God regards as little what he suffers for God's sake.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 23, 2020, 04:14:01 AM 'What consolation does one not experience in carrying the Cross with Jesus? What joys inundate the heart of one who is in sanctifying grace?'
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 25, 2020, 04:47:57 AM 'Unless a man acquires, through the grace of Christ, knowledge of the truth and fear of God, he is gravely wounded not only by the passions but also by the things that happen to him.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 26, 2020, 06:56:39 AM 'Once we have entrusted our hope about something to God, we no longer quarrel with our neighbor over it.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 27, 2020, 10:13:10 AM 'Fear nothing and trust in Me. I am thy Protector and thy Surety. Within thy soul I have established My reign of peace which no one shall disturb, and in thy heart My reign of love which will fill thee with joy; of this joy no one shall deprive thee.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 28, 2020, 09:20:57 AM 'I fear and tremble, all the while that I long to fulfill your expectations, lest I should prove to be an unworthy panegyrist. For there is in me neither sanctity nor eloquence, worthily to praise the Blessed and glorious Virgin. . . Although none can be found who is worthy to praise her, yet let not even the sinner desist from glorifying her with all his might.'
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 28, 2020, 04:56:27 PM 'To continue my spiritual prescription: grind all your sufferings in the mill of patience and silence; knead them with the balm of Our Saviour's Passion into a little pill; swallow it with faith and love, and let the heat of charity digest it.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 29, 2020, 01:48:14 AM 'We must become detached from self gratification, our own opinions and sentiments, that we may escape the dangers of a spiritual curiosity, and practise true poverty of spirit.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 30, 2020, 01:48:30 AM 'O my Saviour, who am I, that Thou shouldst have so long awaited my repentance!'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 30, 2020, 06:31:09 PM 'If you want to go to the monastery, you must be careful about every encounter and everything you do, or you will not be able to do the work of the monastery; for you will not have the right even to drink a single cup there.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 31, 2020, 01:48:40 AM 'This is the business of our life. By labor and prayer to advance in the grace of God, till we come to that height of perfection in which, with clean hearts, we may behold God.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 31, 2020, 08:01:31 PM 'Afflictions that come to us are the result of our own sins. But if we accept them patiently through prayer, we shall again find blessings.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 01, 2020, 02:57:10 AM 'The person who listens to Christ fills himself with light; and if he imitates Christ, he reclaims himself.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 01, 2020, 05:16:26 PM 'Now this is the will of the Father who sent me: that of all that he hath given me, I should lose nothing; but should raise it up again in the last day.'
John 6:39 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 02, 2020, 03:27:01 AM 'Our actions disclose what goes on within us, just as its fruit makes known a tree otherwise unknown to us.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 03, 2020, 02:49:27 AM 'A sinner cannot escape retribution except through repentance appropriate to his offence.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 05, 2020, 02:01:56 AM 'When the intellect practices the virtues correctly, it advances in moral understanding. When it practices contemplation, it advances in spiritual knowledge. The first leads the spiritual contestant to discriminate between virtue and vice; the second leads the participant to the inner qualities of incorporeal and corporeal things. Finally, the intellect is granted the grace of theology when, carried on wings of love beyond these two former stages, it is taken up into God and with the help of the Holy Spirit discerns - as far as this is possible for the human intellect - the qualities of God.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 06, 2020, 02:29:16 AM 'One day the Lord caused me to hear these words at the foot of the tabernacle: "My son, he who embraces Me embraces thorns." Oh, what a grace! Oh, what a gift!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 07, 2020, 01:01:15 AM 'Hold any man's salvation at greater value than all the treasures of the world.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 08, 2020, 02:37:31 AM 'Let us go to the foot of the Cross, and there complain -- if we have the courage.'
St. Madeleine Sophie Barat Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 09, 2020, 03:06:33 AM 'Brethren, says St. Paul, let the great business of your eternal salvation be the sole object of all your care.
It is the most important affair, because if the soul be lost, all is lost.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 09, 2020, 03:07:18 AM 'There is where I study my sermon - at the foot of the crucifix.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 10, 2020, 07:35:42 AM 'Begin in the morning, before leaving your room, by meditating, for a quarter of an hour, on the Passion of our Redeemer, and you will see that, all will go well with you, and that you will live far removed from sin.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 10, 2020, 10:02:21 PM 'Jesus expires on the cross! He is dead that we may have life. All creation mourns: the sun darkens, the earth trembles, the rocks burst, and the veil of the temple is rent in twain; my heart alone remains harder than a rock!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 11, 2020, 02:06:56 AM 'There is no surer or clearer proof of the love of God than adversity.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 12, 2020, 10:51:33 AM 'Brethren and fathers, at Christ's resurrection creation too, putting away its winter gloom, like a deadness puts out fresh shoots and as it were comes to life again. And yes, we see the earth wearing green, the plants flourishing, the animals skipping around, the sea tamed and everything being changed for the better.
But I must explain why I have said this. If inanimate and irrational creatures are made radiant and lovely by the resplendent resurrection, how much more ought we, who have been honoured with reason and the image of God, make ourselves bright by our life and give off sweet fragrance by the spirit. For one who strives after virtue is truly the sweet fragrance of Christ, and the Apostle bears witness to this when he says, For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ for God among those who are being saved and those who are perishing, for the latter a scent of death leading to death, for the former an scent of life leading to life [2 Cor. 2,15-16]. St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 13, 2020, 09:00:54 AM 'Yes, I exhort, yes, I implore, my brothers, make my joy complete, as the Apostle again says, be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or vainglory; but in humility think of others as better than yourselves [Phil 2,2-3]. Let us secure our senses, sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, through them death enters. Let us bridle our mind not to be carried off to things it should not, not to step into the pitfall of unseemly things, not to picture to ourselves evil images nor to conceive sinful desires, from which we gain no profit or pleasure; on the contrary we are pained and crushed accomplishing nothing useful. There is one repose then and one pleasure, to cleanse the soul and to look towards dispassion. And let us not grow despondent when called to repose and the joy of dispassion, but let us hasten and press forward intently with diligence to right every defect; and God is our helper; for the Lord is near those who wait for him. And by living thus may we reach the kingdom of heaven in Christ Jesus our Lord, to whom be glory and might with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 14, 2020, 02:02:23 AM 'Repentance is the renewal of baptism. Repentance is a contract with God for a second life. A penitent is a buyer of humility. Repentance is constant distrust of bodily comfort. Repentance is self-condemning reflection, and carefree self-care. Repentance is the daughter of hope and the renunciation of despair. A penitent is an undisgraced convict. Repentance is reconciliation with the Lord by the practice of good deeds contrary to the sins. Repentance is purification of conscience. Repentance is the voluntary endurance of all afflictions. A penitent is the inflicter of his own punishments. Repentance is a mighty persecution of the stomach, and a striking of the soul into vigorous awareness.'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 15, 2020, 11:51:22 AM 'Blessed the one who keeps in mind the fire that came down on Mount Sinai and the sounds of the trumpets and Moses standing there with fear and trembling and who does not neglect his own salvation.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 16, 2020, 09:09:39 AM 'In the Heart of Jesus be constantly recollected; it is not necessary that you should feel and taste the divine presence, but it is all-important that you keep yourself in that presence by pure faith, devoid of all self-satisfaction.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 17, 2020, 06:22:50 AM 'As virtue and evil come and go, they dispose the soul either to goodness or to malice, prompting in it the corresponding thoughts.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 18, 2020, 07:39:42 AM 'You must offer yourself to God as a mere nothing to its Creator Who, finding no resistance, will give it such being as pleases Him.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 19, 2020, 03:01:10 AM 'He who works purely for the love of God, desires nothing but His honour, and thus is ready in every thing either to act or not to act, and that not in indifferent matters only, but even in good ones; and he is always resigned to the Will of God.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 20, 2020, 06:36:56 AM 'But you see before you the mountain of Christian perfection, which is very high, and you exclaim in fearfulness that you can never ascend it. Be of good cheer, my child. When the young bees first begin to live they are mere grubs, unable to hover over flowers, or to fly to the mountains, or even to the little hills where they might gather honey; but they are fed for a time with the honey laid up by their predecessors, and by degrees the grubs put forth their wings and grow strong, until they fly abroad and gather their harvest from all the country round. Now we are yet but as grubs in devotion, unable to fly at will, and attain the desired aim of Christian perfection; but if we begin to take shape through our desires and resolutions, our wings will gradually grow, and we may hope one day to become spiritual bees, able to fly. Meanwhile let us feed upon the honey left us in the teaching of so many holy men of old, praying God that He would grant us doves' wings, so that we may not only fly during this life, but find an abiding resting-place in Eternity.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 21, 2020, 09:35:14 AM 'I thank God for having preserved me in the integrity of faith in the midst of an age that has brought forth so many heresies and scandalous opinions, and for the grace of never having held any opinion contrary to that of the Church. By a special protection of God, notwithstanding the many dangerous occasions wherein I might have been turned from the right path, I have always been on the side of truth.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 22, 2020, 06:20:50 PM 'O how sweet and gentle is the divine discourse of Christ Jesus in the soul of her who is truly enflamed by love of him!'
St. Catherine of Bologna Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 23, 2020, 10:01:14 AM 'Hope expands the heart, increases courage, and lovingly places us in the hands of God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 24, 2020, 10:33:19 AM 'Young men should be very careful to avoid idleness.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2020, 12:57:48 AM 'The saints, to obtain salvation, thought it little to give their whole lives to prayer, penance, and the practice of good works. And what do we do for the same end?'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2020, 12:59:22 AM 'As sailors are guided by star to the port, so are Christians guided to Heaven by Mary.'
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 26, 2020, 12:47:17 AM 'Blessed the one who observes with spiritual understanding the choirs of stars shining with glory and the beauty of the heavens and longs to contemplate the Maker of all things.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 26, 2020, 08:45:24 AM 'Abide in my love.'
John 15:9 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 27, 2020, 03:19:25 AM 'If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 28, 2020, 01:19:36 AM 'It is an old custom with the servants of God always to have some little prayers ready, and to be darting them up to heaven frequently during the day, lifting their minds to God from out of the filth of this world. He who adopts this plan will get great fruit with little pains.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 29, 2020, 01:58:40 AM 'The Lord, though he was God, became man. He suffered for the sake of whose who suffer, he was bound for those in bonds, condemned for the guilty, buried for those who lie in the grave; but he rose from the dead, and cried aloud: "Who will contend with me? Let him confront me." I have freed the condemned, brought the dead back to life, raised men from their graves. Who has anything to say against me? I, he said, am the Christ; I have destroyed death, triumphed over the enemy, trampled hell underfoot, bound the strong one, and taken men up to the heights of heaven: I am the Christ.'
St. Melito of Sardis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 29, 2020, 11:58:28 AM 'May the perfect love of God reign in our hearts!'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 30, 2020, 01:22:27 AM 'It is your self love which makes you resent not being able to do what others can do or having so much dismay on finding that you have need of the help of others; if you were dead to self, you would not be so unhappy.'
The Lord, to St. Gemma Galgani Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 01, 2020, 03:43:26 AM 'When you read Holy Scripture, perceive its hidden meanings. "For whatever was written in past times was written for our instruction." (Rom. 15:4)'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 02, 2020, 01:12:45 AM 'The Holy Gospel says of the elect: "In my Father's house there are many mansions." Now, if the righteous in that eternal blessedness enjoyed its good things in the same way, then there would be reason to believe that there is but one mansion, not many. However, there are many mansions in which the elect will be distributed, according to their worthiness, that they might together rejoice and be glad.
The fact that all of the chosen who are distributed among the different mansions receive only one coin shows that there is but one blessedness, enjoyed by all of those who are saved; the amount returned to each of the elect, however, differs according to the various works of virtue that they performed. As for sinners, the Lord, referring to the Day of Judgment, says: "I will say to the reapers, gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them." The reapers, that is, the Angels, bind up those sinners who have committed the same sins, so that they can be sent to Hell together, and thus the proud are tortured together with the proud, the immoral with the immoral, the greedy with the greedy, liars with those who lie, murderers together with murderers, and unbelievers together with unbelievers. All of these, joined together according to their types of sins, will burn in the various places of torture into which the Angels throw them.' Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 03, 2020, 08:43:01 AM 'We can never arrive at the contemplative life, if we do not first exercise ourselves laboriously in the active life.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 04, 2020, 03:27:17 AM 'Good Christians make an examination of conscience and an act of contrition every evening. There was a devout monk lying at the point of death; when his Superior came and told him to make his confession, he answered: "Blessed be God! I have for thirty years made an examination of conscience every evening, and have made my confession every day as if I were at the point of death."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 05, 2020, 02:47:23 AM 'Grow in virtue, in order that the sanctity of this House may last forever, passing on its good traditions to those who come after you. Love one another that charity may be the bond at all times uniting you to all in Jesus Christ.'
St. Artold the Carthusian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 06, 2020, 06:44:03 AM 'Mary being in heaven nearer to God and more united to Him, knows our miseries better, compassionates them more, and can more efficaciously assist us.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 07, 2020, 03:40:10 AM 'Blessed is he who is not attached to anything transitory or corruptible.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 08, 2020, 05:11:00 AM 'One thing I have asked of the Lord; this will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. (Ps. xxvi. 4.) I will take the chalice of salvation, and will call upon the name of the Lord. (Ps. cxv. 4)'
St. Peter Balsam, singing during his tortures on the rack Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 09, 2020, 04:13:44 AM 'I do not tell you to pray in my way, but in that of God. Leave your soul at liberty to receive the divine impressions according to God's pleasure. We should pray according to the dictates of the Holy Spirit.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 10, 2020, 02:42:23 AM 'In the Angelic Salutation can be seen the faith and hope of the patriarchs, the prophets and the apostles. Furthermore, it gives to martyrs their unswerving constancy and strength, it is the wisdom of the doctors of the Church, the perseverance of the holy confessors and the life of all religious. It is the new hymn of the law of grace, the joy of angels and men, and the hymn which terrifies devils and puts them to shame.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 11, 2020, 02:51:43 PM 'Let us continue the fight on the day of the Lord. The days of anguish and of tribulation have overtaken us; if God so wills, "let us die for the holy laws of our fathers," so that we may deserve to obtain an eternal inheritance with them.'
St. Boniface Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 11, 2020, 02:54:30 PM 'When the Arimathean lifted You, lifeless from the Cross, O Lord of Life, he anointed You, O Christ, with myrrh, and wrapped You in a shroud. He was moved by heartfelt love to kiss your body not subject to decay; but was restrained by fear, and rejoicing, he cried out to You: "Glory to Your condescension, O Lover of Mankind."'
from the Vespers of Great and Holy Friday Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 12, 2020, 02:13:17 AM 'Everything good is given by the Lord providentially; and he who has faith that this is so will not lose what he has been given.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 13, 2020, 03:19:47 AM 'You are indignant that God is indignant, as if you deserved anything good by living evilly, as if all those things that happen were still not less and lighter than your own sins.'
St. Cyprian of Carthage Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 13, 2020, 05:10:04 PM 'Poverty, hardship, austerity and fasting, such are the instruments of the solitary life. It is written, "When these three men are together, Noah, Job, and Daniel, there am I, says the Lord." (cf. Ezek. 14:14) Noah represents poverty, Job suffering and Daniel discernment. So, if these three works are found in a man, the Lord dwells in him.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 14, 2020, 04:57:18 AM 'Like the sun which shines on all alike, vainglory beams on every occupation. What I mean is this. I fast, and turn vainglorious. I stop fasting so that I will draw no attention to myself, and I become vainglorious over my prudence. I dress well or badly, and am vainglorious in either case. I talk or I hold my peace, and each time I am defeated. No matter how I shed this prickly thing, a spike remains to stand up against me.'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 15, 2020, 06:41:28 AM 'Consider every day that you are then for the first time beginning; and always act with the same fervor as on the first day you began.'
St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 16, 2020, 05:13:46 AM 'As a man lives, so shall he die.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 17, 2020, 06:16:44 AM 'The apostles and their successors are God's vicars in governing the Church which is built on faith and the sacraments of faith. Wherefore, just as they may not institute another Church, so neither may they deliver another faith, nor institute other sacraments: on the contrary, the Church is said to be built up with the sacraments "which flowed from the side of Christ while hanging on the Cross.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 17, 2020, 08:24:34 PM 'Fire is produced from stone and steel; lying comes from loquacity and gossip. And the lie destroys love. No one who has any sense would say that telling lies is not an important sin. The Holy Spirit has severely condemned it. "You destroy those that speak lies," says David to God. (Ps. 5, 7) The mother of lying is hypocrisy, mother and also, often, its substance as well. Hypocrisy in fact works out the lie beforehand and then puts it into practice. Those who possess the fear of God are the furthest from telling lies, because they have an honest judge, their own conscience.'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 18, 2020, 08:17:55 AM 'Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul.'
St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 18, 2020, 08:40:47 PM 'Hope in His goodness and redouble your confidence in proportion as your troubles increase.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 19, 2020, 01:26:17 AM 'It has reached us, and we cannot call it to mind without blushing, that your fraternity teaches the pagan authors in some cases. Such a thing has caused us much pain, and has excited in our heart such a deep disgust that the pleasure we experienced in receiving news from you is changed into lamentation and sorrow. . . We are the more anxious to know of a certainty whether these things be true, seeing that they are the more horrible being found in a priest.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 19, 2020, 09:09:49 PM 'St Francis de Sales says, "How mistaken are those who make sanctity consist in anything but the love of Our Lord Jesus Christ." Love is the fulfilling of the law.
The Saints tell us that: Faith is love that believes. Hope is love that expects. Adoration is love that worships. Prayer is love that petitions. Mercy is love that pardons. Charity is love that sacrifices itself. Mortification, martyrdom, is love that immolates itself.' St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 20, 2020, 08:02:43 AM 'If you find yourself in an abyss of pride and of vain self-esteem, plunge yourself at once into the abyss of the humility of the Sacred Heart. There you must submerge your feelings of pride that are stirred up within you, so that by love of your own abjection you may clothe yourself with His sacred annihilations.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 21, 2020, 10:24:10 AM 'Christ died on account of our sins in accordance with the Scriptures' (1 Cor. 15:3); and to those who serve Him well He gives freedom. "Well done, good and faithful servant," He says, "you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter into the joy of your Lord" (Matt. 25:21).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 22, 2020, 10:12:37 AM 'I also beseech in the Lord, all my brothers who are, or who shall be, or who desire to be priests of the Most High, that whenever they wish to celebrate Mass, they be pure, and offer with purity and reverence the true Sacrifice of the most holy Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ with a holy and perfect intention; not from any earthly motive, nor for the fear or love of any creature, as though desiring to please men; but let every will (according to the grace given) be directed solely to the most High God, and do you desire to please Him alone, for He alone works in this holy Sacrifice according to His good pleasure, as the Lord has Himself said: "Do this in remembrance of Me:" and he who does otherwise becomes a traitor like Judas. Remember, O priests, my brothers, how it is written in the law of Moses, that those who transgressed even in corporal sacrifices were condemned by God to death, without any mercy. What a far more terrible punishment will he deserve, who tramples under foot the Son of God, and treats the Blood of the New Testament by which he is sanctified as a vile thing, and offers insult to the Holy Ghost! A man stained with sin despises and tramples on the Lamb of God, when, as the Apostle says, not discerning the sacred Bread, which is Christ, from other food, he eats unworthily by being guilty of unworthy actions; for the Lord has said by His Prophet: "Cursed is the man who does the work of God with negligence or fraud." And on account of those priests who will not lay these things seriously to heart, we are condemned, when Our Lord says: "I will curse your blessings."'
St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 23, 2020, 01:49:11 AM 'As for you, let that which you have heard from the beginning, abide in you. If that abide in you, which you have heard from the beginning, you also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.'
1 John 2:24 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 24, 2020, 01:13:12 AM 'By wishing to do too much, we often spoil everything, constraining our Lord to leave us to act alone and withdraw from us in sorrow.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 25, 2020, 03:05:43 AM 'The things of this life are only really happy, as far as they prepare us for the eternal life which follows.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 26, 2020, 12:42:14 AM 'Be assured that in the study of perfection, as in that of the sciences, any act animated by holy fervor makes more progress than a thousand others produced by sloth; so that what the careless man acquires with trouble, after many years, the fervent man readily obtains in a short time.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 26, 2020, 09:03:06 PM 'Those only are to be called poor and unhappy, who are in hell, who have lost God for eternity, not those who are poor on earth.'
St. Benedict Joseph Labre Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 27, 2020, 02:19:35 AM 'To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 28, 2020, 03:14:13 AM 'Take care that your prayer becomes more and more interior, in pure faith; humble yourself, and seek no consolations but the great God Who gives them.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 29, 2020, 07:29:15 AM 'How beautiful to look upon is the starry firmament! Yet it is only the portal of the blessed country where I hope to go one day.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 30, 2020, 03:09:26 AM 'We must love this Sacred Heart, with all our strength and with all our capacity. Yes, we must love Him, and He will establish His empire and will reign in spite of all His enemies and their opposition.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 01, 2020, 03:46:15 AM 'Among the things we ought to ask of God, is perseverance in well-doing and in serving the Lord; because, if we only have patience, and persevere in the good life we have begun to lead, we shall acquire a most eminent degree of spirituality.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 02, 2020, 09:01:01 AM 'The saints suffered everything with joy, patience, and perseverance, because they loved. As for us, we suffer with anger, vexation, and weariness, because we do not love. If we loved God, we should love crosses, we should wish for them, we should take pleasure in them. . . We should be happy to be able to suffer for the love of Him who lovingly suffered for us.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 03, 2020, 01:19:55 AM 'If you speak to Jesus about Himself, He in His turn will speak about you. Your heart will expand under the rays of the Sun of goodness as does the moist dew-kissed flower in the early morn of springtime. His sweet voice will pierce your soul. Then you will hearken to Him in silence and peace, or rather in the sweet working of love. You will live in Him!'
Bl. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 03, 2020, 01:20:26 AM 'If you say, "Show me your God," I will say to you, "Show me what kind of person you are, and I will show you my God." Show me then whether the eyes of your mind can see, and the ears of your heart hear.
It is like this. Those who can see with the eyes of their bodies are aware of what is happening in this life on earth. They get to know things that are different from each other. They distinguish light and darkness, black and white, ugliness and beauty, elegance and inelegance, proportion and lack of proportion, excess and defect. The same is true of the sounds we hear: high or low or pleasant. So it is with the ears of our heart and the eyes of our mind in their capacity to hear or see God. God is seen by those who have the capacity to see him, provided that they keep the eyes of their mind open. All have eyes, but some have eyes that are shrouded in darkness, unable to see the light of the sun. Because the blind cannot see it, it does not follow that the sun does not shine. The blind must trace the cause back to themselves and their eyes. In the same way, you have eyes in your mind that are shrouded in darkness because of your sins and evil deeds. A person's soul should be clean, like a mirror reflecting light. If there is rust on the mirror his face cannot be seen in it. In the same way, no one who has sin within him can see God.' St. Theophilus of Antioch Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 04, 2020, 06:50:58 AM 'My children, we are going to speak of hope: this is what makes the happiness of man on earth. Some people of this world hope too much, and others do not hope enough. Some say, "I am going to commit this sin again. It will not cost me more to confess four than three." It is like a child saying to his father, "I am going to give you four blows; it will cost me no more than to give you one: I shall only have to ask your pardon."
That is the way men behave towards the good God. They say, "This year I shall amuse myself again; I shall go to dances and to the alehouse, and next year I will be converted. The good God will be sure to receive me, when I choose to return to Him." . . . Do you think that He will adapt Himself to everything in your will? Do you think He will embrace you after you have despised Him all your life? Oh, no, indeed! There is a certain measure of grace and of sin after which God withdraws Himself. . . God would not be just if He made no difference between those who serve Him and those who offend Him. My children, there is so little faith now in the world, that people either hope too much, or they despair. Some say, "I have done too much evil; the good God cannot pardon me." My children, this is a great blasphemy; it is putting a limit on the mercy of God, which has no limit -- it is infinite. You may have done enough to lose the souls of a whole parish, and if you confess, if you are sorry for having done this evil, and resolve not to do it again, the good God will have pardoned you.' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 05, 2020, 09:32:00 AM 'When you want to resolve a complex problem, seek God's will in the matter, and you will find a constructive solution.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 06, 2020, 01:35:07 AM 'It seems to me that I am awaiting a thousand years the happiness of going to my God, my supreme good.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 07, 2020, 02:08:35 PM 'In his mercy the Lord supports all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down' (Ps. 145:14).'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 08, 2020, 04:57:42 PM 'Purgatory is in those souls that are not dead to themselves; Hell is in the heart of the impious; Paradise in that of the perfect, who are closely united to Our Lord.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 10, 2020, 06:02:10 AM 'Ask Jesus to make you a saint. After all, only He can do that. Go to confession regularly and to Communion as often as you can.'
St. Dominic Savio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 10, 2020, 11:06:50 AM 'We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 11, 2020, 09:39:42 AM 'Be assured that in the study of perfection, as in that of the sciences, any act animated by holy fervor makes more progress than a thousand others produced by sloth; so that what the careless man acquires with trouble, after many years, the fervent man readily obtains in a short time.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 11, 2020, 03:01:35 PM 'He shall be the greatest who will make himself the least. He that humbles himself the most profoundly shall be the most exalted; he shall have, the more easily, access to that wine-cellar, that royal hall, whence opens that secret sanctuary in which the soul communes face to face with her divine Spouse.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 12, 2020, 06:40:16 AM 'Total dispassion renders our conceptual images passion-free: perfect spiritual knowledge brings us into the presence of Him who is utterly beyond knowledge.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 12, 2020, 10:18:46 PM 'And they did not understand,
Until the flood came and swept them all away.' Matthew 24:39 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 13, 2020, 07:32:10 AM 'The true preparation for prayer consists in the exercise of mortification; for he who wishes to give himself up to prayer without mortification, is like a bird wishing to fly before it is fledged.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 14, 2020, 06:10:04 AM 'A blessing on the man who puts his trust in the Lord, with the Lord for his hope. He is like a tree by the waterside that thrusts its roots to the stream: when the heat comes it feels no alarm, its foliage stays green; it has no worries in a year of drought, and never ceases to bear fruit.'
Jeremias 17:7-8 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 15, 2020, 01:31:50 AM 'Our Lord is satisfied with our good will. I hope that His Heart will never refuse you the graces necessary to fulfill entirely all that He requires of you.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 16, 2020, 07:35:23 AM 'God does not forsake you. It is because he wishes to increase your glory that oftentimes he permits you to fall sick. Keep up your courage so that you may also hear him say: "Do you think I have dealt with you otherwise than that you may be shown to be just?"'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 17, 2020, 07:33:48 AM 'Self-contempt and perfect union with the divine will: these are the main points of the Christian life.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 18, 2020, 09:59:21 AM 'My hope is in Christ, who strengthens the weakest by His Divine help. I can do all in Him who strengthens me. His Power is infinite, and if I lean on him, it will be mine. His Wisdom is infinite, and if I look to Him for counsel, I shall not be deceived. His Goodness is infinite, and if my trust is stayed in Him, I shall not be abandoned.'
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 19, 2020, 01:08:01 AM 'Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies.'
St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 20, 2020, 01:31:43 AM 'With all guard keep thy heart, because life proceedeth from it.'
Proverbs 4:23 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 21, 2020, 12:59:22 AM 'The soul is more precious than the whole world!'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 22, 2020, 05:58:31 AM 'Brethren and fathers, fasting is good if it possesses its own special characteristics, which are to be peaceable, meek, well-established, obedient, humble, sympathetic and all the other forms of virtue. But the devil hurries to suggest the opposite to fasters and to make them insolent, angry, bad-tempered, puffed up, so as to produce hurt more than gain. But let us not be ignorant of his plans, but continue our path peaceably, gently, meekly and steadfastly bearing with one another in love, knowing that this is what is acceptable to God; for though you bend your neck double like a hoop and smother yourself with sackcloth and ashes, if these qualities are lacking to you, you would not be well-pleasing to him. Because while fasting batters and wastes the body, it clears the soul and makes it flourish. For as much as our outer nature is perishing, it says, by so much the inner is being renewed day by day. And Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding weight of glory. So that looking at the recompense, let us bear the toils of virtue with long-suffering, giving thanks to the God and Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 23, 2020, 04:35:54 AM 'Give to your little girls these three things to remember: "There is only one God. Only one soul. Only one eternity."'
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 24, 2020, 03:33:55 AM 'Great is the intellect that is freed from the passions, has separated itself from created beings, and lives in God.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 25, 2020, 08:34:17 AM 'I constitute thee heiress of My Heart and of all Its treasures, for time and for eternity, allowing thee to dispose of them according to thy desire; and I promise thee that My assistance will not fail thee, as long as My heart fails not in power. Thou shall be forever Its beloved disciple.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 26, 2020, 03:11:18 AM 'Do not permit yourself to be a spectacle for the gossip of others; do not allow your honor to be degraded. Do not associate with vain people. Avoid the bad; rebuff the indolent. Flee overmuch association with men, especially those who are more inclined to vice.'
St. Isidore of Seville Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 27, 2020, 04:26:39 AM 'He who tests all things and "holds fast that which is good" (1 Thess. 5: 21) will in consequence refrain from all evil.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 28, 2020, 06:22:11 AM 'O Lord, keep Thy hand this day over Philip, if Thou do not, Philip will betray Thee.'
St. Philip Neri, his morning prayer Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 29, 2020, 03:19:38 AM 'I remember, when I was about seven or eight years old, twice during Holy Week, Jesus appeared to me covered with wounds, and telling me to be devout to His most holy passion, instantly disappeared. I wept bitterly, and every time that I heard speak of the torments and sufferings of Our Lord, I felt something at my heart; and everything that I undertook I offered up in honor of His passion. A desire came into my head of asking my confessor for some mortification, but I did not yield to it. Still I made sufferings for myself, but all without my confessor's leave; such as the discipline, walking on my bare knees, piercing myself with a pin, and beating myself with thistles. If I heard of the works of penance performed by others, I went to the image of my Saviour, and said, "Lord, if I had their instruments of mortification, I would do the same; but since I have them not, I offer Thee my desire." He has often let me know and remember that He made me (at that age) affectionate invitations. Thus, for example, when I had determined on taking some recreation, and could never find time to do so, I heard Jesus in my interior, asking me, "What dost thou seek, what dost thou desire? I am thy real contentment;" and I at once replied, "Lord, for Thy sake I will deprive myself of the pleasure which I sought." How these answered were uttered, I know not; but this I know, that I did make them. . . Sometimes, whilst I was gazing at the crucifix, Jesus spoke to my heart, and said, "I will be Thy guide and spouse;" and I stretched out my arms and exclaimed, "I will be Thy spouse, and no one shall move me from it. I promise it with all my heart; grant that I may never separate myself from Thee."'
St. Veronica Guiliani Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 30, 2020, 07:40:32 AM 'Is there any one in the world who has invoked thee, O Mary, without having felt the benefit of thy protection, which is promised to those who invoke thy mercy?'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 01, 2020, 04:16:28 AM 'O virgins, know you this, that while you retain your Virginity you are ever accompanied with Angels. Not so is it with her who is married, and is joined in matrimony. Knowest thou not that the merit of the virgin is said to be one hundred, and the merit of the married woman thirty, and of the widow sixty? Seest thou by how much the virgin doth exceed the other estates? O virgins be wise to maintain yourselves as you are; flee the sight of man!'
St. Bernardine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 02, 2020, 05:55:13 AM 'Know that of all devotions the most pleasing to Mary is to have frequent recourse to her, asking for favors.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 03, 2020, 02:49:52 AM 'Nothing is stronger than prayer in its action, nothing more effective in winning God's favor.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 04, 2020, 02:43:14 AM 'According to St. Bonaventure, all the angels in heaven unceasingly call out to her: "Holy, holy, holy Mary, Virgin Mother of God." They greet her countless times each day with the angelic greeting, "Hail, Mary", while prostrating themselves before her, begging her as a favour to honour them with one of her requests. According to St. Augustine, even St. Michael, though prince of all the heavenly court, is the most eager of all the angels to honour her and lead others to honour her. At all times he awaits the privilege of going at her word to the aid of one of her servants.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 05, 2020, 02:40:19 AM 'Would that I were all aflame with love! More than that: would that I could sing hymns of praise in the fire of love, and extol the marvellous mercies that uncreated love has bestowed on us! Is it not truly a duty to thank God for His gifts? Yes, doubtless, but I know not how. I wish to do so, and I know not how.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 06, 2020, 01:26:25 AM 'It is as a general rule a bad sign when a man has not a particular feeling of devotion on the chief feasts of the year.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 06, 2020, 01:47:19 AM 'We ought to employ ourselves in compassionating our loving Mother in Her grief over the sufferings of Her Son. In return, She will comfort and console us and at the hour of death, will show us Her sweet face and deliver us from all fear. She will take us under Her protecting mantle, and with the sword that transpierced Her most pure Heart, She will defend us against our enemy.'
St. Gabriel Possenti of the Sorrowful Mother Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 07, 2020, 02:42:32 AM 'In order the better to gain souls, in visiting the sick, we ought to imagine that what we do for the sick man we are doing for Christ Himself; we shall thus perform this work of mercy with more love and greater spiritual profit.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 07, 2020, 04:02:18 AM 'Beginners in the service of God sometimes lose confidence when they fall into any fault. When you feel so unworthy a sentiment rising within you, you must lift your heart to God and consider that all your faults, compared with divine goodness, are less than a bit of oakum thrown into a sea of fire.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 08, 2020, 05:09:31 AM 'Think no more of what people say, but of pleasing the Heart of Jesus alone, according to the lights He will give you. He loves you and He will never allow you to perish, as long as you trust in Him.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 09, 2020, 07:58:43 AM 'Jesus Christ is the true Friend of our hearts, for they are made for Him alone; therefore they can find neither rest, joy nor fullness of content save in Him -- so let us love Him with all our strength.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 10, 2020, 06:48:24 AM 'Do good when you remember, and what you forget will be revealed to you; and do not surrender your mind to blind forgetfullness.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 11, 2020, 06:43:00 AM 'The Holy Spirit is light and strength. He teaches us to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and between good and evil. Like glasses that magnify objects, the Holy Spirit shows us good and evil on a large scale. With the Holy Spirit we see everything in its true proportions; we see the greatness of the least actions done for God, and the greatness of the least faults. As a watchmaker with his glasses distinguishes the most minute wheels of a watch, so we, with the light of the Holy Spirit, distinguish all the details of our poor life. Then the smallest imperfections appear very great, the least sins inspire us with horror. That is the reason why the most Holy Virgin never sinned. The Holy Spirit made her understand the hideousness of sin; she shuddered with terror at the least fault.
Those who have the Holy Spirit cannot endure themselves, so well do they know their poor misery. The proud are those who have not the Holy Spirit.' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 12, 2020, 04:40:30 AM 'There is more security in self-denial, mortification, and other like virtues, than in an abundance of tears.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 13, 2020, 01:55:03 AM 'See my children; the treasure of a Christian is not on the earth, it is in Heaven. Well, our thoughts ought to be where our treasure is. Man has a beautiful occupation, that of praying and loving. You pray, you love -- that is the happiness of man upon the earth. Prayer is nothing else than union with God. When our heart is pure and united to God, we feel within ourselves a joy, a sweetness that inebriates, a light that dazzles us. In this intimate union God and the soul are like two pieces of wax melted together; they cannot be separated. This union of God with His little creature is a most beautiful thing. It is a happiness that we cannot understand. . . God, in His goodness, has permitted us to speak to Him. Our prayer is an incense which He receives with extreme pleasure.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 14, 2020, 08:32:25 AM 'If you purify your soul of attachment to and desire for things, you will understand them spiritually. If you deny your appetite for them, you will enjoy their truth, understanding what is certain in them.'
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 15, 2020, 10:42:32 AM 'It is one of the most firmly established and most consoling of the truths that have been revealed to us that (apart from sin) nothing happens to us in life unless God wills it so. Wealth and poverty alike come from Him. If we fall ill, God is the cause of our illness; if we get well, our recovery is due to God. We owe our lives entirely to Him, and when death comes to put an end to life, His will be the hand that deals the blow.
But should we attribute it to God when we are unjustly persecuted? Yes, He is the only person you can charge with the wrong you suffer. He is not the cause of the sin the person commits by ill-treating you, but He is the cause of the suffering that person inflicts on you while sinning. God did not inspire your enemy with the will to harm you, but He gave him the power to do so. If you receive a wound, do not doubt but that it is God Himself who has wounded you. If all living creatures were to league themselves against you, unless the Creator wished it and joined with them and gave them the strength and means to carry out their purpose, they would never succeed. You would have no power over me if it had not been given you from above, the Savior of the world said to Pilate. We can say the same to demons and men, to the brute beasts and to whatever exists -- You would not be able to disturb me or harm me as you do unless God had ordered it so. You are sent by Him you are given the power by Him to tempt me and to make me suffer. You would have no power over me if it had not been given you from above. If from time to time we meditated seriously on this truth of our faith it would be enough to stifle all complaint in whatever loss or misfortune we suffer. What I have the Lord gave me, it has been taken away by Him. It is not a lawsuit or a thief that has ruined you or a certain person that has slandered you; if your child dies it is not by accident or wrong treatment, but because God, to whom all belongs, has not wished you to keep it longer.' St. Claude de la Colombiere Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 16, 2020, 10:14:51 AM 'I see without eyes, hear without understanding, feel without feeling, and taste without tasting. I know neither form nor measure; for without seeing I yet behold an operation so divine that the words I first used, perfection, purity, and the like seem to me now mere lies in the presence of the truth. The sun which once looked so bright is now dark; what was sweet is now bitter, because sweetness and beauty are spoiled by contact with creatures. Nor can I any longer say: "My God, my All." Everything is mine, for all that is God's seems to be wholly mine. Neither in heaven nor on earth shall I ever again use such words, for I am mute and lost in God. Nor can I call the saints blessed, nor the blessed holy, for I see that their sanctity and their beatitude is not theirs, but exists only in God. I see nothing good or blessed in any creature if it be not wholly annihilated and absorbed in God, so that he alone may remain in the creature and the creature in him.
This is the beatitude that the blessed might have, and yet they have it not, except in so far as they are dead to themselves and absorbed in God. They have it not in so far as they remain in themselves and can say: "I am blessed." Words are wholly inadequate to express my meaning, and I reproach myself for using them. I would that every one could understand me, and I am sure that if I could breathe on creatures, the fire of love burning within me would inflame them all with divine desire. O thing most marvelous! So great is my love for God, that beside it all love for the neighbor seems only hypocrisy. I can no longer condescend to creatures, or if I do so, it is only with pain, for to me the world seems only to live in vanity.' St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 17, 2020, 01:28:46 AM 'The only means for detaching ourselves from creatures is to acquire a great love for God. If the love of God does not go so far as to obtain the mastery over our own will, we shall never attain to being saints. The means for acquiring this ruling love is devout prayer. Let us constantly pray to God to give us his love, that we may thus find ourselves detached from every created thing. Divine love is a thief, which, in a holy way, robs us of all earthly affections, and causes us to say, "What other thing do I desire but Thee alone, O God of my heart?"'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 18, 2020, 01:07:04 AM 'There are many things which seem to us misfortunes and which we call such; but if we understood the designs of God we would call them graces.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 19, 2020, 03:01:13 AM 'As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 20, 2020, 07:25:56 AM 'Our Lord wishes us to have great charity for our neighbor, for whom we should pray as for ourselves; it is one of the characteristic effects of this devotion to reconcile hearts and to bring peace to souls.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 21, 2020, 04:58:45 AM 'Justice was above the world when the devil offered all the kingdoms of the world and all its glory. He was above the world Who touched nothing concerning the world, Who said: The prince of this world is coming, but in Me he shall find nothing. Learn, therefore, to be above the world even while in this world, and if you bear a body, may your interior wings soar up. He is above the world who bears God in his body.'
St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 22, 2020, 01:11:57 AM 'Simplicity before others, guilelessness, mutual love, joy and humility of every kind, must be laid down as the foundation of the community. Otherwise, disparaging others or grumbling about them, we make our labor profitless. He who persists ceaselessly in prayer must not disparage the man incapable of doing this, nor must the man who devotes himself to serving the needs of the community complain about those who are dedicated to prayer. For if both the prayers and the service are offered in a spirit of simplicity and love for others, the superabundance of those dedicated to prayer will make up for the insufficiency of those who serve, and vice versa. In this way the equality that St. Paul commends is maintained (cf. 2 Cor. 8:14): he who has much does not have to excess and he who has little has no lack (cf. Exod. 16:18).
God's will is done on earth as in heaven when, in the way indicated, we do not disparage one another, and when not only are we without jealousy but we are united one to another in simplicity and in mutual love, peace and joy, and regard our brothers' progress as our own and his failure as our loss.' St. Symeon Metaphrastis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 23, 2020, 09:00:30 AM 'Purity comes from Heaven; we must ask for it from God. If we ask for it, we shall obtain it. We must take great care not to lose it. We must shut our heart against pride, against sensuality, and all the other passions, as one shuts the doors and windows that nobody may be able to get in. What joy is it to the guardian angel to conduct a pure soul! My children, when a soul is pure, all Heaven looks upon it with love! Pure souls will form the circle round Our Lord. The more pure we have been on earth, the nearer we shall be to Him in Heaven. When the heart is pure, it cannot help loving, because it has found the source of love, which is God. "Happy," says Our Lord, "are the pure in heart, because they shall see God!
My children, we cannot comprehend the power that a pure soul has over the good God. It is not he who does the will of God, it is God who does his will.' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 24, 2020, 02:12:43 AM 'In scientific matters there is a manifest difference between the studious and the negligent man; now, this difference is the same regarding progress in virtue and victory over the weakness of our nature.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 25, 2020, 07:09:19 AM 'There is more security in self-denial, mortification, and other like virtues, than in an abundance of tears.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 26, 2020, 11:48:04 AM 'The sacred heart of Christ is an inexhaustible fountain and its sole desire is to pour itself out into the hearts of the humble so as to free them and prepare them to lead lives according to his good pleasure.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 28, 2020, 02:49:33 AM 'Whenever we think of Christ we should recall the love that led him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of his love; for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love him. For is at some time the Lord should grant us the grace of impressing his love on our hearts, all will become easy for us and we shall accomplish great things quickly and without effort.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 29, 2020, 07:34:04 AM 'We do not say that marriage was not sanctified by Christ, since the Word of God says: 'The two shall become one flesh' and one spirit. But we are born before we are brought to our final goal, and the mystery of God's operation is more excellent than the remedy for human weakness. Quite rightly is a good wife praised, but a pious virgin is more rightly preferred.'
St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 30, 2020, 02:19:07 AM 'Let us faithfully transmit to posterity the example of virtue which we have received from our forefathers.'
St. Peter Damian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 01, 2020, 05:38:42 AM 'And when he is come, he findeth it empty (Matt. xii. 43). Empty, since he finds there no charity, nor true faith, nor humility, nor patience, nor justice, nor mercy, nor any of the other things with which the souls of the saints are furnished. How does he find it? Swept and garnished: he finds it as he desires to find it. He finds it swept clean by evil brushes, and garnished with evil furnishings; evil brushes that sweep out the virtues, and leave the vices; evil brushes that scatter dust upon the floor, and do not sweep it out. It is lust, fornication, pleasure, pride, avarice, discord, and all uncleanness, which are the furnishings of the devil. With these adornments he finds it garnished.
Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in they dwell there.' St. Bruno Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 03, 2020, 06:06:48 AM 'We must not be behind time in doing good; for death will not be behind his time.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 04, 2020, 10:02:08 PM 'If a man desires something, he makes every effort to attain it. But of all things which are good and desirable the divine is incomparably the best and the most desirable. How assiduous, then, we should be in order to attain what is of its very nature good and desirable.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 05, 2020, 01:54:58 AM 'If we die with him we shall live with him,
if we bear with him we shall reign with him, if we deny him he will deny us, if we believe not in him, he will remain faithful, he cannot deny himself.' 2 Timothy 2:11-14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 06, 2020, 01:05:24 AM 'He who loves Jesus trains himself in suffering: perseverance in suffering dispels listlessness.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 07, 2020, 10:59:52 AM 'Just as the light of the sun attracts a healthy eye, so through love knowledge of God naturally draws to itself the pure intellect.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 09, 2020, 01:03:30 AM 'We must seek Christ where Christ is not, that is, in crosses and tribulations, in which truly He is not now, but we shall find Him in glory by this road.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 10, 2020, 01:16:27 AM 'In beautiful things St. Francis saw Beauty itself, and through His vestiges imprinted on creation he followed his Beloved everywhere, making from all things a ladder by which he could climb up and embrace Him who is utterly desirable.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 11, 2020, 02:11:10 AM '. . . the heart of Mary became, as it were, a mirror of the Passion of the Son, in which might be seen, faithfully reflected, the spitting, the blows and wounds, and all that Jesus suffered.'
St. Lawrence Justinian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 12, 2020, 01:34:41 AM 'Sanctorum vita ceteris norma vivendi est.'
'The life of the saints is the norm of living for others.' St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 13, 2020, 06:10:39 AM 'When God wishes, He becomes fire, burning up every coarse passion that has taken root in the soul. "For our God is a consuming fire" (Dt. 4:24; Heb. 12:29). When He wishes, He becomes an inexpressible and mysterious rest so that the soul may find rest in God's rest. When He wishes, he becomes joy and peace, cherishing and protecting the soul.'
St. Macarius the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 14, 2020, 03:25:29 AM 'Scruples ought to be most carefully avoided, as they disquiet the mind, and make a man melancholy.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 15, 2020, 06:02:01 AM 'It is a good thing, during the week that follows our communion-day, to do something more than usual; for example, to say five Our Fathers and Hail Maries with our arms extended, or an extra rosary.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 16, 2020, 05:09:05 AM 'The best remedy for dryness of spirit, is to picture ourselves as beggars in the presence of God and the Saints, and like a beggar, to go first to one saint, then to another, to ask a spiritual alms of them with the same earnestness as a poor fellow in the streets would ask an alms of us.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 18, 2020, 08:52:09 AM 'Sometimes God leaves us for a long time unable to effect any good, that we may learn to humble ourselves, and never to glory in our efforts.'
St. Vincent Ferrer Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 19, 2020, 08:21:04 AM 'Deny your desires and you will find what your heart longs for. For how do you know if any desire of yours is according to God?'
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 21, 2020, 01:09:01 AM 'I will attempt day by day to break my will into pieces. I want to do God's Holy Will, not my own!'
St. Gabriel Possenti of the Sorrowful Mother Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 22, 2020, 03:11:22 AM 'Since the light of spiritual knowledge is the intellect's life, and since this light is engendered by love for God, it is rightly said that nothing is greater than divine love (cf. 1 Cor. 13:13).'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 23, 2020, 03:28:28 AM 'The more we are afflicted in this world, the greater is our assurance in the next; the more sorrow in the present, the greater will be our joy in the future.'
St. Isidore of Seville Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 24, 2020, 01:02:47 AM 'The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 25, 2020, 09:37:14 AM 'Jacob made for Joseph a coat of many colors (cf. Gen. 37:3), and the Lord gives knowledge of truth to the gentle; as it is written, "He will teach the gentle His ways" (Ps. 25:9. LXX).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 26, 2020, 02:12:26 AM 'No one can be ignorant of the fact that all the Fathers of the Catholic Church unanimously imposed the inviolable rule of continence on clerics in major orders. The Body of the Lord in the sacrament of the altar is the same as the one carried by the immaculate hands of the Virgin at Bethlehem. To be able to touch It, it is necessary to have pure hands, sanctified by perfect continence.'
St. Peter Damian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 27, 2020, 04:18:49 AM 'You should also know the following subterfuge of the demons: at times they divide themselves into groups. Some come with a temptation; and when you ask for help others come in the guise of angels and chase away the first, to make you believe that they are true angels, and fall into vainglory, through having been granted such a thing.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 28, 2020, 06:03:05 AM 'The most evident mark of God's anger is the most terrible castigation He can inflict upon the world, is manifested when He permits his people to fall into the hands of clergy who are priests more in name than in deed. When God permits such things it is very positive proof that He is thoroughly angry with His people and is visiting His most dreadful anger on them. That is why He cries out unceasingly to Christians, return you rebellious Christians and I will give you pastors according to my own heart.'
St. Jean Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 29, 2020, 12:41:41 PM 'The sanctity of a man lies in the breadth of three fingers, (the forehead) that is to say, in mortifying the understanding, which would fain reason upon things.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 30, 2020, 10:54:04 AM 'In recalling to mind the life and actions of the saints, walk in their footsteps as much as possible, and humble thyself if thou canst not attain to their perfection.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 31, 2020, 12:15:08 PM 'We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Benedict on September 01, 2020, 10:40:09 PM "Since Christ Himself has said, "This is My Body" who shall dare to doubt that It is His Body?" For we are His Body because we believe and Christ dwells in us and His grace empowers us to do what is right!St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 01, 2020, 11:16:12 PM 'The love of God is a jealous love. One atom of irregular affection for creatures suffices to ruin everything.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 02, 2020, 02:00:40 AM 'You must flee from sensual things. Truly every time a man comes close to a struggle with sensuality, he is like a man standing at the edge of a deep lake, and the Enemy throws him in whenever he likes. But if the man lives far from sensual things, he is like one who stands at a distance from the lake, so that even if the Enemy entices him in order to throw him to the bottom, God sends him help at the very moment that the Enemy is drawing him away and doing him violence.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 03, 2020, 01:36:18 AM 'If any man love not Our Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathama maranatha.'
1 Corinthians 16:22 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 04, 2020, 01:12:40 AM 'And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment. And he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? But he was silent. Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen.'
Matthew 22:11-14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 05, 2020, 02:53:54 AM 'In raising human nature to heaven by His ascension, Christ has given us the hope of arriving thither ourselves.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 06, 2020, 03:49:38 AM 'Where there is no great mortification there is no great sanctity.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 07, 2020, 01:37:38 AM 'Reflect that Job lost his possessions and his sons and his health: his wife remained to him for a perpetual scourge; and then, when God had tested his patience, He restored everything to him double, and at the end eternal life.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 08, 2020, 03:57:50 AM 'The multitude who know nothing of continence live for the body, not for the spirit. But the body without spirit is "earth and ashes."'
St. Clement of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 09, 2020, 02:58:58 AM 'To maintain a secular spirit under the habit of religion is apostasy at heart.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 10, 2020, 06:56:48 AM 'He who toils unwillingly grows poor in every way, while he who presses ahead in hope is doubly rich.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 11, 2020, 03:16:32 AM '. . . he that shall drink of the water that I will give him, shall not thirst for ever: But the water that I will give him, shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into life everlasting.'
John 4:13-14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 12, 2020, 06:34:58 AM 'When a man is out of the right way the more quickly and impetuously he advances, the more he errs.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 13, 2020, 06:27:38 AM 'When you have been given faith, self-control is demanded from you; when self-control has become habitual, it rives birth to patient endurance, a disposition that gladly accepts suffering.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 14, 2020, 01:16:06 AM 'He who wishes to find Jesus should seek Him, not in the delights and pleasures of the world, but in mortification of the senses.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 15, 2020, 01:08:03 AM 'A quarter of an hour's meditation does more for a man who has conquered himself, than one of several hours for a man still unsubdued.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 16, 2020, 04:27:54 AM 'The flesh revolts when prayer, frugality and blessed stillness are neglected.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Benedict on September 17, 2020, 12:08:22 AM 'The flesh revolts when prayer, frugality and blessed stillness are neglected.' Very true,St. Thalassios the Libyan Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners. Amen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 17, 2020, 03:21:13 AM 'He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name. Who are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.' John 1:10-13 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 18, 2020, 10:40:58 AM 'Our actions have a tongue of their own; they have an eloquence of their own, even when the tongue is silent. For deeds prove the lover more than words.'
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 19, 2020, 03:30:33 AM 'And so it is incumbent upon us to strive, rather, to correct our faults and to improve our behavior. Without a doubt, once these have been set straight, we shall get along very well even with wild animals and beasts, to say nothing of human beings. This is in accordance with what is said in the book of blessed Job: "Wild beasts will be at peace with you." [Job 5:23] We shall not fear offenses coming from without, nor shall any stumbling blocks from outside be able to have an effect on us, if their roots have not been let in and planted within us. For "there is much peace for those who love your name, and for them there is no stumbling block." [Psalm 119:165]'
St. John Cassian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 20, 2020, 04:41:38 AM 'Resist impure images. . . Pure souls must be on guard and never doubt that chastity is incomparably finer than anything incompatible with it.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 21, 2020, 06:42:49 AM 'Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.
For you are dead; and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ shall appear, who is your life, then you also shall appear with him in glory. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, lust, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is the service of idols. Colossians 3:2-5 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 22, 2020, 08:51:11 AM 'He who wishes to purify his faults purifies them with tears and he who wishes to acquire virtues, acquires them with tears.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 23, 2020, 08:03:56 AM 'We should not dispute stubbornly with anyone; rather we should patiently give our reasons with the purpose of declaring the truth lest our neighbor remain in error, and not that we should have the upper hand.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 24, 2020, 01:04:09 AM 'We put pride into everything like salt. We like to see that our good works are known. If our virtues are seen, we are pleased; if our faults are perceived, we are sad. I remark that in a great many people; if one says anything to them, it disturbs them, it annoys them. The saints were not like that -- they were vexed if their virtues were known, and pleased that their imperfections should be seen.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 25, 2020, 01:40:04 AM 'Life without the cross would be unbearable. All happiness here below consists in being able to suffer.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 26, 2020, 02:43:53 AM 'My brave man, do not be uneasy. I make no account of my life. I have placed it in the hands of God and His Blessed Mother.'
St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, martyr Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 27, 2020, 03:11:31 AM 'The servants of Mary who are in Purgatory receive visits and consolations from her.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 28, 2020, 03:51:12 AM 'Fear not O mother of the children, because I have chosen thee, saith our Lord.
I will send thee aid, my servants I say, and Jeremie, at whose counsel I have sanctified, and prepared for thee twelve trees laden with diverse fruits, and as many fountains flowing milk and honey: and seven huge mountains, having the rose and the lily, in the which I will fill thy children with joy.' 4 Esdras 2:17-19 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 28, 2020, 12:31:58 PM 'Possess purity in an eminent degree, and jealously preserve this fragrant flower. I earnestly desire to see you shine by the brilliancy of this virtue; be like to angels, and omit no precaution to retain this treasure, which is so easily lost by imprudence. We have this treasure in earthen vessels, says the Apostle. (2 Cor. x. 5.)'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 29, 2020, 03:25:42 AM 'These sacrifices, which by you are offered to devils, neither can avail the worshippers, nor fulfil the desires and petitions of the suppliants. Rather, whosoever shall offer sacrifice to these images, shall receive the everlasting pains of hell for his reward.'
St. Alban, martyr Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 30, 2020, 03:30:17 AM 'Diseases of the soul come posting in on horseback, but leave slowly and on foot.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Benedict on October 01, 2020, 01:55:17 AM Jude 1:20,21
Beloved, build yourselves up in your most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit, Keep yourselves resolute in the love of God, Patiently await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 01, 2020, 03:23:23 AM 'Let us remember that every act of mortification is a work for heaven. This thought will make all suffering and weariness sweet.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 02, 2020, 01:11:35 AM 'A virtuous life consists in mortifying vices, sins, bad thoughts, and evil affections, and in exercising ourselves in the acquisition of holy virtues.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 03, 2020, 04:10:12 AM 'Do you call these torments? I, for my part, feel no pain: but this I know, that if I am not faithful to my God, I must expect real pains, such as cannot be conceived.'
St. Peter Balsam, tortured on the rack Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 04, 2020, 01:42:21 AM 'Let us open our eyes, dearest brother, for we have two wills -- one of the senses, which seeks the things of sense, and the other the self-will of the spirit, which, under aspect and colour of virtue, holds firm to its own way. And this is clear when it wants to choose places and seasons and consolations to suit itself, and says: "Thus I wish in order to possess God more fully." This is a great cheat, and an illusion of the devil; for not being able to deceive the servants of God through their first will -- since the servants of God have already mortified it so far as the things of sense go -- the devil catches their second will on the sly with things of the spirit.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 05, 2020, 04:09:45 AM 'When you are in trouble and anxiety, go and plunge yourself in the peace of this adorable Heart, which no one can take from you.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 06, 2020, 01:21:15 AM 'God, who gave being to all that is, at the same time united all things together in His providence.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 07, 2020, 01:50:43 AM 'If you are in the depths of poverty, stripped of all and of self, go and lose yourself in the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He will enrich you and will take delight in clothing you [with His own perfections] if you allow Him to act.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 08, 2020, 01:43:17 AM 'In the works of God progress is really the greatest when obstacles seem to crowd thick and fast.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 09, 2020, 05:03:05 AM 'When a sinful soul does not accept the afflictions that come to it, the angels say: "We would have healed Babylon, but she was not healed". (Jer. 51:9)' St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 10, 2020, 01:56:40 AM 'All the discourses of our Lord contain these four elements: commandments, doctrines, threats and promises. With the help of these we patiently accept every kind of hardship, such as fasting, vigils, sleeping on the ground, toil and labor in acts of service, insults, dishonor, torture, death and so on. "Helped by the words of Thy lips," says the psalmist, I have kept to difficult paths (Ps. 17:4. LXX).'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Benedict on October 10, 2020, 10:37:48 PM "Without the love of charity, even though someone may believe correctly, that person is not able to attain eternal happiness, because the virtue of charity is so great that even prophecy and martyrdom are believed to be nothing without it."
Isidore of Seville Sententiae Book 2 Chapter 3 verse 2 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 11, 2020, 03:27:01 AM 'There is where I study my sermon - at the foot of the crucifix.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 12, 2020, 07:02:50 AM 'Hold discipline, leave it not: keep it, because the same is thy life. Be not delighted in the paths of the impious, neither let the way of the evil please thee. Flee from it, neither pass thou by it: go aside, and forsake it.'
Proverbs 4:13-15 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 13, 2020, 06:52:41 AM 'An intellect that does not control the senses will fall into evil because of them: deceived by the pleasure of sense objects, it depraves itself.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Benedict on October 13, 2020, 05:46:38 PM "Pray for all men; for there is hope of repentance for them, that they may be counted worthy of God. By your works especially let them be instructed. Against their harsh words be ye conciliatory, by meekness of mind and gentleness. Against their blasphemies do ye give yourselves to prayer; and against their error be ye armed with faith. Against their fierceness be ye peaceful and quiet, and be ye not astounded by them. Let us, then, be imitators of our Lord in meekness, and strive who shall more especially be injured, and oppressed, and defrauded."
Saint Ignatius Epistle to the Ephesians chapter 10 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 14, 2020, 03:59:22 AM 'On the contrary, if locutions proceed from the devil, they seem at first to inspire devotion, but the sentiment does not last: they give rise to a secret presumption and self-esteem; they are followed sooner or later by inquietude of mind and the awakening of the passions.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 15, 2020, 05:03:08 AM 'Humility and self-contempt are safe barriers against illusions.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 16, 2020, 05:19:25 AM 'The intellect changes from one to another of three different noetic states; that according to nature, above nature, and contrary to nature. When it enters the state according to nature, it finds that it is itself the cause of evil thoughts, and confesses its sins to God, clearly understanding the causes of the passions. When it is in the state contrary to nature, it forgets God's justice and fights with men, believing itself unjustly treated. But when it is raised to the state above nature, it finds the fruits of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace and the other fruits of which the Apostle speaks (cf. Gal. 5:22); and it knows that if it gives priority to bodily cares it cannot remain in this state. An intellect that departs from this state falls into sin and all the terrible consequences of sin - if not immediately, then in due time, as God's justice shall decide.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 17, 2020, 07:21:54 AM 'I am now thirty years praying daily that my Lord Jesus may preserve me from saying an idle word, and yet I am always relapsing.' St. Sisoes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 18, 2020, 04:44:00 AM 'He who has put his passions to death and overcome ignorance goes from life to life.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 19, 2020, 01:12:44 AM 'I exhort you to speak little and to pray very much.'
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 20, 2020, 01:13:41 PM 'He who ignores discipline despises himself, but he who yields to correction gains understanding.'
Proverbs 15:32 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 21, 2020, 08:31:33 AM 'A sinner cannot escape retribution except through repentance appropriate to his offence.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 22, 2020, 10:54:48 AM 'I acknowledge, Lord, that for the just punishment of my sins I fell into the horrible temptation which so nearly caused my destruction. Thou it is Who, by Thine infinite mercy, hast delivered me from it. I promise to serve Thee for the remainder of my days with all the fidelity I am capable of, and I beg Thee the grace to do so. Cause the light of Thy countenance to shine upon Thy servant; grant me that interior peace after which I have so long sighed; show me the way in which Thou wishest me to walk and go to Thee, for it is just that the work of Thy hands should praise Thee, obey Thee, and be entirely submissive to Thy commands.'
St. John of God Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 23, 2020, 01:04:22 AM 'Discretion is necessary in spiritual life. It is its part to restrain the exercises in the way of perfection, so as to keep us between the two extremes.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 24, 2020, 11:08:39 AM 'Should anyone do anything that is disedifying, and it seems that as a result he should be held in less esteem than he was held before, let him not be so discouraged as to wish to give up, but let him humble himself and ask forgiveness of those who might have been scandalized by his bad example and a penance from his superior. He should thank God, who has permitted him to be humbled, so that he can be known by all for what he is. He should not wish to appear better in the eyes of men than he is in the eyes of God. The brethren who behold him should think that they could fall into even greater weakness, and should ask God to strengthen them.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 25, 2020, 12:04:21 PM 'Blessed the one who keeps vigil in prayers and reading and good work, such a one will become enlightened so that he does not sleep in death.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 26, 2020, 01:13:35 AM 'Avoid every kind of singularity, for it is generally the hot-bed of pride, especially spiritual pride.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 27, 2020, 09:14:10 AM 'He who patiently endures unsought trials becomes humble, full of hope and spiritually mature.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 28, 2020, 10:19:56 AM 'One who is ill must not wish to do the work of a well man; let him compensate by moderation and patience, and not injure his health.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 29, 2020, 01:03:58 AM 'Do not be deceived: you will not be delivered from Pharaoh, and you will not see the Heavenly Passover, until you continually eat bitter herbs and unleavened bread. And bitter herbs -- this is the coercion and pain of fasting; and unleavened bread -- this is a mind that is not puffed up. Let this cleave to your breathing, the word of him who says: "But as for me, when demons troubled me, I put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer hath cleaved to the bosom of my soul."' St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 30, 2020, 01:16:21 AM 'One thing I have asked of the Lord; this will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. (Ps. xxvi. 4.) I will take the chalice of salvation, and will call upon the name of the Lord. (Ps. cxv. 4)'
St. Peter Balsam, singing during his tortures on the rack Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 31, 2020, 01:22:51 AM 'Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 01, 2020, 01:17:58 AM 'Often make acts of love of our Lady, the saints, and the holy angels. Make friends with them. Talk with them frequently, using words of praise and tenderness. When you have gained familiar access to the citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem above, you will grieve far less at bidding farewell to those of the mean city here below.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 02, 2020, 04:25:25 AM 'You pray too little for the souls in purgatory.'
St. Conrad of Parzham, to a novice Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 03, 2020, 04:37:47 AM 'O God, do not leave me. I have done nothing good in your sight, but according to your goodness, let me now make a beginning of good.'
St. Arsenius Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 04, 2020, 05:53:31 AM 'Far from consoling me, the things of this world only inspire me with pain and disgust.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Benedict on November 04, 2020, 02:51:10 PM An old man said: "These three things are of utmost importance---fear of God, continual prayer and doing good to one's neighbor."
Sayings of the Egyptian Fathers verse 101 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 05, 2020, 05:46:36 AM 'Wrestle for your own soul, especially in such days as these.'
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 06, 2020, 04:04:16 AM 'The things that immediately concern the glory of God are very different from those of the world, for which much activity is necessary; as regards the things of God, we must be content to follow His inspirations and leave grace to act, cooperating wholeheartedly with its movements.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 07, 2020, 05:12:36 AM 'When we hear people talk of riches, honors and amusements of the world, let us remember that all things have an end, and let us then say: "My God, I wish for You alone and nothing more."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 08, 2020, 02:37:38 AM 'Without mortification nothing can be done.' St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Benedict on November 08, 2020, 01:02:14 PM The Annunciation
Meditate then on the greatness of this day’s solemnity. Let your heart rejoice, and the day be crowned with holy mirth : a day hitherto unheard of since the beginning of time. A day devoted to the honor of God the Father who celebrates the nuptials of his Son, espoused to human nature, which he has inseparably united to himself. A day sacred to the wedding of the Divine Son, and to his entrance into the virginal womb, through which he has to pass into the world. A day solemn to the Holy Ghost, by whose singular and wonderful co-operation the work of the Incarnation was effected : and whose extraordinary benignity this day began to show itself to mankind. A day of glory to our blessed Lady, who on the same was acknowledged and assumed by the Father for a Daughter by the Son for a Mother by the Holy Ghost for a Spouse. A day of rejoicing to the whole heavenly choir, on account of the work of their reparation commencing from it ; but more especially to mankind, on account of their salvation, redemption, and reconciliation ; for on this day properly was the whole human nature exalted and deified. Saint Bonaventure Life of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Chapter 3 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 09, 2020, 02:18:59 AM 'Sometimes men are tested by pleasure, sometimes by distress or by physical suffering. By means of His prescriptions the Physician of souls administers the remedy according to the cause of the passions lying hidden in the soul.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Benedict on November 09, 2020, 09:52:08 PM "Love is the proper and special virtue of the merciful and of the saints."
Saint Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 10, 2020, 04:13:02 AM 'The more you abandon to God the care of all temporal things the more He will take care to provide for all your wants. But if on the contrary you try to supply all your needs Providence will allow you to continue to do just that, and then it may very well happen that even necessity will be lacking to you. For God will reprove you for your lack of faith in reliance on self.'
St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 11, 2020, 08:40:25 AM 'I seem to be as a little drop of water in the ocean of the Sacred Heart, Which is a deep of every kind of blessing, an inexhaustible fount of delight; the more one draws from this source, the more abundantly It flows.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 12, 2020, 05:39:33 AM 'Here is the difference between a pious and a frivolous man: the first abstains from pleasure, and is overwhelmed with spiritual consolations; the other gives himself up to the pleasures of the senses, and suffers in his innermost heart.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Benedict on November 12, 2020, 01:37:34 PM Counsel of Trent Session 6 Chapter 5
On the necessity, in adults, of preparation for Justification, and whence it proceeds. The Synod furthermore declares, that in adults, the beginning of the said Justification is to be derived from the prevenient grace of God, through Jesus Christ, that is to say, from His vocation, whereby, without any merits existing on their parts, they are called; that so they, who by sins were alienated from God, may be disposed through His quickening and assisting grace, to convert themselves to their own justification, by freely assenting to and co-operating with that said grace: in such sort that, while God touches the heart of man by the illumination of the Holy Ghost, neither is man himself utterly without doing anything while he receives that inspiration, forasmuch as he is also able to reject it; yet is he not able, by his own free will, without the grace of God, to move himself unto justice in His sight. Whence, when it is said in the sacred writings: Turn ye to me, and I will turn to you, we are admonished of our liberty; and when we answer; Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted, we confess that we are [preceded] by the grace of God. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 13, 2020, 11:06:50 AM 'Spiritual reading, vigils, prayer and psalmody prevent the intellect from being deluded by the passions.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 14, 2020, 02:21:46 AM 'While dressing in the morning I will think of the Incarnation, in which our Lord put on our nature, and I will thank God for it.' St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 15, 2020, 03:27:42 AM 'The whole life of religious Orders depends upon the preservation of their first spirit.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 16, 2020, 01:27:49 PM 'A learned author says that the priest who celebrates in the state of sin is guilty, as it were, of murdering before the eyes of the eternal Father His Own Son.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: eschator83 on November 16, 2020, 03:42:06 PM St Ignatius' reference above to first spirit seems unfamiliar to me. Can anyone explain? Thanks. Blessings to all.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Benedict on November 16, 2020, 03:52:41 PM St Ignatius' reference above to first spirit seems unfamiliar to me. Can anyone explain? Thanks. Blessings to all. Religious orders are based on the idea of the spirit or intention of their founder or patron. For example the spirit of the priesthood is the Spirit of Christ, the spirit of the Order of Saint Benedict is the spirit of Saint Benedict, the spirit of the Order of Jesuits is the spirit of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the Franciscan Order is based upon the spirit of Saint Francis ect. This first spirit is the original or first intention of that order. Hence the priesthood is based upon the ministry of Christ, the OSB is based on the life of and rule of Saint Benedict and the Jesuit Order is based upon the life and teachings of Saint Ignatius, the Franciscan orders based upon the life and teachings of Saint Francis of Assisi, ect. In this case the word spirit is referring to the incorporeal mission and essence not necessarily to a bodiless power or celestial intelligence nor necessarily to the Holy Spirit though any religious order without the Holy Spirit does not serve God.Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 17, 2020, 06:09:36 AM 'You see plainly that I do not mean to advise you to perform great austerities, but rather generously to mortify your passions and inclinations, detaching your heart and emptying it of all that is earthly, and exercising charity towards your neighbor and liberality towards the poor.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 19, 2020, 05:33:11 AM 'God is generous; I receive from His hands what I have never received from the hands of man; and if I had received nothing from man, I would receive all from God.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 20, 2020, 09:57:55 PM 'The sign of sincere love is to forgive wrongs done to us. It was with such love that the Lord loved the world.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 21, 2020, 06:01:50 AM 'The time having now come when, according to the law, Mary had to go to the Temple for her purification, and to present Jesus to the divine Father, behold she sets out in company with Joseph. Joseph carries the two turtle-doves that they are to offer to God, and Mary carries her dear Infant: she takes the Lamb of God to offer him to the Almighty, in token of the great sacrifice that this Son should one day accomplish on the cross.
Consider the holy Virgin entering the Temple; she makes an oblation of her Son on the part of the whole human race, and says: Behold, O Eternal Father, Thy beloved only-begotten One, who is Thy Son and mine also; I offer him to Thee as a victim to Thy divine justice, in order to appease Thy wrath against sinners. Accept him, O God of mercy! have pity on our miseries; for the love of this immaculate Lamb do Thou receive men into Thy grace.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 22, 2020, 08:17:41 AM 'In the Angelic Salutation can be seen the faith and hope of the patriarchs, the prophets and the apostles. Furthermore, it gives to martyrs their unswerving constancy and strength, it is the wisdom of the doctors of the Church, the perseverance of the holy confessors and the life of all religious. It is the new hymn of the law of grace, the joy of angels and men, and the hymn which terrifies devils and puts them to shame.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Benedict on November 23, 2020, 04:33:14 PM Roman Catechism II, 5,4
The faithful, therefore, are first to be admonished and exhorted to labor most strenuously and studiously to attain this inward penance of the heart, which we call a virtue, without which exterior penance will evil them very little. Inward penance consists in turning ourselves to God from the heart, and in detesting and holding in hatred our past transgressions, with, at the same time, a firm and deliberate resolution of correcting our evil course of life and corrupt morals, not without the hope of obtaining pardon from the mercy of God. It is accomplished with grief, and sadness, which is a perturbation, to detestation of sins. Wherefore, with many of the Holy Fathers, the definition of penance is comprised in this anguish of mind. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 23, 2020, 09:37:51 PM 'A man who strays from the path of understanding comes to rest in the company of the dead.'
Proverbs 21:16 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 23, 2020, 09:38:43 PM 'I have often thought of, and meditated on, the holy eagerness of the patriarchs who so sighed for the coming of the Messiah; and I felt confused, and was, moreover, so penetrated with grief, that I could scarcely refrain from weeping, so much was I ashamed to see the tepidity and indifference of these unhappy days. For who amongst us is filled with so much joy in the fulfillment of this mystery, as did the saints of the Old Testament, at the promises which so called forth their longing desires? Many, it is true, may rejoice at the celebration of this feast; but I am much afraid that it is less on account of the feast, than through vanity.' St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 24, 2020, 10:17:23 AM 'Jacob made for Joseph a coat of many colors (cf. Gen. 37:3), and the Lord gives knowledge of truth to the gentle; as it is written, "He will teach the gentle His ways" (Ps. 25:9. LXX).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 25, 2020, 02:19:00 AM 'When St. Aloysius Gonzaga was a student, he never sought to excuse himself when he was reproached with anything; he said what he thought, and troubled himself no further about what others might think; if he was wrong, he was wrong; if he was right, he said to himself, "I have certainly been wrong some other time." My children, the saints were so completely dead to themselves, that they cared very little whether others agreed with them.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 26, 2020, 02:06:38 AM 'Learn, too, to be grateful. May all the wealth of Christ's inspiration have its shrine among you; now you will have instruction and advice for one another, full of wisdom, now there will be psalms, and hymns, and spiritual music, as you sing with gratitude in your hearts to God. Whatever you are about, in word and action alike, invoke always the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, offering your thanks to God the Father through him.' Colossians 3:16-17 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 27, 2020, 06:21:41 AM 'Angel of God and well-beloved brother, I trust myself to your beneficence and implore you humbly to intercede for me with my Spouse, so that He may forgive me my sins, strengthen me in well-doing, help me by His grace to correct my faults, and lead me to Paradise, there to taste the fruition of His presence and to possess eternal life. Amen.'
St. Lydwine of Schiedam Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 28, 2020, 09:11:32 AM 'A most excellent means of learning how to pray, is to acknowledge ourselves unworthy of such a benefit, and to put ourselves entirely into the hands of the Lord.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 29, 2020, 02:23:25 AM 'Worldly virtues promote human glory, spiritual virtues the glory of God.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 30, 2020, 06:44:07 AM 'Language which might inspire aversion for the higher classes is, and can only be regarded as, altogether contrary to the true spirit of Christian charity. Likewise, all terms smacking of an unhealthy novelty in Catholic publications are condemnable, such as those deriding the piety of the faithful, or pointing out a new orientation of the Christian life, new directions of the Church, new aspirations of the modern soul, a new social vocation of the clergy, or a new Christian civilization.'
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 01, 2020, 04:23:22 AM 'Let your modesty be known to all men: the Lord is nigh.'
Philippians 4:5 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 02, 2020, 09:18:34 AM 'He will have a special love and care for you, if you keep yourself interiorly humble, and strive to be gentle and steadfast in suffering abjection in humiliations, which are often the harder to bear the more trifling they are.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 04, 2020, 02:35:05 PM 'Take up your abode in the lovable Heart of Jesus, and you will find therein imperturbable peace and the strength to carry out the good desires He gives you. Bring to this divine Heart all your troubles and afflictions, for whatever emanates from the Sacred Heart is sweet: It changes everything into love.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 05, 2020, 05:31:11 AM 'Thou hast still a long, painful and rugged path to tread, on which thou wilt often need to take breath and rest in My Sacred Heart; on that account. It shall always be open to thee, as long as thou walkest in Its ways.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 06, 2020, 07:39:34 AM 'A single act of resignation to the divine will in what it ordains contrary to our desires, is of more value than a hundred thousand successes conformable to our will and taste.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 07, 2020, 04:14:46 PM 'How about the sin, then, of a husband and wife, of a brother and sister, who spew out all sorts of blasphemies upon one another? They would tear out one anothers' eyes if they could, or even take away each others' lives. . . They do not appreciate what they are saying. Alas! Unhappy people, your curses take effect more often than you think. . . But what should we do then? This is what we should do. We should make use of all the annoyances that happen to us to remind ourselves that since we are in revolt against God, it is but just that other creatures should revolt against us. We should never give others occasion to curse us. . . If something irritating or troublesome happens, instead of loading with curses whatever is not going the way we want it, it would be just as easy and a great deal more beneficial for us to say: "God bless it!"'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Benedict on December 08, 2020, 02:28:43 PM "Father Bernardine de Bustis relates that a hawk darted upon a bird which had been taught to say Ave Maria; the bird said Ave Maria, and the hawk fell dead.
By this our Lord wished to show us, that if an irrational bird was saved from such destruction by invoking Mary, how much more surely will he be prevented from falling into the powers of evil spirits, who is mindful to invoke Mary in temptation!" Saint Alphonsus Liguori from the Glories of Mary Chapter 2 "Our Life, Our Sweetness" Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 08, 2020, 04:47:25 PM 'Perfection of life consists in drawing close to God. Heaven is the possession of God. In heaven God is contemplated, adored, loved. But to attain heaven it's necessary to be detached from what is earthly. What is the life of a Carmelite if not one of contemplating, adoring and loving God incessantly? And she, by being desirous for that heaven, distances herself from the world and tries to detach herself as much as possible from everything earthly.'
St. Teresa of the Andes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 08, 2020, 04:48:58 PM 'By the Angelic Salutation God became man, a virgin became the Mother of God, the souls of the just were delivered from Limbo, the empty thrones in heaven have been filled, sin has been pardoned, grace been given to us, the sick been made well, the dead brought back to life, exiles brought home, the Blessed Trinity has been appeased, and men obtained eternal life.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 09, 2020, 06:00:47 PM 'The hermits of old, those great servants of God, communicated rarely; but because they prepared themselves carefully they received such special graces that, in a short time, they arrived at perfection.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 10, 2020, 07:13:35 AM 'My only desire would be to remain in silence, or else to speak only of God, for in this my heart takes so great a delight that it can never tire of so doing.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 11, 2020, 07:33:29 AM Conformity to the will of God is an easy and certain means of acquiring a great treasure of graces in this life.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 12, 2020, 05:12:43 AM 'He who has tasted the things for which he hopes will spurn the things of this world: all his longing will be spent on what he hopes for.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 13, 2020, 04:27:44 AM 'The upright intention is the soul of our actions. It gives them life and makes them good.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 14, 2020, 06:11:32 PM 'There is nothing more displeasing to God, than our being inflated with self-esteem.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 15, 2020, 08:31:22 AM 'Jesus is born poor in a stable; the angels of heaven in deed acknowledge him, but men abandon and forsake him on earth. Only a few shepherds come and pay him homage. But our Redeemer was desirous of communicating to us the grace of his redemption, and begins therefore to manifest himself to the Gentiles, who knew him least. Therefore he sends a star to enlighten the holy Magi, in order that they may come and acknowledge and adore their Saviour. This was the first and sovereign grace bestowed upon us, our vocation to the faith; which was succeeded by our vocation to grace, of which men were deprived.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 16, 2020, 02:23:28 AM 'You know that virtue is not practiced without effort, but for one moment of suffering there follows an eternity of reward.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 17, 2020, 10:49:14 AM 'Often say short prayers, but always with your whole heart. I will point out some to you: "Ah! my God, would that I never offended Thee! Ah! my Sovereign Good, wound, wound my heart with Thy holy love! He that loves Thee not, O my God! knows Thee not! When will my soul be filled with Thy divine charity!"'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 18, 2020, 08:15:02 PM '"But I say to you, do not resist evil; but if someone hits you on the right cheek, turn to him the other cheek as well. And if anyone sues you in the courts, and takes away your coat, let him have your cloak also. And if anyone forces you to go a mile, go with him for two miles" (Matt. 5:39-41). Why did He say this? Both to keep you free from anger and irritation, and to correct the other person by means of your forbearance, so that like a good Father He might bring the two of you under the yoke of love.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 20, 2020, 02:37:46 PM 'I resolve to force myself to pay close attention to minor details and as far as possible avoid every imperfection. I resolve to observe the holy rule faithfully and not to depart from it a hairsbreadth, come what may.'
St. Conrad of Parzham, resolutions in the novitiate Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 21, 2020, 11:39:22 AM 'Each of our days is marked with the protection of Mary, who is exceedingly anxious to be our Mother, when we desire to be her children.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 22, 2020, 03:49:28 AM 'Let the earth be silent before the great God. I repeat it: I would fain say many things, but I feel as one dumb.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Poche on December 22, 2020, 07:53:22 AM Conturbare cave, non est placare suave, diffamare cave, nam revocare grave,
"Guard against causing trouble and slandering others, for it is difficult to right the evil done." - St John of Kanty Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 23, 2020, 02:19:10 AM 'When you say your Rosary, the angels rejoice, the Blessed Trinity delights in it, my Son finds joy in it too, and I myself am happier than you can possibly guess. After the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, there is nothing in the Church that I love as much as the Rosary.'
The Blessed Virgin, to Bl. Alan de la Roche Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 24, 2020, 03:22:24 AM 'And it came to pass, that in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole world should be enrolled. This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria. And all went to be enrolled, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem: because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary his espoused wife, who was with child.'
Luke 2:1-5 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 25, 2020, 06:11:58 AM 'And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, that shall be to all the people: For, this day, is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David. And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God, and saying: Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will.'
Luke 2:10-14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 25, 2020, 06:16:02 AM 'The divine love for man was extreme, and so it had been from all eternity: "I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore have I drawn thee, taking pity on thee" But heretofore it had not appeared how great and inconceivable it was. Then it truly appeared, when the Son of God showed himself a little one in a stable on a bundle of straw: The goodness and kindness of God our Saviour appeared. The Greek text reads: The singular love of God towards men appeared.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 26, 2020, 07:03:38 AM 'Jesus remains in silence in the manger; Mary and Joseph adore and contemplate him in silence.
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 27, 2020, 03:02:38 AM 'There are two principal occupations of a solitary, to pray, and to do penance. Behold the Infant Jesus in the little grotto of Bethlehem giving us the example. He, in the crib which he chose for his oratory upon earth, never ceases to pray, and to pray continually, to the Eternal Father. There he constantly makes acts of adoration, of love, and of prayer.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 28, 2020, 09:03:39 AM 'Know that if you wish to possess Jesus Christ and to dwell in His Sacred Heart, you must have no other desire and be content with Him alone.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 29, 2020, 02:57:14 AM 'All ought to make the holy will of God the center and lever of all their actions, and His Divine qualities the only object of their discourse, the only end of their hopes.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 30, 2020, 09:29:32 AM 'And it may be indeed asserted, without fear of contradiction, God was more beloved in one century after the coming of Jesus Christ than in the entire forty preceding centuries.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 31, 2020, 08:39:26 AM 'Leave to every one the care of what belongs to him, and disturb not thyself with what is said or done in the world.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 01, 2021, 12:08:45 PM 'I travel, work, suffer my weak health, meet with a thousand difficulties, but all these are nothing, for this world is so small. To me, space is an imperceptible object, as I am accustomed to dwell in eternity.'
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 02, 2021, 11:20:44 AM 'Oh how happy should we be, did we but take as much pains to gain heaven and please God, as worldlings do to heap up riches and perishable goods! By land they venture among thieves and robbers; at sea they expose themselves to the fury of winds and storms; they suffer shipwrecks, and all perils; they attempt all, try all, hazard all but we, in serving so great a master, for so immense a good, are afraid of every contradiction.'
St. Syncletica Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 03, 2021, 10:25:43 AM 'We must always remember that God does everything well, although we may not see the reason of what He does.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 04, 2021, 05:36:57 AM 'Wherefore it is said:
Awake thou sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall enlighten thee.' Ephesians 5:14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 05, 2021, 08:22:40 AM 'For what man, who cares nothing about being put to shame, entertains thoughts of self-esteem? Or who welcomes contempt and yet is disturbed by dishonor? And who has "a broken and a contrite heart" (Ps. 51:17) and yet indulges in carnal pleasure? Or who puts his trust in Christ and yet worries or quarrels about transitory things?'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 06, 2021, 06:22:46 AM 'When we feel our cross weighing upon us, let us have recourse to Mary, whom the Church calls the "Consoler of the Afflicted."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 07, 2021, 04:07:40 AM 'O Lord, my God, who will seek You with simple and pure love and not find You are All he desires. . .'
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 07, 2021, 05:12:20 AM 'Good things and evil, life and death, poverty and riches, are from God.'
Ecclesiasticus 11:13 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 08, 2021, 03:24:30 AM 'A seed will not grow without earth and water; and a man will not develop without voluntary suffering and divine help.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 09, 2021, 02:35:35 AM 'Every day at nightfall, before sleep comes upon you, excite the judgment of your conscience, demand an account from it, and whatever evil counsels you may have taken during the day . . . pierce them, tear them to pieces, and do penance for them.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 10, 2021, 03:14:54 AM 'Let us love the Sacred Heart upon the Cross, since It delights to find in a heart love, silence and suffering.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 11, 2021, 03:18:52 AM 'I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 12, 2021, 04:39:02 AM 'I also recommend to you holy modesty at all times and in all places, because we are always in the presence of God, Who is everywhere.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: eschator83 on January 12, 2021, 12:55:14 PM I am very pleased and grateful that you can keep posting through this trial. May you be strengthened and encouraged.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 13, 2021, 03:55:19 PM Deo gratias et Mariae semper virgini. Thanks be to God and Mary Ever Virgin, for all their gifts.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 13, 2021, 03:55:48 PM 'We must seek Christ where Christ is not, that is, in crosses and tribulations, in which truly He is not now, but we shall find Him in glory by this road.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 14, 2021, 10:25:40 AM 'Every one ought to give in readily to the opinion of another, and to argue in favour of another and against himself, and take things in good part.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 15, 2021, 09:45:37 AM 'A big ship is harder to steer than a small one, and where you have many heads, you have many brains, and it is not easy to get them all to think alike.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 17, 2021, 08:15:36 AM 'The kingdom of God is within you. Reanimate your faith often when you study, work, or eat; when you retire to rest, or rise in the morning. Make some loving aspirations to God, such as: "O Infinite Goodness!" or other prayer, and let your soul be penetrated by these pious sentiments as by a precious balm. This great God is nearer to you, so to speak, than you are to yourself.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 19, 2021, 07:54:40 AM 'Love alone harmoniously joins all created things with God and with each other.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 19, 2021, 07:55:40 AM 'Do not neglect the practice of the virtues and your intellect will be illumined; for it is written, "I will open for you invisible secret treasures" (Isa. 45:3. LXX).'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 20, 2021, 08:13:17 PM 'Help me, O just and merciful God, for I seek Thy light.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 22, 2021, 09:04:58 AM 'What shall I do, Lord God, what shall I do?'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: eschator83 on January 22, 2021, 04:00:22 PM By a very curious coincidence, yesterday I retrieved from my library the translation by SN Deane of St Anselm's Basic Writings (Proslogium, Monologium, Cur Deua homo, and In Behalf of the Fool. I spent several hours reviewing it, mostly wondering whether most Christians are drawn and held in faith primarily by their reason, or by the mystery of Revelation. After reading this quote I spent another hour or more wondering in what context St Anselm asked this question, and trying (unsuccessfully) to find it in my book.
Thank you again for so many wonderful inspirations. I will certainly keep reading and thinking. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 22, 2021, 04:13:30 PM I have been reading St. Anselm's works for inspiration these past few days. :D
The quote is from 'The Devotions of St. Anselm' near the end of the volume past the title 'A Prayer to Christ for my friends'. You can find the volume on Saints' Books. He asks similar questions in other parts of the volume as well. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Benedict on January 22, 2021, 10:19:25 PM I spent several hours reviewing it, mostly wondering whether most Christians are drawn and held in faith primarily by their reason, or by the mystery of Revelation. John 6:65 Therefore did I say to you, that no man can come to me, unless it be given him by my Father. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 23, 2021, 06:43:29 AM 'Let no worldly prosperity divert thee, nor any worldly adversity restrain thee from His praise. For thus thou wilt praise the Lord with thy whole heart and with love also; thou wilt seek from Him nothing else than Himself, that He may Himself be the goal of thy desire and the reward of thy labours, thy consolation in this life of shadows and thy possession in the blessed life to come.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Good to see you Benedict! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 24, 2021, 09:23:57 AM 'But when thou shalt praise Him with all thy heart, and praise with the homage of thy love as well, then wilt thou desire nothing from Him but Himself, and thou wilt pray that the object of thy longing may be God; the reward of thy toil, God; thy solace in this life of shadows, God; thy possession in that blissful life to come, God.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 25, 2021, 02:04:10 PM '"I AM WHO AM," He says (Exod. iii. 14); and beautifully said it is, for He alone truly IS, whose Being is unchangeable. He, therefore, whose so unapproached Being is being so transcedent and unique a sense that He alone truly IS; in comparison of whom all being is no being; when He would create thee to so great excellency that thou couldest not even comprehend the luster of thy dignity, what did He set as the sphere of thy being, what place of abode did He furnish for thee? Hear Him Himself speaking to His own in the Gospel, "Abide in Me, and I in you" (St. John xv. 4).'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 27, 2021, 02:28:15 AM 'Let your heart be full of compassion for the poor, and lovingly assist them, because the name of Jesus is engraven on their countenance.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 28, 2021, 02:14:34 PM 'A good heart produces good thoughts: its thoughts correspond to what it stores up in itself.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 29, 2021, 06:27:54 PM 'Be very careful to retain peace of heart, because Satan casts his lines in troubled waters.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 30, 2021, 02:29:27 AM 'The notion that you commit sin in everything you do is a wicked suggestion of the devil; it is not true.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 31, 2021, 06:49:47 AM 'Reveal yourself to the Lord in your mind. 'For man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart' (1 Sam. 16:7).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 01, 2021, 06:03:50 AM 'Prayer is a pasturage, a field, wherein all the virtues find their nourishment, growth, and strength.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 02, 2021, 03:25:18 PM 'Now this is the will of the Father who sent me: that of all that he hath given me, I should lose nothing; but should raise it up again in the last day.'
John 6:39 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 04, 2021, 03:56:15 AM 'Ecclesiasticus says, that the fear of the Lord brings not pain, but joy and gladness: The fear of the Lord shall delight the heart, and shall give joy and gladness. Thus this very fear leads to the acquisition of a firm hope in God, which makes the soul happy: He that fears the Lord shall tremble at nothing, and shall not be afraid, for He is his hope. The soul of him that fears the Lord is blessed. Yes, blessed, because fear draws man away from sin. The fear of the Lord drives out sin and at the same time infuses into him a great desire of observing the commandments: Blessed is the man that fears the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in His commandments.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 06, 2021, 03:39:25 AM 'Blessed Jane of the Cross prayed continually for those who gave her any displeasure. Hence her sisters in religion used to say: Whoever desires the prayers of Mother Jane must offer some insult to her. St. Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary, after having prayed for a person who had offended her, heard from God the following words: Know that you never said a prayer more acceptable to me than that which you have just offered, and on account of this prayer I pardon all your sins. Imitate her example, and you shall certainly obtain the pardon and affection of your divine Spouse.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 07, 2021, 09:14:01 AM 'Heaven grant that I may live to accomplish the Will of my God!'
St. Joseph, his oft repeated words, revealed to St. Bridget of Sweden Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 10, 2021, 02:10:04 AM 'Our Queen and Lady, if you wish again to hear us speak of the tokens of thy beloved that we know of, consider that He is beauty itself and that He contains within Himself all the perfection's beyond all desire. He is amiable without defect, delightful beyond comparison, pleasing without the least flaw. In wisdom He is inestimable, in goodness without measure, in power boundless, in greatness immeasurable, in essence infinite. In judgments He is terrible, His counsels inscrutable, in His words most true, in His works holy, rich in mercies. Space cannot overreach Him, narrowness cannot confine Him, sorrow cannot disturb Him, joy cannot cause any change in Him; nor does He ever fail in His Wisdom, or change in His will; abundance cannot overwhelm or want come near Him; memory adds nothing, forgetfulness takes nothing from His knowledge; what was is not past for Him; the beginning gave no origins to His being, and time will bring to Him no end. Without being caused, He causes all things, and He has not need of anything but all things need participation in Him; He preserves them without labor, He governs them without confusion. Those who know Him are happy, who love and extol Him, are blessed; for He exalts His friends, and at last glorifies them by His eternal vision and loving companionship.'
Ven. Mary of Agreda, "The Mystical City of God" (a description of God, given by holy angels to the Blessed Virgin Mary) Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 11, 2021, 09:01:07 AM 'Be a vase, which thou fillest at the source and at the source dost drink from.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 12, 2021, 11:43:40 AM 'Abandon everything to My good pleasure and let Me accomplish My designs; do not thou interfere in anything, for I will take care of all.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 13, 2021, 02:09:54 AM 'Say frequently and from your heart, "O holy will of God, I love thee; the food of my Jesus was to do the will of the eternal Father; it shall be my food also ever to do His will."'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 14, 2021, 04:00:04 PM 'Well, how goes it with you? Your heart would fain wing its flight to heaven, is it not so? But patience; you must wait till your divine Spouse give you permission.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 16, 2021, 01:23:41 PM 'If charity and sweetness have not truth for their companion they do not deserve the names of charity and sweetness, but those of hypocrisy and vanity.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 17, 2021, 10:56:35 PM 'If, during life, we have been kind to the suffering souls in purgatory, God will see that help be not denied us after death.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 18, 2021, 08:08:59 PM 'Wait upon God with loving and pure attentiveness, working no violence on yourself lest you disturb the soul's peace and tranquility.'
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: eschator83 on February 19, 2021, 02:16:45 PM I must admit it is not infrequent that I am surprised or confused by a quote, but this is a serious puzzle. Could St John be advocating against penance mortification?
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 19, 2021, 08:12:00 PM This is referring to keeping interior peace. He did practice penitential mortifications.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 20, 2021, 04:28:13 PM One online mini-biography I read of St. John of the Cross said he wore a hair shirt, so sharp that when he moved it could prick him to the point of bleeding, and that he slept upon a hollowed out wooden board.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 21, 2021, 06:24:41 PM 'Let us offer ourselves without delay and without reserve to Mary, and beg her to offer us herself to God.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 22, 2021, 09:27:05 AM 'Rely entirely on God with perfect confidence in His goodness, which never forsakes those who, distrusting themselves, hope in Him.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 24, 2021, 02:38:13 AM 'When I am troubled I sing softly some hymn to the Holy Virgin; this does me good and gives me courage.'
St. Jean-Theophane Venard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 25, 2021, 06:10:58 PM 'A diligent charity in ministering to the sick, is a compendious way to the acquisition of perfect virtue.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 26, 2021, 07:02:54 PM 'JESUS Christ yesterday, and today: the same also forever.'
Hebrews 13:8 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 27, 2021, 03:17:32 AM 'Love the greatest sinners; love them for the little faith they still have, or if they have none, love them for their past virtues;'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 28, 2021, 06:03:27 AM 'Again I say, do not worry over your faults, but when you have committed any, say quite trustfully to the all-loving Heart of Jesus: "O my only Love, pay for Thy poor slave and repair the evil that I have just done."'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 01, 2021, 03:53:07 AM 'The Church teaches us that mercy belongs to God. Let us implore Him to bestow on us the spirit of mercy and compassion, so that we are filled with it and may never lose it. Only consider how much we ourselves are in need of mercy.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 02, 2021, 03:06:30 AM 'Preserve the harmony of the soul's virtues, and it will bring forth the fruit of righteousness.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 03, 2021, 07:49:08 AM 'By habitually thinking of the presence of God, we succeed in praying twenty-four hours a day.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 05, 2021, 04:54:03 PM 'Question the beauty of the earth, the sea, the air distending and diffusing itself, the sky. . . question all these realities. All respond: "See, we are beautiful." These beauties are subject to change. Who made them if not the Beautiful One who is not subject to change?'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 06, 2021, 11:56:48 PM 'Divine Heart of my Jesus, grant that I may love you always, and always more.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 07, 2021, 10:17:43 AM 'To acquire courage it is very useful to read the lives of the saints, especially of those who, after living in sin, attained great sanctity.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 08, 2021, 09:12:14 AM 'If God has taught you a spiritual knowledge of created beings, you will not doubt the words of Scripture concerning the blessings held in store.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 09, 2021, 03:51:55 PM 'If you wish to end your undertakings happily, learn how to give yourself up to them without desiring any return to yourself.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 10, 2021, 10:15:19 PM 'Gratitude for graces received is a most efficacious means of obtaining new ones.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 11, 2021, 04:57:54 AM 'Rejoice, O Virgin Mary! Rejoice a thousand times!'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 12, 2021, 10:29:03 PM 'The fruit we ought to get from prayer, is to do what is pleasing to the Lord.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 13, 2021, 02:04:50 AM 'O Jesus, keep me as your own.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 14, 2021, 09:49:33 AM 'Since God wishes it - there is nothing to be done. . . Why should you thus torment yourself? Get rid of whatever He shows you to be an obstacle to His love, for His only desire is that you should live stripped of all that is not Himself.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 15, 2021, 01:43:27 AM 'Let us highly esteem devotion to the Blessed Virgin, and let us lose no opportunity of inspiring others with it.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 16, 2021, 01:59:17 AM 'God is so good that He allows us to appropriate this treasure of the really poor -- the Sacred Heart of Jesus -- the heavenly plenitude of Which can most fully supply for what is lacking to us.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 17, 2021, 10:58:16 AM 'I resolve to cultivate a deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and strive to imitate her virtues. '
St. Conrad of Parzham, resolutions in the novitiate Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 18, 2021, 01:05:57 AM 'Abide in my love.'
John 15:9 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 20, 2021, 02:47:42 AM 'When the object of our love is infinite we can always love more and more.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 21, 2021, 07:48:31 AM 'Every virtue in your soul is a precious ornament which makes you dear to God and to man. But holy purity, the queen of virtues, the angelic virtue, is a jewel so precious that those who possess it become like the angels of God in Heaven, even though clothed in mortal flesh.'
St. John Bosco Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 22, 2021, 01:37:04 AM 'We should only make use of life to grow in the love of God.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 23, 2021, 05:41:07 AM 'Whence we preach nothing except what we have received from our forefathers. In all things, therefore, both in the rule of faith in the observance of discipline, let the pattern of antiquity be observed.'
Pope St. Leo the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 24, 2021, 07:37:14 AM 'When I go to the chapel, I put myself before the good God and say to Him, "Lord, here I am, give me what You wish." If He gives me something, I am happy and I thank Him. If He gives me nothing, I thank Him still, because I do not deserve anything more. Then I tell Him all that comes into my mind. I tell Him my sorrows and my joys - and I listen.'
St. Catherine Laboure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 25, 2021, 05:37:54 AM 'Let young men be cheerful, and indulge in the recreations proper to their age, provided they keep out of the way of sin.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 26, 2021, 04:11:12 AM 'From this valley of tears, turn your gaze continually to God, ever awaiting the moment when you will be united to Him in heaven. Often contemplate heaven, and fervently exclaim: What a beautiful abode there is above! It is destined for us! Sigh longingly after its possession. Sometimes say, while your eyes are moist with tears: Nothing in this world pleases me; I no longer care for anything but my God. Yes, I hope, yes, I wish to possess Him, and I hope this of the mercy of God, through the merits of my Saviour's Passion and the dolors of my good Mother Mary.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 27, 2021, 07:00:04 AM 'It will be a great consolation for us at the hour of death to know that we are to be judged by Him whom we have loved above all things during life.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 28, 2021, 07:55:51 AM 'Poverty, so much abhorred by the world, is a precious pearl, and in the sight of God contains all wealth.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 29, 2021, 03:35:35 AM 'Thou wast created for the glory of thy Creator, that, making His praises thy employment, thou mightest ever advance towards Him by the merit of justice in this life, and mightest live happily in the world to come.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 30, 2021, 06:56:07 AM 'Will not God, who has commanded men to act thus, do as much himself and even more? For God commanded Peter to forgive till seventy times seven.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 31, 2021, 02:59:36 PM 'Lord! what do I desire or what can I desire but Thee?'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 02, 2021, 04:00:00 AM 'O souls! seek a refuge, like pure doves, in the shadow of the crucifix.
There mourn the Passion of your divine Spouse, and drawing from your hearts flames of love and rivers of tears, make of them a precious balm with which to anoint the wounds of your Saviour.' St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 04, 2021, 01:52:31 AM 'Brethren and fathers, Lent is already galloping past and the soul rejoices at the imminence of Easter, because by it it finds rest and is relieved of many toils. Why did this thought sound for me in advance? Because it is as if our whole life directs its reason contemplating the eternal Easter. For this present Easter, even though it is great and revered, is nevertheless, as our fathers explain, only a type of that Easter to come.
For this Easter is for one day and it passes, while that Easter has no successor. From it pain, grief and sighing have fled away; there everlasting joy, gladness and rejoicing; there the sound of those who feast, a choir of those who keep festival and contemplation of eternal light; where there is the blessed breakfast of Christ and the new drink of which Christ spoke, I shall not drink of the fruit of this vine, until I drink it with you new in the kingdom of my Father. Of this he spoke to his disciples when he was about to ascend to heaven, I am going to prepare a place for you and, if I go, I will prepare a place for you. I am coming again and I will take you to myself, so that where I am you maybe also. And where I am going you know, and the way you know. And a little further on, On that day you will know that I am in the Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. And elsewhere, Father, I wish that where I am they may be with me also, so that they may see my glory, which you gave me, because you loved from before the foundation of the world. But because this concerns not only the Apostles, but also ourselves, he also said, I do not ask this only for them, but also for those who through their word believe in me, so that all may be one, as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, that they may also be one in us. What could be more comforting than these words? What could be more appealing? What soul can they not soften? What heart not prick with compunction, even should someone say that the human heart is a nature of stone? With thoughts like these the saints bore all that they bore, considering afflictions as joys, constraints as freedoms, struggles as delights, harsh training as relaxation, deaths as lives.' St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 05, 2021, 03:44:55 AM 'O Immaculate Mary! O glorious Saint Joseph! And you, Saint John, beloved disciple of the Divine Heart, teach me the great science of love! May it draw me powerfully! May I soar at last, may I take flight and hasten to lose myself, unite myself and disappear with you in the adorable heart of Jesus, and Jesus Crucified, the divine heart of Charity, purity, self-denial and perfect submission.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 07, 2021, 02:37:59 PM 'Are you making no progress in prayer? Then you need only offer God the prayers which the Savior has poured out for us in the sacrament of the altar. Offer God his fervent love in reparation for your sluggishness. In the course of every activity pray as follows: "My God, I do this or I endure that in the heart of your Son and according to his holy counsels. I offer it to you in reparation for anything blameworthy or imperfect in my actions." Continue to do this in every circumstance of life.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 08, 2021, 06:50:29 AM 'I looked at Thy Cross, O Christ, and read there the song of Thy Love!'
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: eschator83 on April 08, 2021, 08:43:18 AM I think the song of thy Love is one of the very best quotes. Many thanks. I pray you are finding some comfort, answers, and improvement.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 09, 2021, 01:01:38 PM 'One or two loving words may cause the soul to become enraptured, languishing, fainting of love and sorrow.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 10, 2021, 07:31:01 PM 'This is the thought He wishes me to dwell upon:
"The cross do I glory to bear, And love to it leadeth me e'er; Love divine my entire being doth own, And for me, love sufficeth alone."' St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 11, 2021, 10:34:58 AM 'But he that shall drink of the water that I will give him, shall become in him a fountain of water springing up unto life everlasting.'
John 4:13-14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 12, 2021, 09:40:03 AM 'From this divine heart three streams flow endlessly. The first is the stream of mercy for sinners; it pours into their hearts sentiments of contrition and repentance. The second is the stream of charity which helps all in need and especially aids those seeking perfection in order to find the means of surmounting their difficulties. From the third stream flow love and light for the benefit of his friends who have attained perfection; these he wishes to unit to himself so that they may share his knowledge and commandments and, in their individual ways, devote themselves wholly to advancing his glory.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 13, 2021, 09:31:18 AM 'Would that I could exhaust myself in acts of thanksgiving and gratitude towards this Divine Heart, for the great favor He shows us, in deigning to accept our help to make Him known, loved and honored; He reserves infinite blessings for all those who devote themselves to this work.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 14, 2021, 11:44:31 AM 'Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration.'
James 1:17 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 15, 2021, 03:37:22 AM 'He does much in the sight of God who does his best, be it ever so little.'
St. Peter of Alcantara Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 16, 2021, 02:02:44 AM 'Even as the hart desireth after the fountains of waters: so doth my soul desire after thee O God.' Psalm 41:2 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 17, 2021, 01:50:38 AM 'O Most Holy Mother of my Jesus, you who saw and felt the extreme desolation of your dear Son, help me in my own time of desolation.
And you saints of Heaven who have passed through this trial, have pity on those who are suffering it now and pray that I be given the grace to be faithful until death.' St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 18, 2021, 02:31:17 AM 'The love of God inspires the love of our neighbor, and the love of our neighbor serves to keep alive the love of God.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 19, 2021, 01:11:28 AM 'It is well to choose some one good devotion, and to stick to it, and never to abandon it.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 20, 2021, 11:22:36 PM 'If you practice the holy exercise of Spiritual Communion a good many times each day, within a month you will see yourself completely changed.'
St. Leonard of Port Maurice Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 21, 2021, 11:08:46 PM 'Well and good if all things change, Lord God, provided we are rooted in You.'
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 22, 2021, 03:24:27 AM 'Keep your soul always in peace, with love and trust in our Lord, and -- I repeat -- remember what you have promised Him, that is to say, undivided love, persevering humility and generous mortification. This is what you owe to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 23, 2021, 02:10:04 AM 'I love so much a soul's desire to receive Me, that I hasten to it each time it summons Me by its yearnings.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 23, 2021, 05:16:08 PM 'The blessedness of seeing God is justly promised to the pure of heart. For the eye that is unclean would not be able to see the brightness of the true light, and what would be happiness to clear minds would be a torment to those that are defiled. Therefore, let the mists of worldly vanities be dispelled, and the inner eye be cleansed of all the filth of wickedness, so that the soul's gaze may feast serenely upon the great vision of God.'
Pope St. Leo the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 24, 2021, 01:34:51 AM 'The trees which are planted on the river's bank absorb the moisture without changing their place; so, when the soul receives the impress of divine favors, she ought to remain immovably fixed in God, the Supreme Giver, because there is great danger of illusion in dwelling on the gifts and the sweetness thereof.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2021, 03:51:30 AM 'He who has succeeded in attaining the virtues and is enriched with spiritual knowledge sees things clearly in their true nature.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 26, 2021, 11:30:24 AM 'O souls! seek a refuge, like pure doves, in the shadow of the crucifix. There mourn the Passion of your divine Spouse, and drawing from your hearts flames of love and rivers of tears, make of them a precious balm with which to anoint the wounds of your Saviour.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 27, 2021, 01:06:40 AM 'Brothers, you must know that the most ancient belief is the Law of God, and that we all bear it written in our hearts; that it can be learned without any teacher, and that it suffices to have the light of reason in order to know all the precepts of that Law.'
St. Leonard of Port Maurice Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 28, 2021, 01:12:24 AM 'Help me, O just and merciful God, for I seek Thy light.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 28, 2021, 01:15:33 AM 'Have great confidence in God and never distrust His mercy, which infinitely surpasses all our misery.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 29, 2021, 01:05:29 AM 'When the intellect through rejection of the passions attains to unwavering hope, then the enemy makes it visualize its past sins on the pretext of confessing them to God. Thus he tries to rekindle passions which by God's grace have been forgotten, and so secretly to inflict injury. Then, even though someone is illumined and hates the passions, he will inevitably be filled with darkness and confusion at the memory of what he has done. But if he is still befogged and self-indulgent, he will certainly dally with the enemy's provocations and entertain them under the influence of passion, so that this re-collection will prove to be a prepossession and not a confession.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 30, 2021, 03:08:27 AM 'I have noticed that all persons who have true devotion to St. Joseph and tender him special honor, are very much advanced in virtue, for he takes great care of souls who recommend themselves to him; and I have never asked of him anything which he did not obtain for me.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 02, 2021, 05:24:05 AM 'I beg of you to appreciate the great favor which is accorded you in being always of a contrite and humble heart.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 03, 2021, 01:51:31 AM 'Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.'
St. Thomas More Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 04, 2021, 04:12:46 AM 'The intellect is perfect when transformed by spiritual knowledge; the soul is perfect when permeated by the virtues.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 05, 2021, 03:31:36 AM 'Love Him with all your strength, think always of Him, let Him do with you, in you and for you whatever He wills, and do not be anxious about anything else.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 06, 2021, 06:05:36 AM 'If you wish to be in control of your soul and body, forestall the passions by rooting out their causes.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 07, 2021, 03:25:25 AM 'Often tell Jesus that you love him very much, and that you wish to die for love of him. Behold our love, Jesus; behold our life, Jesus; behold our all, Jesus. Let us accompany Jesus in all his ways. When we are alone, let it be with Jesus in the solitude of Bethlehem when we are traveling, let us think that we are with Jesus in Palestine or on the way to Calvary; when we are lashed by biting criticisms, behold us scourged with Jesus; when we are fixed to the cross, behold we are crucified with Jesus.'
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 08, 2021, 01:39:26 AM 'In leaving God for God, there is a great spiritual gain and nothing to lose.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 09, 2021, 05:49:08 AM 'The greatest event in the whole history of the world was the Incarnation of the eternal Word by whom the world was redeemed and peace was restored between God and men. Our Lady was chosen as his instrument for this tremendous event, and it was put into effect when she was greeted with the Angelic Salutation. The archangel Gabriel, one of the leading princes of the heavenly court, was chosen as ambassador to bear these glad tidings.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 10, 2021, 11:17:59 AM 'There is nothing more to the purpose for exciting a spirit of prayer, than the reading of spiritual books.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 11, 2021, 03:35:27 AM 'If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift. He will not deny us. God withholds what you are not yet ready for. He wants you to have a lively desire for His greatest gifts. All of which is to say, pray always and do not lose heart.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 12, 2021, 06:27:49 AM 'I assure you I possess naught but my Saviour Jesus Christ. Therefore He often says to me: "What wouldst thou do without Me? Thou wouldst be poor indeed!" '
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 13, 2021, 08:30:13 PM 'What, am I not sufficient for thee, I Who am thy beginning and thy last end?'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 14, 2021, 05:40:32 AM 'He would make you merit the crown He has destined for you, by giving you some small share in the sufferings He endured during the whole of His mortal life, and you are indeed happy, whatever trials you may be enduring, to be thus in conformity with Him.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 15, 2021, 03:50:10 PM 'Mary having co-operated in our redemption with so much glory to God and so much love for us, Our Lord ordained that no one shall obtain salvation except through her intercession.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 17, 2021, 03:47:00 PM 'If you wish to pray well, be faithful in the practice of mortification, avoid dissipation of mind during the day, and never commit any willful faults.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 19, 2021, 08:16:54 AM 'Do not claim to have acquired virtue unless you have suffered affliction, for without affliction virtue has not been tested.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 21, 2021, 12:04:38 PM 'Humble yourself whenever opportunity offers with true humility of heart. This is all, I think, that the Heart of our Lord asks of you.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 23, 2021, 11:08:30 AM 'Let the sick man enter into the Side of Jesus and His most holy Wounds; let him not be afraid, but combat manfully, and he will come forth victorious.'
St. Philip Neri 'Cleanse your vessel, that you may receive grace more abundantly. For though remission of sins is given equally to all, the communion of the Holy Ghost is bestowed in proportion to each man's faith. If you have laboured little, you receive little; but if you have wrought much, the reward is great.' St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 24, 2021, 08:42:23 AM 'The soul is strengthened through ascetic suffering, and dispels listlessness by doing all things according to measure.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 25, 2021, 08:40:03 PM On the feasts of the saints consider their virtues, and beseech God to deign to adorn you with them.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 26, 2021, 04:25:05 AM 'The cheerful are much easier to guide in the spiritual life than the melancholy.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 27, 2021, 04:05:52 PM 'You have preached, you have prayed, but have you fasted? Have you taken the discipline [a self imposed scourge]? Have you slept on the floor? So long as you have done none of these things, you have no right to complain.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, to a priest complaining about the indifference of his parish Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 28, 2021, 03:52:45 AM 'Each man's knowledge is genuine to the extent that it is confirmed by gentleness, humility and love.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 29, 2021, 01:35:32 AM 'Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.'
2 Corinthians 9:7 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 30, 2021, 01:30:50 AM 'It is said that gold rules everything; but spiritual things are ruled by the grace of God.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 31, 2021, 04:43:27 AM 'The greatest weapons of someone striving to lead a life of inward stillness are self-control, love, prayer and spiritual reading.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 01, 2021, 11:17:31 AM 'In all your trials, arm yourself with faith, confidence in God, and deep humility of heart. Reiterate your commands to Satan; order him, in the name of Jesus Christ, to depart and betake himself to the place that God, on account of his pride, has assigned for him. Fear nothing.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 03, 2021, 06:52:19 AM 'He whose mind teems with thoughts lacks self-control; and even when they are beneficial, hope is more so.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 03, 2021, 06:57:33 AM 'When we see a beautiful object, a beautiful garden, or a beautiful flower, let us think that there we behold a ray of the infinite beauty of God, who has given existence to that object.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 05, 2021, 03:52:22 AM 'One who is ill must not wish to do the work of a well man; let him compensate by moderation and patience, and not injure his health.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 06, 2021, 10:02:44 AM 'The devotion to the Eucharist is the most noble, because it has God as its object; it is the most profitable for salvation, because it gives us the Author of Grace; it is the sweetest, because the Lord is Sweetness Itself.'
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 07, 2021, 01:30:17 AM 'The continual remembrance of the presence of God engenders in the soul a divine state.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 08, 2021, 03:27:44 AM 'Use the senses and sense objects as a means to spiritual contemplation but, on the contrary, do not use what provokes the desire of the flesh as food for the senses.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 09, 2021, 02:53:19 PM 'The greater the charity of the saints, in their heavenly home, the more they intercede for those who are still on their journey and the more they can help them by their prayers; the more they are united with God, the more effective those prayers are. This is in accordance with divine order, which makes higher things react upon lower things, like the brightness of the sun filling the atmosphere.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 10, 2021, 06:07:43 AM 'Have great diffidence of yourself. "Without Me," your Saviour tells you, "you can do nothing." (John xv. 5.) And the apostle St. James: "Every perfect gift is from above." (James i. 17)'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 12, 2021, 02:43:10 AM 'If a man has sinned and denies it, saying, "I have not sinned," do not reprimand him or that will discourage him. But say to him, "Do not lose heart, brother, but be on guard in the future." and you will stir his soul to repentance.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 13, 2021, 01:59:47 AM '. . . ofttimes a single word that thou hearest may be the beginning of thy salvation.'
St. Bernardine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 14, 2021, 06:45:11 AM 'If you wish to acquire the gift of prayer, you must humbly persevere in mortifying your senses. . . I especially advise you to be very faithful to holy recollection, mortifying your eyes, your tongue and your ears, but cutting off all vain curiosity, which is often the cause of the distractions which beset you in your [spiritual] exercises.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 15, 2021, 11:58:42 AM 'Always give the preference to actions which appear to you the most agreeable to God, and most contrary to self-love.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 16, 2021, 04:39:42 AM 'Suppose that the whole horizon, as far as you can see from this mountain, were a sea of fire; if we cast into it a bit of oakum, it will disappear in an instant. So, when you have committed a fault, humble yourself before God, and cast your fault into the infinite ocean of charity, and at once it will be effaced from your soul; at the same time all distrust will disappear.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 17, 2021, 02:46:40 AM 'As by nature the soul gives life to the body, so virtue and spiritual knowledge give life to the soul.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 18, 2021, 12:05:29 PM 'Fasting fortifies the spirit, mortifying the flesh and its sensuality; it raises the spirit to God; it fights concupiscence and gives power to conquer and deaden its passions; in short, it disposes the heart to seek to please only God with great purity of heart.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 19, 2021, 02:59:54 PM 'Our Lady, deign to intercede for us sinners with thy divine Son, our Lord, and obtain of Him a blessing for us in our trials and tribulations!'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 20, 2021, 05:45:52 AM '. . . when Our Lord desires to draw some creature to knowledge of the truth [1 Tim. 2:4] He always reveals its beauty to him.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 22, 2021, 06:44:51 PM 'Cease rebuking a man who has stopped sinning and who has repented. If you say that you are rebuking him in God's name, first reveal the evils in yourself.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 23, 2021, 06:05:03 AM 'Do not neglect the practice of the virtues; if you do, your spiritual knowledge will decrease, and when famine occurs you will go down into Egypt (cf. Gen. 41:57; 46:6).'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 24, 2021, 06:21:20 AM 'It is absolutely necessary, both for our advancement and the salvation of others, to follow always and in all things the beautiful light of faith.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 26, 2021, 04:16:51 PM 'We must practice modesty, not only in our looks, but also in our whole deportment, and particularly in our dress, our walk, our conversation, and all similar actions.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Benedict on June 26, 2021, 04:45:53 PM "The light of faith is unique, since it is capable of illuminating every aspect of human existence. A light this powerful cannot come from ourselves but from a more primordial source: in a word, it must come from God. Faith is born of an encounter with the living God who calls us and reveals his love, a love which precedes us and upon which we can lean for security and for building our lives. Transformed by this love, we gain fresh vision, new eyes to see; we realize that it contains a great promise of fulfilment, and that a vision of the future opens up before us. Faith, received from God as a supernatural gift, becomes a light for our way, guiding our journey through time. On the one hand, it is a light coming from the past, the light of the foundational memory of the life of Jesus which revealed his perfectly trustworthy love, a love capable of triumphing over death. Yet since Christ has risen and draws us beyond death, faith is also a light coming from the future and opening before us vast horizons which guide us beyond our isolated selves towards the breadth of communion. We come to see that faith does not dwell in shadow and gloom; it is a light for our darkness. Dante, in the Divine Comedy, after professing his faith to Saint Peter, describes that light as a "spark, which then becomes a burning flame and like a heavenly star within me glimmers". It is this light of faith that I would now like to consider, so that it can grow and enlighten the present, becoming a star to brighten the horizon of our journey at a time when mankind is particularly in need of light."
Source Encyclical Letter Lumen Fidei of the supreme Pontiff Francis to the Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, Consecrated Persons and the lay Faithful On Faith Paragraph 4 Excerpt Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 27, 2021, 10:36:44 AM 'By the love and respect we owe to Jesus Christ our Lord, I beg of you to begin without delay to amend your lives with the greatest care, so that at the last day, when it will be necessary to give an exact account of them, you will be found worthy.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 27, 2021, 07:54:09 PM 'May the will of God be done, may the Lord be forever blessed. I wish neither more nor less than the will and the good pleasure of God, whether in time or in eternity; I can will only that which my God wills.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 28, 2021, 11:59:53 PM 'A virtuous soul cultivates good thoughts; a soul full of evil breeds thoughts of depravity.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 30, 2021, 01:26:05 PM 'Lord, how sweet is Thy Spirit! "I know whom I have believed, and I am certain." (2 Tim. 1:12.) I am certain that Thou art in the tabernacle. What happiness to remain during the most silent hours at the foot of the altar! Oh, who will give me the wings of a dove, that I may take my flight of love towards Thy divine Heart?'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 01, 2021, 02:17:25 PM 'Where is the father who, holding a beloved son in his arms, would let him fall to the earth? And if an earthly father would not act thus, much less would a God of infinite love. We must have courage in His service.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 02, 2021, 09:53:50 PM 'When your poor, restless heart turns by the grace of God towards the divine light, and conceives a wish to fly thither and be consumed therein, speak to God with profound reverence and gratitude of the wonders He did in becoming incarnate, suffering and dying for us.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 03, 2021, 03:08:45 AM 'More and more did the love of God, and my fear of him and faith increase, and my spirit was moved so that in a day -- from one up to a hundred prayers, and in the night a like number; besides I used to stay out in the forests and on the mountain and I would wake up before daylight to pray in the snow, in icy coldness, in rain, and I used to feel neither ill nor any slothfulness, because, as I now see, the Spirit was burning in me at that time.'
St. Patrick Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 04, 2021, 09:09:52 AM 'He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.'
St. Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 05, 2021, 03:22:03 PM 'We should only make use of life to grow in the love of God.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 06, 2021, 04:06:03 AM 'If in times of dryness in prayer we make acts of humility, self-knowledge, protestations of our own inability to help ourselves, and petitions for God's assistance, all this is real and substantial prayer.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 07, 2021, 01:29:20 AM 'Do not stop praying as long as, by God's grace, the fire and the water [i.e. fervor and tears] have not been exhausted, for it may happen that never again in your whole life will you have such a chance to ask for the forgiveness for your sins.'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 08, 2021, 04:20:00 AM 'The grace of the Holy Ghost be ever with you. Amen.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 09, 2021, 01:54:46 AM 'For all flesh is as grass; and all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass is withered, and the flower thereof is fallen away. But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel hath been preached unto you.'
1 Peter 1:24-25 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 10, 2021, 04:22:19 AM 'From this divine heart three streams flow endlessly. The first is the stream of mercy for sinners; it pours into their hearts sentiments of contrition and repentance. The second is the stream of charity which helps all in need and especially aids those seeking perfection in order to find the means of surmounting their difficulties. From the third stream flow love and light for the benefit of his friends who have attained perfection; these he wishes to unit to himself so that they may share his knowledge and commandments and, in their individual ways, devote themselves wholly to advancing his glory.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 11, 2021, 02:09:50 AM 'That which we suffer in the accomplishment of a good work, merits for us the necessary graces to insure its success.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 12, 2021, 03:44:19 AM 'The Mass is the most beautiful and the best thing in the Church. At the Mass, Jesus Christ giveth Himself to us by means of the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar, which is the end and the purpose of all the other Sacraments.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 13, 2021, 08:28:46 AM 'And if any of the events which happen pass our understanding, let us not from this consider that our affairs are not governed by Providence, but perceiving His Providence in part, in things incomprehensible let us yield to the unsearchableness of His wisdom.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 14, 2021, 04:29:40 AM 'Do not pass a single day without visiting the God of the tabernacle; in His presence grieve for the irreverences that He receives from bad Christians, who repay His love with sacrileges and basest ingratitude. In reparation for so many outrages, the loving soul ought to offer herself as a victim, consume herself in the fire of divine love, offer her praises to Jesus on the altar, visit Him for those unhappy souls who fail to do so, visit Him especially at hours when nobody else pays Him homage.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 15, 2021, 04:48:07 AM 'Charity urges and impels me; it makes me run from town to town shouting, "Sinner, my son, look where you're heading; you are about to fall into hell. Stop! Don't take another step!"'
St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 16, 2021, 01:43:17 PM 'So farewell now, my children. I set out on a journey with no return, a journey which all those of old have traveled and on which you will set out in a short while after carrying out the duties of life. I do not know, my brothers, where I am going or what judgment awaits me or which place will receive me. For I have not completed a single good work before God. Rather I am responsible for every sin. But still, I rejoice and am glad that I am going from the world to heaven, from darkness to light, from slavery to freedom, from temporary lodging to true abode, from strange and alien lands - for I am a sojourner and a stranger as all my fathers were (cf. Ps. 38 [39]:12) - to my very own country. Still more boldly I will declare that I return to my Master, to my Lord and my God whom my spirit has loved, whom I have acknowledged as Father, even if I have not served him as a son. I have possessed him before all else, even if I have not served him as a noble slave. Raving, I have spoken these things, but I have said them for you so that you will take heart and pray for my salvation. If I achieve it, see, I give you my word before the truth that I will not be silent, but shall boldly beseech my Lord and Master for you all that you shall flourish, be saved, and multiply. I expect to see, receive, and embrace each and every one of you as you depart from the world. For I have such faith that, since you have observed his commands, his goodness just as he did here will also preserve you in the coming age for the same purpose: to sing the praises of his all-holy power. My children, remember my humble words. Keep the advice I have given in Christ Jesus our Lord in whom is glory and power forever and ever, Amen.'
St. Theodore the Studite, before his death Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 17, 2021, 02:42:58 AM '. . . it is at the theatre that the flesh and the devil assault the minds and hearts of young people, by every means calculated to instil the poison of vice; to enervate the soul, and flatter the passions, by a general and simultaneous movement of all the allurements and charms of the senses.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 18, 2021, 04:43:34 AM 'To accept words of truth is to accept the divine Word; for He says: 'He that receives you receives me' (Matt. 10:40).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 19, 2021, 04:59:43 AM 'It is your self love which makes you resent not being able to do what others can do or having so much dismay on finding that you have need of the help of others; if you were dead to self, you would not be so unhappy.'
The Lord, to St. Gemma Galgani Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 20, 2021, 12:51:05 AM 'God has loved us from all eternity. Children of men, says the Lord, remember that I first loved you. You had not yet been born, the world itself did not exist, and even then I loved you. As long as I am God, I have loved you; I have loved you as long as I have loved Myself.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 21, 2021, 11:09:42 AM 'If man clearly saw that by well-doing he could gain eternal life, and could imagine how great the happiness of heaven will be, he would always persevere in good; and even should he live until the end of the world, he would never occupy his memory, intellect, or will on any but celestial things. . . On the other hand, if man could know how greatly he must suffer hereafter for his sins, hold it for certain that for very fear he would not only abandon all things, but that he would not commit the smallest sin.'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 22, 2021, 05:46:23 AM 'Blessed the one who rebukes his neighbour with fear of God and has not deceived his soul, fearing each day the iron rod of the great Shepherd.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 23, 2021, 03:58:24 AM 'Blessed stillness gives birth to blessed children: self-control, love and pure prayer.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 24, 2021, 04:44:55 AM 'He who forsakes all worldly desires sets himself above all worldly distress.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 25, 2021, 08:10:56 AM 'Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one's flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 26, 2021, 05:41:49 PM 'I also took much heart from reading the lives and works of the Fathers of the Church: St. Ignatius Martyr, St. Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Origen, St. Cyprian Martyr, St. Eusebius, St. Athanasius, St. Hilary, St. Cyril, St. Ephraim, St. Basil, St. Gregory Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nyssa, St. Ambrose, St. Epiphanius, St. Jerome, St. Paulinus, St. John Chrysostom, St. Augustine, St. Cyril of Alexandria, St. Prosper, Theodoret, St. Leo the Great, St. Caesarius, St. Gregory the Great, St. John Damascene, St. Anselm, St. Bernard.
I frequently read the lives of those saints who were distinguished for their zeal in saving souls, and I felt the good effect of it, for I applied to myself those words of Augustine: "Tu non eris sicut isti et istae?" [Conf. 1.8, ch. 11]' St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 27, 2021, 06:13:20 AM '"In the company of the innocent, you will be innocent; in the company of the elect, you will be elect; and in a crooked man's company you will go wrong." [Ps. 18:26,27]
Let us, then, follow the innocent and the upright. They, it is, who are God's elect.' Pope St. Clement I of Rome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 28, 2021, 06:13:45 AM 'Saint Paul tells us, "The letter kills, but the spirit gives life." (2 Cor 3:6) A man has been killed by the letter of the Sacred Scripture when he wants to quote it only so that people will think him to be very learned, . . . when he has no desire to follow the spirit of Sacred Scripture, but wants to know what it says only so he can explain it to others.'
St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 29, 2021, 01:03:10 PM 'If you wish to be pleasing to God and happy here below, be in all things united to His will.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 30, 2021, 08:46:15 AM 'Do not envy an unjust man, nor imitate his ways: because every deluder is an abomination of our Lord, and his communication is with the simple.'
Proverbs 3:31-32 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 31, 2021, 09:46:21 AM 'St. Denis the Areopagite says, "Divine love consists in the affections of the heart more than in the knowledge of the understanding." In human sciences, knowledge excites love; but in the science of the saints, love produces knowledge. He that loves God most, knows him best. Besides, it is not lofty and fruitless conceptions, but works, that unite the soul to God, and make it rich in merits before the Lord.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 01, 2021, 01:00:42 PM 'Obviously the need of this Christian instruction is accentuated by the decline of our times and morals. It is even more demanded by the existence of those public schools, lacking all religion, where everything holy is ridiculed and scorned. There both teachers' lips and students' ears are inclined to godlessness. We are referring to those schools which are unjustly called neutral or lay. In reality, they are nothing more than the stronghold of the powers of darkness.'
Pope St. Pius X, 'Editae Saepe' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 02, 2021, 08:27:46 AM 'Put into practice the teachings of our holy faith, it is not enough to convince ourselves that they are true; we must love them. Love united to faith makes us practice our religion.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 03, 2021, 09:25:28 AM 'When your mind, inflamed by longing for God, little by little divests itself of flesh, as it were, and turns away from all thoughts engendered by sensory impressions, or from memory, being at the same time full of adoration and rejoicing, then you may conclude that it has approached the boundaries of prayer.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 04, 2021, 03:53:25 AM 'Reveal yourself to the Lord in your mind. 'For man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart' (1 Sam. 16:7).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 05, 2021, 09:08:31 AM 'The time will come when we shall no longer be seated near the rivers of Babylon, tearful and sad, but sedebimus in pulchritudine pacis, in requie opulenta. [We will sit in the beauty of peace, in splendid rest.]
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 06, 2021, 02:12:54 AM 'God knows how useful it is to us to be obliged to pray, in order to keep us humble, and to exercise our confidence; and he therefore permits us to be assaulted by enemies too mighty to be overcome by our own strength, that by prayer we may obtain from his mercy aid to resist them; and it is especially to be remarked that no one can resist the impure temptations of the flesh, without recommending himself to God when he is tempted.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 07, 2021, 10:29:49 PM 'It is well to choose some one good devotion, and to stick to it, and never to abandon it.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 08, 2021, 09:29:34 AM 'Do good when you remember, and what you forget will be revealed to you; and do not surrender your mind to blind forgetfullness.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 08, 2021, 03:15:30 PM 'Though Jesus [in His Sacred Humanity] is solitary in the Blessed Sacrament, He is always communing with God. Therefore, in order to be conformed to Him, I will make a solitude in my heart, so that everywhere I may converse alone with Jesus.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 09, 2021, 12:32:36 PM 'The first duty of man ordained and brought forth into this world for that end. . . is to know his creator, and being known, to confess Him, and to resign or give up his life - which is the wonderful and peculiar gift of God, - to the service and worship of the Giver; for what he received by God's free donation, may be employed in true devotion, and what was conferred upon him in the state of wrath and unworthiness, may by an obedient resignation make him precious and beloved.'
St. Eucharius of Lyons Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 09, 2021, 05:19:15 PM 'See, my children, if we really wish to be saved we must determine, once for all, to labor in earnest for our salvation; our soul is like a garden in which the weeds are ever ready to choke the good plants and flowers that have been sown in it. If the gardener who has charge of this garden neglects it, if he is not continually using the spade and the hoe, the flowers and plants will soon disappear. Thus, my children, do the virtues with which God has been pleased to adorn our soul disappear under our vices if we neglect to cultivate them. As a vigilant gardener labours from morning till night to destroy the weeds in his garden, and to ornament it with flowers, so let us labor every day to uproot the vices of our soul and to adorn it with virtues. See, my children, a gardener never lets the weeds take root, because he knows that then he would never be able to destroy them. Neither let us allow our vices to take root, or we shall not be able to conquer them.
One day, an anchorite being in a forest with a companion, showed him four cypresses to be pulled up one after the other; the young man, who did not very well know why he told him to do this, took hold of the first tree, which was quite small, and pulled it up with one hand without trouble; the second, which was a little bigger and had some roots, made him pull harder, but yet he pulled it up with one hand; the third, being still bigger, offered so much resistance, that he was obliged to take both hands and to use all his strength; the fourth, which was grown into a tree, had such deep roots, that he exhausted himself in vain efforts. The saint then said to him, "With a little vigilance and mortification, we succeed in repressing our passions, and we triumph over them when they are only springing up; but when they have taken deep root, nothing is more difficult; the thing is even impossible without a miracle." Let us not reckon on a miracle of Providence, my children; let us not put off till the end of our life the care that we ought daily to take of our soul; let us labor while there is yet time. . .' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: odhiambo on August 10, 2021, 07:19:15 AM "Turn me over," he said to the judge. "I'm done on this side!" :crucifix:
Saint Lawrence, pray for us! Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 10, 2021, 05:35:35 PM Good to see you odhiambo! :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 11, 2021, 02:23:53 AM 'In accordance with divine providence, the devil was not sent at once to the Gehenna assigned to him, but his sentence was postponed in order to let him test and try men's free will. In this way, he unintentionally fosters greater maturity and righteousness in the saints by promoting their patient endurance, and so is the cause of their greater glory; and, at the same time, through his malevolence and his scheming against the saints he justifies more fully his own punishment. In this way, too, sin becomes more utterly sinful, as St. Paul puts it. (cf. Rom. 7:13)'
St. Symeon Metaphrastis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 11, 2021, 02:24:10 PM 'My children, St. Philomena has great power with God. Her virginity and generosity in embracing heroic martyrdom has rendered her so agreeable to God that He will never refuse anything that she asks for us.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 11, 2021, 02:25:10 PM Today is a feast day of St. Philomena. :D
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 12, 2021, 02:14:59 AM 'A man who is carried away by his thoughts is blinded by them; and while he can see the actual working of sin, he cannot see its causes.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 13, 2021, 11:22:06 AM 'A righteous person is a victim and his life a continual sacrifice. For love of Jesus, I will fight against my own desires even in the most insignificant matters.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 14, 2021, 01:32:28 AM 'Blessed the one who loves truth continually and has not lent his mouth as an instrument of impiety by lying, for he fears the commandment about idle speech.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 15, 2021, 02:01:38 AM 'First, discover by reflection whether you are occasionally or habitually negligent. Recollect whether the control of your heart is slipshod and haphazard.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 16, 2021, 03:22:35 AM 'I saw the snares that the enemy spreads out over the world and I said groaning, "What can get through from such snares?" Then I heard a voice saying to me, "Humility."'
St. Anthony of Egypt Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 17, 2021, 01:40:49 AM 'The soul must of necessity -- if we would attain to the Divine union of God -- pass through the dark night of the mortification of the desires, and self-denial in all things.
The reason is that all the love we bestow on creatures is in the eyes of God mere darkness, and that while we are involved therein, the soul is incapable of being enlightened and possessed by the pure and simple light of God, unless we first cast it away. Light hath no fellowship with darkness, for as St. John saith, "The light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it." [St. John 1:5]' St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 18, 2021, 02:04:33 AM 'They who consider themselves gifted with knowledge are in the eyes of God most ignorant, 'professing themselves to be wise, they become fools.' [Rom. 1:22] They alone attain to the Divine Wisdom who, like children and ignorant ones, lay aside their own wisdom, and serve God in love. This is the wisdom to which the Apostle refers, saying, 'Let no man deceive himself; if any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.' [1 Cor. 3:18,19] Ignorance, therefore, and not knowledge, becomes that soul which strives after union with the Wisdom of God.
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 19, 2021, 01:05:19 AM 'God commanded Moses to go up into Mount Sinai, He bade him go up alone; the children of Israel were to remain below, and even the cattle were not to feed in sight of the mountain. "Thou shalt stand with Me on the top of the mount. Let no man go up with thee, and let not any man be seen throughout all the mount: neither let the oxen nor the sheep feed over against it." [Ex. 34:2,3] He, therefore, that will go up into the mount of perfection and hold communion with God, must not only abandon everything, but restrain even his desires, the sheep and the cattle from feeding in sight of the mount — that is, upon anything which is not simply God, in Whom, in the estate of perfection, every desire must cease.'
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 20, 2021, 03:54:45 AM 'Detachment grows from an experience and taste of the knowledge of God and from a meditation on the account to be rendered at death.'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 22, 2021, 02:08:12 PM 'When the messenger came to announce to Job that the Sabeans had plundered his goods and slain his children, he said: "The Lord gave and the Lord taketh away." He did not say: "The Lord hath given me my children and my possessions, and the Sabeans have taken them away." He realized that adversity had come upon him by the will of God. Therefore he added: "As it hath pleased the Lord, so is it done. Blessed be the name of the Lord." We must not therefore consider the afflictions that come upon us as happening by chance or solely from the malice of men; we should be convinced that what happens, happens by the will of God. Apropos of this it is related that two martyrs, Epictetus and Atho, being put to the torture by having their bodies raked with iron hooks and burnt with flaming torches, kept repeating: "Work thy will upon us, O Lord." Arrived at the place of execution, they exclaimed: "Eternal God, be thou blessed in that thy will has been entirely accomplished in us."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 23, 2021, 10:59:36 PM 'It is impossible, to the human mind, to comprehend that infinite, eternal, immense Being; all that we can understand of Him in this life is nothing in comparison to the reality.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 24, 2021, 01:35:57 AM 'He who does not accept advice will never go by the straight path, but will always find himself among cliffs and gorges.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 25, 2021, 05:13:57 AM 'The rich ought to reach that degree of perfection of possessing the riches of which they are the masters, with out allowing them to possess them.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 27, 2021, 03:38:41 AM 'I exhort you, therefore, not to faint in your afflictions, but to be revived by God's love, and to add daily to your zeal, knowing that in you ought to be preserved that remnant of true religion which the Lord will find when He comes on the earth. Even if bishops are driven from their Churches, be not dismayed. If traitors have arisen from among the very clergy themselves, let not this undermine your confidence in God. We are saved not by names, but by mind and purpose, and genuine love toward our Creator. Bethink you how in the attack against our Lord, high priests and scribes and elders devised the plot, and how few of the people were found really receiving the word. Remember that it is not the multitude who are being saved, but the elect of God. Be not then affrighted at the great multitude of the people who are carried hither and thither by winds like the waters of the sea. If but one be saved, like Lot at Sodom, he ought to abide in right judgment, keeping his hope in Christ unshaken, for the Lord will not forsake His holy ones. Salute all the brethren in Christ from me. Pray earnestly for my miserable soul.'
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 28, 2021, 07:16:24 AM 'Holy knowledge is the light of the soul; bereft of it, "the fool walks in darkness" (Eccles. 2:14).'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 29, 2021, 07:05:42 AM 'Love for God leads him who shares in it to be indifferent to every transient pleasure and every labor and distress. Let all the saints, who have suffered joyfully so much for Christ, convince you of this.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 30, 2021, 06:56:34 AM 'Let us enter into our cell, and sitting there, remember our sins, and the Lord will come and help us in everything.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 31, 2021, 09:38:38 AM 'First of all, we know that God is the beginning, middle and end of everything good; and it is impossible for us to have faith in anything good or to carry it into effect except in Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 01, 2021, 06:56:48 AM 'And as Adam opposed his own will to the divine will, so we must seek to have the will of God as our only object, and by it to have our own disposed and annihilated. And as we cannot by ourselves discover our own evil inclinations, and our secret self-love, nor possibly annihilate our own self-will, it is very useful to subject our will to that of some other creature, and to do its bidding for the love of God.'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 02, 2021, 08:24:13 AM 'In fact, my children, it is sin that brings upon us all calamities, all scourges, war, famine, pestilence, earthquakes, fires, frost, hail, storms, -- all that afflicts us, all that makes us miserable.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 03, 2021, 03:57:15 PM 'To each virtue there is an opposing vice; hence the wicked take vices for virtues.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 04, 2021, 07:35:51 AM 'Garrulousness is the platform from which vainglory preaches itself. . . Silence on the other hand is the mother of prayer. It frees the prisoner; it guards the divine flame; it watches over reasoning; it protects the sense of penitence.
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 05, 2021, 01:36:44 PM 'I think He intends to try you like gold in the crucible, so as to number you amongst His most faithful servants. Therefore you must lovingly embrace all occasions of suffering, considering them as precious tokens of His love. To suffer in silence and without complaint is what He asks of you.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 06, 2021, 07:40:40 AM 'Jesus Christ is the true Friend of our hearts, for they are made for Him alone; therefore they can find neither rest, joy nor fullness of content save in Him -- so let us love Him with all our strength.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 07, 2021, 07:33:21 AM 'But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men abundantly, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.'
James 1:5 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 08, 2021, 07:25:29 AM 'A son of God is a person who through wisdom, power and righteousness has become like God.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 08, 2021, 01:59:35 PM 'When you say to me, "Blessed art thou among women," I praise the mercy of God who has raised me to this exalted degree of happiness.'
Our Lady speaking of the Ave Maria to St. Mechtilde Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 09, 2021, 08:08:27 AM 'In imitation of me be thou so humble, that as far as thou art concerned, thou be persuaded and convinced of thy entire worthlessness and incapability, not meriting to be considered even a slave of the servants of Christ.'
Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 10, 2021, 08:17:31 PM 'Everyone receives what he deserves in accordance with his inner state. But only God understands the many different ways in which this happens.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Benedict on September 11, 2021, 02:12:00 AM "Nothing is better than pure prayer.
From it, as from a spring. come the virtues: understanding and gentleness, love and self-control, and the support and encouragement that God grants in response to tears. The beauty of pure prayer is made manifest when our mind dwells in the realm of intelligible realities alone and our longing to attain what is divine is endless. Then the intellect, tracking its Master through the contemplation of created beings, and ardently thirsting to find and see Him who cannot be seen, or else contemplating the darkness that is His secret place (cf Ps. 18:11), in awe withdraws again into itself, for the moment satisfied and encouraged by the vision revealed to it for its own benefit; but it is full of hope that it will reach the object of its desire when, set free from appearances and the shadow-like fantasies seen indistinctly, as in a mirror, it is granted a pure unceasing vision 'face to face' (cf. 1 Cor. 13:12)." Theognostos On the Practice of the Virtues, Contemplation and the Priesthood paragraph 5 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 11, 2021, 07:32:28 PM 'Come now, thou poor child of man, turn awhile from thy business, hide thyself for a little time from restless thoughts, cast away thy troublesome cares, put aside thy wearisome distractions. Give thyself a little leisure to converse with God, and take thy rest awhile in Him. Enter into the secret chamber of thy heart: leave everything without but God and what may help thee to seek after Him, and when thou hast shut the door, then do thou seek Him. Say now, O my whole heart, say now to God, "I seek Thy face; Thy face, Lord, do I seek." Come now then, O Lord my God, teach Thou my heart when and how I may seek Thee, where and how I may find Thee?'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 12, 2021, 05:06:55 PM 'We must take care of little faults: for he who once begins to go backward, and to make light of such defects, brings a sort of grossness over his conscience, and then goes wrong altogether.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 13, 2021, 12:25:01 PM 'What then did the Lord, the Truth and the Light, accomplish on coming down to the world? He preserved His flesh incorrupt in virginity with which he had adorned it. And so let us too, if we are to come to the likeness of God, endeavor to aspire to the virginity of Christ.'
St. Methodius of Olympus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 14, 2021, 07:13:48 PM 'Therefore, since such are the promises, let us not only bear, but let us endure with joy all things, both those that are present, those that are whispered about and those that are expected, as we listen to the Apostle when he says: Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is the Church [Col. 1:24]. And again Saint James who says: My brethren, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing [James 1:2-4]. Do you see then that in trials there is joy, and in tribulations gladness? For these are the things that are exchanged where God is concerned; and this is how the saints led their lives; this too how we, by doing violence to ourselves and yet greater violence, and by living our life in their footsteps, shall inherit the kingdom of heaven, in Christ Jesus our Lord, to whom be glory and might, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and always and to the ages of ages. Amen.
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 15, 2021, 09:00:47 AM 'Love to be looked at as a mere nothing in the house of God.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 16, 2021, 10:28:16 PM 'As for me, I cannot understand how it is possible not to be always thinking of God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 17, 2021, 09:37:27 PM 'Pray twenty-four hours every day - that is, perform all your actions with heart and mind raised to God, holding yourself in interior solitude, and reposing in God in pure faith.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 19, 2021, 01:09:05 AM 'Who could ever measure the number and greatness of the blessings which He would shower upon a heart prepared to receive them!'
Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 20, 2021, 02:48:28 AM 'Recreation ordinarily consists in conversing in an open, frank manner and recounting interesting, pleasant things that provide occasions of laughter and entertainment for the group. However, you must take care that these stories do not include anything vulgar or anything suggesting a lack of good education. Rather, they must be told in an uplifting manner, which ought to make the simplest tale striking, interesting, and pleasing to others.'
St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 21, 2021, 02:09:01 AM 'That man attains to spiritual freedom, clearness of judgment, repose, tranquility and peaceful confidence, together with true worship and obedience of the will when he represses all joy in passing things. Man has greater joy and comfort in creatures if he detaches himself from them.'
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 22, 2021, 01:19:13 AM 'As a mother feels no disgust in dressing the sores of her child, so Mary, the heavenly infirmarian, never refuses to care for sinners who have recourse to her.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 23, 2021, 04:04:19 AM 'Continue to prepare yourself for everything as a meek lamb. Love to see your plans, though good, frustrated; a time will come when God will permit you fully to execute them.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 24, 2021, 04:21:22 AM 'If you succeed in bringing a single soul to heaven, what charity! what a gain! what glory to God!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 25, 2021, 05:49:04 AM 'The vigor with which you resist the enemy will be the measure of the reward which will follow the combat.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 25, 2021, 06:13:59 PM 'AND when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought sweet spices, that coming, they might anoint Jesus. And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they come to the monument, the sun being now risen. And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone from the door of the sepulchre? And looking, they saw the stone rolled back. For it was very great. And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right hand, clothed with a white robe: and they were astonished. Who saith to them: Be not affrighted; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: he is risen, he is not here, behold the place where they laid him. '
Mark 16:1-6 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 26, 2021, 11:45:35 PM 'Rejoice, my daughter, to conform thee to the shame of Christ.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 27, 2021, 06:11:59 AM 'I call consolation every increase of faith, hope, and charity, all interior joy which summons and animates man to desire heavenly things, and to wish for his soul's salvation; in fine, all that which, brings to it repose and peace in its Lord and Maker.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 28, 2021, 03:46:57 AM 'The moth flies round the flame and falls into it; let your soul be drawn into the divine light and consumed in it.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 29, 2021, 02:51:22 AM 'He is perfect in the school of Christ who despises being despised, rejoices in self-contempt, and accounts himself to be very nothingness.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 30, 2021, 04:18:32 AM 'Correction should be given calmly and with discernment, at seasonable times, according to the dictates of reason, and not at the impulse of anger.'
Ven. Louis de Granada Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 01, 2021, 08:40:45 PM 'In all your actions purify your intention, renew it several times a day, often repeat: All for the greater glory of God!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 02, 2021, 04:48:38 AM 'Raise thy heart and thy love toward the sweet and most holy cross, which soothes every pain!'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 03, 2021, 05:06:08 AM 'If a man has some spiritual gift and feels compassion for those who do not have it, he preserves the gift because of his compassion. But a boastful man will lose it through succumbing to the temptations of boastfulness.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 04, 2021, 07:14:36 AM 'The Creator of Angels is not said to have been clad in purple, but to have been wrapped in rags. Let worldly pride blush at the resplendent humility of the Saviour.'
St. Peter Damian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 05, 2021, 10:44:11 AM 'When through some sensual pleasure the heart is deflected from the ascetic way, it becomes difficult to control, like a heavy stone dislodged on steep ground.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 06, 2021, 04:40:37 PM 'The lover of Jesus will be freed from evil; the disciples of Jesus will behold true knowledge.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 07, 2021, 03:01:47 AM 'Avoid over-eagerness and strive to model your interior and exterior upon the humble sweetness of the loving Heart of Jesus, doing each of your actions with the same tranquility as if you had but that alone to do.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 08, 2021, 05:46:58 AM 'This is the Great Work of a man: always to take the blame for his own sins before God and to expect temptation to his last breath.'
St. Anthony of Egypt Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 09, 2021, 07:08:51 AM 'Blessed the one who has become fruitful in the Lord, that he may have the holy Angels as guardians, as a fruitful tree has its own husbandman as guardian.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 10, 2021, 05:27:58 AM 'Impel your intellect continually to prayer and you will destroy the evil thoughts that beset your heart.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 11, 2021, 05:56:15 AM 'Do nothing, say nothing before considering if that which you are about to say or do is pleasing to God, profitable to yourself, and edifying to your neighbor.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 12, 2021, 06:29:26 PM 'If you understand what is said in a mystical sense by St Paul, that "we wrestle . . . against spiritual wickedness" (Eph. 6:12), you will also understand the parable of the Lord, which He spoke "to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to lose heart" (Luke 18:1).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 13, 2021, 05:56:46 AM 'Prayer is the only channel through which God's great graces and favors may flow into the soul; and if this be once closed, I know no other way He can communicate them.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 14, 2021, 01:43:38 AM 'Enter into your heart and learn to value yourself at your proper worth. Discuss with yourself what you are, what you were, what you ought to be, and what you can be. Note what you were originally, what you are now through your own fault, what on the contrary good efforts ought to have made you, and what you still may be by correspondence with grace.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 15, 2021, 02:56:02 PM 'In a state of grace the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 16, 2021, 01:00:36 AM 'Those whose circumstances in the world would have assured them an ample fortune, labor in religion with the greater success in promoting the glory of God.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 17, 2021, 07:30:22 AM 'I am very glad that Our Lord inspired you at prayer to view your misery in the great mercy of the Sacred Heart. Beg of Him earnestly to show His mercy to you and to all sinners.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 18, 2021, 11:44:35 AM 'Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 19, 2021, 04:08:24 PM 'We should honor God in His saints, and beseech Him to make us partakers of the graces He poured so abundantly upon them.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 20, 2021, 05:25:00 PM 'Maintain a regular level of ascetic practice and do not break your rule unless forced to do so.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 21, 2021, 10:00:37 AM 'The Holy Eucharist very often invigorates and strengthens even the body. O infinite mercy of our sovereign Good! this marvellous effect proceeds from the great vigor which the bread of angels communicates to the soul, and which reacts on the body.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 22, 2021, 09:43:39 AM 'They who are engaged with the salvation of their neighbor, will gain more by an humble modesty than by an authoritative manner, and will gain victory sooner in retreat than in combat.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 23, 2021, 05:06:59 PM 'Let us pray God, if He gives us any virtue or any gift, to keep it hidden even from ourselves, that we may preserve our humility, and not take occasion of pride because of it.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 24, 2021, 11:22:44 AM 'Tear me with iron hooks, and talk not of my sacrificing to your devils: I have already told you, that I will sacrifice to that God alone for whom I suffer.'
St. Peter Balsam Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 25, 2021, 01:05:12 AM 'Take care, you who are listening to this. Flee the destructive places and ways of sin. Govern your sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch, your food, drink and sleep, that you may keep from being overwhelmed by the tempest of the passions. This is worth remembering: someone who sails across the physical sea is subject to storms and tempests without their wanting it, while someone who crosses the water of the mind is lord of tempest and of calm. For if they manfully shake off unseemly thoughts, they are filled with calm, having the Holy Spirit as the companion of their voyage, as it is related of St. Arsenios. But one whose senses are unbridled and who lets in desires like streams, stirs up a most dreadful storm for themselves. Unless the person does not swiftly smooth out their tempestuous thoughts, will end by repeating those miserable words, I entered the depths of the sea, and a tempest drowned me [Psalm 68,3]. Therefore let reason be in control, and let the better not be dragged down by the worse, but let the spirit be master and act for the better.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 26, 2021, 03:52:25 AM 'Our Blessed Lady is the dispenser of all the favours which the goodness of God concedes to the Sons of Adam.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 27, 2021, 03:38:28 AM 'Rightly motivated, the intellect will find the truth; but motivated by passion it will miss the mark.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 28, 2021, 04:08:56 PM 'Abandon everything to My good pleasure and let Me accomplish My designs; do not thou interfere in anything, for I will take care of all.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 29, 2021, 02:50:07 AM 'Blessed stillness gives birth to blessed children: self-control, love and pure prayer.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 30, 2021, 02:38:07 AM 'When I commit any faults, after having punished myself for them by penance, I will offer to the Eternal Father one of the virtues of the divine Heart, in order to repair the outrages of which I have been guilty, and thus little by little pay my debt.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 31, 2021, 01:13:21 AM 'When I placed before Him my humble petitions regarding those things that seem difficult to obtain (concerning the devotion to the Sacred Heart), I seemed to hear these words: "Dost thou believe that I can do this? If thou dost believe thou shall behold the omnipotence of My Heart in the magnificence of My love." As I watch its steady progress I hear those other words: "Did I not indeed tell thee, that if thou couldst believe, thou shouldst see thy desires accomplished?"'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 01, 2021, 05:38:29 AM 'In all your acts, in all your works, in all your behavior, imitate the good; be a competitor of the saints, keep your eye on the heroism of the martyrs, follow the example of the just. It is my wish that the life and teachings of the saints be for you an encouragement to virtue.'
St. Isidore of Seville Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 02, 2021, 01:51:09 AM 'Do you not understand that your prayers and your grief can draw souls from Purgatory? What they have not had the chance to suffer themselves, so as to purge themselves here below, you will suffer in their stead; you will substitute yourself for them and finish what they could not end. You will pay your grief in ransom, and the more sharp your pain, the sooner will the debt of her you loved be paid.
Who knows, indeed, if the Lord, touched by the goodwill and supplications of a husband, will not give credit to the wife on the capital of his mourning and yield her deliverance at once?' St. Lydwine of Schiedam 'May you no longer have any liberty except to love Him. May no other light illumine your soul, no other aim absorb your heart than that of His pure love which keeps Him a prisoner in the Blessed Sacrament. You will ask Him, through the merits of this captivity, to set free His poor prisoners in Purgatory.' St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 03, 2021, 05:27:00 AM 'Prayer is to our soul what rain is to the soil. Fertilize the soil ever so richly, it will remain barren unless fed by frequent rains.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 04, 2021, 06:52:57 AM 'You should not pay so much attention to or dwell on certain gifts, but rather go to the Divine Source whence they proceed.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 05, 2021, 02:57:23 AM 'I will remember those who have confidence in thy prayers, so that thou mayest be entirely occupied and taken up with My love.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 06, 2021, 04:56:03 AM 'The law of freedom teaches the whole truth. Many read about it in a theoretical way, but few really understand it, and these only in the degree to which they practice the commandments.'
St. Mark the Ascetic This is a memorable quote for me -- it is not enough merely to read the writings of the saints.. to understand the truth you must follow the commandments and follow their advice. Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 07, 2021, 03:22:04 AM 'To yield and give way to our passions is the lowest slavery, even as to rule over them is the only liberty.'
St. Justin Martyr Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 08, 2021, 10:11:59 AM 'He who seeks the energies of the Spirit, before he has actively observed the commandments, is like someone who sells himself into slavery and who, as soon as he is bought, asks to be given his freedom while still keeping his purchase money.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 09, 2021, 07:30:19 AM 'From all eternity the Lord has judged it fitting, and willed it, that you should suffer those bodily ailments, those assaults of Satan, and those persecutions from men. Look upon them with the eye of faith, and adore the good pleasure of God by pious short prayers.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 10, 2021, 07:36:20 PM 'It is not food that is evil but gluttony, not the begetting of children but unchastity, not material things but avarice, not esteem but self-esteem. This being so, it is only the misuse of things that is evil, and such misuse occurs when the intellect fails to cultivate its natural powers.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 11, 2021, 07:05:57 PM 'Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him.'
1 John 2:15 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 12, 2021, 02:07:36 AM 'Shun useless conversation. We lose by it both time and the spirit of devotion.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 13, 2021, 05:47:37 AM 'The first among all evils is ignorance; next comes lack of faith.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 14, 2021, 04:23:38 PM 'In the difficulties which are placed before me, why should I not act like a donkey? When one speaks ill of him - the donkey says nothing. When he is mistreated - he says nothing. When he is forgotten - he says nothing. When no food is given him - he says nothing. When he is made to advance - he says nothing. When he is despised - he says nothing. When he is overburdened - he says nothing. The true servant of God must do likewise, and say with David: "Before Thee I have become like a beast of burden."'
St. Alphonsus Rodriguez Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 15, 2021, 08:26:03 PM 'Acts of kindness and generosity are spoilt by self-esteem, meanness and pleasure, unless these have first been destroyed by fear of God.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 16, 2021, 11:55:53 PM 'Undistracted prayer is a sign of love for God; but careless or distracted prayer is a sign of love for pleasure.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 17, 2021, 08:46:00 AM 'The laws and maxims of Jesus are very mild and holy and reasonable. The standards of the world are laws and maxims of hell, and are diabolical, tyrannical, and finally unbearable.'
St. Jean Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 18, 2021, 08:05:23 PM 'Some people with possessions possess them dispassionately, and so when deprived of them they are not dismayed but are like those who accepted the seizure of their goods with joy (cf. Heb. 10:34). Others possess with passion, so that when they are in danger of being dispossessed they become utterly dejected, like the rich man in the Gospel who went away full of sorrow (cf. Matt. 19:22); and if they actually are dispossessed, they remain dejected until they die. Dispossession, then, reveals whether a man's inner state is dispassionate or dominated by passion.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 19, 2021, 06:41:36 PM 'We should carefully beware of giving ourselves so completely to any employment as to forget to have recourse to God from time to time.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 20, 2021, 07:17:26 PM 'Examine from time to time what are the dominant passions of your soul, and having ascertained this, mold your life, so that in thought, word and deed you may as far as possible counteract them.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 21, 2021, 08:52:51 PM 'Jacob made for Joseph a coat of many colors (cf. Gen. 37:3), and the Lord gives knowledge of truth to the gentle; as it is written, "He will teach the gentle His ways" (Ps. 25:9. LXX).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 22, 2021, 03:23:01 AM 'So great a love on the part of Mary deserves our gratitude, and that gratitude should be shown by at least meditating upon and pitying her in her sorrow. But she complained to Saint Bridget that very few did so, and that the greater part of the world lived in forgetfulness of them: "I look around at all who are on earth, to see if by chance there are any who pity me, and meditate upon my sorrows; and I find that there are very few. Therefore, my daughter, though I am forgotten by many, at least do thou not forget me; consider my anguish, and imitate, as far as thou canst, my grief."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 23, 2021, 03:24:52 AM 'Awake, my soul, awake! show thy spirit, arouse thy senses, shake off the sluggishness of that deadly heaviness that is upon thee, begin to take care for thy salvation. Let the idleness of vain imaginations be put to flight, let go of sloth, hold fast to diligence. Be instant in holy meditations, cleave to the good things which are of God: leaving that which is temporal, give heed to that which is eternal. Now in this godly employment of thy mind, to what canst thou turn thy thoughts more wholesomely and profitably than to the sweet contemplations of thy Creator’s immeasurable benefits toward thee.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 24, 2021, 02:20:21 AM 'If you want spiritual health, listen to your conscience, do all it tells you, and you will benefit.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 25, 2021, 03:13:49 AM 'Do thou, therefore, apply thyself unweariedly to the pursuit of holiness, lest thou cease to be the temple of God.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 26, 2021, 09:20:44 AM 'Others say, "If I neglect mental prayer, I do not mis-spend my time; I employ it in study." But the Apostle said to Timothy: "Take heed to thyself and to doctrine;" Attend first to thyself, that is, to prayer, and then to doctrine, that is, to study, in order to procure the salvation of others.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 27, 2021, 04:16:31 AM 'So great is the goodness of God in your regard, that when you ask through ignorance for that which is not beneficial, He does not grant your prayer in this matter, but gives you something better instead.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 28, 2021, 05:30:17 AM 'The self-indulgent are distressed by criticism and hardship; those who love God by praise and luxury.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 29, 2021, 08:43:58 AM 'If no poor could be found in the world, men ought to go in search of them, and dig them up from underground to do them good, and to be merciful to them.'
St. Camillus de Lellis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 30, 2021, 06:49:03 AM 'I suffer, and my groans go up unceasingly to Thee my Comforter. Into Thy most adorable Heart I shed my tears. To It I confide my sighs and my anguish; to Its bitter sorrows I confide my bitter sorrows. Sanctify them, my Jesus, by this holy union.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 02, 2021, 03:34:31 AM 'Jesus Christ at His birth: I contemplate Him there with Mary and Joseph. What conditions, though! Lying in a manger where animals feed! Humiliation, privation, suffering.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 04, 2021, 12:41:38 AM 'I tell you that you must purify your soul from all inclination to venial sin; that is to say, you must not voluntarily retain any deliberate intention of permitting yourself to commit any venial sin whatever.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 04, 2021, 09:16:07 AM 'For it is impossible that God and sin, however slight, should remain together, for such an impediment would prevent the soul from attaining to his glory. And as a little thing that thou hast in thine eye will not allow thee to see the sun, and as it is possible to compare the difference between God and the sun to that between the intellectual vision and that of the bodily eye, it is plain that the great opposition between the one and the other can never be truly imagined.
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 05, 2021, 06:45:30 AM 'Give alms out of thy substance, and turn not away thy face from any poor person: for so it shall come to pass that the face of the Lord shall not be turned from thee.
According to thy ability be merciful. If thou have much, give abundantly; if thou have little, take care even so to bestow willingly a little. But do not hesitate to give alms; for thus thou storest up to thyself a good reward for the day of necessity. For alms deliver from all sin, and from death, and will not suffer the soul to go into darkness. Alms shall be a great confidence before the most high God, to all them that give it.' Tobias 4:7-12 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 07, 2021, 08:13:12 AM '. . . it is at the theatre that the flesh and the devil assault the minds and hearts of young people, by every means calculated to instil the poison of vice; to enervate the soul, and flatter the passions, by a general and simultaneous movement of all the allurements and charms of the senses.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 08, 2021, 02:58:27 AM 'Divine love takes its sword to the hidden recesses of our inmost soul and divides us from ourselves. I know one person whom love cut off from all that was dearest to her, just as completely and effectively as if a tyrant's blade had severed spirit from body.'
St. Jane Frances de Chantal Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 09, 2021, 06:49:41 AM 'Already the walls of the prison are crumbling to dust, and the prisoner is about to enjoy the liberty of the children of God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 10, 2021, 06:22:54 PM 'I beg you to close to creatures the door of your heart, and to keep yourself shut up in the interior of your soul, that you may commune peacefully with your Beloved.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 11, 2021, 08:33:06 PM 'This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 12, 2021, 05:12:25 PM 'Our works are of no value if they be not united to the merits of Jesus Christ.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 13, 2021, 06:56:31 PM 'Know that He wishes more love than fear from you. Therefore, abandon yourself to His love, and let Him act in you, with you and for you, according to His desire and good pleasure.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Benedict on December 13, 2021, 08:11:19 PM "Knowledge of holy living is knowledge of meekness and humility.
Humility is the imitation of Christ. Highmindedness and boldness and shamelessness, the imitation of the devil. Become and imitator of Christ, not of Antichrist; of God and not of the adversary of God; of the Master, not of the fugitive slave; of the Merciful One, not the merciless; of the Lover of Mankind, not the enemy of mankind; of the inhabitants of the bridal chamber, not the inhabitants of darkness." Saint Basil the Great from On Renunciation of the World Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 14, 2021, 04:06:00 AM 'Love and self-control strengthen the soul; pure prayer and contemplation, the intellect.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 15, 2021, 07:13:10 AM 'May you no longer have any liberty except to love Him. May no other light illumine your soul, no other aim absorb your heart than that of His pure love which keeps Him a prisoner in the Blessed Sacrament. You will ask Him, through the merits of this captivity, to set free His poor prisoners in Purgatory.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 16, 2021, 09:57:56 PM 'I have no need of anything, I have only poverty.'
St. Conrad of Parzham Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 18, 2021, 01:36:58 AM 'My greatest happiness is to be before the Blessed Sacrament, where my heart is, as it were, in Its center.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 18, 2021, 02:26:41 AM 'Nothing but sin can separate us from God. You do not wish to sin; therefore preserve your heart in peace, and have it constantly turned towards heaven.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 19, 2021, 11:49:37 AM 'Practice abandonment as regards your body, taking and accepting indifferently sickness or health, work or rest -- abandonment as regards your soul, cherishing dryness, insensibility, desolation, and accepting them with the same thanksgiving as you would sweetness and consolation.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 20, 2021, 03:23:13 AM 'By talking and irreverence in churches, we show disrespect to Almighty God in His own house.'
St. Benedict Joseph Labre Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 21, 2021, 03:21:11 AM '"Like a tree planted by streams of water," [Ps. 1:3] the soul is irrigated by the Holy Scriptures and acquires vigour, produces tasty fruit, namely, true faith, and is beautified with a thousand green leaves, namely, actions that please God.'
St. John of Damascus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 23, 2021, 06:48:12 AM 'O my Jesus, help me to love you; love me, and then crucify me as much as you please.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 25, 2021, 05:02:49 AM 'Oh, blessed is he that converses with Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, in this holy solitude of the manger.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 26, 2021, 07:15:33 PM '"O solitude," says St. Jerome, "in which God speaks and converses familiarly with his servants;" O beautiful solitude, in which God speaks and converses with his chosen souls, not as a sovereign, but as a friend, as a brother, as a spouse! Oh, what a paradise it is to converse alone with the Infant Jesus in the little grotto of Bethlehem!
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 27, 2021, 05:57:35 AM 'Even though a man may be unable to attain such a height of sanctity, he ought to desire it, so as to do at least in desire what he cannot carry out in effect.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 28, 2021, 04:58:11 AM 'Mary being in heaven nearer to God and more united to Him, knows our miseries better, compassionates them more, and can more efficaciously assist us.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 29, 2021, 05:48:42 AM 'My divine Master has taught me to look upon myself only as the sport of the good pleasure of His adorable Heart, my sole treasure, and in this it is that I must glory.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 30, 2021, 05:40:46 AM 'The soul is more precious than the whole world!'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 01, 2022, 02:15:54 AM 'For, says Scripture, this is how God loved the world: he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but have eternal life. Nor did he simply give him, but even to death, death on a cross. . . Have you seen the mighty love of his strength? Have you seen the measureless mercy of his love for humanity? How unsearchable are his mercies and inscrutable his acts of compassion, which he has poured out on us through Jesus Christ our Saviour!'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 02, 2022, 12:06:19 PM 'If He so wills, God can draw His glory from our most insignificant actions.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 04, 2022, 01:28:20 AM 'Do not dishonor marriage by diabolical feasts. If you banish from them unbecoming, effeminate singing, dances, improper conversation, the pomps of Satan, noise, boisterous laughter, intemperance, with all that is unbecoming in Christians, Christ will be present at the wedding. But it is Satan who presides at those weddings at which voluptuous and disgraceful dancing is indulged in; and, from all the expenses incurred on such occasions, great harm results, and no profit is derived.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 04, 2022, 11:54:56 AM 'I guard you in advance against beasts in the form of men, whom you must not only not receive, but if it is possible not even meet, but only pray for them, if perchance they may repent. . .'
St. Ignatius of Antioch Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 05, 2022, 08:42:05 AM 'It is a most useful thing to say often, and from the heart, "Lord, do not put any confidence in me, for I am sure to fall if Thou dost not help me;" or, "O my Lord, look for nothing but evil from me."'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 06, 2022, 03:41:08 PM 'The most simple means to be always favored with new gifts and graces, and to love God more and more, is to look with the eye of faith into the abyss of our nothingness, and, in the fear which this sight will inspire, to fly into the interior of the desert, in the abyss of the Divinity, wherein we let our nothingness disappear and passively receive divine inspirations.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 07, 2022, 07:29:50 PM 'We read in the holy Canticles, that at the Assumption of the Virgin, the angels three times asked her name: "Who is she that goeth up by the desert as a pillar of smoke?" "Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising?" And in another: "Who is this that cometh up from the desert, flowing with delights?" Richard of St. Laurence inquires why the angels so often asked the name of this queen, and answers: The sound of the name of Mary was so sweet to the angels, and they repeated the question that they might hear it repeated also.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 08, 2022, 04:43:57 AM 'May I let Jesus lead me more easily. May I be ready to accept everything, even mortification, powerlessness, living in darkness, being hidden like Jesus in a dark prison. If I let it, this prison or whatever this mortification may be will be the heart of Mary for me.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 09, 2022, 07:05:30 PM 'Every day make a visit to the Blessed Sacrament, and when the duties of your state of life prevent you, visit Him in spirit.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 10, 2022, 04:43:30 PM 'The first step in the practice of the virtues is faith in Christ; its consummation, the love of Christ.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 11, 2022, 09:16:01 PM 'You should never find fault with, accuse or judge anyone but yourself, so that your lips that are destined to praise God, and your tongue on which the Sacred Host so often rests, may not serve Satan as instruments to sully your soul.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 12, 2022, 03:34:33 PM 'He who opposes unpleasant events opposes the command of God unwittingly. But when someone accepts them with real knowledge, he "waits patiently for the Lord" (Ps. 27; 14).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 13, 2022, 04:43:56 AM 'Hardship and humility save the soul and free it from all the passions.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 14, 2022, 04:28:23 PM 'May the holy cross of Christ remain ever planted in our heart! May our mind be grafted on this tree of life, and may it produce worthy fruits of penance, through the merits of the death of the true Author of life!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 15, 2022, 05:35:57 AM 'All that the Father giveth to me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me, I will not cast out.'
John 6:37 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 16, 2022, 02:16:18 PM 'In your trials, have recourse to Mary, and she will remedy them.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 17, 2022, 07:16:29 PM 'Real knowledge has been given to men by God as a grace preceding the fullness of grace; it teaches those who partake of it to believe above all in the Giver.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 18, 2022, 09:51:38 PM 'If it happens that the authority of Sacred Scripture is set in opposition to clear and certain reasoning, this must mean that the person who interprets Scripture does not understand it correctly. It is not the meaning of Scripture that is opposed to the truth, but the meaning that he has wanted to give it.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 19, 2022, 02:40:23 AM 'How patiently Christ, the King and Lord of heaven and earth, bore with the apostles, enduring at their hands many incivilities and misbeliefs, they being but poor and rough fishermen! How much more ought we to bear with our neighbour, if he treats us with incivility.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 20, 2022, 11:20:12 PM 'By the cross God perfects the loving soul that offers Him a fervent and generous heart.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 22, 2022, 02:56:26 AM 'Let us each realize, then, what we have lost and repeat the lamentation of the prophet: "Our inheritance is despoiled by strangers and our house by aliens" (Lam. 5:2), because we disobeyed the commandment and surrendered ourselves to our own desires, delighting in sordid and worldly thoughts. Then our soul was far away from God and we were like fatherless orphans. Thus, if we are concerned for our own soul we must make every effort to purge away evil thoughts and "all the self-esteem that exalts itself against the knowledge of God" (2 Cor. 10:5). And when we have forcibly applied ourselves to keeping God's temple spotless, then He who promised to make His dwelling in it will come to us. Then the soul recovers its inheritance and is privileged to become a temple of God. For, after thus Himself expelling the devil and his army, from henceforth He reigns within us.'
St. Symeon Metaphrastis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 23, 2022, 05:14:18 AM 'I thought a time would come when people would rout me out of Ars with sticks, when the Bishop would suspend me, and I should end my days in prison. I see, however, that I am not worthy of such a grace.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 24, 2022, 10:11:10 AM 'O my soul, behold thy Lord, behold thy life, hanging upon that tree: And thy life shall be, as it were, hanging before thee. [Deut. xxviii. 66]'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 26, 2022, 04:04:58 AM 'As for you, let that which you have heard from the beginning, abide in you. If that abide in you, which you have heard from the beginning, you also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.'
1 John 2:24 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 27, 2022, 02:14:33 AM 'The soul overcome by listlessness is manifestly also possessed by lack of faith. It is on account of this that it lets day after day go by without heeding the Gospels. Not paying attention to the inner warfare, it is taken captive by conceit and frequently elated by dreams. Conceit blinds the soul, not letting it perceive its own weakness.'
St. Symeon Metaphrastis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 28, 2022, 02:36:58 AM 'Our Lord ascends to heaven, and the Holy Ghost visibly descends to earth.'
St. Leonard of Port Maurice Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 29, 2022, 06:56:43 AM 'Make the body serve the commandments, keeping it so far as possible free from sickness and sensual pleasure.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 30, 2022, 02:05:32 AM 'Of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist it is written: "This morning my soul is greater than the world since it possesses You, You whom heaven and earth do not contain."'
St. Margaret of Cortona Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 31, 2022, 08:22:49 AM 'What consolation does one not experience in carrying the Cross with Jesus? What joys inundate the heart of one who is in sanctifying grace?'
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 01, 2022, 07:10:53 AM 'One does not conquer his anger by flying the cause, but by fighting it. Solitude does not do away with impatience, but only conceals it.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 02, 2022, 05:45:59 AM 'It happened once that I was journeying to visit my aged mother in Burgundy. And when passing through the woods on the other side of the river Bebre we came upon highwaymen. They cut us off from escape and were going to rob and kill us. Then I resorted to my usual means of assistance and called on St. Martin for help. And he came to my help at once and efficiently, and so terrified them that they could do nothing against us. And instead of causing fear they were afraid, and were beginning to flee as fast as they could. But I remembered the apostle's words that our enemies ought to be supplied with food and drink, and told my people to offer them drink. They wouldn't wait at all, but fled at top speed. One would think that they were being clubbed along or were being hurled along involuntarily faster than their horses could possibly go.'
St. Gregory of Tours Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 03, 2022, 07:41:23 AM 'You ask me for some short prayer by which to testify your love for God. I know of and consider nothing more efficacious than this same love, for when one loves, everything speaks of love, even our most absorbing occupations can be a proof of our love. Love then -- as St. Augustine says -- and do what you will.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 04, 2022, 07:54:31 AM 'The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ is the shortest way to perfection.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 05, 2022, 09:46:09 AM 'Death, but not sin.'
St. Dominic Savio Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 06, 2022, 08:33:31 AM 'The second point is, that thou, in every place and at all times, preserve love and reverence toward these holy spirits, as if thou didst see them with thy corporeal eyes, and that thou dare not do before them what thou wouldst not do in public.'
The Blessed Virgin, to Ven. Mary of Agreda Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 07, 2022, 07:39:38 AM 'The Christian life does indeed mean battles and trials, but it also means consolations. And though I must leave Tabor and climb to Calvary, one day I will leave Calvary with Jesus and return to Tabor. A foretaste of Heaven awaits me there. My soul follows but one path: from Golgotha to Tabor. It leaves Golgotha to seek strength and courage at Tabor. Life is such a ladder.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 08, 2022, 06:02:52 AM 'To reach the Promised Land you must weep with grief at the thought of the sins you have committed.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 09, 2022, 07:42:19 AM 'May she find in you her teacher, and may she look to you with the inexperienced wonder of childhood. Neither in you, nor in her father should she ever see behaviour that could lead to sin, as it could be copied. Remember that. . . you can educate her more by example than with words.'
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 10, 2022, 08:23:37 PM 'Many of us feel remorse for our sins, yet we gladly accept their causes.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 11, 2022, 08:31:47 PM 'By the cross God perfects the loving soul that offers Him a fervent and generous heart.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 12, 2022, 07:33:00 PM 'When you are in trouble and anxiety, go and plunge yourself in the peace of this adorable Heart, which no one can take from you.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 13, 2022, 04:40:38 PM 'Use the senses and sense objects as a means to spiritual contemplation but, on the contrary, do not use what provokes the desire of the flesh as food for the senses.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 14, 2022, 09:14:49 PM 'As clouds obscure the sun, so bad thoughts darken and destroy the brightness of the soul.'
Ven. Louis de Granada Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 15, 2022, 03:42:38 PM 'Oh Saviour, I am ready to accompany you to that mountain and to suffer and die there with you!'
St. Lydwine of Schiedam Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 16, 2022, 03:52:33 PM 'The greatest weapons of someone striving to lead a life of inward stillness are self-control, love, prayer and spiritual reading.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 17, 2022, 11:39:51 AM 'To those who wish to stand in God's grace, neither the guardianship of saints nor the defenses of angels are wanting.'
St. Hilary of Poitiers Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 18, 2022, 11:39:01 PM 'By virtuous actions break with your sins, break with your crimes by showing mercy to the poor, and so perhaps live long and peacefully.'
Daniel 4:24 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 19, 2022, 02:46:31 AM 'Let a man always think that he has God before his eyes.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 20, 2022, 04:35:36 AM 'O Jesus and Mary, let my entire consolation in this world be to love you and to suffer for sinners.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 21, 2022, 02:12:03 AM 'Brother, I am most grateful for the kindness you wished to do me. I appreciate it very highly; but, if God has given me the great sufferings I am enduring, why wish to soothe and lessen them by music? For the love of Our Lord, thank those gentlemen for the kindness they had wished to do me: I look upon it as having been done. Pay them, and send them away, for I wish to endure without any relief the gracious gifts which God sends me in order that, thanks to them, I may the better merit.'
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 22, 2022, 05:43:04 AM 'Therefore let us call upon him in what befalls us and he will give power and might [Ps. 67:36] to our souls. Let us embrace him and he will bring our enemies to naught [Ps. 107:14] both seen and invisible. Let us await him and he will crown us for the day of resurrection of the dead, for the day of his appearing; for which may we too be found worthy to attain without condemnation and to stand uncondemned at his judgment seat, giving a good defence, in Christ our Lord, to whom be glory and might, with the Father and the holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 23, 2022, 05:15:15 AM 'The Lord revealed to St. Gertrude that our confidence so constrains him that he cannot possibly refuse to hear us in everything we seek of him. The same thing was said by St. Climacus: "Prayer exerts a holy violence upon God." Every prayer offered with confidence, as it were, forces God; but this force is acceptable and pleasing to him. Therefore, St. Bernard writes that the divine mercy is like a vast fountain, from which whoso ever brings a larger vessel of confidence carries away a larger abundance of graces. And this is according to what the Psalmist wrote, Let Thy mercy be upon us, O Lord, according as we have put our trust in Thee?'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 24, 2022, 04:49:15 AM 'Both spiritual knowledge and health are good by nature, yet their contraries have been of more benefit to many people. For such knowledge may serve no good purpose where the wicked are concerned, even though, as we have said, it is good in itself. The same is true with regard to health, riches and joy, for they are not used advantageously by such people. But certainly their contraries do benefit them. Therefore not one of them is evil in itself, even though it may appear to be evil.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 26, 2022, 12:41:14 AM 'It seems to me impossible not to think of God, our soul being filled with God and we absorbed in God. In the Pater Noster do we not say, "Who art in heaven"? Ah well! our soul is a spiritual heaven; there the Divine Majesty has His throne. How, then, is it possible to forget God, or not to love Him?'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 26, 2022, 03:30:43 AM 'When the devil has failed in making a man fall, he puts forward all his energies to create distrust between the penitent and the confessor, and so by little and little he gains his end at last.
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 27, 2022, 02:47:13 AM 'Do not seek the perfection of this law in human virtues, for it is not found perfect in them. Its perfection is hidden in the Cross of Christ.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 28, 2022, 05:36:50 AM 'I am resolved no longer to be guided by my own ideas; dispose of me as you think best.'
St. Alphonsus Rodriguez Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 01, 2022, 05:54:19 AM 'The more numerous the gifts we have received from God, the greater the account we must render to Him.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 02, 2022, 05:43:06 AM 'I desire that thou mayest serve Me as an instrument to draw hearts to My love.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 03, 2022, 08:42:23 AM 'A virtuous life consists in mortifying vices, sins, bad thoughts, and evil affections, and in exercising ourselves in the acquisition of holy virtues.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 04, 2022, 04:06:39 AM 'I will not let you kick, nor will I feed you with corn, but with chaff; I will tame you by hunger and thirst; I will load you with heavy weights, and accustom you to heat and cold, so that you shall think more of food than of pleasure.'
St. Hilarian, addressing his body Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 06, 2022, 06:06:35 AM 'A pure soul is one freed from passions and constantly delighted by divine love.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 06, 2022, 06:06:54 AM 'Poor people should not use a loaf; they should be content with fragments.'
St. Benedict Joseph Labre Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 07, 2022, 05:58:00 AM 'It is said that gold rules everything; but spiritual things are ruled by the grace of God.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 08, 2022, 03:39:32 PM 'The festival of the cross may be celebrated at every moment in the interior sanctuary of the true lovers of the crucifix. And how may it be celebrated? I will explain to you as best I can. We celebrate this feast spiritually by suffering in silence, without leaning on any creature; and as feasts are kept with joy, the festival of the cross ought to be kept by the lovers of the crucifix by suffering in silence, with a countenance happy and serene, in order that the pain may be hidden from the eyes of creatures and be known only to God. In this feast we feed at a delicious banquet, nourishing ourselves in the divine Will, in imitation of our crucified Love. Oh, what sweet food! It is composed of various elements: mental and physical sufferings, contradictions, calumnies, contempt, etc. Oh, how deliciously these things taste to the spiritual palate, if they be taken in pure faith and holy love, in silence and with confidence!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 09, 2022, 08:47:39 AM 'Beholding with the eye of faith bitterness, persecutions, and sufferings of soul or body-beholding them, I say, with the eye of faith, as so many jewels sent us by divine love, they are no longer bitter, but become most sweet and pleasing.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 10, 2022, 05:52:34 PM 'A wise intellect restrains the soul, keeps the body in subjection, and makes the passions its servants.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 12, 2022, 11:29:55 AM 'The grace of the Holy Ghost be ever with you. Amen.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 12, 2022, 11:31:57 AM 'The Apostle writes that God has mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardens. With regard to which passage, St. Bernard says, that God of himself wishes to love us, but that we force him to condemn us. He calls himself the Father of mercies, not of vengeance. Whence it comes that his tenderness all springs from himself, and his severity from us.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 13, 2022, 06:21:44 PM 'Strive ever to walk in the liberty of the children of God, conforming and uniting yourself to His holy love and holy Will; for in His Will you must die to your own, so as to have but one will with Him.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 14, 2022, 02:47:40 PM 'We should pray earnestly to God to make known to us His will, whatever may be the state He has in store for us. Do not fail to recommend yourself in a special manner to our holy Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, beseeching her to obtain for you the grace perfectly to fulfil the will of her divine Son.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 15, 2022, 07:02:57 AM 'Certain things stop the movement of the passions and do not allow them to grow; others subdue them and make them diminish. For instance, where desire is concerned, fasting, labor and vigils do not allow it to grow, while withdrawal, contemplation, prayer and intense longing for God subdue it and make it disappear. The same is true with regard to anger. Forbearance, freedom from rancor, gentleness, for example, all arrest it and prevent it from growing, while love, acts of charity, kindness and compassion make it diminish.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 16, 2022, 03:42:11 PM 'Impurity of intellect consists first in having false knowledge; secondly in being ignorant of any of the universals (I refer to the human intellect, for it is a property of the angelic intellect not to be ignorant even of particulars); thirdly in having impassioned thoughts; and fourthly in assenting to sin.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 17, 2022, 08:47:27 PM 'A few years later I was again with my parents in Britain. They welcomed me as a son, and they pleaded with me that, after all the many tribulations I had undergone, I should never leave them again. It was while I was there that I saw, in a vision in the night, a man whose name was Victoricus coming as it were from Ireland with so many letters they could not be counted. He gave me one of these, and I read the beginning of the letter, the voice of the Irish people. While I was reading out the beginning of the letter, I thought I heard at that moment the voice of those who were beside the wood of Voclut, near the western sea. They called out as it were with one voice: "We beg you, holy boy, to come and walk again among us." This touched my heart deeply, and I could not read any further; I woke up then. Thanks be to God, after many years the Lord granted them what they were calling for.'
St. Patrick Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 18, 2022, 08:21:24 AM 'I looked at Thy Cross, O Christ, and read there the song of Thy Love!'
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 20, 2022, 08:14:29 PM 'Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning taketh hold of the ends of joy.'
Proverbs 14:13 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 21, 2022, 11:31:59 PM 'Hope expands the heart, increases courage, and lovingly places us in the hands of God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 22, 2022, 02:22:14 AM 'A spiritual communion acts on the soul as blowing does on a cinder - covered fire which was about to go out. Whenever you feel your love of God growing cold, quickly make a spiritual communion.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Benedict on March 22, 2022, 02:47:12 AM "As soon as man thinks attentively on the Divinity, he perceives a certain sweet emotion of heart which testifies that God is the God of the human heart; and never does our understanding experience more pleasure than in this thought of the Divinity, the least knowledge of which, as the prince of the philosophers says, is more precious than the greatest of all things else: as the least ray of the sun is brighter than the brightest of the moon or of the stars, yea, is more luminous than the moon and stars together."
Saint Francis de Sales, Doctor of Charity Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 23, 2022, 02:14:17 AM 'When through dryness or distraction of mind, you feel unable to form any good thought at mental prayer, offer to the Eternal Father the prayer the Sacred Heart makes for you in the Blessed Sacrament, thus to supply for your insufficiency.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 24, 2022, 01:20:59 AM 'If a man does not love someone, it does not necessarily mean that he hates him; and conversely, if he does not hate him, it does not necessarily mean that he loves him, since he can be neutral towards him, that is, neither love him nor hate him. For the disposition to love is created only in the five ways listed in the ninth text of this Century, one commendable, one of an intermediate kind, and three reprehensible.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 25, 2022, 03:00:10 AM 'Do not refuse to learn, even though you may be very intelligent. For what God provides has more value than our own intelligence.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 26, 2022, 01:12:34 AM 'My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my precepts. For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace.'
Proverbs 3:1-2 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 27, 2022, 05:20:21 AM 'When the intellect forgets the purpose of true devotion, then external works of virtue bring no profit.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 28, 2022, 04:26:13 AM 'After God has given a soul the light in which she perceives the truth that she cannot even will, and much less work, apart from him, without always soiling and making turbid the clear waters of his grace, then she sacrifices all to him, and he takes possession of his creature, and both inwardly and outwardly occupies her with himself, so that she can do nothing but as her sweet Love wills. Then the soul, by reason of its union with God, contradicts Him in nothing, nor does aught but what is pure, upright, gentle, sweet, and delightful, because God allows nothing to molest it. And these are the works which please the Lord our God.'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 29, 2022, 07:34:23 AM 'Yes, the priest stands at the altar, the priest stands there and makes a long supplication, not in order that fire from heaven may consume the things that lie to open view, but that grace, lighting on the Sacrifice, may thereby in flame the souls of all, and show them brighter than silver purified in the fire. Art thou ignorant that the soul of man could never bear this fire of the Sacrifice, but that all would be utterly consumed, were not the aid of the grace of God abundant? For if one would but consider how great a thing it is for a mortal, and one still clothed with flesh and blood, to be enabled to be nigh to that blessed and immortal nature, he would then see how great an honor the grace of the Spirit has vouchsafed to priests.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 30, 2022, 07:55:40 AM 'Grant, O my God, that throughout my life, I may love Thee with true, ardent and persevering love.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 31, 2022, 08:48:14 AM 'What we know of the virtues of the saints is the least part of them.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 01, 2022, 03:48:41 AM 'I have sinned against God, and have broken His commandments a thousand times. Wretch that I am, I deserve to be beaten and ill-treated by every one, and I ought only to be considered as dirt and smoke.'
St. John of God Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 02, 2022, 07:21:31 AM 'If no poor could be found in the world, men ought to go in search of them, and dig them up from underground to do them good, and to be merciful to them.'
St. Camillus de Lellis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 03, 2022, 05:04:53 AM 'God's ways are incomprehensible. He uses very sharp files, which penetrate the heart and remove the rust. His files are all spiritual.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 04, 2022, 04:52:33 AM 'It was necessary for man's salvation that there should be a knowledge revealed by God besides philosophical science built up by human reason. Firstly, indeed, because man is directed to God, as to an end that surpasses the grasp of his reason: "The eye hath not seen, O God, besides Thee, what things Thou hast prepared for them that wait for Thee" (Isaiah 64:4). But the end must first be known by men who are to direct their thoughts and actions to the end. Hence it was necessary for the salvation of man that certain truths which exceed human reason should be made known to him by divine revelation. Even as regards those truths about God which human reason could have discovered, it was necessary that man should be taught by a divine revelation; because the truth about God such as reason could discover, would only be known by a few, and that after a long time, and with the admixture of many errors. Whereas man's whole salvation, which is in God, depends upon the knowledge of this truth. Therefore, in order that the salvation of men might be brought about more fitly and more surely, it was necessary that they should be taught divine truths by divine revelation.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: eschator83 on April 04, 2022, 04:01:16 PM Many thanks for another great quote. I've added this as #212 to my list of Amazing Coincidences, partly because I worry almost daily about the balance of mystery and reason in Church literature, and also because my Word card today led me to Contemplation of Jesus' teaching that nothing now concealed would not be (someday) revealed (Mt 10.26, Lk 12.2) as well as thinking about His thanks to God for all (wisdom) that was concealed from the wise (but revealed to the humble) and also the prophesy that Jews would hear and see but not understood. I can't yet claim full understanding, but once again, your forum has motivated me effectively and enjoyably to study, to prayer, and humility.
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 05, 2022, 08:16:11 AM Very glad to hear how helpful it was for you my friend!
Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 05, 2022, 08:18:13 AM 'Philosophize through your works about man's will and God's retribution. For your words are only as wise and as profitable as your works.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 06, 2022, 12:59:44 PM 'If Peter had not failed to catch anything during the night's fishing (cf. Luke 5:5), he would not have caught anything during the day. And if Paul had not suffered physical blindness (cf. Acts 9:8), he would not have been given spiritual sight. And if Stephen had not been slandered as a blasphemer, he would not have seen the heavens opened and have looked on God (cf. Acts 6:15; 7:56).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 07, 2022, 12:56:56 PM 'It is God's custom to interweave human life with a trouble and a consolation, at least, of an interior sort, alternately.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 08, 2022, 04:58:26 PM 'A single act of resignation to the divine will in what it ordains contrary to our desires, is of more value than a hundred thousand successes conformable to our will and taste.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 09, 2022, 02:33:05 PM 'Dear Lord! To win my heart, from heaven Thou didst come; for me Thy blood didst shed, O King adored! and on our altars makest Thy home. So, if I may not here behold Thy Face, or catch the heavenly music of Thy Voice, I still can live, each moment, by Thy grace, and in Thy Sacred Heart I can rest.'
St. Therese of Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 10, 2022, 03:55:31 PM 'We should only make use of life to grow in the love of God.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 11, 2022, 09:47:56 AM 'I want it to be understood that the Saviour was not tempted as we are and that temptation could not be in Him as it is in us, for He was an impregnable stronghold to which it did not have access. Just as a man who is vested from head to toe in fine steel could not be injured in any way by the blows of a weapon, since it would glance off on either side, not even scratching the armor; so temptation could indeed encompass Our Lord but never enter into Him, nor do any injury to His integrity and perfect purity.
But we are different. If, by the grace of God, we do not consent to temptations, and avoid the fault and the sin in them, ordinarily we are nevertheless wounded a little by some importunity, trouble, or emotion that they produce in our heart.' St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 12, 2022, 03:17:29 PM 'The person who has come to know the weakness of human nature has gained experience of divine power. Such a man, having achieved some things and eager to achieve others through this divine power, never belittles anyone. For he knows that just as God has helped him and freed him from many passions and difficulties, so, when God wishes, He is able to help all men, especially those pursuing the spiritual way for His sake. And if in His providence He does not deliver all men together from their passions, yet like a good and loving physician He heals with individual treatment each of those who are trying to make progress.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 13, 2022, 07:21:17 PM 'For all flesh is as grass; and all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass is withered, and the flower thereof is fallen away. But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel hath been preached unto you.'
1 Peter 1:24-25 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 14, 2022, 09:21:55 AM 'My most loving Saviour, who when weighed down with faintness and grief of heart, in the garden of Gethsemani, didst turn in fervent prayer to the Eternal Father, while the drops of Thy bloody sweat ran down profusely to the ground; grant me the grace that, in memory of Thy most holy passion, I may, at least, shed abundant tears of grief and contrition, as Thou Thy bloody sweat of agony that night. Amen.'
St. Leonard of Port Maurice Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 15, 2022, 11:15:47 AM 'The Lord having, with great difficulty, at length reached the top of the Mount alive, they violently, for the third time, tear his clothes from off him, sticking, as they did, to the sores upon his wounded flesh, and they throw him down upon the cross. The divine lamb stretches himself out upon that bed of torment; he reaches forth to the executioners his hands and his feet to be nailed; and raising his eyes to heaven, he offers up to his Eternal Father the great sacrifice of his life for the salvation of men.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 16, 2022, 12:18:45 PM 'O my Jesus, when I behold Thee upon this tree, I find nothing in Thee from head to foot but pain and sorrow.'
St. Bernard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 17, 2022, 05:54:10 PM 'Jesus Christ, then, rose with the glory of possessing all power in heaven and earth, not as God alone, but as a man; wherefore all angels and men are subject to him. Let us rejoice in thus seeing in glory our Saviour, our Father, and the best friend that we possess. And let us rejoice for ourselves, because the resurrection of Jesus Christ is for us a sure pledge of our own resurrection, and of the glory that we hope one day to have in heaven, both in soul and in body. This hope gave courage to the holy martyrs to suffer with gladness all the evils of this life, and the most cruel torments of tyrants. We must rest assured, however, that none will rejoice with Jesus Christ but they who are willing to suffer in this world with him. . .'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 19, 2022, 02:34:12 AM 'In order to avoid all risk of vain-glory, we ought to make some of our particular devotions in our own rooms, and never seek for sweetnesses and sensible consolations in public places.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 19, 2022, 02:35:07 AM 'What means to marry in the Lord except to embrace that holy state only in accordance with the will of God, consulting only reason and faith, to learn whether you follow the course to which God calls you?'
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 20, 2022, 04:35:55 AM 'Blessed the one who loves gentleness with spiritual understanding and is not tripped up by the wicked Serpent, for he has as his hope the good and compassionate Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 21, 2022, 04:15:01 AM 'There could not be a surer sign of God's love for you than this pain which He has sent you. Adore the divine will.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 22, 2022, 02:14:59 AM 'Jesus Christ, then, rose with the glory of possessing all power in heaven and earth, not as God alone, but as a man; wherefore all angels and men are subject to him. Let us rejoice in thus seeing in glory our Saviour, our Father, and the best friend that we possess. And let us rejoice for ourselves, because the resurrection of Jesus Christ is for us a sure pledge of our own resurrection, and of the glory that we hope one day to have in heaven, both in soul and in body. This hope gave courage to the holy martyrs to suffer with gladness all the evils of this life, and the most cruel torments of tyrants. We must rest assured, however, that none will rejoice with Jesus Christ but they who are willing to suffer in this world with him. . .'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 23, 2022, 05:32:15 AM 'What, am I not sufficient for thee, I Who am thy beginning and thy last end?'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 24, 2022, 04:57:30 AM 'Sometimes men are tested by pleasure, sometimes by distress or by physical suffering. By means of His prescriptions the Physician of souls administers the remedy according to the cause of the passions lying hidden in the soul.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2022, 01:29:46 AM 'May the holy name of our Lord be ever blessed; may it be eternally praised by every creature, who has been created and placed in this world only for that end, so just in itself and so lawfully imposed.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 26, 2022, 06:47:43 AM 'If I have spoken to you earthly things, and you believe not: how if I shall speak to you heavenly things, will you believe?'
John 3:12 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 27, 2022, 07:13:01 AM 'Christ prayed for three hours on the cross; this was truly a crucified prayer, without either interior or exterior consolation. O God! what a grand lesson! Beg God to impress it on your heart. Oh, how much food for meditation! While Jesus agonized on the cross He spoke His first three words, which were three arrows of love; and then He kept silence until the ninth hour, praying during the entire interval. I leave you to consider how devoid of consolation was this prayer.' St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 28, 2022, 11:34:12 AM 'When a person who has been living a spiritual life for a long time falls into a serious fault, there is no better way of raising him up again than by exhorting him to manifest his fall to any pious friend with whom he has a particular intimacy: and God will reconduct him to his first estate for the sake of his humility.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 29, 2022, 03:31:19 AM 'Another man's sin does not increase our own, unless we ourselves embrace it by means of evil thoughts.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 30, 2022, 07:59:29 AM 'For since thou, O holy virgin, hast dawned as a bright day upon the world, and hast brought forth the Sun of Righteousness, that hateful horror of darkness has been chased away; the power of the tyrant has been broken, death hath been destroyed, hell swallowed up, and all enmity dissolved before the face of peace; noxious diseases depart now that salvation looks forth; and the whole universe has been filled with the pure and clear light of truth. To which things Solomon alludes in the Book of Canticles, and begins thus: "My beloved is mine, and I am his; he feedeth among the lilies until the day break, and the shadows flee away." [Cant 2:16,17]'
St. Methodius of Olympus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 01, 2022, 05:11:06 PM 'By denying our self-love and our inclinations in little things, we gradually acquire mortification and victory over ourselves.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 02, 2022, 10:59:22 AM 'What a beautiful thing it is to know that Jesus has preceded us down the avenues of suffering, and to know that we are pleasing to him and will gain from him an eternal reward.'
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 03, 2022, 05:20:54 PM 'The Saints await us; the Angels await us; Mary awaits us; and Jesus stands with the crown in His Hands wherewith to crown us if we shall be faithful to Him.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 04, 2022, 10:59:23 PM 'Heaven grant that I may live to accomplish the Will of my God!'
St. Joseph, his oft repeated words, revealed to St. Bridget of Sweden Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 05, 2022, 05:40:06 AM 'He who at the hour of death finds himself protected by St. Joseph, will certainly experience great consolation.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 06, 2022, 10:23:29 PM 'The want of proper examination, true contrition, and a firm purpose of amendment, is the cause of bad confessions, and of the ruin of souls.'
St. Benedict Joseph Labre Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 07, 2022, 05:19:47 PM 'The Lord is hidden in His own commandments, and He is to be found there in the measure that He is sought.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 08, 2022, 02:05:38 PM 'My children, some people make bad confessions without taking any notice of it. These persons say, "I do not know what is the matter with me" . . . They are tormented, and they do not know why. They have not that agility which makes one go straight to the good God; they have something heavy and weary about them which fatigues them. My children, that is because of sins that remain, often even venial sins, for which one has some affection. There are some people who, indeed, tell everything, but they have no repentance; and they go at once to Holy Communion. Thus the Blood of Our Lord is profaned! They go to the Holy Table with a sort of weariness. They say, "Yet, I accused myself of all my sins. . . I do not know what is the matter with me." There is an unworthy Communion, and they were hardly aware of it!'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 09, 2022, 02:56:05 AM '"Commit this sin; you can afterwards confess it." Such is the deceit with which the devil has drawn many souls into hell. Many Christians, now in hell, have been lost by this delusion.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 10, 2022, 03:26:45 AM 'My son, give me thy heart: and let thy eyes keep my ways.'
Proverbs 23:26 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 11, 2022, 03:24:56 AM 'We must not be too ready to trust young men who have great devotion; we must wait till their wings are grown, and then see what sort of a flight they make.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 12, 2022, 11:57:31 PM 'Obviously the need of this Christian instruction is accentuated by the decline of our times and morals. It is even more demanded by the existence of those public schools, lacking all religion, where everything holy is ridiculed and scorned. There both teachers' lips and students' ears are inclined to godlessness. We are referring to those schools which are unjustly called neutral or lay. In reality, they are nothing more than the stronghold of the powers of darkness.'
Pope St. Pius X, 'Editae Saepe' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 13, 2022, 03:15:10 AM 'Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 14, 2022, 03:28:45 AM 'If, then, you are really surrendering yourselves to God, as you say, cease to be anxious for yourselves, for He bears your anxiety, and will bear it always.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 15, 2022, 02:20:37 AM 'I know very well that I am dealing with men, not with angels.'
Pope St. Pius V Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 16, 2022, 03:29:23 AM '. . . we should not embark on the ascetic life in the hope of seeing visions clothed with form or shape; for if we do, Satan will find it easy to lead our soul astray. Our one purpose must be to reach the point when we perceive the love of God fully and consciously in our heart - that is, "with all your heart, and with all your soul . . . and with all your mind" (Luke 10:27). For the man who is energized by the grace of God to this point has already left this world, though still present in it.'
St. Diadochos of Photiki Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 17, 2022, 01:34:47 AM 'When a man prepares to build a house, he gathers together all he needs to be able to construct it, and he collects different sorts of materials. So it is with us; let us acquire a little of the virtues.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 18, 2022, 05:56:12 AM 'Let go of a small part of your righteousness and in a few days you will be at peace.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 19, 2022, 03:43:19 AM 'Some people when praised for their virtue are delighted, and attribute this pleasurable feeling of self-esteem to grace. Others when reproved for their sins are pained, and they mistake this beneficial pain for the action of sin.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 20, 2022, 07:33:38 AM 'We must visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament a hundred thousand times a day.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 21, 2022, 02:51:17 AM 'My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my precepts. For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace.'
Proverbs 3:1-2 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 22, 2022, 07:05:20 AM 'The law of freedom is studied by means of true knowledge, it is understood through the practice of the commandments, and is fulfilled through the mercy of Christ.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 23, 2022, 12:01:36 PM 'Let us take refuge in the Wound of the Sacred Side like a poor traveller, who seeks a safe harbor in which to shelter from the rocks and tempests of the stormy sea of this life, for here below we are continually exposed to shipwreck, unless we have the help of our all-wise Pilot.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 24, 2022, 09:28:39 PM 'You ask to be taught how you ought to pray. The Lord himself taught us this through the invocation "Our Father", and that we should not ask for anything temporary, but for his kingdom and eternal justice. Moreover it has been ordained by the Fathers that first should come thanksgiving to God; next confession of our sins to him; and so a request for their forgiveness, and intercession for the other things that bring salvation.
So, when you are about to pray, give thanks to the Lord and Master that he brought you out of nothing into existence; that he redeemed you from every error, calling you and counting you worthy to become a partaker in the knowledge of himself, free from pagan, free from heretical error. Next that he prepared you for the monastic life, which equals that of the Angels, after the enjoyment of life in the world. The thought of all this is enough to soften the soul to compunction and the outpouring of tears. From all this comes enlightenment of heart, sweetness of spirit, desire for God. When this is present in the heart, there comes the rejection of every evil. When you have thus given thanks to God, confess to him like this, "You know, Master, how many sins I have committed against you, and how many I commit each hour", as you reckon up this sin and this offence and the ones committed in knowledge and in ignorance. But do not recall in any detail the ones that by being clearly remembered harm the soul. [Cf. The Ladder 28,58] And from this the grace of humility will dawn for you, with a broken heart [Cf. Psalm 50,18] and fear of God's recompense. After this, ask, groan, implore your Lord for forgiveness of these sins and strengthening for the future to please him, saying, "My Lord, Lord, may I no longer anger you, may I no longer love anything but you, alone truly to be loved. And should I anger you again, falling down I implore your compassion, that I may be given strength from now on to please you." And if anything else comes to your mind that is good to be accomplished, ask for it fervently. And after this call upon the holy Mother of God to have mercy on you, the holy Angels, and the Angel you have as the guardian of your life, that he may watch over you and protect you, the Forerunner and the holy Apostles, all the Saints and those whom you usually call on especially, and the one whose memory is kept that day. These then are the things, it seems to me, which hold the power of prayer, even if each person doubtless prays with other words and not the same as these, because people who pray do not always say the same things themselves, but the power, as I reckon, is always the same. So may you be kept safe as you pray for what is necessary, and become better each day, and through a strict way of life present your entire self well-pleasing to the Lord.' St. Theodore the Studite, 'Letter to the Nun Anna' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 25, 2022, 01:58:41 AM 'If we are very determined to mortify ourselves and not to be too much occupied with our corporal health, we will soon, by the grace of God, become masters of our bodies.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 26, 2022, 06:35:40 PM 'When rain falls upon the earth, it gives life to the quality inherent in each plant: sweetness in the sweet, astringency in the astringent; similarly, when grace falls upon the hearts of the faithful, it gives to each the energies appropriate to the different virtues without itself changing.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 27, 2022, 04:16:23 PM 'Your prayer ought to be continual. The place wherein we ought to pray is the spirit of God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 28, 2022, 08:55:18 PM 'Angel of God and well-beloved brother, I trust myself to your beneficence and implore you humbly to intercede for me with my Spouse, so that He may forgive me my sins, strengthen me in well-doing, help me by His grace to correct my faults, and lead me to Paradise, there to taste the fruition of His presence and to possess eternal life. Amen.'
St. Lydwine of Schiedam Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 29, 2022, 02:19:19 PM 'Take with you everywhere this spirit of prayer and interior recollection. Go out of yourself, and lose yourself in God; go out of time, and lose yourself in eternity.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 31, 2022, 12:00:22 AM 'Blessed the one who has hated evil-doing that is full of shame and presented himself as a living sacrifice, well-pleasing to the Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 31, 2022, 11:59:21 AM 'To pray well requires the whole man.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 01, 2022, 01:37:12 AM 'See, My daughter, whether thou canst find a father whose love for his only son has prompted him to take care of him or to show him such tender proofs of his love as I have given and will yet give thee of Mine; for from thy earliest years My love has borne kindly with thee, and has trained and formed thee after My own Heart, awaiting thee patiently without growing weary of all thy resistance. Know, therefore, that if ever thou shouldst forget the gratitude thou owest Me and shouldst not refer the glory of everything to Me, thou wouldst thereby, as regards thyself, dry up this inexhaustible source of all good.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 02, 2022, 10:56:57 PM 'Nothing but sin can separate us from God. You do not wish to sin; therefore preserve your heart in peace, and have it constantly turned towards heaven.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 03, 2022, 08:58:09 AM 'The Father bears witness from heaven to His Son. The Holy Spirit bears witness, coming down bodily in the form of a dove. The archangel Gabriel bears witness, bringing the good tidings to Mary. The Virgin Mother of God bears witness.'
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 04, 2022, 02:29:44 AM 'My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my precepts. For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace.'
Proverbs 3:1-2 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 05, 2022, 10:31:07 PM 'When temptation comes, a man should remember the sweetnesses he has had in prayer at other times, and he will thus easily master the temptation.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 06, 2022, 11:19:03 AM 'How happy is the soul who detaches herself from all pleasure, from all sentiment, from all self-opinionatedness! You will realize this happiness if you put all your satisfaction in the cross of Jesus; that is, if you die on the cross of your Saviour to all that is not God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 07, 2022, 11:32:28 PM 'Do you represent in yourself His look, his gait, and modesty? Do you take your food, sleep, receive mortifications and injuries as He would? Do you in the same manner seek the honour and glory of His Eternal Father?'
St. Alphonsus Rodriguez Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 08, 2022, 01:43:22 AM 'The person who loves God cannot help loving every man as himself, even though he is grieved by the passions of those who are not yet purified. But when they amend their lives, his delight is indescribable and knows no bounds.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 09, 2022, 01:41:07 AM 'If any of the irrational creatures fail thee, I desire thee to rejoice in the Lord and give thanks to his Majesty, and bless them for their obedience to the Creator. If the rational creatures persecute thee, love them with all thy heart and regard them as the instruments of divine justice, which afford thee some opportunity of rendering satisfaction for thy deficiency. Rather strengthen and console thyself in labors, adversities and tribulations, not only considering them as fully deserved by the faults committed, but deeming them ornaments of the soul and most rich jewels given thee by thy Spouse.'
The Blessed Virgin, to Ven. Mary of Agreda Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 10, 2022, 03:18:30 AM 'The man who loves God with a true heart, and prizes him above all things, sometimes sheds floods of tears at prayer, and has in abundance of favours and spiritual feelings coming upon him with such vehemence, that he is forced to cry out, "Lord! let me be quiet!"'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 11, 2022, 03:45:35 AM 'Put into practice the teachings of our holy faith, it is not enough to convince ourselves that they are true; we must love them. Love united to faith makes us practice our religion.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 12, 2022, 05:09:10 AM 'If you wish to end your undertakings happily, learn how to give yourself up to them without desiring any return to yourself.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 13, 2022, 04:27:43 AM 'A righteous person is a victim and his life a continual sacrifice. For love of Jesus, I will fight against my own desires even in the most insignificant matters.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 14, 2022, 04:25:03 AM 'Holy Communion is the most efficacious means of uniting the soul to God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 14, 2022, 04:27:10 AM 'A spiritual communion acts on the soul as blowing does on a cinder - covered fire which was about to go out. Whenever you feel your love of God growing cold, quickly make a spiritual communion.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 16, 2022, 06:55:05 AM 'When you are insulted by someone or humiliated, guard against angry thoughts, lest they arouse a feeling of irritation, and so cut you off from love and place you in the realm of hatred.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 17, 2022, 05:26:05 AM 'I have good hopes of converting the erring ones; still they will put me to death. It is certain!'
St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, martyr Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 18, 2022, 06:00:07 AM 'Let us continue the fight on the day of the Lord. The days of anguish and of tribulation have overtaken us; if God so wills, "let us die for the holy laws of our fathers," so that we may deserve to obtain an eternal inheritance with them.'
St. Boniface Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 19, 2022, 09:07:36 PM 'God takes especial delight in the humility of a man who believes that he has not yet begun to do any good.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 20, 2022, 05:34:26 AM 'Crosses, contempt, sorrows and afflictions are the real treasures of the lovers of Jesus Christ crucified.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 21, 2022, 07:26:47 AM 'Wickedness is an intricate net; and if someone is careless when partially entangled, he gets completely enmeshed.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 22, 2022, 06:29:11 AM 'An intellect dominated by the passions thinks base thoughts; words and actions bring these thoughts into the open. '
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 23, 2022, 02:39:10 AM 'Prevent your intellect from pursuing sensible things, so that it does not reap the fruits of pleasure and pain which they produce.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 24, 2022, 03:34:22 AM 'What beautiful thoughts come to me as I meditate now on our Redeemer, whose feast of the Most Sacred Heart we are about to celebrate very soon. That most Sacred Heart teaches us two truths in particular, that is, humility, as he says discite, etc. and holy love, symbolized in those flames surrounding the Sacred Divine Heart. Ignem veni mittere in terram, etc. [I have come to cast fire on the earth, etc.] So, let us then place ourselves before him and ask him to sanctify our hearts and supply us with all that we need.'
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 25, 2022, 06:09:38 PM 'I have my room, some books and a nearby chapel. That is complete happiness.'
St. Miguel of Ecuador Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 26, 2022, 05:10:26 AM 'I shall do everything for Heaven, my true home. There I shall find my Mother in all the splendor of her glory. I shall delight with her in the joy of Jesus himself in perfect safety.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 27, 2022, 04:32:02 AM 'For the greater glory of God, the important thing is not to do many things, but to do all things well.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 28, 2022, 07:51:02 AM 'Perfect love does not split up the single human nature, common to all, according to the diverse characteristics of individuals; but, fixing attention always on this single nature, it loves all men equally. It loves the good as friends and the bad as enemies, helping them, exercising forbearance, patiently accepting whatever they do, not taking the evil into account at all but even suffering on their behalf if the opportunity offers, so that, if possible, they too become friends. If it cannot achieve this, it does not change its own attitude; it continues to show the fruits of love to all men alike. It was on account of this that our Lord and God Jesus Christ, showing His love for us, suffered for the whole of mankind and gave to all men an equal hope of resurrection, although each man determines his own fitness for glory or punishment.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 29, 2022, 06:15:29 PM 'There is no doubt that God will never be wanting to us, provided that He finds in us that humility which makes us worthy of His gifts, the desire of possessing them, and the promptitude to co-operate industriously with the graces He gives us.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 30, 2022, 07:44:36 AM 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, with thy whole soul, and with thy whole strength.'
Deut. 6:5 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 01, 2022, 02:37:12 PM 'O Jesus, my sweet hope, may the divine Heart, already torn by love for me and open to all sinners, be the safe asylum of my soul.'
St. Gertrude Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 02, 2022, 05:45:07 PM 'Never be tired of recommending devotion to the Sacred Heart; it is through It that God wills to save many souls from everlasting death. This Divine Heart is an assured refuge against God's just wrath towards sinners.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 03, 2022, 07:18:03 PM 'The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 04, 2022, 06:46:45 PM 'He who, on account of the duties of his state of life, cannot devote much time to prayer, need not be troubled; the exact fulfilment of his duties, with a pure intention, having only God in view, is an excellent prayer.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 05, 2022, 08:18:19 PM 'Let us not believe we can love without suffering, without suffering much. . . Our poor nature is there! and it isn't there for nothing! . . . Our nature is our riches, our means of earning our bread!'
St. Therese of Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 06, 2022, 01:56:32 PM 'Nor do I seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe that I may understand. For this too I believe, that unless I first believe, I shall not understand.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 07, 2022, 04:27:29 PM 'Then I read the Gospel, and saw there that a great means of reaching perfection was the selling of one's goods, the sharing of them with the poor, the giving up of all care for this life, and the refusal to allow the soul to be turned by any sympathy towards things of earth.'
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 08, 2022, 04:34:34 AM 'Reject all thoughts of greed, and you will be able to see the devil's tricks.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 09, 2022, 01:39:00 AM 'Six things there are, which our Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth: Lofty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that deviseth most wicked devises, feet swift to run into evil, deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that among brethren soweth discords.'
Proverbs 6:16-19 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 10, 2022, 01:29:45 AM 'And we denounce unto you, brethren, in the name of our Lord JESUS Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking inordinately, and not according to the tradition which they have received of us.'
2 Thessalonians 3:6 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 11, 2022, 02:44:12 AM 'The first time that I had these recollections with a vision, it seemed to me that I saw, on a sudden, Our Lord with a heavy cross on His shoulders, when He invited me to take a part in that precious treasure. This invitation was given by communication rather than by words. At that instant I felt a strong desire of sufferings, and it seemed that the Lord planted the cross in my heart, giving me to understand the value of suffering. This understanding I received in the following manner. It appeared as if all sorts of torments were represented to me, and, at the same moment, I saw them transformed into jewels and precious stones, all of which were made in the figure of the cross. During this time, I was given to know that God wished pure suffering in me; and then the vision disappeared. When I came to myself, I felt a violent pain in my head, which has never since left me, and so eager was my desire of suffering, that I would willingly have faced every torment that can be conceived. From that moment I have ever had in my mouth these words, "The cross and sufferings are jewels and joys.."'
St. Veronica Guiliani Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 12, 2022, 05:25:43 AM 'To conquer himself is the grandest victory that man can gain.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 13, 2022, 04:16:31 AM ' . . . because without charity nothing can be acceptable to God, nor does anything profit unto eternal life in the absence of charity. Now it happens that certain persons persevere in works of mercy without having charity. Wherefore nothing profits them to the meriting of eternal life, or to exemption from eternal punishment, as may be gathered from 1 Corinthians 13:3. Most evident is this in the case of those who lay hands on other people's property, for after seizing on many things, they nevertheless spend something in works of mercy.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 14, 2022, 06:20:35 AM 'God's ways are incomprehensible. He uses very sharp files, which penetrate the heart and remove the rust. His files are all spiritual.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 15, 2022, 07:14:29 AM 'Brethren and fathers, God, who fashioned us and brought us out of non-existence into being, has placed us in this life as in a schoolroom to learn to gospel of his kingdom.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 16, 2022, 04:25:42 AM 'I wish neither life nor death, but only that which God wills.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 17, 2022, 02:05:35 AM 'The life and conversation of My chosen spouse is such that, walking always in My presence as you see her now, she seeks only to know what is pleasing to My Divine Heart. As soon as she recognizes My wishes on any point, she exerts herself to the utmost to realize them; and then returns to learn what I desire next, that she may satisfy Me without delay. Thus her whole life is consecrated to My honour and glory.'
The Lord, to St. Mechtilde, regarding St. Gertrude the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 18, 2022, 07:04:00 AM 'I am the Creator of heaven and earth, who was true God and true man in the Virgin's womb, who died and rose again and ascended into heaven. You, my new bride, have come to an unknown place. Therefore you must learn four things: first, to know the language of the place; second, how to be properly dressed; third, how to organize your days and your time according to the nature of the place; fourth, to get accustomed to new kinds of food. Inasmuch as you have come from the instability of the world unto stability, you must learn a new language, that is, how to abstain from useless words and even from legitimate ones due to the importance of silence and quiet. You should be dressed in interior and exterior humility so that you neither extol yourself inwardly as being holier than others nor are outwardly ashamed of acting humbly in public. Third, your time should be regulated so that, just as you often used to make time for the needs of the body, so now you should only have time for the soul and never want to sin against me. Fourth, your new food is prudent abstinence from gluttony and from delicacies, as far as your natural constitution can endure it. Acts of abstinence that go beyond the capacity of nature are not to my liking, for I demand rationality and the taming of lusts.'
The Lord, to St. Bridget of Sweden Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 19, 2022, 06:16:46 AM 'The servants of Mary who are in Purgatory receive visits and consolations from her.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 20, 2022, 12:36:01 PM 'Remain firmly attached to the traditional doctrine that you have been taught, so that you can preach according to right doctrine and refute those who contradict it.'
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 21, 2022, 08:17:06 AM 'Virginity is the flower of the seed of the Church, beauty and adornment of spiritual grace, a glad joy of laud and honour, work entire and incorrupt, image of God, and yet more noble as to the holiness of God and portion of the flock of Jesus Christ.'
St. Cyprian of Carthage Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 22, 2022, 06:22:48 AM 'As long as the pot is on the fire, no fly nor any other animal can get near it, but as soon as it is cold, these creatures get inside. So it is for the monk; as long as he lives in spiritual activities, the enemy cannot find a means of overthrowing him.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 23, 2022, 01:55:58 PM 'With all guard keep thy heart, because life proceedeth from it.'
Proverbs 4:23 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 24, 2022, 01:49:19 PM 'When we fulfill the commandments in our outward actions, we receive from the Lord what is appropriate; but any real benefit we gain depends on our inward intention.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 26, 2022, 02:37:35 AM 'Resolution: I will be joyful when I go to the parlor, even if my heart is full of sadness.
I shall say to God: Yes, I will go there on the condition that you free a soul from Purgatory or convert a sinner.' St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 26, 2022, 02:38:22 AM 'The houses of women are not made for priests. "Let him go and say his Breviary, this is not the place for him."'
St. Joseph Cafasso, 'The Priest, The Man Of God, His Dignity and Duties' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 27, 2022, 06:53:50 PM 'I also took much heart from reading the lives and works of the Fathers of the Church: St. Ignatius Martyr, St. Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Origen, St. Cyprian Martyr, St. Eusebius, St. Athanasius, St. Hilary, St. Cyril, St. Ephraim, St. Basil, St. Gregory Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nyssa, St. Ambrose, St. Epiphanius, St. Jerome, St. Paulinus, St. John Chrysostom, St. Augustine, St. Cyril of Alexandria, St. Prosper, Theodoret, St. Leo the Great, St. Caesarius, St. Gregory the Great, St. John Damascene, St. Anselm, St. Bernard.
I frequently read the lives of those saints who were distinguished for their zeal in saving souls, and I felt the good effect of it, for I applied to myself those words of Augustine: "Tu non eris sicut isti et istae?" [Conf. 1.8, ch. 11]' St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 29, 2022, 03:18:12 AM 'Again in Psalm 23 "the rod" is said to signify God's judgment and "the staff" His providence. So he who has received spiritual knowledge of these things is able to say, "Thy rod and Thy staff have comforted me."'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 29, 2022, 03:19:01 AM 'Blessed is the mind which, during prayer, is insensible to all things.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 30, 2022, 12:18:25 PM 'When we feel our cross weighing upon us, let us have recourse to Mary, whom the Church calls the "Consoler of the Afflicted."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 31, 2022, 08:00:43 PM 'The unreasonable and excessive man cannot labor for any length of time in God's service; just like the steed that, running immoderately at first, gives out half way in the course, and cannot reach its destination.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 01, 2022, 03:18:58 PM 'Any tempest which assails us and which we did not bring on ourselves through any fault of ours, foretells a consolation soon to follow it.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 02, 2022, 08:49:27 AM 'Only the person who becomes irate without reason, sins. Whoever becomes irate for a just reason is not guilty. Because, if ire were lacking, the science of God would not progress, judgments would not be sound, and crimes would not be repressed.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 04, 2022, 12:54:34 AM 'There are three things which produce love of material wealth: self-indulgence, self-esteem and lack of faith. Lack of faith is more dangerous than the other two.
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 04, 2022, 12:54:56 AM 'While at prayer, I begged our Lord to make known to me by what means I could satisfy the desire that I had to love Him. He gave me to understand, that one cannot better show one's love for Him than by loving one's neighbor for love of Him; and that I must work for the salvation of others, forgetting my own interests in order to espouse those of my neighbor, both in my prayers and in all the good I might be able to do by the mercy of God.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 05, 2022, 12:01:11 AM 'Nulla dies sine linea: Do not let a day pass without doing some good during it.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 05, 2022, 02:43:36 AM 'We should not measure our spiritual progress by our deeds, our amiability, or our love of solitude, but by the violence we do ourselves.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 06, 2022, 06:11:28 AM 'Another force that drives me to preach and hear confessions is my desire to make my neighbor happy. If there is so much joy in healing the sick, freeing the prisoner, consoling the afflicted, and cheering the sad, then there is far greater joy in bringing one's neighbor to the glory of heaven. It means saving him from every evil and bringing him to the enjoyment of every good -- and for all eternity. Mortals cannot understand this just now, but when they are in glory they will know the great good that was offered them and that they will have, happily, attained. Then they will sing the everlasting mercies of the Lord and bless those who have been merciful to them.'
St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 07, 2022, 01:24:27 AM 'In visiting the dying we should not say many words to them, but rather help them by praying for them.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 08, 2022, 03:53:22 AM 'I am at the sea-shore; a drop of water is suspended from my finger. I ask this water: Poor drop, where would you wish to be? It replies: In the sea. And what do I in answer to this appeal? I shake my finger and let the poor little drop fall into the sea. Now, I ask you, is it not true that this drop of water is in the sea? Certainly it is there; but go and seek it, now that it is lost in the ocean, its centre. If it had a tongue, what would it say? Deduce the consequence and apply the parable to yourself. Lose sight of the heavens, the earth, the sea and its rivers, and all created things, and permit this soul that God has given you to lose herself in this infinitely great and good God Who is her first cause.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 09, 2022, 04:10:05 AM 'And be on guard that you are not deceived by the mere appearance of good, for the devil sometimes appears in the appearance of Christ or of the virgin Mary or in the shape of an angel of a saint.'
St. Catherine of Bologna Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 10, 2022, 05:29:34 AM 'If a man disregards the commandment about prayer, he then commits worse acts of disobedience, each one handing him over to the next like a prisoner.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 11, 2022, 07:44:25 PM 'To preserve our cheerfulness amid sicknesses and troubles, is a sign of a right and good spirit.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 12, 2022, 05:13:28 AM 'And all the days of thy life have God in thy mind: and take heed thou never consent to sin, nor transgress the commandments of the Lord our God.'
Tobais 4:6 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 13, 2022, 05:28:39 AM 'To advance in the way of perfection it does not suffice to say a number of weak prayers; our principal care should be to acquire solid virtues.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 14, 2022, 07:30:14 PM 'Philosophize through your works about man's will and God's retribution. For your words are only as wise and as profitable as your works.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 15, 2022, 02:33:11 AM 'Why should we be attached to this world, where we can breathe only air poisoned by so many crimes?'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 16, 2022, 06:49:31 AM 'Let us fancy we see hell, and imagine what is worst to behold - a horrible cavern full of black flames. Sulphur, devils, dragons, fire, swords, arrows, and innumerable damned who roar in despair. Imagine the worst you can, and then say, "All this is nothing compared to hell" . . . In that voracious subterranean cavern all the filth of the world is collected and inclosed, without exhalation or air, which must produce a most foetid pestilence. . . The sight is tormented by frightful devils; a holy religious saw at death two so monstrous and ugly devils, that he cried out that rather than see them again he would walk till the day of judgment on fire of sulphur and melted metal.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 18, 2022, 09:20:05 AM 'O tender Mother, unutterable was thy grief in finding thyself deprived of thy dear Son, and then in beholding Him dead in thy arms!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 20, 2022, 01:02:58 AM '. . . you should know that there is present with you the angel whom God has appointed for each man. . . This angel, who is sleepless and cannot be deceived, is always present with you; he sees all things and is not hindered by darkness. You should know, too, that with him is God.'
St. Anthony of Egypt Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 21, 2022, 05:42:21 AM 'Let us offer ourselves without delay and without reserve to Mary, and beg her to offer us herself to God.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 22, 2022, 04:25:19 AM 'Nature and grace cannot subsist together in the same heart. The one must always make room for the other.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 23, 2022, 08:32:24 AM 'If a man finds it very hard to forgive injuries, let him look at a crucifix, and think that Christ has shed all His Blood for him, and not only forgave his enemies, but prayed the Eternal Father to forgive them also. Let him remember also that when he says the Pater Noster every day, instead of asking pardon for his sins, he is calling down vengeance upon them.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 24, 2022, 06:46:39 PM 'Blessed the one who in accordance with God's will loves self-mastery and has not been condemned, thanks to his stomach, as a pleasure seeker and defiled, for such a one will be magnified by the Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 26, 2022, 03:13:57 AM 'If it is your duty to give orders to your brethren, be mindful of your role and, when they contradict you, do not fail to tell them what is necessary. When they obey you, you will be rewarded because of their virtue; but when they disobey you, you will none the less forgive them, and will equally be rewarded by Him who said: 'Forgive and it shall be forgiven you' (cf. Matt. 6:14).
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 28, 2022, 07:28:05 AM 'Vigilance is rendered necessary and indispensable, not only by the dangers that surround us, but by the delicacy, the extreme difficulty of the work we all have to engage in, the work of our salvation.'
Ven. Louis de Granada Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 29, 2022, 04:49:40 AM 'God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 30, 2022, 05:02:19 AM 'I see clearly with the interior eye, that the sweet God loves with a pure love the creature that He has created, and has a hatred for nothing but sin, which is more opposed to Him than can be thought or imagined.'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 01, 2022, 07:27:06 AM 'Do not claim to have acquired virtue unless you have suffered affliction, for without affliction virtue has not been tested.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 03, 2022, 04:47:38 AM 'The first time that I had these recollections with a vision, it seemed to me that I saw, on a sudden, Our Lord with a heavy cross on His shoulders, when He invited me to take a part in that precious treasure. This invitation was given by communication rather than by words. At that instant I felt a strong desire of sufferings, and it seemed that the Lord planted the cross in my heart, giving me to understand the value of suffering. This understanding I received in the following manner. It appeared as if all sorts of torments were represented to me, and, at the same moment, I saw them transformed into jewels and precious stones, all of which were made in the figure of the cross. During this time, I was given to know that God wished pure suffering in me; and then the vision disappeared. When I came to myself, I felt a violent pain in my head, which has never since left me, and so eager was my desire of suffering, that I would willingly have faced every torment that can be conceived. From that moment I have ever had in my mouth these words, "The cross and sufferings are jewels and joys.."'
St. Veronica Guiliani Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 04, 2022, 07:49:04 PM 'Make great account of your precious trials, both interior and exterior; it is thus that the garden of Jesus is adorned with flowers, that is, with acts of virtue.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 05, 2022, 08:03:56 PM 'There is more security in self-denial, mortification, and other like virtues, than in an abundance of tears.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 06, 2022, 07:31:59 PM 'I used to press this reason against myself: The trials and sufferings of living as a nun cannot be greater than those of purgatory, and I have well deserved to be in hell. It is not much to spend the rest of my life as if I were in purgatory, and then go straight to Heaven -- which was what I desired. I was more influenced by servile fear, I think, than by love, to enter religion.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 07, 2022, 05:50:21 AM 'The intellect falls from the realm of spiritual knowledge when the soul's passible aspect abandons its own virtues.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 08, 2022, 01:07:18 AM 'O Mary, my gentle Mother, here I am, your child who can bear no more. See my needs and above all my spiritual distress. Have pity on me; grant that one day I may be with you in Heaven.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 09, 2022, 07:10:18 AM 'Blessed the one who farms fair and good thoughts each day and by hope conquers the wicked passion of despondency, by which the Lord's ascetics are warred upon.
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 10, 2022, 04:57:20 PM 'One may understand by the nourishment of the swine the false philosophy of the world, the vain eloquence of oratory. Their cadence and harmony, in flattering the ear, possess the mind, and enchant the heart; but after one has read works of this kind with great attention, nothing is left but vacancy and confusion. Let us not delude ourselves by saying we do not put any faith in the fable, with which these authors have filled their writings. This reason does not justify us, since we scandalize others who think we approve of what they see us read.'
St. Jerome, to Pope Damasus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 11, 2022, 04:28:37 AM 'O Jesus, teach me to understand the holy Jealousy of heavenly Love! Free me from earthly attachments and raise all my affections up to you. May my crucified heart be forever lost in your own and hidden away in the mysterious wound made by the spear.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 12, 2022, 02:45:25 PM 'Remember the Judgment, and neither fornication, nor adultery, nor murder, nor any transgression of the law shall prevail with you. But whenever you forget God, immediately you begin to devise wickedness and to commit iniquity.'
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 13, 2022, 02:21:34 PM 'See if this grace of prayer, with which the Most High favors you, produces in you a better knowledge of your utter insufficiency.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 15, 2022, 02:59:10 AM 'The intellect is perfect when transformed by spiritual knowledge; the soul is perfect when permeated by the virtues.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 16, 2022, 03:11:55 AM 'Prayer is, beyond doubt, the most powerful weapon the Lord gives us to conquer evil passions and temptations of the devil; but we must really put ourselves into our prayer: it is not enough just to say the words, it must come from the heart. And also prayer needs to be continuous, we must pray no matter what kind of situation we find ourselves in: the warfare we are engaged in is on-going, so our prayer must be on-going also.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 17, 2022, 01:54:20 PM 'We should consider our departed brethren as living members of Jesus Christ, animated by His grace, and certain of participating one day of His glory. We should therefore love, serve, and assist them as far as is in our power.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 18, 2022, 02:54:02 AM 'God, who sees everything, rewards at their proper value not only our actions but also our voluntary thoughts and purposes.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 19, 2022, 05:25:06 AM 'In our time more than ever before, the greatest asset of those disposed toward evil is the cowardice and weakness of good men, and all the vigor of Satan's reign is due to the easygoing weakness of Catholics. Oh! if I might ask the Divine Redeemer, as the Prophet Zachary did in spirit: "What are those wounds in the midst of Thy hands?" The answer would not be doubtful: ". . . With these I was wounded in the house of them that loved me." I was wounded by my friends, who did nothing to defend me, and who, on every occasion, made themselves the accomplices of my adversaries. And this reproach can be leveled at the weak and timid Catholics of all countries.'
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 20, 2022, 02:08:57 PM 'If we are under an obligation to perform daily all the good actions of which our nature is capable, what do we have left over to give to God in repayment for our past sins?'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 21, 2022, 03:02:04 AM 'Love ought to consist of deeds more than of words.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 22, 2022, 04:29:47 PM 'To each virtue there is an opposing vice; hence the wicked take vices for virtues.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 23, 2022, 09:30:07 AM 'Suppose that you had fallen into the river, and that a charitable person threw himself into the water to save you. What would you say to such kindness? Moreover, suppose that, hardly drawn from the water, you had been attacked by assassins, and that your rescuer again came to your assistance, and saved your life at the risk of his own. What would you do in return for such friendship? It is certain that you would do all in your power to heal the bruises he received on your account. So ought we to act towards Christ: we must contemplate Him engulfed in an ocean of sorrows to save us from the eternal abyss; consider Him all covered with wounds and bruises to purchase for us eternal life. Then let us make His pains our own, sympathize with His sorrows, and consecrate to Him all our affections.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 24, 2022, 06:05:33 AM 'Accept afflictions with patience. Silently endure cold and heat, wind and rain, fatigue and all the other discomforts that God may deign to send you.'
St. John Bosco Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 25, 2022, 11:14:56 AM 'It never was, is, or shall be lawful for Catholic Christians to teach any doctrine except that which they have received once and for all time; and it always was, is, and shall be their duty to condemn those who do.'
St. Vincent of Lerins Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 26, 2022, 08:48:48 PM 'When a man knows how to break down his own will and to deny his soul what it desires, he has got a good degree in virtue.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 27, 2022, 09:36:49 AM 'The festival of the cross may be celebrated at every moment in the interior sanctuary of the true lovers of the crucifix. And how may it be celebrated? I will explain to you as best I can. We celebrate this feast spiritually by suffering in silence, without leaning on any creature; and as feasts are kept with joy, the festival of the cross ought to be kept by the lovers of the crucifix by suffering in silence, with a countenance happy and serene, in order that the pain may be hidden from the eyes of creatures and be known only to God. In this feast we feed at a delicious banquet, nourishing ourselves in the divine Will, in imitation of our crucified Love. Oh, what sweet food! It is composed of various elements: mental and physical sufferings, contradictions, calumnies, contempt, etc. Oh, how deliciously these things taste to the spiritual palate, if they be taken in pure faith and holy love, in silence and with confidence!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 28, 2022, 08:33:08 AM 'Keep interior peace at every cost; pay no attention to fears or scruples. Experience will teach you that those vain fears of sin, etc., which I call veritable follies, ought to disappear in the fire of love.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 29, 2022, 10:29:33 AM 'We may have freed ourselves from impassioned thoughts; but have we yet been granted pure and immaterial prayer?'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 30, 2022, 10:19:55 AM 'Rain cannot fall without a cloud, and we cannot please God without a good conscience.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 02, 2022, 03:35:20 AM 'He longs to give us a magnificent reward. He knows that suffering is the only means of preparing us to know Him as He knows Himself, and to become ourselves divine.'
St. Therese of Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 03, 2022, 04:26:14 AM 'By only looking at a person, we know if he is pure. His eyes have an air of candor and modesty which leads you to the good God. Some people, on the contrary, look quite inflamed with passion. . . Satan places himself in their eyes to make others fall and to lead them to evil.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 04, 2022, 01:11:58 AM 'Jesus is the Christ, one of the Holy Trinity. You are destined to be His heir.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 05, 2022, 06:28:28 PM 'They [religious] live more purely, they fall more rarely, they rise more speedily, they are aided more powerfully, they live more peacefully, they die more securely, and they are rewarded more abundantly.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 06, 2022, 11:25:13 AM '. . . so we will have no dealings with rebel heretics, remembering the Lord's command, who says, "Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine." [Matthew 7:6] Surely it is altogether unworthy and unjust to admit to freedom of discussion men whom the Holy Spirit describes in the words of the prophet, "the sons of the stranger have lied unto me."'
Pope St. Leo the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 07, 2022, 04:10:46 AM 'Poverty and tribulations are given us by God as trials of our fidelity and virtue, as well as to enrich us with more real and lasting riches in heaven.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 08, 2022, 06:06:00 PM 'The bride saw the Queen of Heaven, the Mother of God, wearing a priceless and inestimable crown on her head, with her wonderfully beautiful hair hanging down over her shoulders, a golden tunic gleaming indescribably bright, and a mantle of the color of azure or of a calm sky. While the bride was all full of wonder at this lovely vision and in her wonderment was standing there as if caught up in helpless amazement with in herself, just then, Blessed John the Baptist appeared to her and said: "Pay close attention to what all this signifies. The crown signifies that she is the Queen and Lady and Mother of the King of angels. Her hair hanging down signifies that she is a pure and immaculate virgin; the sky-colored mantle that she was dead to temporal things. The golden tunic signifies that she was ardent and burning with the love of God both inwardly and outwardly. Her Son placed seven lilies in the crown, and between the lilies he placed seven gems. The first lily is her humility; the second, fear; the third, obedience; the fourth, patience; the fifth, steadfastness; the sixth, kindness, for she kindly gives to all who ask; the seventh is mercy in necessities, for in whatever necessity a person may find himself, if he invokes her with all his heart, he will be rescued.'
St. Bridget of Sweden Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 09, 2022, 06:58:32 PM 'All that God gives us and all that He permits in this world have no other end than to sanctify us in Him.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 10, 2022, 09:24:47 PM 'I always strove to mortify my sense of hearing. Thus, I took no pleasure in useless conversations or idle words. I couldn't abide or tolerate uncharitable conversations; if someone started one, I would either leave, change the subject, or frown in disapproval. I also disliked listening to conversations about food, drink, money, worldly things, or politics. I didn't care for reading newspapers and would say that I preferred reading a chapter from the Holy Bible, in which I would read the truth, to reading newspapers, which are ordinarily full of lies and trivia.'
St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 11, 2022, 08:05:41 PM 'You should know that you have been greatly benefited when you have suffered deeply because of some insult or indignity; for by means of the indignity self-esteem has been driven out of you.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 12, 2022, 08:36:41 AM 'Behold, this is the true and the Christian humility. In this you will be able to achieve victory over every vice, by attributing to God rather than to yourself the fact that you have won.'
St. Martin of Braga Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 14, 2022, 08:23:02 PM 'In accordance with divine providence, the devil was not sent at once to the Gehenna assigned to him, but his sentence was postponed in order to let him test and try men's free will. In this way, he unintentionally fosters greater maturity and righteousness in the saints by promoting their patient endurance, and so is the cause of their greater glory; and, at the same time, through his malevolence and his scheming against the saints he justifies more fully his own punishment. In this way, too, sin becomes more utterly sinful, as St. Paul puts it. (cf. Rom. 7:13)'
St. Symeon Metaphrastis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 15, 2022, 12:59:34 AM 'Thine is the victory, O Jesus! In Thee solely has my weakness triumphed. The Lord is my protector, at whom shall I tremble? If armies stand against me, my heart shall not fear.'
St. Alphonsus Rodriguez Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 15, 2022, 10:50:31 PM 'I saw the Spirit coming down, as a dove from heaven, and he remained upon him.'
John 1:32 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 16, 2022, 01:46:11 PM 'The heart of Jesus with all its treasures is my portion. I shall live and die there in peace, even in the midst of suffering.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 17, 2022, 06:48:21 AM 'There are virtues of the body and virtues of the soul. Those of the body include fasting, vigils, sleeping on the ground, ministering to people's needs, working with one's hands so as not to be a burden or in order to give to others (cf. 1 Thess. 2:9, Ephes. 4:28). Those of the soul include love, long-suffering, gentleness, self-control and prayer (cf. Gal, 5:22). If as a result of some constraint or bodily condition, such as illness or the like, we find we cannot practice the bodily virtues mentioned above, we are forgiven by the Lord because He knows the reasons. But if we fail to practice the virtues of the soul, we shall not have a single excuse, for it is always within our power to practice them.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 18, 2022, 06:41:59 PM 'As the branch separated from the roots soon loses all life and verdure, so it is with good works which are not united with charity.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 20, 2022, 06:09:27 AM 'We are losing our true glory, since we receive glory from men.'
Bl. Giles of Assisi, to St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 21, 2022, 03:55:47 PM 'If you wish to come where I am going, that is, to glory, you must come this road, that is, through thorns.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 22, 2022, 11:48:14 PM 'When God speaks to souls by lights or impressions, in an angelic manner, without articulated words, His communications are sublime, being purely intellectual. In this case God speaks with great majesty, and His word produces wonderful effects.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 23, 2022, 01:48:08 AM 'Learn that the more thou retirest into thy nothingness, the more My greatness stoops to find thee.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 24, 2022, 04:30:50 AM 'Did you sow and reap this bread? I tell you, that if you will not do good to the poor, God will not do good to you; in the hour of your death it shall be measured out to you with the same measure with which you have measured out to such as these.'
St. Camillus de Lellis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 25, 2022, 04:28:17 PM 'Believe me, do not be cast down or grieved at the small vexations by which it pleases our Lord to try your love and patience; but endeavor rather to conform your will to His, letting Him do with you according to His desire, which is, that you should remain peaceful and resigned in the midst of your difficulties.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 26, 2022, 05:20:10 AM 'In the morning, we must do like the little child in its cradle. The moment it opens its eyes, it looks round the house for its mother. When it sees her, it begins to smile; if it does not see her, it cries.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 27, 2022, 05:05:41 AM 'Accept present afflictions for the sake of future blessings; then you will never weaken in your struggle.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 29, 2022, 07:58:06 AM 'Everyone -- past, present, and future -- will be judged. Now, then, is the time for mercy, while the time to come will be the time for justice only. For that reason, the present time is ours, but the future time will be God's only!'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 30, 2022, 10:41:28 AM 'I myself have undergone your penance. I only ask you for your mortification to spend one entire night without stirring on your back.'
St. Lydwine of Schiedam Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 31, 2022, 05:49:57 PM 'O Jesus, my Love, may my heart be consumed in loving Thee; make me humble and holy; give me childlike simplicity; transform me into thy holy love. O Jesus, life of my life, joy of my soul, God of my heart, accept my heart as an altar, on which I will sacrifice to Thee the gold of ardent chanty, the incense of continual, humble, and fervent prayer, and the myrrh of constant mortification! Amen.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 01, 2022, 02:03:16 AM 'The Saints await us; the Angels await us; Mary awaits us; and Jesus stands with the crown in His Hands wherewith to crown us if we shall be faithful to Him.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori 'Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. [Mt 6.26] The birds are the saints, who fly to heaven on the wings of contemplation, who are so removed from the world that they have no business on earth. They do not labour, but by contemplation alone they already live in heaven.' St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 02, 2022, 05:43:25 PM 'The greatest pain which the holy souls suffer in Purgatory proceeds from their desire to possess God. This suffering especially afflicts those who in life had but a feeble desire of heaven.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 03, 2022, 07:14:13 PM 'The flesh revolts when prayer, frugality and blessed stillness are neglected.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 04, 2022, 11:57:37 AM 'If we want to do something but cannot, then before God, who knows our hearts, it is as if we have done it. This is true whether the intended action is good or bad.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 05, 2022, 02:41:03 AM 'Wretch that I am! Oh, most unhappy! Why did I not know my Lord sooner? Why was I so deaf to His calls?'
St. Camillus de Lellis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 06, 2022, 04:42:52 PM 'The first stage of this tranquility consists in silencing the lips when the heart is excited. The second, in silencing the mind when the soul is still excited. The goal is a perfect peacefulness even in the middle of the raging storm.'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 07, 2022, 07:12:14 PM 'The true peace of God, penetrating the depth of the soul, brings with it every help and grace necessary to secure its salvation and reach eternal life.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 09, 2022, 12:42:59 PM 'Take it for a principle to concede readily in the beginning of a conversation with those whose aspirations are only earthly; but reserve yourself for the end and try to cover with a layer of gold the metal of their conversation, whatsoever it may be.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 10, 2022, 07:54:19 AM 'It is good to help enquirers with words; but it is better to co-operate with them through prayer and the practice of virtue. For he who through these offers himself to God, helps his neighbor through helping himself.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 11, 2022, 07:35:31 AM 'Question the beauty of the earth, the sea, the air distending and diffusing itself, the sky. . . question all these realities. All respond: "See, we are beautiful." These beauties are subject to change. Who made them if not the Beautiful One who is not subject to change?'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 12, 2022, 07:13:40 AM 'Gregorian Chant has always been regarded as the supreme model for sacred music, so that it is fully legitimate to lay down the following rule: the more closely a composition for church approaches in its movement, inspiration and savor the Gregorian form, the more sacred and liturgical it becomes; and the more out of harmony it is with that supreme model, the less worthy it is of the temple.'
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 13, 2022, 08:34:04 AM 'I think you will please the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ, if you so completely surrender yourself to Him, that you will see Him alone and hear Him alone, that He alone may illumine your understanding, be the motive power of your will, the abiding thought of your memory and the supreme love of your heart.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 14, 2022, 11:00:16 PM 'Never belittle the significance of your thoughts, for not one escapes God's notice.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 16, 2022, 07:16:36 AM 'In treating with men we must speak little and hear much; and speak even these few words as if the whole world were to hear them, though we speak only to one.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 17, 2022, 08:07:31 PM 'The care and diligence due to our ordinary business are very different from solicitude, anxiety and restlessness. The Angels care for our salvation and seek it diligently, but they are wholly free from anxiety and solicitude, for, whereas care and diligence naturally appertain to their love, anxiety would be wholly inconsistent with their happiness; for although care and diligence can go hand in hand with calmness and peace, those angelic properties could not unite with solicitude or anxiety, much less with over-eagerness.
Therefore, my daughter, be careful and diligent in all your affairs; God, Who commits them to you, wills you to give them your best attention; but strive not to be anxious and solicitous, that is to say, do not set about your work with restlessness and excitement, and do not give way to bustle and eagerness in what you do; - every form of excitement affects both judgment and reason, and hinders a right performance of the very thing which excites us. Our Lord, rebuking Martha, said, "Thou art careful and troubled about many things." If she had been simply careful, she would not have been troubled, but giving way to disquiet and anxiety, she grew eager and troubled, and for that our Lord reproved her. The rivers which flow gently through our plains bear barges of rich merchandise, and the gracious rains which fall softly on the land fertilize it to bear the fruits of the earth;-but when the rivers swell into torrents, they hinder commerce and devastate the country, and violent storms and tempests do the like. No work done with impetuosity and excitement was ever well done, and the old proverb, "Make haste slowly," is a good one, Solomon says, "There is one that laboureth and taketh pains, and maketh haste, and is so much the more behind;" we are always soon enough when we do well. The bumble bee makes far more noise and is more bustling than the honey bee, but it makes nought save wax-no honey; just so those who are restless and eager, or full of noisy solicitude, never do much or well.' St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 18, 2022, 01:35:03 PM 'Let us give ourselves over completely to our dear and good heavenly Father. Let us always love Him, and our hearts will be enlarged. There must be no standing still. Our love must become a flame which destroys within us all that does not unite us intimately with Him.'
St. Conrad of Parzham Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 19, 2022, 03:18:26 AM 'The first thing that hinders devotion are our sins, not only mortal sins but also venial sins. While little sins do not take away charity, they diminish its fervor, which is the same as devotion. So we should carefully avoid them, if not for the harm they do, at least for the great good that they prevent.
Excessive remorse of conscience that flows from our sins also impedes devotion. It makes the soul restless, depressed, faint and weak for every good practice. Scruples obstruct devotion for the same reason. They are like thorns that prick the conscience and prevent it from resting in God and enjoying true peace. Too many cares constitute another hindrance. They are those mosquitos from Egypt that disturb the soul. They do not allow it to sleep the spiritual sleep that lulls the soul in prayer. What's worse, they disturb the soul and divert it from its spiritual exercise. Preoccupation with sensual comforts is another block to devotion because the person who indulges too much in worldly delights does not deserve those of the Holy Spirit.' St. Peter of Alcantara Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 21, 2022, 01:45:38 AM 'You have the power to incline either upwards or downwards: choose what is superior and you will bring what is inferior into subjection.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 21, 2022, 02:03:32 AM 'A man knows nothing about the powers that are outside him; but if they enter into him, he must fight them and drive them out.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 22, 2022, 04:54:08 PM 'The proper function of the soul's intelligent aspect is devotion to the knowledge of God, while that of its passible aspect is the pursuit of self-control and love.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 23, 2022, 02:06:56 AM 'What I shall now speak of was, I believe, the beginning of great harm to me. I often think how wrong it is of parents not to be very careful that their children should always, and in every way, see only that which is good; for though my mother was, as I have just said, so good herself, nevertheless I, when I came to the use of reason, did not derive so much good from her as I ought to have done -- almost none at all; and the evil I learned did me much harm. She was very fond of books of chivalry; but this pastime did not hurt her so much as it hurt me, because she never wasted her time on them; only we, her children, were left at liberty to read them; and perhaps she did this to distract her thoughts from her great sufferings, and occupy her children, that they might not go astray in other ways. It annoyed my father so much, that we had to be careful he never saw us. I contracted a habit of reading these books; and this little fault which I observed in my mother was the beginning of lukewarmness in my good desires, and the occasion of my falling away in other respects. I thought there was no harm in it when I wasted many hours night and day in so vain an occupation, even when I kept it a secret from my father. So completely was I mastered by this passion, that I thought I could never be happy without a new book.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 24, 2022, 05:39:55 AM 'Learn, too, to be grateful.
May all the wealth of Christ's inspiration have its shrine among you; now you will have instruction and advice for one another, full of wisdom, now there will be psalms, and hymns, and spiritual music, as you sing with gratitude in your hearts to God. Whatever you are about, in word and action alike, invoke always the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, offering your thanks to God the Father through him.' Colossians 3:16-17 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 25, 2022, 05:06:09 AM 'If therefore holy men, when they do mighty things, think themselves worthless, what must be said of those who, without fruit of virtue, are yet swollen with pride? But any works, although they be good, are as nothing unless seasoned with humility.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 26, 2022, 05:16:24 AM 'St. Scholastica said that if men knew the peace that good religious enjoy, the whole world would become a monastery; and St. Mary Magdalene of Pazzi said that all, if they knew it, would scale the walls of the monasteries, in order to get into them. The human heart having been created for an infinite good, all creatures cannot content it, they being finite, imperfect, and few; God alone, who is an infinite good, can render it content. Delight in the Lord and He will give thee the request of thy heart? Oh no; a good religious united with God envies none of the princes of the world who possess kingdoms, riches, and honors. "Let the rich," he will say with St. Paulinus, "have their riches, the kings have their kingdoms: to me Christ is my kingdom and my glory."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 27, 2022, 05:38:27 AM 'Often say short prayers, but always with your whole heart. I will point out some to you: "Ah! my God, would that I never offended Thee! Ah! my Sovereign Good, wound, wound my heart with Thy holy love! He that loves Thee not, O my God! knows Thee not! When will my soul be filled with Thy divine charity!"'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 28, 2022, 03:37:01 AM 'Silence is not a virtue when charity calls for speech.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 28, 2022, 08:49:54 AM 'It is a most useful thing, when we see another doing any spiritual good to his neighbour, to seek by prayer to have a part in that same good which the Lord is working by the hand of another.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 29, 2022, 05:07:53 AM 'Mary sacrificed all to God; she needed Him alone. From this day forward, I shall follow her example: the Lord alone will be my portion. Why have I come here if not to love Our Lord with all my heart. As proof of my love for him, I must suffer and generously sacrifice everything to him, as Mary did. Courage, my soul, through prayer we can do all that is asked of us. The heart of Jesus is there: let us knock.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 30, 2022, 10:08:10 AM 'When I placed before Him my humble petitions regarding those things that seem difficult to obtain (concerning the devotion to the Sacred Heart), I seemed to hear these words: "Dost thou believe that I can do this? If thou dost believe thou shall behold the omnipotence of My Heart in the magnificence of My love." As I watch its steady progress I hear those other words: "Did I not indeed tell thee, that if thou couldst believe, thou shouldst see thy desires accomplished?"'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 01, 2022, 07:12:29 AM 'The servant of God ought to seek knowledge, but never to show it or make a parade of it.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 02, 2022, 07:34:59 AM 'Let him who seeks true humility, employ two means: mental prayer, meditating on the greatness of God, and his own nothingness; vocal prayer, asking it of God, through the merits of Jesus and Mary.'
St. Benedict Joseph Labre Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 03, 2022, 04:48:36 PM 'Ah! who can realize the sadness of Mary when she returned to Bethany after the burial of her Son?'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 04, 2022, 03:03:29 AM 'We must watch over ourselves. We must have the most filial confidence in Our Saviour, in our blessed Mother, in the angels and saints; but as for men, we must avoid them: this is the advice of the angel to St. Arsenius. Have courage; be assured that God will never abandon you, but will always assist you and give you what is needful.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 05, 2022, 03:59:51 AM 'I cannot promise you happiness in this world; only in the next.'
The Blessed Virgin, to St. Bernadette of Lourdes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 06, 2022, 05:36:32 PM 'Mary's sorrow was less when she saw her only Son crucified, than it is now at the sight of man offending Him by sin.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 07, 2022, 04:56:09 AM 'But it was not so much the sorrows of his Passion which saddened and embittered the life of our Redeemer, as the sight of all the sins which men would commit after his death. These were the cruel executioners which made him live in continual agony, oppressed by such an overwhelming grief that pain alone would have been enough to make him die of pure sorrow. Father Lessius says that the sight alone of the ingratitude of mankind would have been sufficient to make Jesus Christ die of grief a thousand times.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 08, 2022, 06:44:29 PM 'Cultivate a tender devotion to the dolors of Mary, to her Immaculate Conception, to your guardian angel, to your patron saints, and the holy apostles.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 09, 2022, 05:18:45 PM 'To judge rightly of the goodness and perfection of any one's prayer, it is sufficient to know the disposition he takes to it, and the fruits he reaps from it.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 10, 2022, 03:01:37 PM 'Blessed the one who has made his fellow servants glad with spiritual gladness from the fruit of the virtues, which he planted by toiling to give back the fruit of life in the Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 11, 2022, 09:20:22 PM 'Blessed stillness gives birth to blessed children: self-control, love and pure prayer.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 12, 2022, 08:02:55 PM 'It would be the greatest miracle to see God deny His help to those who, for love of Him, have given up everything.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 13, 2022, 01:54:26 PM 'It is not enough to make profession of a kind of sublime life, if one does not fulfill perfectly all that such a state requires.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 15, 2022, 01:40:25 AM 'To be a faithful lover of Jesus Christ her spouse, and to preserve unsullied the lily of her purity, a virgin must adopt the necessary means. The principal means of acquiring an ardent love of Christ are mental prayer, Communion, mortification, retirement.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 15, 2022, 02:04:23 AM 'Grant, O my God, that throughout my life, I may love Thee with true, ardent and persevering love.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 16, 2022, 03:23:03 AM 'A bow breaks if it is bent too much, but the soul is lost if it relaxes itself.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 17, 2022, 02:07:27 AM 'If the religious of the Congregation preserve the true spirit of poverty, the Congregation will maintain its vigor; I shall never cease to repeat it. If I were at the point of death, I should recommend three things; namely, to preserve the spirit of prayer, the spirit of solitude, and the spirit of poverty. Let the Congregation do this, and it will shine before God and men.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 18, 2022, 02:00:47 AM 'The humble realize that of themselves they are nothing, and that they stand in extreme need of help and grace of heaven; but the proud are convinced that they are full of grace and virtue. That is why God takes pleasure in showering His gifts on the former and in depriving the latter of His bounty.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 19, 2022, 03:42:06 AM 'It is a good thing to leave the world and our possessions to serve God, but it is not enough.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 21, 2022, 12:46:28 AM 'The best perfection is to do ordinary things in a perfect manner. Constant fidelity in little things is a great and heroic virtue.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 22, 2022, 12:39:11 AM 'Let your heart consume itself more and more in the sanctuary of the Heart of Jesus, and let the ashes of the victim fall into the boundless ocean of divine charity.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 23, 2022, 06:07:55 AM 'If you find within yourself an abyss of pride and vain esteem, bury these passions in the abyss of the humility of the Sacred Heart, wherein you must lose all that stirs you interiorly, so as to be arrayed in His sacred annihilations.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 23, 2022, 06:08:54 AM 'We ought to have a special devotion to those saints who excelled in humility, particularly to the Blessed Virgin Mary, who declares that the Lord regarded her on account of her humility.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 24, 2022, 01:05:58 PM 'Before this time the divine Majesty had been, it is true, adored by men and by angels; but God had not received from all these creatures that honor which the Infant Jesus gave him by adoring him in the stable where he was born. Let us, therefore, constantly unite our adorations to those of Jesus Christ when he was upon this earth.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 24, 2022, 01:07:07 PM 'Oh, blessed is he that converses with Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, in this holy solitude of the manger.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 26, 2022, 06:33:11 AM 'The true preparation for prayer consists in the exercise of mortification; for he who wishes to give himself up to prayer without mortification, is like a bird wishing to fly before it is fledged.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 27, 2022, 11:44:26 AM 'The Father bears witness from heaven to His Son. The Holy Spirit bears witness, coming down bodily in the form of a dove. The archangel Gabriel bears witness, bringing the good tidings to Mary. The Virgin Mother of God bears witness.'
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 28, 2022, 03:23:28 AM 'The fear of our Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise Wisdom and doctrine.'
Proverbs 1:7 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 29, 2022, 05:26:02 AM 'An intellect that does not use its intelligence fails to chastise the soul, and so prevents it from acquiring love and self-control.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 30, 2022, 07:24:22 PM 'The kingdom of God is within you. Reanimate your faith often when you study, work, or eat; when you retire to rest, or rise in the morning. Make some loving aspirations to God, such as: "O Infinite Goodness!" or other prayer, and let your soul be penetrated by these pious sentiments as by a precious balm. This great God is nearer to you, so to speak, than you are to yourself.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 31, 2022, 06:28:40 AM 'Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 01, 2023, 01:09:15 PM 'Avoid disputes, quarrels, slanders and complaints. Do not lend your ears to complaints about yourself, nor allow your heart to become heavy on their account. But bear in mind that nothing so bad can be said of you but that something even worse could be said than what is said!'
The Blessed Virgin, to St. Elizabeth, from 'The Revelations of St. Elizabeth of Toss' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 02, 2023, 09:32:56 PM 'Let us regulate our lives according to the rules of true faith, so that we do not deviate into the passions and thus fail to attain what we hope for.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 03, 2023, 04:01:06 PM 'If you have anything against any man, forgive it: you come here to receive forgiveness of sins, and thou also must forgive him that has sinned against you. Else with what face will you say to the Lord, "Forgive me my many sins," if you have not yourself forgiven your fellow-servant even his little sins.'
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 04, 2023, 03:15:40 PM 'We must, then, persuade ourselves that chastisement is not what the nature of God inclines him to. God, because by his nature he is infinite goodness, says St. Leo, has no other desire than to bless us, and to see us happy. When he punishes, he is obliged to do so in order to satisfy his justice, not to gratify his inclination. Isaiah says that punishment is a work contrary to the heart of God.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 05, 2023, 01:58:09 AM 'Our Lord and Savior lifted up his voice and said with incomparable majesty: "Let all men know that grace comes after tribulation. Let them know that without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. Let them know that the gifts of grace increase as the struggles increase. Let men take care not to stray and be deceived. This is the only true stairway to paradise, and without the cross they can find no road to climb to heaven." When I heard these words, a strong force came upon me and seemed to place me in the middle of a street, so that I might say in a loud voice to people of every age, sex and status: "Hear, O people; hear, O nations. I am warning you about the commandment of Christ by using words that came from his own lips: We cannot obtain grace unless we suffer afflictions. We must heap trouble upon trouble to attain a deep appreciation in the divine nature, the glory of the sons of God and perfect happiness of soul." "If only mortals would learn how great it is to possess divine grace, how beautiful, how noble, how precious. How many riches it hides within itself, how many joys and delights! No one would complain about his cross or about troubles that may happen to him, if he would come to know the scales on which they are weighed when they are distributed to men."'
St. Rose of Lima Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 05, 2023, 10:05:04 PM 'Whatsoever good work you undertake, pray earnestly to God that He will enable you to bring it to a successful termination.'
St. Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 06, 2023, 08:32:03 PM 'May the Sacred Heart accomplish in you all His designs and be Himself your strength and your stay, so as to enable you to bear courageously the weight of your responsiblity.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 08, 2023, 01:12:47 AM 'Oh, what a noble practice to humble ourselves before God in pure faith, and to lose our insignificant being in the infinite abyss of divine love!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 08, 2023, 10:19:32 PM 'Listen, all my enemies in the world, for I am not addressing my friends! Listen, all you clerics, archbishops, and bishops and all of lower rank in the Church! Listen, all you religious, of whatever order you are! Listen, you kings and princes of the earth and all you who serve! Listen, you women, princesses, queens, and all ladies and maidservants! All you inhabitants of the world, of whatever condition or rank you are, whether great or small, listen to these words that I myself, who created you, now speak to you! I complain, because you have withdrawn from me and given the devil your will, and you obey his suggestions. Truly, I have redeemed you with my blood, and I ask for nothing but your souls. Therefore, return to me with humility, and I will receive you as my children.'
The Lord, from the revelations of St. Bridget of Sweden Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 10, 2023, 04:21:32 AM 'Heaven grant that I may live to accomplish the Will of my God!'
St. Joseph, his oft repeated words, revealed to St. Bridget of Sweden Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 10, 2023, 04:22:07 AM 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me.'
John 14:6 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 11, 2023, 05:53:24 AM 'I cannot tell you how much pleasure your short letter gave me. It shows the bond of charity which unites you and my unworthy self, a bond God has established and wishes to maintain. It is with this in mind that I am writing to tell you briefly about my state of mind at the moment. I have not found here what I had hoped for and what led me to leave such a holy place as St. Sulpice, almost against my better judgement.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 13, 2023, 06:14:34 AM 'Curb the desire of display, and do nothing from human respect.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 13, 2023, 06:15:13 AM 'Begin in the morning, before leaving your room, by meditating, for a quarter of an hour, on the Passion of our Redeemer, and you will see that, all will go well with you, and that you will live far removed from sin.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 14, 2023, 06:08:11 AM 'When the passions are active they cast out self-esteem; when they are expelled, they reintroduce it.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 15, 2023, 06:48:06 AM 'Anxiety arises from an unregulated desire to be delivered from any pressing evil, or to obtain some hoped-for good. Nevertheless nothing tends so greatly to enhance the one or retard the other as over-eagerness and anxiety. Birds that are captured in nets and snares become inextricably entangled therein, because they flutter and struggle so much. Therefore, whensoever you urgently desire to be delivered from any evil, or to attain some good thing, strive above all else to keep a calm, restful spirit, - steady your judgment and will, and then go quietly and easily after your object, taking all fitting means to attain thereto. By easily I do not mean carelessly, but without eagerness, disquietude or anxiety; otherwise, so far from bringing about what you wish, you will hinder it, and add more and more to your perplexities. "My soul is always in my hand, yet do I not forget Thy Law," David says. Examine yourself often, at least night and morning, as to whether your soul is "in your hand;" or whether it has been wrested thence by any passionate or anxious emotion. See whether your soul is fully under control, or whether it has not in anywise escaped from beneath your hand, to plunge into some unruly love, hate, envy, lust, fear, vexation or joy. And if it has so strayed, before all else seek it out, and quietly bring it back to the Presence of God, once more placing all your hopes and affections under the direction of His Holy Will. Just as one who fears to lose some precious possession holds it tight in his hand, so, like King David, we ought to be able to say, "My soul is always in my hand, and therefore I have not forgotten Thy Law."'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 17, 2023, 06:07:59 AM 'When I placed before Him my humble petitions regarding those things that seem difficult to obtain (concerning the devotion to the Sacred Heart), I seemed to hear these words: "Dost thou believe that I can do this? If thou dost believe thou shall behold the omnipotence of My Heart in the magnificence of My love." As I watch its steady progress I hear those other words: "Did I not indeed tell thee, that if thou couldst believe, thou shouldst see thy desires accomplished?"'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 17, 2023, 06:09:04 AM 'We ought not ordinarily to believe prophecies or to desire them, because it is possible there may be many deceits and snares of the devil therein.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 18, 2023, 08:48:10 AM 'Our true worth does not consist in what human beings think of us. What we really are consists in what God knows us to be.'
St. John Berchmans Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 19, 2023, 02:38:00 PM 'He who has renounced the world or despises it should resemble a statue which does not prevent itself being dressed in rags, nor being despoiled of the purple which ornaments it.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 20, 2023, 01:57:01 PM 'The experience of suffering afflicts the senses; distress annuls sensual pleasure.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 21, 2023, 06:02:07 PM 'A slight sabre-cut will separate my head from my body, like the spring flower which the Master of the garden gathers for His pleasure. We are all flowers planted on this earth, which God plucks in His own good time: some a little sooner, some a little later. Father and son may we meet in Paradise. I, poor little moth, go first. Adieu.'
St. Jean-Theophane Venard, from a letter to his father Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 22, 2023, 09:52:35 AM 'Let us each realize, then, what we have lost and repeat the lamentation of the prophet: "Our inheritance is despoiled by strangers and our house by aliens" (Lam. 5:2), because we disobeyed the commandment and surrendered ourselves to our own desires, delighting in sordid and worldly thoughts. Then our soul was far away from God and we were like fatherless orphans. Thus, if we are concerned for our own soul we must make every effort to purge away evil thoughts and "all the self-esteem that exalts itself against the knowledge of God" (2 Cor. 10:5). And when we have forcibly applied ourselves to keeping God's temple spotless, then He who promised to make His dwelling in it will come to us. Then the soul recovers its inheritance and is privileged to become a temple of God. For, after thus Himself expelling the devil and his army, from henceforth He reigns within us.'
St. Symeon Metaphrastis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 23, 2023, 05:40:30 PM 'I know the plans I have in mind for you - it is the Lord who speaks - plans for peace, not disaster, reserving a future full of hope for you. When you seek me you shall find me, when you seek me with all your heart.'
Jeremias 29:11,13 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 24, 2023, 11:06:15 AM 'Our time is short.'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 25, 2023, 08:04:59 PM 'Just as it is easier to sin in the mind than in action, so warfare through our impassioned conceptual images of things is harder than warfare through the things themselves.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 26, 2023, 08:27:45 PM 'The devotion to the Eucharist is the most noble, because it has God as its object; it is the most profitable for salvation, because it gives us the Author of Grace; it is the sweetest, because the Lord is Sweetness Itself.'
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 27, 2023, 10:23:48 PM 'How is it, my dear brethren, that so few Christians behave with one end only in view -- to please God? Here is the reason, pure and simple. It is just that the vast majority of Christians are enveloped in the most shocking ignorance.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 28, 2023, 06:46:13 PM 'Nothing is more unworthy of a Christian whose life should be an imitation of a God who is the soul of Honor and Truth itself, than to think one thing and say another.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 29, 2023, 09:59:17 AM 'Keep the commandments, and you will find peace; love God, and you will attain spiritual knowledge.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 30, 2023, 02:44:01 AM 'Never let a sick man set himself to reason with the devil, otherwise he will inevitably be taken in; let him appeal to his ghostly father, of whom the devil stands in mortal fear.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 31, 2023, 11:23:25 AM 'Let them fear the dreadful judgment of God, lest, for the gratification of their carnal appetites, they incur the torments of eternal punishment.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 01, 2023, 02:02:49 AM 'How can you, by love, make your own the sufferings of our sweet Jesus? God will teach you how when it pleases Him, for He alone can do so. The soul inflamed with the love of God, without distraction, in pure and simple faith, suddenly finds herself, when God pleases, penetrated with the sufferings of Jesus; in a glance of faith she sees them all, without understanding; for the Passion of Our Saviour is a labor of love, and the soul thus lost in God, Who is all charity, all love, makes of herself a fount of love and sorrow.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 02, 2023, 11:06:33 PM 'Never keep up any coldness towards your neighbor, or else the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ will keep aloof from you. When your resentfully call to mind former slights that you have received, you oblige our Lord to recall your past sins which His mercy had made Him forget.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 03, 2023, 02:06:31 AM 'A Christian during the whole course of his life should, like unto Jesus, be on the cross. It would be an act of rashness to descend therefrom, since Jesus Christ did not descend, even when the Jews offered to believe in Him. The time for driving out the nails of His cross was only after death, there is then no time to extract the nails whilst we live, -- we must wait until our sacrifice is consummated: Non est tempus evellendi clavos."
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 04, 2023, 04:02:30 AM 'A wise man pays careful attention to himself, and by freely choosing to suffer escapes the suffering that comes unsought.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 05, 2023, 04:39:39 AM 'Our enemy the devil, who fights with us in order to vanquish us, seeks to disunite us in our houses, and to breed quarrels, dislikes, contests, and rivalries, because while we are fighting with each other, he comes and conquers us, and makes us more securely his own.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 06, 2023, 10:50:12 PM 'For we are the children of the saints, and look for that life which God will give to those that never change their faith from him.'
Tobias 2:18 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 07, 2023, 03:56:18 AM 'If someone praises you hypocritically, be sure that in due course he will vilify you.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 08, 2023, 07:39:33 AM 'To deserve the name of a true religious, it is not only necessary to renounce the world, but still more to renounce one's self.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 09, 2023, 08:07:40 AM 'It is the manner of life which shows up those who know the commandments; for as a man's word is, so is his life.
The tree is known by its fruit, not by its blossom and leaves. Knowledge, then, comes from the fruit and from behaviour, not from talk and from blossom.' St. Clement of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 10, 2023, 06:05:36 AM 'As all our wickedness consists in turning away from our Creator, so all our goodness consists in uniting ourselves with Him.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 11, 2023, 05:12:36 AM 'If three men meet, of whom the first fully preserves interior peace, and the second gives thanks to God in illness, and the third serves with a pure mind, these three are doing the same work.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 12, 2023, 09:54:37 AM 'Wherefore, because the soul is purified in this furnace like gold in a crucible, as says the Wise Man, (Wisdom iii, 6) it is conscious of this complete undoing of itself in its very substance, together with the direst poverty, wherein it is, as it were, nearing its end, as may be seen by that which David says of himself in this respect, in these words: "save me, Lord (he cries to God), for the waters have come in even unto my soul; I am made fast in the mire of the deep and there is no place where I can stand; I am come into the depth of the sea and a tempest hath overwhelmed me; I have laboured crying, my throat has become hoarse, mine eyes have failed whilst I hope in my God." (Psalm lxviii, 2-4) Here God greatly humbles the soul in order that He may afterwards greatly exalt it; and if He ordained not that, when these feelings arise within the soul, they should speedily be stilled, it would die in a very short space; but there are only occasional periods when it is conscious of their greatest intensity. At times, however, they are so keen that the soul seems to be seeing hell and perdition opened.'
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 13, 2023, 06:24:40 AM 'Blessed is the mind which, during prayer, is insensible to all things.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 14, 2023, 04:15:35 PM 'I am attacked on all sides, yet I will not fear, for I keep myself strongly entrenched in my secure fortress -- the Sacred Heart of my divine Master. Like a wise leader He deals out to me just strength sufficient for each occasion.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 15, 2023, 05:07:54 PM 'It is not enough to forbid our own tongue to murmur; we must also refuse to listen to murmurers.'
Ven. Louis de Granada Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 16, 2023, 03:44:03 PM 'Both spiritual knowledge and health are good by nature, yet their contraries have been of more benefit to many people. For such knowledge may serve no good purpose where the wicked are concerned, even though, as we have said, it is good in itself. The same is true with regard to health, riches and joy, for they are not used advantageously by such people. But certainly their contraries do benefit them. Therefore not one of them is evil in itself, even though it may appear to be evil.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 17, 2023, 07:30:56 PM 'Consider the outcome of every involuntary affliction, and you will find it has been the destruction of sin.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 18, 2023, 05:22:53 PM 'O cherished cross! Through thee my most bitter trials are replete with graces!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 19, 2023, 06:34:58 PM 'Do not let the false delights of the deceptive world deceive you.'
St. Clare of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 20, 2023, 12:43:35 PM 'My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my precepts. For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life and peace.'
Proverbs 3:1-2 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 21, 2023, 02:38:21 PM 'Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one's flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 22, 2023, 09:55:05 PM 'Let your heart consume itself more and more in the sanctuary of the Heart of Jesus, and let the ashes of the victim fall into the boundless ocean of divine charity.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 23, 2023, 11:29:05 PM 'For my part, I think it better that one should eat every day, but only a little, so as not to be satisfied.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 24, 2023, 07:50:09 PM 'Mental evil resides in the misuse of conceptual images; active sin consists in the misuse of material things.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 26, 2023, 03:28:16 AM 'Hold your eyes on God and leave the doing to Him. That is all the doing you have to worry about.'
St. Jane Frances de Chantal Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 26, 2023, 03:29:10 AM 'The Lord excites in me a longing for the hidden life, as if to make me shun in the various duties that I fulfil the forming of acquaintances and too close relations with people of the world. . . . My happiness would be to be able to say Holy Mass in some abandoned chapel to which no one came.'
Bl. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 27, 2023, 02:28:26 AM 'True Christian prudence makes us submit our intellect to the maxims of the Gospel without fear of being deceived. It teaches us to judge things as Jesus Christ judged them, and to speak and act as He did.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 28, 2023, 02:57:57 AM 'We should not examine articles of faith with a curious and subtle spirit. It is sufficient for us to know that the Church proposes them. We can never be deceived in believing them.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 01, 2023, 05:57:12 AM 'Blessed the one who has become like a noble warrior in the Lord's work, rousing the idle, encouraging the faint-hearted in the way of the Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 02, 2023, 02:48:05 AM 'It is not surprising, then, that the devil should do everything possible to influence us to give up prayer or to pray badly, because he knows better than we do how terrible it is for hell and how impossible it is that God should refuse us what we ask Him for in prayer. How many sinners would get out of sin if they managed to have recourse to prayer!'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 03, 2023, 08:27:10 PM 'Holy Communion is the most efficacious means of uniting the soul to God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 04, 2023, 11:56:27 AM 'A sacrament is so termed because it contains something sacred.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 05, 2023, 02:13:52 AM 'Let him who finds himself desolate remember how strong he is by grace, which is sufficient to enable him to overcome all his enemies, and that he should take courage in his Lord and Creator.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 06, 2023, 09:31:50 AM 'I turn to you, O Father of mercy! Receive me, O God of all consolation! Sustain me with your grace and grant that so much suffering and so much love may not be in vain.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 07, 2023, 12:29:51 PM 'It is useless to subdue the flesh by abstinence, unless one gives up his irregular life, and abandons vices which defile his soul.'
St. Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 08, 2023, 07:07:19 AM 'O Divine Jesus, impress on my heart a disposition like that of a certain man who loved your cross so much that he used to say if after serving you for a hundred years his only recompense were the grace to suffer one hour for love of you, he would believe all his sacrifice too well rewarded.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 09, 2023, 09:39:33 AM 'I am not to be pitied; I am happy as I am.'
St. Lydwine of Schiedam Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 10, 2023, 07:32:03 AM 'The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 11, 2023, 01:52:53 PM 'It is said that those who eat the herb called Angelica always have a pure, sweet breath; and those who have chastity, which is the angelic virtue, within their hearts, speak modestly, courteously, and purely. As for unbecoming and foolish things, the Apostle does not wish us even to name them, assuring us that nothing is so ruinous to good morals as evil communications.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 12, 2023, 01:58:36 PM 'In my room, there was a window which looked down on the tabernacle, and it was there that I passed my nights.'
Bl. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 13, 2023, 05:24:00 PM 'I despair. I despair. . . I despair of myself, but I trust in God, hence, during this life which we are exposed to so many dangers of losing God, it is necessary for us to live always in great distrust in ourselves, and full of confidence in God.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 14, 2023, 04:51:16 AM 'When a man is out of the right way the more quickly and impetuously he advances, the more he errs.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 15, 2023, 08:30:57 PM 'You will not find the rigors of the ascetic life hard to bear if you do all things with measure and by rule.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 16, 2023, 09:40:44 PM 'Sufferings are the richest presents that the Divine Majesty bestows on you.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 17, 2023, 08:56:39 PM 'There is nothing more holy, more eminently perfect, than resignation to the will of God, which confirms us in an entire detachment from ourselves, and a perfect indifference for every condition in which we may be placed.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 18, 2023, 07:29:01 PM 'And when I hear it said that God is good and He will pardon us, and then see that men cease not from evil-doing, oh, how it grieves me! The infinite goodness with which God communicates with us, sinners as we are, should constantly make us love and serve Him better; but we, on the contrary, instead of seeing in his goodness an obligation to please Him, convert it into an excuse for sin which will of a certainty lead in the end to our deeper condemnation.'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 19, 2023, 07:33:16 PM 'I desire with ardor and more than ardor, if I may thus express myself, that the true love of God may become perfect in you, and that you may consecrate your strength to the service and glory of God our Master, so that I may be able to love and serve you more and more.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 20, 2023, 09:14:16 PM 'God's way in dealing with those whom He intends to admit soonest after this life into the possession of His everlasting glory, is to purify them in this world by the greatest afflictions and trials.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 21, 2023, 01:10:58 AM 'He who accepts present afflictions in the expectation of future blessings has found knowledge of the truth; and he will easily be freed from anger and remorse.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 22, 2023, 04:01:33 AM 'Take good care of the service of the poor. Above all, live together in great union and cordiality, loving one another in imitation of the union and life of our Lord. Pray earnestly to the Blessed Virgin, that she might be your only Mother.'
St. Louise de Marillac Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 23, 2023, 04:08:49 AM 'In cutting out gluttony, beware lest you seek the esteem of others, making a display of the pallor of your face.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 24, 2023, 02:51:32 AM 'Those only, on whom Jesus deigns to look, can detest their sins.'
St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 25, 2023, 04:51:51 AM 'He not only delivered us from death's possession, but also, having washed us from our sins by his own blood, he made us a kingdom (of heaven) and priests to his God and Father.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 26, 2023, 04:01:53 AM 'Love! love! love! my daughters; I know nothing else.'
St. Jane Frances de Chantal Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 27, 2023, 09:13:05 AM 'Every wish of a rational creature should be subject to the will of God.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury, 'Cur Deus Homo' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 28, 2023, 07:54:48 AM 'There are two lives in us, the natural and the supernatural; the one or the other must of necessity obtain ascendancy over us. If the first, we are culpable, but if the second, it rules and sanctifies everything.'
Bl. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 29, 2023, 07:09:25 AM 'Total dispassion renders our conceptual images passion-free: perfect spiritual knowledge brings us into the presence of Him who is utterly beyond knowledge.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 30, 2023, 09:13:18 AM 'It seems to me that the Divine and Sovereign Goodness wishes to give you in His kingdom a most plentiful and munificent reward for the service you render Him; since for the good deeds for which others receive at least a little consolation in return, even as regards man, you have known only pain and most extraordinary contradictions.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 31, 2023, 11:15:32 AM 'Let us now imagine to ourselves the Divine Mother standing -- near her Son expiring on the cross, and justly applying to herself the words of Jeremias, thus addressing us: "O all ye that pass by the way attend, and see if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow." O you who spend your lives upon earth, and pity me not, stop awhile to look at me, now that I behold this beloved Son dying before my eyes; and then see if, amongst all those who are afflicted and tormented, a sorrow is to be found like unto my sorrow. "No, O most suffering of all mothers," replies Saint Bonaventure, "no more bitter grief than thine can be found; for no son more dear than thine can be found." Ah, "there never was a more amiable son in the world than Jesus," says Richard of Saint Lawrence; "nor has there ever been a mother who more tenderly loved her son than Mary! But since there never has been in the world a love like unto Mary's love, how can any sorrow be found like unto Mary's sorrow?"'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 01, 2023, 01:08:07 AM 'Brethren and fathers, now that we have fasted for the first week we appear to each other somewhat different to what we were, leaner and paler. But even if our outward nature is wasting away, as the Apostle says, the inner is being renewed day by day. For what it is to see a body healthy-looking and sleek through pleasure; this it is to understand what follows for the soul through self-mastery, so that by humbling the body we shall bring about the beauty of the soul. . .'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 02, 2023, 12:54:13 PM 'There is nothing the devil fears so much, or so much tries to hinder, as prayer.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 03, 2023, 06:21:51 AM 'Let us remember the devil labors hard to disturb us at the time of recollection in order to make us abandon it. Let him then who omits mental prayer on account of distractions be persuaded that he gives delight to the devil.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 04, 2023, 05:55:39 PM 'You have only to unite yourself in all that you do to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ. At the beginning of your actions, make His dispositions your own, and at the end offer His merits as satisfaction. For instance you cannot pray: Be satisfied to unite yourself with the prayer our divine Saviour makes for us in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, and offer His ardor to make reparation for your lukewarmness. Say before each of your actions: My God I will do or suffer this in the Sacred Heart of Thy divine Son, and according to His most holy intentions, which I offer Thee to atone for all that is imperfect in mine.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 05, 2023, 10:47:02 AM 'When our Lord inspires us with some good deed, He also gives the strength to do it.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 06, 2023, 02:38:45 PM 'Blessed the one who has become a good husbandman of the virtues and planted a spiritual vine, plucked the grapes and filled his presses with fruits of life in the Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 06, 2023, 02:50:32 PM 'How wonderful are the treasures which are enclosed in the divine Eucharist!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 07, 2023, 07:44:51 AM 'Behold the King of heaven, who, hanging on that gibbet, is now on the point of giving up the ghost. Let us, too, ask of him, with the prophet: What are those wounds in the middle of Thy hands? Tell me, O my Jesus, what are these wounds in the middle of Thy hands? The Abbot Rupert makes answer for Jesus: "They are the memorials of charity, the price of redemption." They are tokens, says the Redeemer, of the great love which I bear towards you; they are the payment by which I set you free from the hands of your enemies, and from eternal death.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 08, 2023, 05:41:37 PM 'Divine love suffices to prevent us from willfully doing anything which could displease the Beloved of our souls. Indeed, I cannot understand how a heart that belongs to God and truly wishes to love Him, can deliberately offend Him.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 09, 2023, 06:52:24 AM 'Brethren and fathers, at Christ's resurrection creation too, putting away its winter gloom, like a deadness puts out fresh shoots and as it were comes to life again. And yes, we see the earth wearing green, the plants flourishing, the animals skipping around, the sea tamed and everything being changed for the better.
But I must explain why I have said this. If inanimate and irrational creatures are made radiant and lovely by the resplendent resurrection, how much more ought we, who have been honoured with reason and the image of God, make ourselves bright by our life and give off sweet fragrance by the spirit. For one who strives after virtue is truly the sweet fragrance of Christ, and the Apostle bears witness to this when he says, For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ for God among those who are being saved and those who are perishing, for the latter a scent of death leading to death, for the former an scent of life leading to life [2 Cor. 2,15-16]. St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 10, 2023, 02:03:19 PM 'If you take little account of yourself, you will have peace, wherever you live.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 11, 2023, 08:40:06 PM 'Deeper spiritual knowledge helps the hard-hearted man: for unless he has fear, he refuses to accept the labor of repentance.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 12, 2023, 04:28:26 AM 'Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 13, 2023, 02:15:58 PM 'Thanks be to God, I am poor in every respect, and I desire to be rich only in the pure love of His sufferings and humiliations: Jesus, His love and His cross constitute all the happiness of life.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 14, 2023, 09:44:57 PM 'He who relies on theoretical knowledge alone is not yet a faithful servant: a faithful servant is one who expresses his faith in Christ through obedience to His commandments.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 15, 2023, 01:03:37 AM 'Brethren and fathers, God, who fashioned us and brought us out of non-existence into being, has placed us in this life as in a schoolroom to learn to gospel of his kingdom.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 16, 2023, 10:43:56 AM 'Contemplate sensible objects noetically and you will raise your sense-perception above the realm of such objects.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 17, 2023, 01:29:15 PM 'Not only the heavens, but the sight of a blade of grass, or of the most insignificant thing, suffices to inflame with love of God the heart that knows Him.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 18, 2023, 01:16:38 AM 'The shortest, yea, the only way to reach sanctity, is to conceive a horror for all that the world loves and values.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 19, 2023, 01:11:39 AM 'In all your doubts and anxieties, think of Mary, call upon her name.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 20, 2023, 01:50:07 AM 'We must not be wise according to the flesh. Rather we must be simple, humble and pure.'
St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 21, 2023, 01:39:40 AM 'The faithful soul obeys God's will for the Church. Her spouse wants her to be perfect in every way, doing all with faith and charity. In this way, the Father will be the guiding principle for her actions; the Son, the source of her light; and the Holy Spirit the source of her love.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 22, 2023, 06:18:44 AM 'Let us pray God, if He gives us any virtue or any gift, to keep it hidden even from ourselves, that we may preserve our humility, and not take occasion of pride because of it.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 23, 2023, 01:47:29 AM 'Yet where I am, there you are too, and where you are, I am. For we are a single body, and the body cannot be separated from the head nor the head from the body. Distance separates us, but love unites us, and death itself cannot divide us. For though my body die, my soul will live and be mindful of my people.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 24, 2023, 01:49:30 AM 'Think of the Lord in goodness, and seek him in simplicity of heart.'
Wisdom 1:1 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2023, 01:34:21 PM 'The most simple means to be always favored with new gifts and graces, and to love God more and more, is to look with the eye of faith into the abyss of our nothingness, and, in the fear which this sight will inspire, to fly into the interior of the desert, in the abyss of the Divinity, wherein we let our nothingness disappear and passively receive divine inspirations.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 26, 2023, 01:38:18 AM 'Do not misuse your conceptual images of things, lest you are forced to make a wrong use of the things themselves. For if a man does not first sin in his mind, he will never sin in action.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 27, 2023, 02:10:33 AM 'Keep a continual remembrance of the sufferings of your heavenly Spouse. Endeavor to fathom the love with which He endured them. The shortest way is to lose yourself completely in that abyss of sufferings. Truly does the prophet call the Passion of Jesus a sea of love and of sorrow. Ah! therein lies the great secret which is revealed only to humble souls. In this vast sea the soul fishes for the pearls of virtues, and makes her own the sufferings of her Beloved. I have a lively confidence that your Spouse will teach you this divine method of fishing; He will teach it to you if you keep yourself in interior solitude, your mind free from all distraction, detached from all earthly affection, from every created thing, in pure faith and holy love.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 28, 2023, 06:09:30 AM 'If charity and sweetness have not truth for their companion they do not deserve the names of charity and sweetness, but those of hypocrisy and vanity.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 29, 2023, 01:19:38 AM 'In a word, let us be all to God, all for God and all in God; and remember that He wills you to lead an exemplary life, wholly pure and angelic.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, to her brother a priest Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 30, 2023, 03:39:01 AM 'When through dryness or distraction of mind, you feel unable to form any good thought at mental prayer, offer to the Eternal Father the prayer the Sacred Heart makes for you in the Blessed Sacrament, thus to supply for your insufficiency.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 01, 2023, 05:38:23 AM 'A Christian during the whole course of his life should, like unto Jesus, be on the cross. It would be an act of rashness to descend therefrom, since Jesus Christ did not descend, even when the Jews offered to believe in Him. The time for driving out the nails of His cross was only after death, there is then no time to extract the nails whilst we live, -- we must wait until our sacrifice is consummated: Non est tempus evellendi clavos."
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 03, 2023, 02:28:32 AM 'No one will have any other desire in heaven than what God wills; and the desire of one will be the desire of all; and the desire of all and of each one will also be the desire of God.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 04, 2023, 01:32:41 AM 'One important direction in which to exercise gentleness, is with respect to ourselves, never growing irritated with one's self or one's imperfections; for although it is but reasonable that we should be displeased and grieved at our own faults, yet ought we to guard against a bitter, angry, or peevish feeling about them. Many people fall into the error of being angry because they have been angry, vexed because they have given way to vexation, thus keeping up a chronic state of irritation, which adds to the evil of what is past, and prepares the way for a fresh fall on the first occasion. Moreover, all this anger and irritation against one's self fosters pride, and springs entirely from self-love, which is disturbed and fretted by its own imperfection.
What we want is a quiet, steady, firm displeasure at our own faults. A judge gives sentence more effectually speaking deliberately and calmly than if he be impetuous and passionate (for in the latter case he punishes not so much the actual faults before him, but what they appear to him to be); and so we can chasten ourselves far better by a quiet steadfast repentance, than by eager hasty ways of penitence, which, in fact, are proportioned not by the weight of our faults, but according to our feelings and inclinations. Thus one man who specially aims at purity will be intensely vexed with himself at some very trifling fault against it, while he looks upon some gross slander of which he has been guilty as a mere laughing matter. On the other hand, another will torment himself painfully over some slight exaggeration, while he altogether overlooks some serious offence against purity; and so on with other things. All this arises solely because men do not judge themselves by the light of reason, but under the influence of passion. Believe me, my daughter, as a parent's tender affectionate remonstrance has far more weight with his child than anger and sternness, so, when we judge our own heart guilty, if we treat it gently, rather in a spirit of pity than anger, encouraging it to amendment, its repentance will be much deeper and more lasting than if stirred up in vehemence and wrath.' St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 05, 2023, 04:31:52 AM 'You cannot please both God and the world at the same time, they are utterly opposed to each other in their thoughts, their desires, and their actions.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 06, 2023, 01:16:08 PM 'He Himself says of His own, "I will dwell in them and walk in them" (2 Cor. vi. 16.).
Doubt not, therefore, that wherever there are holy souls, there He is in them. For if thou art in those limbs of thine which thou quickenest, wholly and in all their parts, how much more is God, who created thee and thy body, wholly present in thee through and through?' St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 07, 2023, 07:56:54 AM 'This divine Heart experienced all the interior sufferings of the cruel torment of the Cross, and for this reason God wishes It to be honored by a special worship, in order that mankind may thereby atone by their love and homage, for the bitterness and anguish caused by their offences.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 08, 2023, 05:54:07 PM 'If thou remainest faithful to Me, I will never forsake thee. . . I forgive thy ignorance, because, as yet, thou dost not know Me; but, if thou art faithful to Me and followest Me, I will teach thee to know Me, and I will reveal Myself to thee.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 09, 2023, 05:49:25 AM 'Blessed the one who in accordance with God's will loves self-mastery and has not been condemned, thanks to his stomach, as a pleasure seeker and defiled, for such a one will be magnified by the Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 10, 2023, 01:10:47 PM 'O you wish to be always happy? then always be humble and obedient.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 11, 2023, 02:43:24 AM 'Union, intimate union with Jesus, heart to heart with Jesus like Saint John, in purity and in love.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 12, 2023, 03:50:19 PM '"Commit this sin; you can afterwards confess it." Such is the deceit with which the devil has drawn many souls into hell. Many Christians, now in hell, have been lost by this delusion.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 13, 2023, 04:11:36 AM 'The intellect cannot be still unless the body is still also; and the wall between them cannot be demolished without stillness and prayer.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 14, 2023, 09:11:35 AM 'There are two lives in us, the natural and the supernatural; the one or the other must of necessity obtain ascendancy over us. If the first, we are culpable, but if the second, it rules and sanctifies everything.'
Bl. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 15, 2023, 08:56:35 PM 'A soul defiled by the passions becomes obdurate: it has to undergo knife and cautery before it recovers its faith.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 16, 2023, 09:47:35 AM 'The spouse of Christ who longs to become perfect must begin with her own self. She must put aside, forget everything else, and enter into the secrecy of her own heart. When she has done this, let her sift narrowly all her weaknesses, habits, affections, actions and sins. She must weigh everything carefully, and make a thorough examination of past and present. Should she discover even the least imperfection, let her weep in the bitterness of her heart.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 17, 2023, 08:50:48 AM 'I turn to you, O Father of mercy! Receive me, O God of all consolation! Sustain me with your grace and grant that so much suffering and so much love may not be in vain.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 18, 2023, 08:44:52 PM '. . . to be a Christian and to live in sin is a monstrous contradiction. A Christian must be holy.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 19, 2023, 11:30:26 PM 'Each degree of prayer presupposes a purification.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 20, 2023, 10:14:01 PM 'There is only one thing to do during the brief day, or rather, night of this life: Love Jesus with all the strength of your heart and save souls for Him, so that He may be loved!'
St. Therese of Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 21, 2023, 05:14:52 AM 'It is certain that the more we love a thing, the greater is the pain we feel in losing it. We are more afflicted at the loss of a brother than at that of a beast of burden; we are more grieved at the loss of a son than at that of a friend. Now, Cornelius a Lapide says, "that to understand the greatness of Mary's grief at the death of her Son, we must understand the greatness of the love she bore Him." But who can ever measure that love? Blessed Amadeus says that "in the heart of Mary were united two kinds of love for her Jesus--supernatural love, by which she loved Him as her God, and natural love, by which she loved Him as her Son." So that these two loves became one; but so immense a love, that William of Paris even says that the Blessed Virgin "loved Him as much as it was possible for a pure creature to love Him." Hence Richard of Saint Victor affirms that "as there was no love like her love, so there was no sorrow like her sorrow." And if the love of Mary towards her Son was immense, immense also must have been her grief in losing Him by death. "Where there is the greatest love," says Blessed Albert the Great, "there also is the greatest grief."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 22, 2023, 11:49:18 AM 'God is supreme strength, fortifying those who place their trust and confidence in Him.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 23, 2023, 07:31:27 PM 'The sick man may desire to get well, provided he seals his desire always with an "If it please God," "If it is good for my soul;" for we can do many good things in health, which sickness hinders us from doing.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 24, 2023, 12:35:55 PM 'In the morning, we must do like the little child in its cradle. The moment it opens its eyes, it looks round the house for its mother. When it sees her, it begins to smile; if it does not see her, it cries.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 27, 2023, 01:49:05 AM 'Life in a monastery demands three things: the first is humility, the next is obedience, and the third which sets them in motion and is like a goad is the work of the monastery.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 28, 2023, 01:21:16 AM 'How beautiful is a pure soul! Our Lord showed one to St. Catherine; she thought it so beautiful that she said, "O Lord, if I did not know that there is only one God, I should think it was one." The image of God is reflected in a pure soul, like the sun in the water. A pure soul is the admiration of the Three Persons of the Holy Trinity. The Father contemplates His work: There is My creature! . . . The Son, the price of His Blood: the beauty of an object is shown by the price it has cost. . . The Holy Spirit dwells in it, as in a temple.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 29, 2023, 01:19:46 AM 'Verily it is in the most deep and secret abyss of Thy goodness that there lieth hid the fountain, whence floweth the river of Thy mercy. For though Thou art wholly and supremely just, yet art Thou also gracious to the wicked, because Thou art wholly and supremely good.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 30, 2023, 03:07:30 AM 'Charity and cheerfulness, or charity and humility, should be our motto.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 31, 2023, 01:16:18 AM 'It is necessary for me to meet abnegation and sacrifice in everything. We cannot accomplish any good while we indulge in self-seeking.'
St. Therese of Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 01, 2023, 01:22:53 AM 'Just as I will not save myself by the good works of the angels, likewise I will not be condemned for the bad and wicked thoughts which the bad angels, the world, and the flesh present to me.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 02, 2023, 01:49:15 AM 'What we do for ourselves during life is more certain than all the good we expect others to do for us after death.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 03, 2023, 05:22:06 AM 'We must say to ourselves, "O Lord, Thou hast wrought all our works in us." [Is. 26:12] Because this is really so you must attribute every good work to Him and not to yourself. Bear in mind that "you in your own might and in the strength of your own hand" [c.f. Deut. 8:17] have not attained to all the good things you possess. "It is the Lord who made us and not we ourselves." [c.f. Ps. 99:3]'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 04, 2023, 06:04:15 AM 'Oh, what a noble practice to humble ourselves before God in pure faith, and to lose our insignificant being in the infinite abyss of divine love!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 05, 2023, 06:30:40 AM 'Recreation ordinarily consists in conversing in an open, frank manner and recounting interesting, pleasant things that provide occasions of laughter and entertainment for the group. However, you must take care that these stories do not include anything vulgar or anything suggesting a lack of good education. Rather, they must be told in an uplifting manner, which ought to make the simplest tale striking, interesting, and pleasing to others.'
St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 06, 2023, 04:59:13 AM 'Are not the punishments God sends us in this life also graces and benefits?'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 07, 2023, 04:49:23 AM 'The Father spoke one Word, which was His Son, and this Word He speaks always in eternal silence, and in silence must it be heard by the soul.'
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 08, 2023, 09:52:14 AM 'I reckon prosperity, O men, to consist in nothing else than in living according to truth. But we do not live properly, or according to truth, unless we understand the nature of things.'
St. Justin Martyr Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 09, 2023, 02:08:23 AM 'If our natural feelings, being hurt, cause us to utter some words, or to act in opposition with the principles we profess, we must chastise them severely until they have obeyed us.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 10, 2023, 02:25:57 PM 'Only the person who becomes irate without reason, sins. Whoever becomes irate for a just reason is not guilty. Because, if ire were lacking, the science of God would not progress, judgments would not be sound, and crimes would not be repressed.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 11, 2023, 01:35:50 AM 'I have heard thy sighs, and the desires of thy heart are so pleasing to Me, that had I not instituted My divine Sacrament of love, I would do so now for love of thee, so as to have the pleasure of dwelling in thy soul and of taking My loving repose in thy heart.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 12, 2023, 02:55:41 AM 'You must be very careful to profit by the occasions of mortification and humiliation that come in your way, not avoiding or shunning them, for they are the principal means of uniting yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 13, 2023, 06:57:37 PM 'Now changes have been made by those who should least of all have allowed anything of the kind. Pardon me, therefore, for I have not changed my mind, if I have shifted any side, or rather I should say, I shall still be on the same side, but there are others who are continually changing it, and are now openly deserting to the foe. You yourself know what a value I put on their communion, so long as they were of the sound party. If now I refuse to follow these, and shun all who think with them, I ought fairly to be forgiven. I put truth and my own salvation before everything.'
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 14, 2023, 04:20:37 AM 'I am full of miseries; however, I hope to save my soul: I hope it of the infinite power and goodness of God; I hope it through the Passion and death of Jesus; I hope it by the intercession of the Mother of Sorrows; yes, I hope to go to heaven.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 15, 2023, 02:41:18 AM 'Cherish and honor those who humble and mortify you; look upon them as your greatest benefactors, and say to yourself: Were I known for what I really am, it would be evident that I deserve far more humiliations.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 16, 2023, 03:33:24 PM 'Cesarius points out what we have been saying by offering this incident in the life of a certain monk: Externally his religious observance was the same as that of the other monks, but he had attained such sanctity that the mere touch of his garments healed the sick. Marveling at these deeds, since his life was no more exemplary than the lives of the other monks, the superior asked him one day what was the cause of these miracles.
He replied that he too was mystified and was at a loss how to account for such happenings. "What devotions do you practice?" asked the abbot. He answered that there was little or nothing special that he did beyond making a great deal of willing only what God willed, and that God had given him the grace of abandoning his will totally to the will of God. "Prosperity does not lift me up, nor adversity cast me down," added the monk. "I direct all my prayers to the end that God's will may be done fully in me and by me." "That raid that our enemies made against the monastery the other day, in which our stores were plundered, our granaries put to the torch and our cattle driven off - did not this misfortune cause you any resentment?" queried the abbot. "No, Father," came the reply. "On the contrary, I returned thanks to God - as is my custom in such circumstances - fully persuaded that God does all things, or permits all that happens, for his glory and for our greater good; thus I am always at peace, no matter what happens." Seeing such uniformity with the will of God, the abbot no longer wondered why the monk worked so many miracles.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 17, 2023, 06:30:41 AM 'I am so happy to have no other tokens of affection or consolation from creatures than crosses and humiliations, and never had I more of them. I write these few lines to you by the way, to invite you to give thanks to the Sacred Heart for me.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 18, 2023, 07:43:13 AM 'I do not tell you to pray in my way, but in that of God. Leave your soul at liberty to receive the divine impressions according to God's pleasure. We should pray according to the dictates of the Holy Spirit.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 19, 2023, 08:09:43 PM 'Intelligible natures that can be grasped only by the intellect belong to the realm of divinity, while the senses and sense objects have been created for the service of the intellect.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 20, 2023, 10:48:54 AM 'Nothingness and Infinity: these two words comprise sublime perfection.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 21, 2023, 07:56:47 AM 'By Christ's Passion our weakness was cured. By His Resurrection death was conquered. Still we have to be sorrowful for the world, as well as joyful in the Lord, sorrowful in penance, joyful in gratitude.'
St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 22, 2023, 04:53:36 PM 'The upright intention is the soul of our actions. It gives them life and makes them good.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 23, 2023, 02:57:58 AM 'Patient endurance is a continuous effort for the soul; it is born of suffering freely chosen and of trials that come unsought.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 24, 2023, 09:46:53 AM 'Purity comes from Heaven; we must ask for it from God. If we ask for it, we shall obtain it. We must take great care not to lose it. We must shut our heart against pride, against sensuality, and all the other passions, as one shuts the doors and windows that nobody may be able to get in. What joy is it to the guardian angel to conduct a pure soul! My children, when a soul is pure, all Heaven looks upon it with love! Pure souls will form the circle round Our Lord. The more pure we have been on earth, the nearer we shall be to Him in Heaven. When the heart is pure, it cannot help loving, because it has found the source of love, which is God. "Happy," says Our Lord, "are the pure in heart, because they shall see God!
My children, we cannot comprehend the power that a pure soul has over the good God. It is not he who does the will of God, it is God who does his will.' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 25, 2023, 01:59:39 AM 'As long as the pot is on the fire, no fly nor any other animal can get near it, but as soon as it is cold, these creatures get inside. So it is for the monk; as long as he lives in spiritual activities, the enemy cannot find a means of overthrowing him.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 26, 2023, 01:16:43 AM 'Were any one to ask me, no matter at what moment, "Of what are you thinking?" it seems to me I could reply, "God alone occupies my mind."'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 27, 2023, 09:45:31 AM 'To judge rightly of the goodness and perfection of any one's prayer, it is sufficient to know the disposition he takes to it, and the fruits he reaps from it.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 28, 2023, 02:19:24 AM 'You should bring to your praise worthy exercises a holy fervor, because you will feel, even in this life, its good effects, not only in perfecting your souls, but also in the peace of mind you will possess.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 29, 2023, 03:01:06 AM 'How pure and stainless should be the heart on which is written the most holy name of Jesus!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 30, 2023, 01:10:52 AM 'When Our Lord sees pure souls coming to visit Him in the Blessed Sacrament He smiles on them. They come with the simplicity that pleases Him so much.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 03, 2023, 02:04:01 AM 'Sometimes God leaves us for a long time unable to effect any good, that we may learn to humble ourselves, and never to glory in our efforts.'
St. Vincent Ferrer Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 03, 2023, 02:04:16 AM 'Choose the divine Heart for your sacred oratory, wherein to offer to God your petitions and prayers that may be pleasing to Him.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 05, 2023, 08:06:08 PM 'Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies.'
St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 05, 2023, 08:06:25 PM 'Therefore, they are deceived who come to the service of God believing that they will serve him with sweetness and gentleness of spirit and mental peace, because this is not what God gives to his faithful servants; rather, he invites them to battle, saying: "Whoever wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me" (Mt 16.24). We have an example of this in himself, when he descended from heaven to earth not for repose, but to enter into battle and to receive instead of honor, contempt; instead of rest, fatigue; instead of riches, poverty, instead of sufficiency, hunger and thirst; in short, he suffered so many and so serious wounds that he would have wished to die on the field of battle.'
St. Catherine of Bologna Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 06, 2023, 01:23:40 PM 'Truth always shines with a brilliancy of its own, whilst falsehood is clouded in darkness, to dispel which it is enough to place it in the presence of truth.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 07, 2023, 01:49:41 PM 'Begin now. . . Believe me, don't wait until tomorrow to begin becoming a saint.'
St. Therese of Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 08, 2023, 11:49:52 AM 'Although we have received the power to become the children of God (cf. John 1:12), we do not actually attain this sonship unless we strip ourselves of the passions.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 09, 2023, 07:51:34 AM 'Our actions disclose what goes on within us, just as its fruit makes known a tree otherwise unknown to us.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 10, 2023, 06:03:21 PM 'I have chosen thee as an abyss of unworthiness and ignorance for the accomplishment of this great design, so that everything may be done by Me.'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 11, 2023, 05:58:04 PM 'The whole life of religious Orders depends upon the preservation of their first spirit.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 12, 2023, 01:06:17 PM 'Imagine yourself seriously indisposed, and that I, who love you tenderly, call to see you. After saying a few words of sympathy and consolation, I should certainly look at you with compassion and, through love of you, make your sufferings my own. Thus when we meditate on the Passion of Christ, seeing Him in such affliction, we ought to compassionate Him, and then to remain looking upon Him in so great torments, and, through compassionate love, make His sufferings our own.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 13, 2023, 07:22:56 PM 'St. Peter and the other apostles and apostolical men, seeing the Son of God born in poverty, and then living so absolutely without anything, that He had not where to lay His Head, and contemplating Him dead and naked on a cross, stripped themselves also of all things, and took the road of the evangelical counsels.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 14, 2023, 09:11:16 AM 'Blessed the one who is fired by the fear of God, ever having in himself the fervour of the Holy Spirit, and who has burned up the thorns and thistles of the thoughts.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 15, 2023, 08:20:15 AM 'I once heard a spiritual man say that he was not so much astonished at the things done by a soul in mortal sin as at the things not done by it. May God, in his mercy, deliver us from such great evil, for there is nothing in the whole of our lives that so thoroughly deserves to be called evil as this, since it brings endless and eternal evils in its train.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 16, 2023, 03:00:46 PM 'If poor judgment is harmful to everyone, it is particularly so to those who live with great strictness.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 17, 2023, 03:39:11 PM 'Those who hold that for them there is no difference between right and wrong force a few passages of Scripture and think they favour their own immoral opinions. In particular they quote the saying: "Sin shall not have dominion over you; for you are not under the law but under grace," and others of this sort, which there is no reason to add, for I am not proposing to fit out a pirate ship. Let us then briefly put a stop to their argument. The noble apostle himself refutes the charge against him implied in their false exegesis by the words with which he continues after the saying just quoted: "What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? God forbid." In this inspired and prophetic way he at once destroys the device of these licentious sophists.'
St. Clement of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 19, 2023, 12:13:12 AM 'Do not argue with people not under obedience to you when they oppose the truth; otherwise you may arouse their hatred.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 19, 2023, 01:37:25 AM 'The pure intellect is occupied either with passion-free conceptual images of human affairs, or with the natural contemplation of things visible or invisible, or with the light of the Holy Trinity.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 21, 2023, 12:11:47 AM 'It is much better to obtain only an ounce of happiness in not risking our salvation, than one hundred pounds in hazarding it.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 21, 2023, 02:46:33 AM 'He who is ignorant of the enemy's ambush is easily slain; and he who does not know the causes of the passions is soon brought low.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 23, 2023, 01:33:53 AM 'He who drives out self-love, the mother of the passions, will with God's help easily rid himself of the rest, such as anger, irritation, rancor and so on. But he who is dominated by self-love is overpowered by the other passions, even against his will. Self-love is the passion of attachment to the body.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 23, 2023, 01:34:12 AM 'These things I have spoken to you, while I am still with you. But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.'
John 14:25-26 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 24, 2023, 04:37:44 PM 'The rewards for the toils of virtue are dispassion and spiritual knowledge. For these are mediators of the kingdom of heaven, just as passions and ignorance are mediators of eternal punishment. It is because of this that he who seeks these rewards for the sake of human glory and not for their intrinsic goodness is rebuked by the words of Scripture, "You ask, and do not receive, because you ask wrongly." (Jas. 4:3)'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 25, 2023, 02:37:32 AM 'If a monk can overcome two things, he can become free from the world. Bodily ease and vain-glory.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 26, 2023, 02:10:50 AM 'In God's Name! The soldiers will fight, and God will give the victory.'
St. Joan of Arc Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 28, 2023, 01:21:11 AM 'Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth.'
Psalm 26:8 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 28, 2023, 01:21:51 AM 'Long-suffering and readiness to forgive curb anger; love and compassion wither it.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 29, 2023, 06:11:06 AM 'I thank God for having preserved me in the integrity of faith in the midst of an age that has brought forth so many heresies and scandalous opinions, and for the grace of never having held any opinion contrary to that of the Church. By a special protection of God, notwithstanding the many dangerous occasions wherein I might have been turned from the right path, I have always been on the side of truth.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 30, 2023, 02:47:44 PM 'Thy mouth is the mouth of Christ; therefore thou mayest not -- I speak not of detractions, nor of lies -- thou mayest not open for idle speeches that mouth which should be reserved only for the praises of God and the edification of thy neighbour.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 01, 2023, 01:14:24 AM 'We must be content with and conformed to His most Holy Will, stripped and destitute of pleasure, friends, consolation, talents, and aware of our lack of virtue.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 01, 2023, 01:14:42 AM 'Avoid disputes, quarrels, slanders and complaints. Do not lend your ears to complaints about yourself, nor allow your heart to become heavy on their account. But bear in mind that nothing so bad can be said of you but that something even worse could be said than what is said!'
The Blessed Virgin, to St. Elizabeth, from 'The Revelations of St. Elizabeth of Toss' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 02, 2023, 07:11:02 AM 'Blessed the one who has hated evil-doing that is full of shame and presented himself as a living sacrifice, well-pleasing to the Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 03, 2023, 10:41:01 AM 'Once humility is acquired, charity will come to life - a burning flame devouring the corruption of vice and filling the heart so full that there is no place for vanity.'
St. Vincent Ferrer Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 04, 2023, 09:46:17 AM 'The Lord is hidden in His own commandments, and He is to be found there in the measure that He is sought.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 05, 2023, 01:05:15 PM 'The tree of life is the knowledge of God; when, being purified, you share in that knowledge you attain immortality.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 06, 2023, 03:36:50 PM 'No one ought to consider himself a true servant of God who is not tried by many temptations and trials.'
St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 07, 2023, 12:37:34 PM 'They will relinquish all amity with the world, so that they may keep that longing continually in their hearts, preferring nothing to it. But few indeed there are who add to a good beginning an equivalent end and who endure without stumbling until they reach it. Many are moved to repentance and many become partakers of heavenly grace and are wounded by divine love; but, unable to bear the ensuing tribulations and the wily and versatile assaults of the devil, they submit to the world and are submerged in its depths through the flabbiness and debility of their will, or are taken captive by some attachment to worldly things. Those who wish to pursue the way with assurance to the end will not permit any other longing or love to intermingle with their divine love.'
St. Symeon Metaphrastis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 08, 2023, 02:21:19 PM 'Before attacking a man, Satan seeks the weakest or least guarded point; then erects his battery, that he may carry his assault.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 09, 2023, 08:10:46 PM 'Know that the more tenderly a son loves his father, the more he fears to offend him. This holy fear will be a curb which will prevent you from committing sin. Love God with an ardent love; place in Him a childlike confidence; let all your words, all your actions, your pains, your sighs, and your tears, be a holocaust offered to His holy love.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 10, 2023, 03:59:44 PM 'Strive to love every man equally, and you will simultaneously expel all the passions.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 11, 2023, 12:16:23 PM 'As for those who run after visions, dreams, and the like, we must lay hold of them by the feet and pull them to the ground by force, lest they should fall into the devil's net.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 13, 2023, 04:19:16 AM 'God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 13, 2023, 04:19:43 AM 'His mother saith to the servants: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.'
John 2:5 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 14, 2023, 08:13:32 PM 'Be very careful to retain peace of heart, because Satan casts his lines in troubled waters.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 15, 2023, 08:37:01 PM 'Go courageously to God, along the way He has traced out for you, steadfastly embracing the means He offers you.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 16, 2023, 11:45:07 AM 'If we love this sovereign Good and forget ourselves, all will be well.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 18, 2023, 12:23:11 AM 'At this sacred banquet contemplate the divine Child, trembling with cold, which He suffered that He might enkindle in our hearts the flames of divine love. Ah! ponder attentively this grand mystery. Consider the inconveniences, the cold, the poverty, the absence of all comforts which Jesus, Mary, and Joseph endured; and I hope that, through the goodness of God, you will form the generous resolution of becoming great saints by the faithful imitation of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 18, 2023, 01:04:52 AM 'You wish to reform the world: reform yourself, otherwise your efforts will be in vain.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 19, 2023, 10:44:47 PM 'Since God Himself is all greatness, He takes pleasure in lowering His greatness to our littleness, that He may be glorified in our infirmity.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 20, 2023, 06:53:03 PM 'This is why he made you to be head of the wife. This is why Paul gave the order: "If wives wish to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home", so that you, like a teacher, a guardian, a patron, might urge her to godliness.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 21, 2023, 02:19:42 AM 'When the intellect, having grown to full maturity in the Lord, wrenches the soul from long-continued prepossession, the heart suffers torments as if on the rack, since intellect and passion drag it in opposite directions.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 22, 2023, 05:21:31 AM 'Enlighten me, O Lord! and make known to me what I must do to be saved, for with Thy help I will do all that Thou requirest of me.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 23, 2023, 04:07:27 AM 'If you succeed in bringing a single soul to heaven, what charity! what a gain! what glory to God!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 25, 2023, 06:45:00 AM 'Prayer is a pasturage, a field, wherein all the virtues find their nourishment, growth, and strength.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 25, 2023, 06:45:22 AM 'Put evil to death so that you will not rise up dead and thus pass from a minor to a major death.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 26, 2023, 02:36:33 AM 'One of the most excellent means of obtaining perseverance is discretion; we must not wish to do everything at once, or become a saint in four days.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 26, 2023, 07:36:56 AM 'Blessed the one who observes with spiritual understanding the choirs of stars shining with glory and the beauty of the heavens and longs to contemplate the Maker of all things.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 27, 2023, 04:26:26 AM 'It would be preferable to suffer all the possible torments of Earth until the Judgment Day than pass one day in Purgatory.'
St. Cyril of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 28, 2023, 05:50:28 AM 'Like Jesus we will say: 'It was truly necessary for suffering to try us and bring us to glory'.'
St. Therese of Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 29, 2023, 09:25:33 AM 'If you want your sins to be "covered" by the Lord (cf. Ps. 32:1), do not display your virtues to others. For whatever we do with our virtues, God will also do with our sins.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 30, 2023, 02:44:43 PM 'After this we know of the resurrection of the dead, the first-fruits of which was our Lord Jesus Christ, who in very deed, and not merely in appearance, carried a body, of Mary Mother of God, who at the end times came to the human race to put away sin, was crucified and died, and yet without any detriment to His divinity, being raised from the dead, taken up into heaven, and seated at the right hand of Majesty.'
St. Alexander of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 31, 2023, 11:11:27 PM 'Therefore God says to this proud man: If thou seekest, according to the nature of the created soul, for such great things as seem at present to be good and for that happiness which belongs to earth, know that they are not, they cannot satisfy nor afford contentment seek rather in heaven, where pride is lawful, and where it is not placed in things empty and vain, but in those which are really great, which always remain and which cause a sinless pride; but if thou seekest after worthless things thou shalt never find them and shalt lost those which thou shouldst have sought.'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 01, 2023, 04:22:49 PM 'I am come with all My divine power, to heal the wounds which cause you pain.'
The Lord, to St. Mechtilde Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 02, 2023, 07:23:40 AM 'Who could ever understand fully that eternal weight of glory which a single moment spent in cheerfully carrying a cross obtains for us? Who could understand the glory gained in Heaven by a year, and sometimes a whole lifetime, of crosses and suffering.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 03, 2023, 11:13:51 AM 'The scrupulous should remit themselves always and in everything to the judgment of their confessor, and accustom themselves to have a contempt for their own scruples.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 04, 2023, 11:07:09 AM 'Science without true humility only inflates; but humility, joined to prayer and confidence in God and the necessary fund of knowledge, moves God, so to speak, to work wonders for the conversion of souls; the conversion of sinners is a work all divine.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 05, 2023, 10:18:22 AM 'First shut out the senses through the practice of stillness and then fight against your memories by cultivating the virtues.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 06, 2023, 07:42:40 AM 'When your poor, restless heart turns by the grace of God towards the divine light, and conceives a wish to fly thither and be consumed therein, speak to God with profound reverence and gratitude of the wonders He did in becoming incarnate, suffering and dying for us.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 07, 2023, 12:29:27 PM 'The Spirit of God does all things in peace. Let us have recourse to God with love and confidence, and He will receive us into the arms of His Mercy.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 08, 2023, 02:12:27 PM 'This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 09, 2023, 06:04:11 PM 'He who opposes unpleasant events opposes the command of God unwittingly. But when someone accepts them with real knowledge, he "waits patiently for the Lord" (Ps. 27; 14).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 10, 2023, 07:04:58 PM 'We should pray earnestly to God to make known to us His will, whatever may be the state He has in store for us. Do not fail to recommend yourself in a special manner to our holy Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, beseeching her to obtain for you the grace perfectly to fulfil the will of her divine Son.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 11, 2023, 09:43:21 AM 'Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 12, 2023, 07:04:48 AM 'When you sit down to eat, pray. When you eat bread, do so thanking Him for being so generous to you. If you drink wine, be mindful of Him who has given it to you for your pleasure and as a relief in sickness. When you dress, thank Him for His kindness in providing you with clothes. When you look at the sky and the beauty of the stars, throw yourself at God's feet and adore Him who in His wisdom has arranged things in this way. Similarly, when the sun goes down and when it rises, when you are asleep or awake, give thanks to God, who created and arranged all things for your benefit, to have you know, love and praise their Creator.'
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 13, 2023, 06:35:43 AM '"You have prepared a table before me . . ." (Ps. 23:5). In this passage, "table" stands for the practice of the virtues, for this has been prepared for us by Christ to use "against those who afflict" us. The "oil" anointing the intellect is the contemplation of created things. The "cup" of God is the knowledge of God. His "mercy" is His divine Logos. For through His incarnation the Logos pursues us "all the days" until He overtakes all those who are to be saved, as He did in the case of Paul (cf. Phil. 3:12). The "house" is the kingdom in which all the saints will dwell. "Length of days" means eternal life.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 14, 2023, 09:04:43 PM 'The intelligence by nature submits to the Logos and disciplines and subjugates the body.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 15, 2023, 09:37:25 PM 'Every wish of a rational creature should be subject to the will of God.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury, 'Cur Deus Homo' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 16, 2023, 10:07:10 PM 'If I wish thee to be deaf, dumb and blind in My presence, must thou not be content to be so?'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 18, 2023, 01:01:06 AM 'Oh, what a profitable exchange to give our hearts to God, and in return to be made the objects of his love. But, because we do not offer him the undivided affections of our souls, he does not bestow upon us all the treasures of his life.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 18, 2023, 01:01:26 AM 'Resignation is all in all to the sick man; he ought to say to God, "Lord, if You want me, here I am, although I have never done any good: do with me what You will.'"
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 19, 2023, 10:50:28 PM 'One of the very best means of obtaining humility, is sincere and frequent confession.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 20, 2023, 08:05:29 PM 'Christ is Master by virtue of His own essence and Master by virtue of His incarnate life. For He creates man from nothing, and through His own Blood redeems him when dead in sin; and to those who believe in Him He has given His grace.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 21, 2023, 01:31:08 AM 'If a man disregards the commandment about prayer, he then commits worse acts of disobedience, each one handing him over to the next like a prisoner.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 23, 2023, 01:13:16 AM 'The benefits to be derived from spiritual reading do not merely consist in impressing on the memory the precepts set forth, but in opening the heart to them, that they may bear fruit.'
St. Louis de Blois Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 23, 2023, 01:13:46 AM 'Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 24, 2023, 02:57:20 AM 'One of our brothers, well-known for his doctrine and holiness, was preaching in Germany. He represented the ugliness of the sin of impurity so forceful that a woman fell dead of sorrow in front of everyone. Then, coming back to life, she said, "When I was presented before the Tribunal of God, sixty thousand people arrived at the same time from all parts of the world; out of that number, three were saved by going to Purgatory, and all the rest were damned."
O abyss of the judgments of God! Out of thirty thousand, only five were saved! And out of sixty thousand, only three went to heaven! You sinners who are listening to me, in what category will you be numbered? . . . What do you say? . . . What do you think?' St. Leonard of Port Maurice Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 25, 2023, 05:12:02 AM 'One should know, before entering the religious life, that he will not remain there, nor find peace, unless he crosses the threshold with his feet tied, that is, unless he makes a sacrifice of his will and judgment.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 26, 2023, 03:55:50 AM 'Our eighth struggle is against the demon of pride, a most sinister demon, fiercer than all that have been discussed up till now. He attacks the perfect above all and seeks to destroy those who have mounted almost to the heights of holiness. Just as a deadly plague destroys not just one member of the body, but the whole of it, so pride corrupts the whole soul, not just part of it. Each of the other passions that trouble the soul attacks and tries to overcome the single virtue which is opposed to it, and so it darkens and troubles the soul only partially. But the passion of pride darkens the soul completely and leads to its utter downfall.
In order to understand more fully what is meant by this, we should look at the problem in the following way. Gluttony tries to destroy self-control; unchastity, moderation; avarice, voluntary poverty; anger, gentleness; and the other forms of vice, their corresponding virtues. But when the vice of pride has become master of our wretched soul, it acts like some harsh tyrant who has gained control of a great city, and destroys it completely, razing it to its foundations. The angel who fell from heaven because of his pride bears witness to this. He had been created by God and adorned with every virtue and all wisdom, but he did not want to ascribe this to the grace of the Lord. He ascribed it to his own nature and as a result regarded himself as equal to God. The prophet rebukes this claim when he says: 'You have said in your heart: "I will sit on a high mountain; I will place my throne upon the clouds and I will be like the Most High." Yet you are a man, and not God' (cf. Isa. 14:13-14). And again, another prophet says, 'Why do you boast of your wickedness, O mighty man?' and he continues in this same vein (Ps. 52:1). Since we are aware of this we should feel fear and guard our hearts with extreme care from the deadly spirit of pride. When we have attained some degree of holiness we should always repeat to ourselves the words of the Apostle: "Yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me' (1 Cor. 15:10), as well as what was said by the Lord: 'Without Me you can do nothing' (John 15:5). We should also bear in mind what the prophet said: 'Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain that build it' (Ps. 127:1), and finally: 'It does not depend on-man's will or effort, but on God's mercy (Rom. 9:16).' St. John Cassian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 27, 2023, 02:03:43 AM 'When you sin, blame your thought, not your action. For had your intellect not run ahead, your body would not have followed.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 28, 2023, 04:14:06 AM 'Everyone -- past, present, and future -- will be judged. Now, then, is the time for mercy, while the time to come will be the time for justice only. For that reason, the present time is ours, but the future time will be God's only!'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 29, 2023, 05:52:49 AM 'In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life's different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship but to keep her on her course.'
St. Boniface Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 30, 2023, 08:31:28 AM 'If you wish to end your undertakings happily, learn how to give yourself up to them without desiring any return to yourself.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 01, 2023, 06:13:56 PM 'What sort of a bride art thou who dost not recommend the Church to God every day?'
St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, to a sister Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 03, 2023, 01:04:41 AM 'Cling to God, and leave all the rest to Him: He will not let you perish. Your soul is very dear to Him, He wishes to save it.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 03, 2023, 01:05:48 AM 'We must show charity towards the sick, who are in greater need of help. Let us take them some small gift if they are poor, or, at least, let us go and wait on them and comfort them.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 04, 2023, 03:55:30 AM 'The hermit's cell is the meeting-place of God and man, a cross-roads for those who dwell in the flesh and heavenly things. For there the citizens of heaven hold intercourse with men, not in the language of the flesh, but by being made manifest, without any clamour of tongues, to the rich and secret places of the soul.'
St. Peter Damian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 05, 2023, 04:13:20 AM 'By deceiving Adam and in this way gaining mastery over him, the devil deprived him of his authority and proclaimed himself lord of this world. For in the beginning God appointed man to be the lord of this world and the master of visible things (cf. Gen. 1:26). On this account, fire had no power over him, water did not drown him, no animal injured him, poisonous snakes had no effect on him. But once he had been deceived, he surrendered his lordship to his deceiver. For this reason sorcerers and magicians, through the use of diabolic energy, become with God's permission miracle-workers: they have power over poisonous snakes and they challenge fire and water, as was exemplified by the followers of Jannes and Jambres who opposed Moses (cf. Exod. 7-8; 2 Tim. 3:8), and by the Simon who resisted the chief apostle, Peter. (cf. Acts 8:18-24)'
St. Symeon Metaphrastis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 06, 2023, 09:59:33 AM 'Whatever we do without prayer and without hope in God turns out afterwards to be harmful and defective.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 07, 2023, 06:40:28 AM '"And now I say to you: 'Gather all your substance within the enclosure of the walls that the Lombards may not take it, and fortify yourselves in the strongest places.'" At these words all stood gaping and they said goodbye and returned home with great admiration. He also said to the monks: "You, too, depart from the place and take with you what you have. For behold the people I have named draw near." But when they replied: "We will not leave you, most holy father," he said to them: "Don't fear for me; for they will offer me insults but they will not harm me unto death." The monks went away and that people came and laying waste all they found, they came to the place where the holy recluse of God was. And he showed himself to them at the window of the tower. They went all round the tower but could find no entrance by which they could come to him. Then two climbed up and pulled the roof off, and seeing him bound with chains and clad in a hair shirt they said: "Here is a malefactor who has killed a man and therefore is kept bound in these fetters." They called an interpreter and asked him what crime he had committed to be so confined in punishment. And he confessed that he was a homicide and guilty of all crime. Then one of them drew his sword to strike at his head, but his lifted right arm stiffened in the very act of striking and he could not draw it back to him. He let go the sword and let it fall on the ground. Seeing this, his comrades raised a shout to heaven begging the saint to declare to them kindly what they were to do. And he made the sign of salvation and restored the arm to health. The man was converted on the spot and received the tonsure and is now reckoned a most faithful monk.'
St. Gregory of Tours Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 08, 2023, 10:24:11 AM 'Do not consider what others do, or how they do it; for there are but few who really work for their own sanctification.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 09, 2023, 07:03:07 PM 'I am surprised that after telling me in your first letter that you will stay where you are as long as I wish and that you are leaving yourself entirely in my hands to do with you all that I wish (the best frame of mind you could have), you would write me quite the opposite five days later. You must have a very changeable mind. Because this is a temptation, you must try to recognize it and to humble yourself for such weakness. Let your knowledge of it make you resolve never to follow your mind's whims. This is extremely important for you.'
St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 11, 2023, 03:14:32 AM 'Rouse thyself, my soul; rouse thyself, and let the fire of a love from heaven blaze in thy inmost parts, and learn thou carefully the dignity bestowed on thee by thy Lord God; and learning, love; and loving, revere. . .'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 11, 2023, 03:16:19 AM 'May you no longer have any liberty except to love Him. May no other light illumine your soul, no other aim absorb your heart than that of His pure love which keeps Him a prisoner in the Blessed Sacrament. You will ask Him, through the merits of this captivity, to set free His poor prisoners in Purgatory.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 12, 2023, 07:02:06 PM 'O my Divine Savior,
Transform me into Yourself. May my hands be the hands of Jesus. Grant that every faculty of my body May serve only to glorify You. Above all, Transform my soul and all its powers So that my memory, will and affection May be the memory, will and affections Of Jesus. I pray You To destroy in me all that is not of You. Grant that I may live but in You, by You and for You, So that I may truly say, with Saint Paul, "I live - now not I - But Christ lives in me."' Bl. Jean-Gabriel Perboyre Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 13, 2023, 10:09:24 AM 'Stillness, prayer, love and self-control are a four-horsed chariot bearing the intellect to heaven.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 14, 2023, 11:46:55 PM 'God, who is eternal, limitless and infinite, has promised eternal, limitless and inexpressible blessings to those who obey him.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 15, 2023, 09:46:14 PM 'Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 17, 2023, 01:22:52 AM 'I saw the Son of Man, and he said to me, "Have no fear! I am the First and the Last. I was dead and now I am to live for ever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and of the underworld."'
Apocalypse 1:17-18 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 17, 2023, 01:23:07 AM 'Pray in peace and serenity, sing intelligently and in a good state - and you will be like a young eagle soaring high in the sky.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 18, 2023, 03:48:41 AM 'In the servants of God it is not the numbers I seek but the merit; I like better to see them distinguish themselves by their deeds than by their name or habit.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 20, 2023, 12:51:17 AM 'To cling always to God and to the things of God - this must be our major effort, this must be the road that the heart follows unswervingly.'
St. John Cassian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 20, 2023, 01:11:35 AM 'Without knowledge, no power.
Without knowledge, no wisdom. Without knowledge, no freedom. Without knowledge, no beauty. Without knowledge, no nobleness. Without knowledge, no victory. Without knowledge, no honour. Without knowledge, no God.' St. Cadoc Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 21, 2023, 05:13:22 AM 'What idea do you have of me? The Holy Virgin only chose me because I was the most ignorant. If she could have found someone else more ignorant, she would have chosen her.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 22, 2023, 04:16:47 AM 'To suffer is not enough: the evil one and the world have their martyrs. We must suffer and carry our cross in the footsteps of Christ.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 23, 2023, 03:23:32 AM 'Live always in the certainty that whatever happens to you is the result of divine Providence; because nothing hard or laborious falls to your lot without the Lord permitting it.'
St. Louis de Blois Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 24, 2023, 01:45:05 AM 'As much love as we give to creatures, just so much we steal from the Creator.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 25, 2023, 05:24:15 AM 'When the intellect was deadened by the breaking of the commandment, the death of the body was a necessary consequence.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 26, 2023, 06:20:07 AM 'Consider the shortness of time, the length of eternity and reflect how everything here below comes to an end and passes by. Of what use is it to lean upon that which cannot give support?'
St. Gerard Majella Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 27, 2023, 06:59:26 AM 'The least grain of pride is sufficient to overturn a mountain of holiness; allow yourself, therefore, to be penetrated by a deep sense of your own misery. Be dead to all that is not God; keep yourself detached from every creature, in perfect interior solitude. All this will be easy to you if you make yourself little, for God loves childlike souls, and teaches them that exalted wisdom which is hidden from the wise of this world.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 28, 2023, 07:30:18 AM 'My children, some people make bad confessions without taking any notice of it. These persons say, "I do not know what is the matter with me" . . . They are tormented, and they do not know why. They have not that agility which makes one go straight to the good God; they have something heavy and weary about them which fatigues them. My children, that is because of sins that remain, often even venial sins, for which one has some affection. There are some people who, indeed, tell everything, but they have no repentance; and they go at once to Holy Communion. Thus the Blood of Our Lord is profaned! They go to the Holy Table with a sort of weariness. They say, "Yet, I accused myself of all my sins. . . I do not know what is the matter with me." There is an unworthy Communion, and they were hardly aware of it!'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 29, 2023, 03:21:09 AM 'I will not let you kick, nor will I feed you with corn, but with chaff; I will tame you by hunger and thirst; I will load you with heavy weights, and accustom you to heat and cold, so that you shall think more of food than of pleasure.'
St. Hilarian, addressing his body Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 30, 2023, 12:04:13 PM 'Distress that accords with God's will puts an end to sensual pleasure, and the destruction of such pleasure is the soul's resurrection.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 31, 2023, 04:56:20 AM 'And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments. He who saith that he knoweth him, and keepeth not his commandments: is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
But he that keepeth his word, in him in very deed the charity of God is perfected; and by this we know that we are in him.' 1 John 2:3-5 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 01, 2023, 05:28:10 AM 'Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. [Mt 6.26]
The birds are the saints, who fly to heaven on the wings of contemplation, who are so removed from the world that they have no business on earth. They do not labour, but by contemplation alone they already live in heaven.' St. Anthony of Padua Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 02, 2023, 08:07:43 PM 'Give to your little girls these three things to remember: "There is only one God. Only one soul. Only one eternity."'
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 03, 2023, 07:03:51 PM 'Avoid the heretic, after a first and second correction, knowing that such a man is subverted and sins, since he is condemned by his own judgment.'
Titus 3, 10-11 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 04, 2023, 08:36:24 AM 'If you follow neither rule nor measure, you turn the good into evil, virtue into vice.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 05, 2023, 09:50:14 AM 'Dearly beloved, taking all care to write unto you concerning your common salvation, I was under a necessity to write unto you, to beseech you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. For certain men are secretly entered in (who were written of long ago unto this judgment), ungodly men, turning the grace of Our Lord God unto riotousness, and denying their only Sovereign Ruler, and our Lord Jesus Christ.'
Jude 3-4 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 06, 2023, 07:13:56 PM 'Jesus, keep me under the standard of your cross. May the crucifix not be just something I wear, something I look at, but let it be alive in my heart. Let me be transformed into a living crucifixion, in union with you through the Eucharist. By meditating on your life and the most intimate feelings of your heart, let me draw souls to you from high on this cross where your love holds me forever.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 07, 2023, 09:01:07 PM 'While passions such as forgetfulness and ignorance affect but one of the soul's three aspects - the incensive, the desiring or the intelligent - listlessness alone seizes control of all the soul's powers and rouses almost all the passions together. That is why this passion is more serious than all the others. Hence our Lord has given us an excellent remedy against it, saying: "You will gain possession of your souls through your patient endurance' (Luke 21:19).'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 08, 2023, 05:19:31 PM 'When we misuse the soul's powers their evil aspects dominate us. For instance, misuse of our power of intelligence results in ignorance and stupidity; misuse of our incensive power and of our desire produces hatred and licentiousness. The proper use of these powers produces spiritual knowledge, moral judgment, love and self-restraint. This being so, nothing created and given existence by God is evil.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 09, 2023, 03:40:25 PM 'We should always look to God as in ourselves, no matter in what manner we meditate upon Him, so as to accustom ourselves to dwell in His divine presence. For when we behold Him within our souls, all our powers and faculties, and even our senses, are recollected within us. If we look at God apart from ourselves we are easily distracted by exterior objects.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 10, 2023, 03:09:35 AM 'He who is easily overcome by the lesser will inevitably be enslaved by the greater. But he who is superior to the lesser will also with the Lord's help resist the greater.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 11, 2023, 06:31:16 PM 'Evil thoughts are an abomination to the Lord: and pure words most beautiful shall be confirmed by him.'
Proverbs 15:26 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 12, 2023, 02:05:12 AM 'The experience of suffering afflicts the senses; distress annuls sensual pleasure.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 13, 2023, 02:38:12 AM 'Take every opportunity to pour oil and wine on wounds as Jesus did, not vinegar, and without regard to person. Or like Jesus, reach out to the poorest, to those who are suffering most, to the most humble, the most abandoned. In the future, be more charitable to others, recognize both their physical and spiritual poverty.
For love of Jesus and to glorify God, I will generously accept privations, suffering and mortifications as Jesus and Mary did.' St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 15, 2023, 01:12:57 AM 'Take advantage of little sufferings even more than of great ones. God considers not so much what we suffer as how we suffer. . . Turn everything to profit as the grocer does in his shop.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 15, 2023, 02:43:58 AM 'The air that we breathe, the bread that we eat, the heart which throbs in our bosoms, are not more necessary for man that he may live as a human being, than is prayer for the Christian that he may live as a Christian.'
St. Jean Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 16, 2023, 02:56:07 AM 'Make haste, I beseech you, and rather cut than loosen the rope by which your bark is bound fast to the land; that is, break at once all ties that bind you to the world.'
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 18, 2023, 01:49:58 AM 'Let all our actions be directed to the end that God may be glorified in all things.'
St. Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 18, 2023, 02:13:14 AM 'Perfection cannot be attained without the greatest toil.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 19, 2023, 03:14:25 AM 'There is no such thing as bad weather. All weather is good because it is God's.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 20, 2023, 03:52:28 AM 'Also, it is not less necessary to keep a close guard on thoughts of the mind, since the devil sometimes puts good and holy thoughts in the mind to deceive it under the appearance of virtue, and after that, in order to show what it is, tries and assaults one strongly with the vice which is contrary to this virtue. This the enemy does in order to be able to entice the person into the ditch of desperation.'
St. Catherine of Bologna Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 21, 2023, 06:37:49 AM 'We cannot entertain a passion in our mind unless we have a love for its cause.
For what man, who cares nothing about being put to shame, entertains thoughts of self-esteem? Or who welcomes contempt and yet is disturbed by dishonour? And who has 'a broken and contrite heart' (Ps. 51:17) and yet indulges in carnal pleasure? Or who puts his trust in Christ and yet worries or quarrels about transitory things?' St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 23, 2023, 11:42:56 AM 'My dear ones, time is always so short. It is a great grace to take care of this sick friar. I must stay with him in his cell. I am glad to do it. I am in excellent health. I am very happy. I perform my religious duties and my work here is not as hard as it was at home. I wish you all the best. We are living in times when every devout soul must shudder. It looks as if the powers of hell were loosed and trying to ruin all that is good and religious. But the Lord is kind and merciful. . . '
St. Conrad of Parzham Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 24, 2023, 07:49:59 AM 'You ought to make every effort to free yourselves even from venial sin, and to do what is most perfect.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 25, 2023, 06:36:04 AM 'Directly that your worldly friends perceive that you aim at leading a devout life, they will let loose endless shafts of mockery and misrepresentation upon you; the more malicious will attribute your change to hypocrisy, designing, or bigotry; they will affirm that the world having looked coldly upon you, failing its favour you turn to God; while your friends will make a series of what, from their point of view, are prudent and charitable remonstrances. They will tell you that you are growing morbid; that you will lose your worldly credit, and will make yourself unacceptable to the world; they will prognosticate your premature old age, the ruin of your material prosperity; they will tell you that in the world you must live as the world does; that you can be saved without all this fuss; and much more of the like nature.
My daughter, all this is vain and foolish talk: these people have no real regard either for your bodily health or your material prosperity. "If ye were of the world," the Saviour has said, "the world would love his own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you."' St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 26, 2023, 06:16:26 AM 'Since then the only-begotten Son of God has been sent from the Father as propitiation for the world, may we, the blind, see again, we captives be freed, we oppressed be forgiven. Who is blind? One short-sighted through attachment to the passions. Who is captive? One led away by unseemly thoughts. Who is oppressed? One broken by sins. The Lord heals them; for he is a physician of souls as well as bodies. . . Let no one then remain unenlightened and unhealed, but let them draw near with faith and they will receive blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God their Saviour [Ps. 23:5].'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 27, 2023, 05:40:28 PM 'You have not yet acquired perfect love if your regard for people is still swayed by their characters - for example, if, for some particular reason, you love one person and hate another, or if for the same reason you sometimes love and sometimes hate the same person.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 28, 2023, 06:05:58 PM 'Do not rebuke a forceful man for arrogance, but point out to him the danger of dishonor; if he has any sense he will accept this kind of rebuke.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 29, 2023, 08:31:59 AM 'We should not be quick at correcting others, but rather to think of ourselves first.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 30, 2023, 04:40:34 PM 'The kingdom of God is within you. Reanimate your faith often when you study, work, or eat; when you retire to rest, or rise in the morning. Make some loving aspirations to God, such as: "O Infinite Goodness!" or other prayer, and let your soul be penetrated by these pious sentiments as by a precious balm. This great God is nearer to you, so to speak, than you are to yourself.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 01, 2023, 03:51:09 PM 'He only asks of you abandonment and perfect submission. Nothing displeases Him so much as your uneasiness and despondency. What do you fear? Is He not powerful enough to support you? Why, then, are you so reserved with Him? Let Him act!'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 02, 2023, 10:50:10 PM 'He is perfect in the school of Christ who despises being despised, rejoices in self-contempt, and accounts himself to be very nothingness.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 03, 2023, 02:44:13 PM 'More and more did the love of God, and my fear of him and faith increase, and my spirit was moved so that in a day -- from one up to a hundred prayers, and in the night a like number; besides I used to stay out in the forests and on the mountain and I would wake up before daylight to pray in the snow, in icy coldness, in rain, and I used to feel neither ill nor any slothfulness, because, as I now see, the Spirit was burning in me at that time.'
St. Patrick Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 04, 2023, 01:43:14 PM 'We ought to hope for and love the glory of God by means of a good life.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 05, 2023, 09:09:11 AM 'It is true that wicked men do many things contrary to God's will; but so great is His wisdom and power, that all things which seem adverse to His purpose do still tend towards those just and good ends and issues which He Himself has foreknown. And consequently, when God is said to change His will, as when, e.g., He becomes angry with those to whom He was gentle, it is rather they than He who are changed, and they find Him changed in so far as their experience of suffering at His hand is new, as the sun is changed to injured eyes, and becomes as it were fierce from being mild, and hurtful from being delightful, though in itself it remains the same as it was.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 06, 2023, 10:52:21 PM 'In general, distress arises from the privation of pleasure, whether it be of a worldly kind or relate to God.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 07, 2023, 03:08:07 PM 'He who is unable to spend a long time together in prayer, should often lift up his mind to God by short prayers.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 08, 2023, 11:38:22 AM 'A virtuous life consists in mortifying vices, sins, bad thoughts, and evil affections, and in exercising ourselves in the acquisition of holy virtues.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 09, 2023, 10:52:43 PM 'Prayer without fervor has not sufficient strength to rise to heaven.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 10, 2023, 02:45:46 AM 'St. Bernard says that poverty was not to be found in heaven, it existed only on earth; but that man, not knowing its value, did not seek after it. Therefore the Son of God came down from heaven to this earth, and chose it for his companion throughout his whole life, that by his example he might also render it precious and desirable to us: "Poverty was not found in heaven, but she was well known on earth, and men knew not her excellence. So the Son of God loved her, and came down from heaven to take her to himself, that we might learn to value her when we see how he regards her."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 10, 2023, 02:48:44 AM 'To pray well requires the whole man.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 12, 2023, 12:58:27 AM 'For if our Lord and God was arrested for our sins, is it a great matter if we unprofitable servants should also be arrested for his sake? And if he was bound and led away and put in prison, is it so strange should we suffer the same treatment as the Master? Rather it would be exceedingly grievous not to encounter such things. But if we must be scourged, let us bear the scourges; and if we must be beaten, let us bear the beatings; and we have to be spat on, let us bear the spittings; and finally if we must be put to death, let us bear that revered death. And good it is if anyone were to be found worthy to become a partaker in Christ's sufferings. This is blessedness, this is immortality. Do we not hear what the Apostle says? From now on, let no one make trouble for me; for I carry the marks of the Lord Jesus branded on my body [Gal. 6:17]. As though he were saying: Let no one despise me, for I bear the adornments of Christ the universal King in my flesh.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 13, 2023, 02:04:07 AM 'If you pray truly, you will receive assurances of many things, and angels will come to you as they came to Daniel, and will enlighten you with understanding of causes, the wherefore of all things.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 13, 2023, 02:05:37 AM 'Let us ask Him to strengthen our weakness, to enrich our poverty, to soften the hardness of our hearts so as to make them susceptible to His pure love, which will not be content with a divided heart.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 14, 2023, 02:19:13 AM 'Control your stomach, sleep, anger and tongue, and you will not "dash your foot against a stone"(Ps. 91:12).'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 15, 2023, 06:26:29 AM 'Now although man is created for the possession of happiness, yet, having deviated from his true end, his nature has become deformed and is entirely repugnant to true beatitude. And on this account we are forced to submit to God this depraved nature of ours which fills our understanding with so many occupations, and causes us to deviate from the true path, in order that he may entirely consume it until nothing remains there but himself; otherwise the soul could never attain stability nor repose, for she was created for no other end.'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 16, 2023, 07:37:27 AM 'I therefore, yet not I, but the love of Jesus Christ, entreat you that you use Christian nourishment only, and abstain from herbage of a different kind; I mean heresy. For those [that are given to this] mix up Jesus Christ with their own poison, speaking things which are unworthy of credit, like those who administer a deadly drug in sweet wine, which he who is ignorant of does greedily take, with a fatal pleasure leading to his own death.'
St. Ignatius of Antioch Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 17, 2023, 03:10:55 AM 'Even in this desert we have often seen some people admit that when they were living in the cenobia of Syria they were easily able to go without eating for five days, whereas now they are so hungry at the third that they can hardly keep the daily fast until the ninth hour. When someone asked why, after having lived in a cenobium where he felt no hunger and often disdained to eat for whole weeks, he should now be hungry at the third hour, Macarius replied pointedly: "Because here there is no one to see you fasting and to support and sustain you with his praises. But there the attention of others and the food of vainglory filled you to repletion."'
St. John Cassian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 18, 2023, 02:25:57 AM 'Unquestioning acceptance of tradition is helpful for a gentle person, for then he will not try God's patience or often fall into sin.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 19, 2023, 07:32:20 AM 'On awaking, enter in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and consecrate to It your body, your soul, your heart and your whole being, so as to live but for Its love and glory alone.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 20, 2023, 04:09:06 PM 'In the persons who are going on intensely cleansing their sins and rising from good to better in the service of God our Lord, it is the method contrary to that in the first Rule, for then it is the way of the evil spirit to bite, sadden and put obstacles, disquieting with false reasons, that one may not go on; and it is proper to the good to give courage and strength, consolations, tears, inspirations and quiet, easing, and putting away all obstacles, that one may go on in well doing.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola, 'Spiritual Exercises' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 21, 2023, 12:20:56 PM 'Of which kind of illusions it is well said in the Proverbs: "There are ways which seem to be right to a man, but their latter end will come into the depths of Hell," and again "An evil man is harmful when he attaches himself to a good man," i.e., the devil deceives when he is covered with an appearance of sanctity: "but he hates the sound of the watchman," i.e., the power of discretion which comes from the words and warnings of the fathers.'
St. Moses the Black Hermit Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 23, 2023, 05:05:57 AM 'Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.'
St. Thomas More Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 23, 2023, 05:06:13 AM 'Blessed the one who has shone by the light of faith of the Lord, like a radiant lamp on a tall lampstand, and has enlightened souls that are darkened, for they followed the heresy of the faithless and impious.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 24, 2023, 12:42:36 PM 'The decree then being passed that the Divine Son should be made man, and so become the Redeemer of men, the Archangel Gabriel speeds on his way to Mary. Mary accepts him for her Son: And the Word was made flesh. And thus behold Jesus in the womb of Mary; having now made his entry into the world in all humility and obedience, he says: "Since, O my Father, men cannot make atonement to Thy offended justice by their works and sacrifices, behold me, Thy Son, now clothed in mortal flesh, behold me ready to give Thee in their stead satisfaction with my sufferings and with my death!"'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 25, 2023, 06:29:14 AM 'And it came to pass, that when they were there, her days were accomplished, that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds watching, and keeping the night watches over their flock. And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the brightness of God shone round about them; and they feared with a great fear.'
Luke 2:6-9 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 26, 2023, 05:07:06 PM 'Oh that I also could say to Thee, O holy Infant, with thy dear St. Francis, "My God and my All!" and with David, What have I in heaven? and besides Thee, what do I desire upon earth? . . . God of my heart, and the God that is my portion forever; so that from this day forth I might desire no other riches but those of Thy love, and that my heart might be no more under the dominion of the vanities of the world, but that Thou alone, my love, mightest be its only Lord.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 27, 2023, 09:31:20 PM 'Oh, what a sweet hermitage for a soul that has faith in the stable of Bethlehem!'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 28, 2023, 05:19:38 AM 'Ah! the God of truth loves the truth. Now, he who knows his nothingness, and acknowledges it, knows the truth.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 29, 2023, 03:49:39 PM 'Be generous, and remember that you ought to walk in the footsteps of your Redeemer.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 30, 2023, 09:33:40 PM '"In the company of the innocent, you will be innocent; in the company of the elect, you will be elect; and in a crooked man's company you will go wrong." [Ps. 18:26,27]
Let us, then, follow the innocent and the upright. They, it is, who are God's elect.' Pope St. Clement I of Rome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 01, 2024, 01:29:50 AM 'To obtain the love of God, I will call to mind the favors I have received from Him.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 01, 2024, 10:21:48 PM 'Be careful to keep yourself hidden from creatures, and visible to God only, by an earnest desire for His greater glory, by a profound contempt of yourself, by the practice of all virtues, especially humility, patience, gentleness, peace of heart, and by a perfect evenness of temper towards all persons with whom you come in contact.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 03, 2024, 12:30:49 AM 'If you want spiritual health, listen to your conscience, do all it tells you, and you will benefit.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 03, 2024, 09:53:19 PM 'Everything we say or do without prayer afterwards turns out to be unreliable or harmful, and so shows us up without our realizing it.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 04, 2024, 11:33:33 PM 'Religion clean and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation: and to keep one's self unstained from this world.'
James 1:27 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 06, 2024, 12:15:46 AM 'Blessed the one who observes with spiritual understanding the choirs of stars shining with glory and the beauty of the heavens and longs to contemplate the Maker of all things.' St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 06, 2024, 06:04:19 AM 'The law of freedom teaches the whole truth. Many read about it in a theoretical way, but few really understand it, and these only in the degree to which they practice the commandments.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 08, 2024, 02:41:56 AM 'He who does little, but in a state to which God calls him, does more than he who labours much, but in a state which he has thoughtlessly chosen: a cripple limping in the right way is better than a racer out of it.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 08, 2024, 02:42:36 AM 'Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning taketh hold of the ends of joy.'
Proverbs 14:13 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 09, 2024, 04:47:08 AM '"But I say to you," says the Lord, "love your enemies. . . do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you" (Matt. 5:44). Why did He command this? To free you from hatred, irritation, anger and rancor, and to make you worthy of the supreme gift of perfect love. And you cannot attain such love if you do not imitate God and love all men equally. For God loves all men equally and wishes them "to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth" (1 Tim. 2:4).'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 10, 2024, 07:37:28 PM 'God, being infinite goodness, desires only our good and to communicate to us his own happiness. When he chastises us, it is because we have obliged him to do so by our sins.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 11, 2024, 08:20:55 AM 'May I die, for the love of Thy love, O Jesus! who hast died for the love of my love.'
St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 12, 2024, 10:23:13 AM 'God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 13, 2024, 07:42:12 AM 'Laying away all malice, and all guile, and simulations, and envies, and all detractions, as infants even now born, reasonable, the milk without guile desire ye, that in it you may grow unto salvation: if yet you have tasted that our Lord is sweet.'
1 Peter 2:3 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 14, 2024, 05:10:12 AM 'The hypocrite, like the false prophet, is betrayed by his words and actions.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 15, 2024, 07:32:25 AM 'Unless a man hates all the activity of this world, he cannot worship God. What then is meant by the worship of God? It means that we have nothing extraneous in our intellect when we are praying to Him: neither sensual pleasure as we bless Him, nor malice as we sing His praise, nor hatred as we exalt Him, nor jealousy to hinder us as we speak to Him and call Him to mind. For all these things are full of darkness; they are a wall imprisoning our wretched soul, and if the soul has them in itself it cannot worship God with purity. They obstruct its ascent and prevent it from meeting God; they hinder it from blessing Him inwardly and praying to Him with sweetness of heart, and so receiving His illumination. As a result the intellect is always shrouded in darkness and cannot advance in holiness, because it does not make the effort to uproot these thoughts by means of spiritual knowledge.'
St. Isaiah the Solitary Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 16, 2024, 10:56:43 AM 'Blessed the one who stands in the assembly and prays like an Angel from heaven, keeping his thoughts pure day by day, and has given no entrance to the Evil One to make his soul a prisoner, far from God his Saviour.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 17, 2024, 05:32:45 AM 'Yes, the priest stands at the altar, the priest stands there and makes a long supplication, not in order that fire from heaven may consume the things that lie to open view, but that grace, lighting on the Sacrifice, may thereby in flame the souls of all, and show them brighter than silver purified in the fire. Art thou ignorant that the soul of man could never bear this fire of the Sacrifice, but that all would be utterly consumed, were not the aid of the grace of God abundant? For if one would but consider how great a thing it is for a mortal, and one still clothed with flesh and blood, to be enabled to be nigh to that blessed and immortal nature, he would then see how great an honor the grace of the Spirit has vouchsafed to priests.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 19, 2024, 04:41:23 AM 'Long-suffering and readiness to forgive curb anger; love and compassion wither it.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 19, 2024, 04:42:25 AM 'Vigilance is rendered necessary and indispensable, not only by the dangers that surround us, but by the delicacy, the extreme difficulty of the work we all have to engage in, the work of our salvation.'
Ven. Louis de Granada Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 21, 2024, 10:25:01 AM 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.'
John 1:1 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 21, 2024, 10:25:14 AM 'Blessed the one who keeps in mind the fire that came down on Mount Sinai and the sounds of the trumpets and Moses standing there with fear and trembling and who does not neglect his own salvation.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 22, 2024, 06:18:18 PM 'Consider the pains which martyrs have endured, and think how even now many people are bearing afflictions beyond all measure greater than yours, and say, "Of a truth my trouble is comfort, my torments are but roses as compared to those whose life is a continual death, without solace, or aid or consolation, borne down with a weight of grief tenfold greater than mine."
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 23, 2024, 08:18:47 PM 'He who stands in awe of God searches for the divine principles that God has implanted in creation; the lover of truth finds them.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 24, 2024, 04:07:47 PM 'In this golden ciborium I put your Sacramental Communions. In this silver ciborium I put your Spiritual Communions. Both ciboriums are quite pleasing to Me.'
The Lord, to St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 25, 2024, 10:36:40 PM 'We should not wish to see or do anything which could not be done in the presence of God and His creatures, and we shall thus imagine that we are always in His presence.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 27, 2024, 11:34:19 PM 'The intellect is perfect when transformed by spiritual knowledge; the soul is perfect when permeated by the virtues.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 27, 2024, 11:34:37 PM 'When during prayer no conceptual image of anything worldly disturbs your intellect, then know that you are within the realm of dispassion.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 29, 2024, 01:15:02 AM 'Let all our hopes centre in the Infinite Goodness; let us give thanks to our Crucified Love when He deprives us of all human aid, and let us place still greater confidence in His fatherly goodness.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 29, 2024, 02:43:08 AM 'May the peace of the adorable Heart of Jesus Christ ever fill our hearts, so that nothing may be able to disturb our serenity!'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 30, 2024, 10:25:11 PM 'I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
Blessed are they that wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb: that their power may be in the tree of life, and they may enter in by the gates into the city. Without are dogs and sorcerers, and the unchaste, and murderers, and servers of Idols, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.' Apocalypse 22:13-15 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 01, 2024, 12:04:49 AM 'And Asa did that which was good and pleasing in the sight of his God, and he overthrew the altars of strange service, and the excesses, and brake the statues, and cut down the groves.'
2 Paralipomenon 14:2-3 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 01, 2024, 03:14:39 AM 'What contentment will that Christian enjoy at the hour of death who has left the world to give himself to God; who has denied his senses all unlawful gratifications: and who, if he has on some occasions been wanting, has at last been wise enough afterwards to do worthy penance for it.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 03, 2024, 12:09:45 AM 'And he said to him: Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord: and behold the Lord passeth, and a great and strong wind before the Lord over throwing the mountains, and breaking the rocks in pieces: the Lord is not in the wind, and after the wind an earthquake: the Lord is not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake a fire: the Lord is not in the fire, and after the fire a whistling of a gentle air.
And when Elias heard it, he covered his face with his mantle, and coming forth stood in the entering in of the cave, and behold a voice unto him, saying: What dost thou here, Elias? And he answered: With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant: they have destroyed thy altars, they have slain thy prophets with the sword, and I alone am left, and they seek my life to take it away.' 3 Kings 19:11-14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 03, 2024, 02:49:40 AM 'If a man has attained to that which the Apostles speaks of "to the pure, everything is pure," (Titus 1:15) he sees himself less than all creatures.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 05, 2024, 05:58:03 AM 'Apply thyself to sacred studies, and fix thy thoughts on the blessings that are of God. Leave temporal things behind, and make for the eternal.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 05, 2024, 06:02:11 AM '. . . those wounds which were scattered over the body of our Lord, were all united in the single heart of Mary.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 06, 2024, 04:00:07 AM 'You have only to unite yourself in all that you do to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ. At the beginning of your actions, make His dispositions your own, and at the end offer His merits as satisfaction. For instance you cannot pray: Be satisfied to unite yourself with the prayer our divine Saviour makes for us in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, and offer His ardor to make reparation for your lukewarmness. Say before each of your actions: My God I will do or suffer this in the Sacred Heart of Thy divine Son, and according to His most holy intentions, which I offer Thee to atone for all that is imperfect in mine.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 07, 2024, 07:53:00 AM 'The Lord has created intelligent and noetic beings with a capacity to receive the Spirit and to attain knowledge of Himself; He has brought into existence the senses and sense objects to serve such beings.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 08, 2024, 10:34:15 AM 'The demons either tempt us themselves or arm against us those who have no fear of the Lord. They tempt us themselves when we withdraw from human society, as they, tempted our Lord in the desert. They tempt us through other people when we spend our time in the company of others, as they tempted our Lord through the Pharisees. But whichever line of attack they choose, let us repel them by keeping our gaze fixed on the Lord's example.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 09, 2024, 10:46:08 AM 'O Charity! how tender, how rich, how powerful art thou! He who possesseth not thee, hath nothing. Thou couldst change God into man. Thou hast overcome death, by teaching a God to die.'
St. Zeno Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 10, 2024, 11:01:55 AM 'To have nothing, to be able to do nothing, to know nothing! and God will cause to spring from this nothingness the work of His greatest glory.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 11, 2024, 05:28:32 AM 'Yes, dear reader, before your Baptism you were a member of Satan, and now you are a member of Jesus Christ; you were a child of the devil, and now you are the child of God; you were a base associate of Satan, and you have become the sacred spouse of the Holy Ghost; you were the inheritor of the pains of hell, and now you are the heir of heaven; you were separated from your God, and you are united to him in most intimate union. Behold what you are, if you have still preserved the grace of your Baptism. But, alas! if you have lost it through mortal sin, the holy union which you contracted with God is broken.'
St. Jean Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 12, 2024, 11:28:00 AM 'He who does not understand God's judgments walks on a ridge like a knife-edge and is easily unbalanced by every puff of wind. When praised, he exults; when criticized, he feels bitter. When he feasts, he makes a pig of himself; and when he suffers hardship, he moans and groans. When he understands, he shows off; and when he does not understand, he pretends that he does. When rich, he is boastful; and when in poverty, he plays the hypocrite. Gorged, he grows brazen; and when he fasts, he becomes arrogant. He quarrels with those who reprove him; and those who forgive him he regards as fools.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 13, 2024, 08:41:47 AM 'Just as a lioness does not make friends with a calf, so impudence does not gladly admit the remorse that accords with God's will.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 14, 2024, 06:54:59 PM 'Brethren and fathers, it is a universal law on this day for those who live in the world to stop eating meat and one may see among them great competition in meat-eating and wine-bibbing, and even spectacles of outrageous pastimes which it is shameful to speak about. It is necessary to participate with moderation and to give thanks to the Lord for what we have and to make worthy preparation for the banquet before us; while they possessed by the wiles of the devil do the opposite, demonstrating that they have accepted one rather than the other.
Why have I mentioned these things? So that we humble monks may not direct our thoughts in that direction, nor desire their desire, which is not worthy of desire, but rather of misery; let us rather turn to consider the Gospel we are going to listen to, thinking, while the canon is being chanted, about the great and manifest day of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, when the judge will stand the sheep on his right but the goats on his left. And to those on the right he will utter that blessed and most longed for invitation, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; while to those on the left he will utter that most unwelcome and piteous sentence, Depart from me, accursed, into the everlasting fire that was prepared for the devil and his angels. These words are full of dread, fear and alarm; they should make us, and them, as we reflect fall down and weep and make God merciful to us, before he has come to test those who listen. But although they are thus, let us, I beg, hear and heed the message of the Gospel, striving keenly to serve the Lord with fear and trembling, removing all wickedness from the soul, introducing instead all knowledge of good works, compassionate pity, goodness, humility, meekness, longsuffering, and whatever else is good and estimable, that when we have led lives worthy of the Gospel of Christ we may become heirs of the kingdom of heaven, in Christ Jesus our Lord, to whom belong glory and might with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.' St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 15, 2024, 08:27:15 AM 'In order to evade all hindrance to his holy Will, which I have already many time pointed out and made manifest to thee, seek to mortify the inferior part of thy being, the seat of the evil inclinations and evil passions. Die to all that is earthly, sacrifice, in the consciousness of God's presence, all they sensitive appetites, fulfill none of their impulses, nor ever satisfy thy own will outside of the narrow limits of obedience.'
The Blessed Virgin, to Ven. Mary of Agreda Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 16, 2024, 05:07:23 AM 'Death is welcome to one who has always feared God and faithfully served Him.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 17, 2024, 04:41:57 PM 'The true servant of God acknowledges no other country but heaven.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 18, 2024, 05:31:14 PM 'Once we have entrusted our hope about something to God, we no longer quarrel with our neighbor over it.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 19, 2024, 04:51:23 PM 'In your prayers, if you would quickly and surely draw upon you the grace of God, pray in a special manner for our Holy Church and all those connected with it.'
St. Louis de Blois Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 20, 2024, 08:25:34 PM 'The intellect is perfect when transformed by spiritual knowledge; the soul is perfect when permeated by the virtues.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 21, 2024, 08:24:18 PM 'She [Blessed Mary] taught them [the Apostles] how to pray mentally, insisting on the excellence and necessity of that kind of prayer; how the principal duty and the most noble occupation of the rational creature was to raise itself, by understanding and the will, above all that is created to the knowledge and love of God; and that no other object or occupation should ever be preferred or should ever interrupt this duty, so as not to deprive the soul of this supreme benefit, the beginning of eternal life and happiness. She taught them also how to thank the eternal Father for having given us his only Son for our Redeemer and Master, and for the love with which the Lord redeemed us at a cost of his Passion and Death. She exhorted them to give thanks to God for having singled them out as his Apostles, and his companions and as the founders of his holy Church. . . She exhorted them to persevere in humble prostrations and other actions of worship and reverence in adoring the greatness and majesty of the Most High.'
Ven. Mary of Agreda Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 22, 2024, 09:39:49 PM 'One afternoon a terrible temptation came to me. I said to myself that I was weary and that lying in bed had become intolerable. The devil availed himself of my impatience and began to tempt me and said that if I had given him the chance he would have cured me, and he would have done all that I wished. Father, I was almost on the point of yielding; I was terrified; I gave myself up for lost. All at once a thought came to me. I ran in spirit to the Venerable Gabriel and said to him, vehemently, "Save my soul first and then my body."
Nevertheless the demon continued with more violent assaults. A thousand evil thoughts flashed through my mind. Again I had recourse to the Venerable Gabriel; and this time I conquered. I regained control of myself; I made the sign of the cross and in a quarter of an hour, I began to unite myself to my God whom I had treated so disrespectfully. I remember now that very evening I began to read the "Life" of Brother Gabriel which the lady had left me. I read it many times. I could not read it often enough. I admired greatly his virtues and determined to follow his example. From the day that my new protector, Venerable Gabriel, had saved my soul, I began to have a particular devotion to him. In the night I could not sleep if I did not have his picture under my pillow, and I began at last to see him near me, that is, Father, I seemed to feel his presence. In every bad deed I was about to do I turned to Brother Gabriel in spirit and he restrained me. I did not fail to pray to him every day with these words: "Save my soul, then my body."' St. Gemma Galgani Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 24, 2024, 12:38:08 AM 'He who does not go down into hell while he is alive, runs a great risk of going there after he is dead.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 24, 2024, 09:20:45 PM 'When I am troubled I sing softly some hymn to the Holy Virgin; this does me good and gives me courage.'
St. Jean-Theophane Venard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 25, 2024, 09:22:30 PM 'This dark night is an inflowing of God into the soul, which purges it from its ignorances and imperfections, habitual natural and spiritual, and which is called by contemplatives infused contemplation, or mystical theology. Herein God secretly teaches the soul and instructs it in perfection of love without its doing anything, or understanding of what manner is this infused contemplation. Inasmuch as it is the loving wisdom of God, God produces striking effects in the soul for, by purging and illumining it, He prepares it for the union of love with God. Wherefore the same loving wisdom that purges the blessed spirits and enlightens them is that which here purges the soul and illumines it.
But the question arises: Why is the Divine light (which as we say, illumines and purges the soul from its ignorances) here called by the soul a dark night? To this the answer is that for two reasons this Divine wisdom is not only night and darkness for the soul, but is likewise affliction and torment. The first is because of the height of Divine Wisdom, which transcends the talent of the soul, and in this way is darkness to it; the second, because of its vileness and impurity, in which respect it is painful and afflictive to it, and is also dark.' St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 26, 2024, 02:02:09 PM 'You could not love Jesus if you did not possess the living source of holy and pure love, namely, the Holy Spirit. Our divine Redeemer said, "He that believeth in Me, out of his belly shall flow streams of living water." (John 7:38.) This He said of the spirit which they should receive who believed in Him. Therefore, when God enkindles in you the flames of divine love, holy, pure, and without stain, let yourself disappear in the infinite Good, and, like an infant, sleep the sleep of faith and love in the bosom of your heavenly Spouse.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 28, 2024, 06:04:29 AM 'Do not say: "I do not know what is right, therefore I am not to blame when I fail to do it." For if you did all the good about which you do know, what you should do next would then become clear to you, as if you were passing through a house from one room to another. It is not helpful to know what comes later before you have done what comes first. For knowledge without action "puffs up", but "love edifies", because it "patiently accepts all things" (1 Cor. 8:1; 13:7).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 28, 2024, 06:05:19 AM 'If you should ever reach the stronghold of pure prayer, do not accept the knowledge of created things which is presented to you at that moment by the enemy, lest you lose what is greater. For it is better to shoot at him from above with the arrows of prayer, cooped up as he is down below, then to parley with him as he offers us the knowledge he has plundered, and tries to tear us away from this prayer which defeats him.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 29, 2024, 12:44:57 AM 'It is well to choose some one good devotion, and to stick to it, and never to abandon it.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 01, 2024, 01:41:45 AM 'The true servants of God endure life and desire death.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 01, 2024, 11:50:42 PM 'The declared enemies of God and His Church, heretics and schismatics, must be criticized as much as possible, as long as truth is not denied. It is a work of charity to shout: "Here is the wolf!" when it enters the flock or anywhere else.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 02, 2024, 04:38:18 AM 'The Christian life does indeed mean battles and trials, but it also means consolations. And though I must leave Tabor and climb to Calvary, one day I will leave Calvary with Jesus and return to Tabor. A foretaste of Heaven awaits me there. My soul follows but one path: from Golgotha to Tabor. It leaves Golgotha to seek strength and courage at Tabor. Life is such a ladder.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 03, 2024, 01:35:33 AM 'Temptations are excellent signs; and the pain they occasion you is as a fire which will purify you and prepare you better and better for union with God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 04, 2024, 04:02:26 AM 'I never ceased hoping against all hope. . .'
St. Therese of Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 05, 2024, 06:14:29 AM 'Charity and cheerfulness, or charity and humility, should be our motto.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 06, 2024, 06:40:59 AM 'As God is not the only witness of our life, but as moreover the world, the angels, and men behold it, let us be good not only before God, but also before men.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 07, 2024, 08:56:24 AM 'Prayer is the sure way that leads to holiness.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 08, 2024, 05:17:57 AM 'Ire may be understood in two ways.
In one way, as a simple movement of the will that inflicts punishment not through passion, but by virtue of a judgment of the reason: and in this case, without a doubt, lack of ire is a sin. This is how Chrysostom understands ire when he says: "Ire, when it has a cause, is not ire but judgment. For properly speaking, ire is a movement of passion. And when a man is irate with just cause, his ire does not derive from passion. Rather, it is an act of judgment, not of ire." In another way, ire can be understood as a movement of the sensitive appetite agitated by passion with bodily excitation. This movement is a necessary sequel in man to the previous movement of his will, since the lower appetite naturally follows the movement of the higher appetite unless some obstacle prevents it. Hence the movement of ire in the sensitive appetite cannot be lacking altogether, unless the movement of the will is altogether lacking or weak. Consequently, the lack of the passion of ire is also a vice, as it is the lack of movement in the will to punish according to the judgment of reason. St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 09, 2024, 08:50:07 AM 'What, my brothers, do you see nothing but the rags of these poor creatures? And do you see nothing beneath the rags but the poor creatures themselves? St. Gregory gave to a man in rags, but the man was Jesus Christ Himself.'
St. Camillus de Lellis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 10, 2024, 11:07:52 AM 'Your cross is indeed great! Thanks to our only Good, Who holds you on the cross! O beloved cross! O holy cross, tree of life, whence springs eternal life, I salute thee, I embrace thee, I press thee to my heart! Ah! these are the sentiments which ought to animate us in our trials. Courage, then! Courage! Under so heavy a weight human nature will waver, it is true; but the soul will taste a sweet peace in the bosom of God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 11, 2024, 10:21:26 AM 'He who cannot make up his mind to give up all for Christ ought at least to refer all to Him; and to consider the highest honors as infinitely inferior to that one only thing which our Lord and Saviour has declared necessary.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 12, 2024, 11:53:29 AM 'If it be the duty of a Christian to pray to God before meals, he is not less bound to thank him after having made use of the gifts which came from his bountiful hand. It is, therefore, necessary to make, after every meal, a short but fervent act of thanksgiving.'
St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 13, 2024, 06:38:15 AM 'Meditate in pure faith; spend not your time in vain imaginings.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 14, 2024, 05:30:20 PM 'He is a true and genuine Catholic who loves the truth of God, who loves the Church, who loves the Body of Christ, who esteems Divine religion and the Catholic faith above everything: above the authority, the regard, the genius, the eloquence, the philosophy of every man whatsoever. He is a genuine Catholic who continues steadfast and well-founded in the faith, who resolves that he will believe those things -- and only those things -- which he is sure the Catholic Church has held universally and from ancient times.'
St. Vincent of Lerins Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 15, 2024, 06:13:53 PM 'Let us then not be ashamed to confess the Crucified. Be the cross our seal, made with boldness by our fingers on our brow and in everything; over the bread we eat and the cups we drink, in our comings and in goings out; before our sleep, when we lie down and when we awake; when we are traveling, and when we are at rest.'
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 17, 2024, 05:59:51 PM 'Do not despise the work of God, which is always true and just, though it is hard. In heaven shall be raised what is always humble.'
St. Umilta of Faenza Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 18, 2024, 09:24:16 PM 'It is never lawful to tell a lie; we ought always to speak the truth, whatever it may cost us.'
St. Benedict Joseph Labre Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 19, 2024, 07:41:44 PM 'He who is resigned to the divine will shall always surmount the difficulties he meets with in the service of God. The Lord will accomplish His designs concerning him.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 21, 2024, 04:04:31 PM 'Let us make ourselves as children with Jesus, hiding ourselves in our nothingness; let us be humble and simple as children by an exact obedience, by purity of heart, by love of holy poverty by a love of sufferings, and, above all, by childlike simplicity in the faithful observance of our rules and constitutions, and let us not take the liberty to interpret them broadly nor in any other sense than their own. Narrow is the way that leadeth to life. Let us allow ourselves to be guided and used by our superiors, whom God has placed over us for our government and direction. Thus we shall be true imitators of the Child Jesus, Who abandoned Himself in everything to the care of His Mother, the most holy and immaculate Virgin Mary. By these beautiful virtues you will render yourselves worthy to partake of the banquet of angels.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 21, 2024, 04:04:48 PM 'Children hear ye the father's discipline, and attend that you may know prudence.'
Proverbs 4:1 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 22, 2024, 10:48:23 PM 'God like the excellent master that He is, has taken care to provide us with writings of the best kind.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 23, 2024, 01:06:55 AM 'Let us acquire faith so that we may attain love; for love gives birth to the illumination of spiritual knowledge.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 24, 2024, 01:01:04 AM 'Refer all events to God and never to creatures -- this will enable you to receive from His adorable hand sweetness as well as bitterness, vexations as well as consolations and help you ever to bless Him.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 25, 2024, 12:33:14 AM 'May the will of God be done, may the Lord be forever blessed. I wish neither more nor less than the will and the good pleasure of God, whether in time or in eternity; I can will only that which my God wills.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 27, 2024, 01:56:53 AM 'May the holy name of our Lord be ever blessed; may it be eternally praised by every creature, who has been created and placed in this world only for that end, so just in itself and so lawfully imposed.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 27, 2024, 01:57:20 AM 'Words of truth converted the "progeny of vipers" and warned them "to flee from the anger to come" (Matt. 3:7).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 28, 2024, 03:36:47 AM 'I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, for the life of the world.'
John 6:51-52 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 29, 2024, 04:24:27 AM 'They slew by nailing to the tree Him who had brought to life their dead, had healed their maimed, had made their lepers clean, had given light to their blind. Behold, you sons of men! behold, all you people, these new wonders! They suspended Him on the tree, who stretches out the earth; they transfixed Him with nails who laid firm the foundation of the world; they circumscribed Him who circumscribed the heavens; they bound Him who absolves sinners; they gave Him vinegar to drink who has made them to drink of righteousness; they fed Him with gall who has offered to them the Bread of Life; they caused corruption to come upon His hands, and feet who healed their hands and feet; they violently closed His eyes who restored sight to them; they gave Him over to the tomb, who raised their dead to life both in the time before His Passion and also while He was hanging on the tree.'
St. Alexander of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 30, 2024, 09:57:53 AM 'Let us embrace him and he will bring our enemies to naught [Ps. 107:14] both seen and invisible. Let us await him and he will crown us for the day of resurrection of the dead, for the day of his appearing; for which may we too be found worthy to attain without condemnation and to stand uncondemned at his judgement seat, giving a good defence, in Christ our Lord, to whom be glory and might, with the Father and the holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 31, 2024, 11:44:04 PM 'The earth under the ancient curse brought forth thorns and thistles; but now the Church beholds it laughing with flowers and restored by the grace of a new benediction. Mindful of the verse, "My heart danceth for joy, and in my song will I praise Him", she refreshes herself with the fruits of His Passion which she gathers from the Tree of the Cross, and with the flowers of His Resurrection whose fragrance invites the frequent visits of her Spouse.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 01, 2024, 04:28:53 AM 'Jesus Christ, then, rose with the glory of possessing all power in heaven and earth, not as God alone, but as a man; wherefore all angels and men are subject to him. Let us rejoice in thus seeing in glory our Saviour, our Father, and the best friend that we possess. And let us rejoice for ourselves, because the resurrection of Jesus Christ is for us a sure pledge of our own resurrection, and of the glory that we hope one day to have in heaven, both in soul and in body. This hope gave courage to the holy martyrs to suffer with gladness all the evils of this life, and the most cruel torments of tyrants. We must rest assured, however, that none will rejoice with Jesus Christ but they who are willing to suffer in this world with him. . .'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 02, 2024, 06:52:17 AM 'When the body dies, it is wholly separated from the things of this world. Similarly, when the intellect dies while in that supreme state of prayer, it is separated from all conceptual images of this world. If it does not die such a death, it cannot be with God and live with Him.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 03, 2024, 12:00:00 PM 'The rod and reproof give wisdom: but the child that is left to his own will bringeth his mother to shame.'
Proverbs 29:15 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 04, 2024, 10:28:02 AM 'They [the Modernists] exercise all their ingenuity in diminishing the force and falsifying the character of tradition, so as to rob it of all its weight. But for Catholics the second Council of Nicea will always have the force of law, where it condemns those who dare, after the impious fashion of heretics, to deride the ecclesiastical traditions, to invent novelties of some kind . . . or endeavour by malice or craft to overthrow any one of the legitimate traditions of the Catholic Church; and Catholics will hold for law, also, the profession of the fourth Council of Constantinople: We therefore profess to conserve and guard the rules bequeathed to the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church by the Holy and most illustrious Apostles, by the orthodox Councils, both general and local, and by every one of those divine interpreters the Fathers and Doctors of the Church. Wherefore the Roman Pontiffs, Pius IV. and Pius IX., ordered the insertion in the profession of faith of the following declaration: I most firmly admit and embrace the apostolic and ecclesiastical traditions and other observances and constitutions of the Church.'
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 06, 2024, 03:42:36 AM 'Far be it from us to desert the law and the ordinances. We will not obey the king's words by turning aside from our religion to the right hand or to the left.'
1 Maccabees 2:21-22 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 06, 2024, 03:42:58 AM 'Sanctorum vita ceteris norma vivendi est.'
'The life of the saints is the norm of living for others.' St. Ambrose of Milan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 07, 2024, 12:55:50 PM 'I have no pleasure in this miserable life except in what concerns the interests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Who often fastens me, stripped of all, to the Cross.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 08, 2024, 01:23:45 PM 'It is God who has promised the blessings held in store; and the self-disciplined person who has faith in God longs for what is held in store as though it were present.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 09, 2024, 05:29:05 PM 'When the intellect is absorbed in the contemplation of things invisible, it seeks their natural principles, the cause of their generation and whatever follows from this, as well as the providential order and judgment which relates to them.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 10, 2024, 06:46:46 PM 'If a man desires something, he makes every effort to attain it. But of all things which are good and desirable the divine is incomparably the best and the most desirable. How assiduous, then, we should be in order to attain what is of its very nature good and desirable.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 11, 2024, 09:38:58 PM 'Whilst the enemy sees us humble, he tries to inspire the mind with a false humility, that is to say, an extreme and wicked humility.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 12, 2024, 05:52:25 PM 'Afflict your flesh with hunger and vigils and apply yourself tirelessly to psalmody and prayer; then the sanctifying gift of self-restraint will descend upon you and bring you love.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 13, 2024, 11:52:35 PM 'We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 14, 2024, 12:03:59 AM 'Men are generally the carpenters of their own crosses.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 15, 2024, 09:10:12 PM 'The greatness of our love of God must be tested by the desire we have of suffering for His love.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 16, 2024, 11:35:50 PM 'But the contemplation of God is gained in a variety of ways. For we not only discover God by admiring His incomprehensible essence, a thing which still lies hid in the hope of the promise, but we see Him through the greatness of His creation, and the consideration of His justice, and the aid of His daily providence: when with pure minds we contemplate what He has done with His saints in every generation, when with trembling heart we admire His power with which He governs, directs, and rules all things, or the vastness of His knowledge, and that eye of His from which no secrets of the heart can lie hid, when we consider the sand of the sea, and the number of the waves measured by Him and known to Him, when in our wonder we think that the drops of rain, the days and hours of the ages, and all things past and future are present to His knowledge; when we gaze in unbounded admiration on that ineffable mercy of His, which with unwearied patience endures countless sins which are every moment being committed under His very eyes, or the call with which from no antecedent merits of ours, but by the free grace of His pity He receives us; or again the numberless opportunities of salvation which He grants to those whom He is going to adopt -- that He made us be born in such a way as that from our very cradles His grace and the knowledge of His law might be given to us, that He Himself, overcoming our enemy in us simply for the pleasure of His good will, rewards us with eternal bliss and everlasting rewards, when lastly He undertook the dispensation of His Incarnation for our salvation, and extended the marvels of His sacraments to all nations.
But there are numberless other considerations of this sort, which arise in our minds according to the character of our life and the purity of our heart, by which God is either seen by pure eyes or embraced: which considerations certainly no one will preserve lastingly, if anything of carnal affections still survives in him, because "thou canst not," saith the Lord, "see My face: for no man shall see Me and live;" viz., to this world and to earthly affections.' St. Moses the Black Hermit Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 17, 2024, 12:49:48 AM 'When you suffer some dishonor from men, recognize at once the glory that will be given you by God. Then you will not be saddened or upset by the dishonor; and when you receive the glory you will remain steadfast and innocent.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 18, 2024, 12:08:45 AM 'So also you now indeed have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice; and your joy no man shall take from you. And in that day you shall not ask me any thing. Amen, amen I say to you: if you ask the Father any thing in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and you shall receive; that your joy may be full.'
John 16:22-24 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 19, 2024, 12:23:42 AM 'As for the ardent desire which urges you to become a saint, I hope this will be so, with the grace of the Sacred Heart of our Lord Who will make you a great saint, but I think He will sanctify you in His own way and not in yours. Therefore you must leave it to Him, and have no other end in view than to glorify Him by self-effacement; He in His turn will look upon you to purify and sanctify you.(To Rev. Father Croiset).'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 20, 2024, 11:16:54 PM 'Remember that true holiness is accompanied by pains and tribulations from within and without, by attacks of visible and invisible enemies, by trials of body and mind, by desolations and prolonged aridities; "and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution" (2 Tim. iii. 12) - that is to say, all sorts of trials from demons, from men, and from our rebellious flesh.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 21, 2024, 02:55:44 AM 'It suffices not to perform good works; we must do them well, in imitation of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom it is written, "He doeth all things well."'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 22, 2024, 09:24:44 AM 'Seek Him, and rest not until thou hast found Him, whom thy soul desires, hold Him and do not let Him go (Cant. 3, 4).'
The Blessed Virgin, to Ven. Mary of Agreda Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 23, 2024, 04:46:02 AM 'After this we know of the resurrection of the dead, the first-fruits of which was our Lord Jesus Christ, who in very deed, and not merely in appearance, carried a body, of Mary Mother of God, who at the end times came to the human race to put away sin, was crucified and died, and yet without any detriment to His divinity, being raised from the dead, taken up into heaven, and seated at the right hand of Majesty.'
St. Alexander of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 24, 2024, 05:47:17 AM 'If you pray truly, you will receive assurances of many things, and angels will come to you as they came to Daniel, and will enlighten you with understanding of causes, the wherefore of all things.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2024, 07:34:22 AM 'The works of God are perfect, and all his ways are judgments: God is faithful and without any iniquity, he is just and right.'
Deuteronomy 32:4 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 26, 2024, 07:07:01 AM 'I also recommend to you holy modesty at all times and in all places, because we are always in the presence of God, Who is everywhere.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 27, 2024, 06:14:59 AM 'The intellect freed from the passions becomes like light, unceasingly illumined by the contemplation of created beings.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 28, 2024, 02:00:31 AM 'I hope all from the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ Who is so filled with love for you that, cost what it may, He wills you should become a saint.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, to her brother a priest Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 29, 2024, 12:44:58 PM 'I am at the sea-shore; a drop of water is suspended from my finger. I ask this water: Poor drop, where would you wish to be? It replies: In the sea. And what do I in answer to this appeal? I shake my finger and let the poor little drop fall into the sea. Now, I ask you, is it not true that this drop of water is in the sea? Certainly it is there; but go and seek it, now that it is lost in the ocean, its centre. If it had a tongue, what would it say? Deduce the consequence and apply the parable to yourself. Lose sight of the heavens, the earth, the sea and its rivers, and all created things, and permit this soul that God has given you to lose herself in this infinitely great and good God Who is her first cause.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 30, 2024, 11:35:35 AM 'Again, grace may be hidden in advice given by a neighbor. Sometimes it also accompanies our understanding during reading, and as a natural result teaches our intellect the truth about itself. If, then, we do not hide the talent given to us in this way, we shall enter actively into the joy of the Lord.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 01, 2024, 06:56:14 PM 'I will not leave you orphans, I will come to you. Yet a little while: and the world seeth me no more. But you see me: because I live, and you shall live. In that day you shall know, that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.'
John 14:18-20 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 02, 2024, 05:09:17 AM 'As virtue and evil come and go, they dispose the soul either to goodness or to malice, prompting in it the corresponding thoughts.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 03, 2024, 08:25:40 PM 'So let us remain, at first, in the presence of God in pure faith, with a deep sense of our nothingness, our sins and miseries; afterwards let us leave free to the soul the attractions of the Holy Ghost.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 04, 2024, 10:00:33 PM 'We are not created for this earth. The end for which God has placed us in the world, is this, that by our good works we may merit eternal life. "The end is life everlasting." (Rom. vi. 22)'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 05, 2024, 10:38:07 PM 'We ought to pray God importunately to increase in us every day the light and heat of his goodness.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 06, 2024, 10:46:18 PM 'I see that you can no longer meditate as heretofore, nor picture to yourself the scenes of Our Saviour's Passion; your mind suffers when you try to constrain it; Deo gratias! Act, then, in this way: keep yourself in the presence of God, with a pure and simple consideration of His immense goodness, in a loving silence; rest your spirit in the paternal bosom of your God, and when recollection ceases, recall it gently by a loving short prayer.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 07, 2024, 08:26:16 PM 'Come, Holy Spirit. Spirit of truth, you are the reward of the saints, the comforter of souls, light in the darkness, riches to the poor, treasure to lovers, food for the hungry, comfort to those who are wandering; to sum up, you are the one in whom all treasures are contained. Come! As you descended upon Mary that the Word might become flesh, work in us through grace as you worked in her through nature and grace. Come! Food of every chaste thought, fountain of all mercy, sum of all purity. Come! Consume in us whatever prevents us from being consumed in you.'
St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 08, 2024, 09:28:09 PM 'If you wish to come where I am going, that is, to glory, you must come this road, that is, through thorns.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 09, 2024, 09:57:10 PM 'O my Mother, offer me to Jesus. Take my heart and unite it with the heart of my Jesus.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 10, 2024, 08:14:24 PM 'God has loved us from all eternity. Children of men, says the Lord, remember that I first loved you. You had not yet been born, the world itself did not exist, and even then I loved you. As long as I am God, I have loved you; I have loved you as long as I have loved Myself.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 11, 2024, 11:59:15 PM 'If you are faithful to your promises, He will be very liberal in His favors. He will give you peace after your struggles, and unknown to you, will bring you to the goal He has planned.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 12, 2024, 12:07:41 AM 'A good conscience is found through prayer, and pure prayer through the conscience. Each by nature needs the other.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 14, 2024, 03:58:48 AM Jesus also said: "You are the light of the world." Now a light does not illumine itself, but instead it diffuses its rays and shines all around upon everything that comes into its view. So it must be with the glowing lives of upright and holy clerics. By the brightness of their holiness they must bring light and serenity to all who gaze upon them. They have been placed here to care for others. Their own lives should be an example to others, showing how they must live in the house of the Lord.'
St. John of Capistrano Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 14, 2024, 03:59:03 AM '"One day in spring," he said, "I was going to see a sick person; the bushes were full of little birds that were singing with all their might. I took pleasure in listening to them, and I said to myself, 'Poor little birds, you know not what you are doing! What a pity that is! You are singing the praises of God.'"'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 16, 2024, 12:59:27 AM 'Christ's servants, male or female, neither seek nor desire any miracle except to finish their lives virtuously, persevering in that state to which God has called them.'
St. Catherine of Bologna Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 16, 2024, 01:00:33 AM 'Make great account of your precious trials, both interior and exterior; it is thus that the garden of Jesus is adorned with flowers, that is, with acts of virtue.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 17, 2024, 02:12:24 AM 'We must say to ourselves, "O Lord, Thou hast wrought all our works in us." [Is. 26:12] Because this is really so you must attribute every good work to Him and not to yourself. Bear in mind that "you in your own might and in the strength of your own hand" [c.f. Deut. 8:17] have not attained to all the good things you possess. "It is the Lord who made us and not we ourselves." [c.f. Ps. 99:3]'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 19, 2024, 01:12:28 AM 'Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow.'
St. Clare of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 19, 2024, 01:12:46 AM 'When the body dies, it is wholly separated from the things of this world. Similarly, when the intellect dies while in that supreme state of prayer, it is separated from all conceptual images of this world. If it does not die such a death, it cannot be with God and live with Him.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 20, 2024, 02:45:11 AM 'I would believe myself to have failed in duty, as St. Bonaventure said, were I to pass a single day without thinking of my Saviour's Passion.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 21, 2024, 05:14:25 AM 'Those whom divine providence is leading towards holiness in this life are tested by the following three tests: by the gift of agreeable things, such as health, beauty, fine children, money, fame and so on; by afflictions causing distress, such as the loss of children, money and fame; and by bodily sufferings, such as disease, torture and so on. To those in the first category the Lord says, "If a person does not forsake all that he has, he cannot be My disciple" (Luke 14:33); and to those in the second and third He says, "You will gain possession of your souls through your patient endurance." (Luke 21:19)'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 22, 2024, 06:15:58 AM 'The conscience is nature's book. He who applies what he reads there experiences God's help.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 23, 2024, 07:21:56 AM 'Blessed the one who heart has blossomed like a palm tree by rightness of faith and has not been thrust out, as by thorns, by the heresy of the faithless and impious.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 24, 2024, 01:50:11 AM 'Blessed the one who sits in his cell with all devotion, as Mary sat at the Lord's feet, and hastens, like Martha, to receive him, the Lord and Saviour.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 25, 2024, 11:45:24 PM 'Lord Jesus Christ, pierce my soul with your love so that I may always long for you alone, who are the bread of angels and the fulfillment of the soul's deepest desires. May my heart always hunger and feed upon you, so that my soul may be filled with the sweetness of your presence. May my soul thirst for you, who are the source of life, wisdom, knowledge, light and all the riches of God our Father. May I always seek and find you, think upon you, speak to you and do all things for the honor and glory of your holy name. Be always my only hope, my peace, my refuge and my help in whom my heart is rooted so that I may never be separated from you.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 26, 2024, 08:32:20 AM 'It seems that God is calling you to great perfection. And I perceive it by this, that He takes away from you every tie that might hinder it in you.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 27, 2024, 06:44:51 AM 'Be faithful to correspond with the wonderful graces which you have received from Our Lord; they are a preparation for greater graces and more sublime lights, which will cause you to love God more, to acquire more solid virtue, and to practise it in a more heroic degree.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 29, 2024, 04:12:22 AM 'Do not lay open your conscience to anyone whom you do not trust in your heart.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 29, 2024, 04:13:00 AM 'The religious state is indeed the highest, but it is not suitable for all.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 30, 2024, 12:04:17 PM 'Put a limit to your prudence, for it is not necessary to carry to excess a virtue which should serve to rule and guide others.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 31, 2024, 02:03:28 PM 'Put off the old man with his works, and put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 01, 2024, 01:23:13 PM 'O Divine Jesus, impress on my heart a disposition like that of a certain man who loved your cross so much that he used to say if after serving you for a hundred years his only recompense were the grace to suffer one hour for love of you, he would believe all his sacrifice too well rewarded.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 02, 2024, 02:59:32 PM 'One commandment is higher than another; consequently one level of faith is more firmly founded than another.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 03, 2024, 05:22:58 AM 'The blessedness of seeing God is justly promised to the pure of heart. For the eye that is unclean would not be able to see the brightness of the true light, and what would be happiness to clear minds would be a torment to those that are defiled. Therefore, let the mists of worldly vanities be dispelled, and the inner eye be cleansed of all the filth of wickedness, so that the soul's gaze may feast serenely upon the great vision of God.'
Pope St. Leo the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 04, 2024, 03:09:02 PM 'My words would have been useless, had they not touched upon the Cross of our divine Lord. You are indeed blest, if you know how to carry, embrace and cherish it, for love of Him Who, for love of us, has loved it so much.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 05, 2024, 08:29:53 PM 'Let us ask Him to strengthen our weakness, to enrich our poverty, to soften the hardness of our hearts so as to make them susceptible to His pure love, which will not be content with a divided heart.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 06, 2024, 06:30:38 PM 'As by nature the soul gives life to the body, so virtue and spiritual knowledge give life to the soul.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 07, 2024, 09:57:25 PM 'It is important that you choose your career with care, so that you may really follow the vocation that God has destined for you. No day should pass without some prayer to this end. Often repeat with St. Paul: "Lord, what will you have me do?"'
St. John Bosco Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 08, 2024, 09:14:49 PM 'Wrestle for your own soul, especially in such days as these.'
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 09, 2024, 07:41:24 PM 'The dispassion taught by the God of truth is a noble quality; through it He fulfils the aspirations of the devout soul.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 10, 2024, 08:57:34 PM 'When your poor, restless heart turns by the grace of God towards the divine light, and conceives a wish to fly thither and be consumed therein, speak to God with profound reverence and gratitude of the wonders He did in becoming incarnate, suffering and dying for us.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 11, 2024, 02:43:12 PM 'Stillness and prayer are the greatest weapons of virtue, for they purify the intellect and confer on it spiritual insight.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 12, 2024, 09:29:58 PM 'We must not serve God for the sake of His consolations, but because He is worthy of being served.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 13, 2024, 09:34:12 PM 'The pure intellect is occupied either with passion-free conceptual images of human affairs, or with the natural contemplation of things visible or invisible, or with the light of the Holy Trinity.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 14, 2024, 08:18:42 PM 'When we give ourselves up entirely to His guidance and allow Him to do as He pleases with us, He enables us to make great progress in a short time, almost without our knowing it, except for the struggles in which His grace continually engages our immortified nature.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 15, 2024, 10:58:17 PM 'No voice can sing, no heart can frame nor can the memory find, a sweeter sound than Jesus' name, the Savior of mankind.'
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 16, 2024, 11:11:55 PM 'How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! . . . I would rather be an outcast in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.'
Psalm 83:2,11 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 17, 2024, 11:39:22 PM 'Never belittle the significance of your thoughts, for not one escapes God's notice.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 18, 2024, 12:01:45 AM 'Tis the duty of man to bend his whole being to this task; the task of remembering, of understandings and of loving the Highest Good. To this idea should every thought and every turn and folding of thy heart be moulded, chased, and formed; to be mindful of God, to understand Him, and to love Him; and thus savingly exhibit and display the dignity of thine origin in that thou wast created to the Image of God.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 19, 2024, 01:51:18 AM 'When a man is reproved for anything, he ought not to take it too much to heart, for we commit a greater fault by our sadness than by the sin for which we are reproved.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 20, 2024, 12:38:35 AM 'The Lord has created intelligent and noetic beings with a capacity to receive the Spirit and to attain knowledge of Himself; He has brought into existence the senses and sense objects to serve such beings.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 20, 2024, 06:23:49 PM 'We protest before heaven and earth that our glory is in the cross, that it is the source of all our blessings, our every hope, and that it is that which has crowned every saint.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 21, 2024, 02:43:31 AM 'Blessed the one who manages his possessions in accordance with God's will and has not been condemned by God the Saviour as a lover of money without compassion for his neighbour.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 22, 2024, 02:28:04 AM 'Christ's servants, male or female, neither seek nor desire any miracle except to finish their lives virtuously, persevering in that state to which God has called them.'
St. Catherine of Bologna Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 23, 2024, 11:22:55 PM 'Prove yourself a monk, not outwardly, but inwardly, by freeing yourself from the passions.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 24, 2024, 03:05:16 AM 'A blessing on the man who puts his trust in the Lord, with the Lord for his hope. He is like a tree by the waterside that thrusts its roots to the stream: when the heat comes it feels no alarm, its foliage stays green; it has no worries in a year of drought, and never ceases to bear fruit.'
Jeremias 17:7-8 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 25, 2024, 05:48:16 PM 'We should blush for shame to show so much resentment at what is done or said against us, knowing that so many injuries and affronts have been offered to our Redeemer and the saints.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 26, 2024, 05:03:56 AM 'The person who has surrendered himself entirely to sin indulges with enjoyment and pleasure in unnatural and shameful passions - licentiousness, unchastity, greed, hatred, guile and other forms of vice - as though they were natural. The genuine and perfected Christian, on the other hand, with great enjoyment and spiritual pleasure participates effortlessly and without impediment in all the virtues and all the supranatural fruits of the Spirit - love, peace, patient endurance, faith, humility and the entire truly golden galaxy of virtue - as though they were natural.'
St. Symeon Metaphrastis Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 27, 2024, 11:05:42 PM 'Tell me: what would you fain have done were you to die now? Would you have lived in luxury, which usually leads to grievous sins, and be cast into hell, or would you rather have led a poor life, and wing your flight to heaven?'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 28, 2024, 09:22:00 PM '"The shadow of death" is human life. Therefore if a man is with God and God is with him, clearly he is able to say, "Though I walk through the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me."'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 29, 2024, 02:12:12 AM '. . . it said by the Lord, through the mouth of Job, concerning the devil: His body is like molten shields, shut close up with scales pressing upon one another. One is joined to another and they hold one another fast, and shall not be separated (Job. xli. 6, 8). By these words He makes clear that the spirits of evil have, between them, such harmony of purpose that in no way can they be separated one from another. For by the body of the devil is understood the whole array of the malignant spirits. And because of their strength these same malign spirits are spoken of as molten shields, and they are described as scales pressing upon one another, and as, holding one another fast, and as being joined to one another, because of this surpassing unity and concord which they possess in every kind of malice and desire of evil-doing. Would indeed if it could be that this so great unity and harmony might be broken, and the kingdom of evil be destroyed!'
St. Bruno Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on June 30, 2024, 12:11:25 AM 'If a man wants to be always in God's company, he must pray regularly and read regularly. When we pray, we talk to God; when we read, God talks to us.'
St. Isidore of Seville Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 01, 2024, 04:53:17 AM 'The Church teaches us that mercy belongs to God. Let us implore Him to bestow on us the spirit of mercy and compassion, so that we are filled with it and may never lose it. Only consider how much we ourselves are in need of mercy.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 02, 2024, 04:33:03 AM 'The conscience is nature's book. He who applies what he reads there experiences God's help.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 03, 2024, 05:41:40 AM 'If you have faith in the Lord you will fear punishment, and this fear will lead you to control the passions. Once you control the passions you will accept affliction patiently, and through such acceptance you will acquire hope in God. Hope in God separates the intellect from every worldly attachment, and when the intellect is detached in this way it will acquire love for God.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 04, 2024, 01:27:17 AM 'Prayer is an activity becoming to the dignity of the mind, or rather, is its real use.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 05, 2024, 07:15:23 AM 'They who aspire to reform the morals of others lose their time and their pains, by not preaching by example, in correcting themselves first.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 06, 2024, 07:49:16 AM 'The self-indulgent person loves wealth because it enables him to live comfortably; the person full of self-esteem loves it because through it he can gain the esteem of others; the person who lacks faith loves it because, fearful of starvation, old age, disease, or exile, he can save it and hoard it. He puts his trust in wealth rather than in God, the Creator who provides for all creation, down to the least of living things.
There are four kinds of men who hoard wealth: the three already mentioned and the treasurer or bursar. Clearly, it is only the last who conserves it for a good purpose - namely, so as always to have the means of supplying each person's basic needs.' St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 07, 2024, 03:15:18 AM 'Having once made an entire donation of ourselves, let us not retract it: our Lord will employ every means to sanctify us, in proportion as we make use of every opportunity to glorify Him.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 08, 2024, 12:14:18 AM 'Do not distress yourself on account of any distaste or dryness you experience in God's service. He wills that you should serve Him fervently and constantly it is true, but without any other help than simple faith, and thus your love will be more disinterested, and your service the more pleasing to Him.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 09, 2024, 07:55:14 AM 'Our body is a vessel of corruption; it is meant for death and for the worms, nothing more! And yet we devote ourselves to satisfying it, rather than to enriching our soul, which is so great that we can conceive nothing greater -- no, nothing, nothing! For we see that God, urged by the ardor of His love, would not create us like the animals; He has created us in His own image and likeness, do you see? Oh, how great is man!
Man, being created by love, cannot live without love: either he loves God, for he loves himself and he loves the world. See, my children, it is faith that we want. . . . When we have not faith, we are blind. He who does not see, does not know; he who does not know does not love; he who does not love God loves himself, and at the same time loves his pleasures. He fixes his heart on things which pass away like smoke. He cannot know the truth, nor any good thing; he can know nothing but falsehood, because he has no light; he is in a mist. If he had light, he would see plainly that all that he loves can give him nothing but eternal death; it is a foretaste of Hell.' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 10, 2024, 02:19:03 AM 'In my judgment the war that is waged against us by our fellow countrymen is the hardest to bear, because against open and declared enemies it is easy to defend ourselves, while we are necessarily at the mercy of those who are associated with us, and are thus exposed to continual danger. This has been your case. Our fathers were persecuted, but by idolaters their substance was plundered, their houses were overthrown, they themselves were driven into exile, by our open enemies, for Christ's name's sake. The persecutors who have lately appeared, hate us no less than they, but, to the deceiving of many, they put forward the name of Christ, that the persecuted may be robbed of all comfort from its confession, because the majority of simpler folk, while admitting that we are being wronged, are unwilling to reckon our death for the truth's sake to be martyrdom. I am therefore persuaded that the reward in store for you from the righteous Judge is yet greater than that bestowed on those former martyrs. They indeed both had the public praise of men, and received the reward of God; to you, though your good deeds are not less, no honours are given by the people. It is only fair that the requital in store for you in the world to come should be far greater.'
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 11, 2024, 10:32:02 AM 'Created free and called to freedom (cf. Gal. 5:13), do not be enslaved by impure passions.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 13, 2024, 10:40:45 AM 'An evil suspicion darkens the mind (cf. Ecclus. 3:24) and diverts attention from the path to what lies beside it.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 13, 2024, 10:41:55 AM '"Put to death therefore whatever is earthly in you: unchastity, uncleanliness, passion, evil desire and greed" (Col. 3:5). Earth is the name St. Paul gives to the will of the flesh. Unchastity is his word for the actual committing of sin. Uncleanness is how he designates assent to sin. Passion is his term for impassioned thoughts. By evil desire he means the simple act of accepting the thought and the desire. And greed is his name for what generates and promotes passion. All these St. Paul ordered us to mortify as "aspects" expressing the will of the flesh.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 14, 2024, 01:10:34 PM 'Prayer is a pasturage, a field, wherein all the virtues find their nourishment, growth, and strength.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 15, 2024, 03:04:30 PM 'Let us remember that every act of mortification is a work for heaven. This thought will make all suffering and weariness sweet.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 16, 2024, 02:39:32 PM 'If, we be not in fault, God will assuredly, by his all-powerful aid, enable us to become saints.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 17, 2024, 01:45:17 PM 'These sacrifices, which by you are offered to devils, neither can avail the worshippers, nor fulfil the desires and petitions of the suppliants. Rather, whosoever shall offer sacrifice to these images, shall receive the everlasting pains of hell for his reward.'
St. Alban, martyr Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 18, 2024, 06:41:33 PM 'He who has succeeded in attaining the virtues and is enriched with spiritual knowledge sees things clearly in their true nature. Consequently, he both acts and speaks with regard to all things in a manner which is fitting, and he is never deluded. For according to whether we use things rightly or wrongly we become either good or bad.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 19, 2024, 08:24:58 PM 'If you take little account of yourself, you will have peace, wherever you live.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 20, 2024, 07:40:33 PM 'Saint Ignatius does not insist that we be indifferent, but that we try to become indifferent. My heart is made for God and He is jealous. I want to be entirely His. I will become a saint if I am humble, docile and generous.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 21, 2024, 10:42:58 PM 'May the holy name of our Lord be ever blessed; may it be eternally praised by every creature, who has been created and placed in this world only for that end, so just in itself and so lawfully imposed.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 22, 2024, 01:26:32 PM 'Awake, my soul, awake; bestir thy energies, arouse thy apprehension; banish the sluggishness of thy deadly sloth, and take to thee solicitude for thy salvation.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 23, 2024, 05:00:30 PM 'When shall we be all on fire as are the Seraphim? What shall we do to please our sweet Jesus? Ah! would that the fire of our charity were so great that it would inflame all who are near us, and all who are afar, all peoples, of every tongue and nation; in a word, all creatures, that all might know and love the Supreme Being!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 24, 2024, 12:29:56 AM 'I see that you can no longer meditate as heretofore, nor picture to yourself the scenes of Our Saviour's Passion; your mind suffers when you try to constrain it; Deo gratias! Act, then, in this way: keep yourself in the presence of God, with a pure and simple consideration of His immense goodness, in a loving silence; rest your spirit in the paternal bosom of your God, and when recollection ceases, recall it gently by a loving short prayer.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 25, 2024, 07:56:15 PM 'Notwithstanding my weakness, I am no longer afraid; I have placed my confidence in God Who can do all things, and from Whom I hope all things, for I rely not on myself.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 26, 2024, 09:29:01 PM 'When you read Holy Scripture, perceive its hidden meanings. "For whatever was written in past times was written for our instruction." (Rom. 15:4)'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 27, 2024, 09:22:22 PM 'The desire for peace is certainly harbored in every breast, and there is no one who does not ardently invoke it. But to want peace without God is an absurdity, seeing that where God is absent thence too justice flies, and when justice is taken away it is vain to cherish the hope of peace. "Peace is the work of justice" (Is. xxii., 17). There are many, We are well aware, who, in their yearning for peace, that is for the tranquillity of order, band themselves into societies and parties, which they style parties of order. Hope and labor lost. For there is but one party of order capable of restoring peace in the midst of all this turmoil, and that is the party of God. It is this party, therefore, that we must advance, and to it attract as many as possible, if we are really urged by the love of peace.'
Pope St. Pius X Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 28, 2024, 10:10:05 PM 'It suffices not to perform good works; we must do them well, in imitation of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom it is written, "He doeth all things well."'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 29, 2024, 12:12:19 AM 'Do you desire to study to your advantage? Let devotion accompany all your studies and study less to make yourself learned than to become a saint.'
St. Vincent Ferrer Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 30, 2024, 03:59:54 AM 'Do not attempt to explain something difficult with contentiousness, but in the way which the spiritual law enjoins: with patience, prayer and unwavering hope.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on July 31, 2024, 04:41:23 PM 'God is generous; I receive from His hands what I have never received from the hands of man; and if I had received nothing from man, I would receive all from God.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 02, 2024, 04:29:08 AM 'You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.'
St. Therese of Lisieux Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 02, 2024, 04:29:22 AM 'The sufferings endured for God are the greatest proof of our love for Him.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 03, 2024, 03:30:17 AM 'He who is resigned to the divine will shall always surmount the difficulties he meets with in the service of God. The Lord will accomplish His designs concerning him.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 04, 2024, 02:57:08 AM 'God endures, to be bound in swaddling-clothes, because he had come to pay the debts of the whole world.'
St. Zeno Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 05, 2024, 03:57:29 AM 'How can you, by love, make your own the sufferings of our sweet Jesus? God will teach you how when it pleases Him, for He alone can do so. The soul inflamed with the love of God, without distraction, in pure and simple faith, suddenly finds herself, when God pleases, penetrated with the sufferings of Jesus; in a glance of faith she sees them all, without understanding; for the Passion of Our Saviour is a labor of love, and the soul thus lost in God, Who is all charity, all love, makes of herself a fount of love and sorrow.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 06, 2024, 11:09:42 PM 'If you abandon God and are a slave to the passions you cannot reap God's mercy.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 07, 2024, 04:31:36 AM 'The blessings that lie in store for the inheritors of the promise are beyond eternity, before all ages, and transcend both intellect and thought.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 08, 2024, 03:23:29 AM 'Let us stand fast in what is right and prepare our souls for trial. Let us be neither dogs that do not bark or silent onlookers nor paid servants who run away before the wolf.'
St. Boniface Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 09, 2024, 04:30:25 AM 'This saying which is written in the Gospel: "Let him who has no sword, sell his mantle and buy one," (Luke 22:36) means this: let him who is at ease give it up and take the narrow way.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 10, 2024, 04:39:13 PM 'See my children; the treasure of a Christian is not on the earth, it is in Heaven. Well, our thoughts ought to be where our treasure is. Man has a beautiful occupation, that of praying and loving. You pray, you love -- that is the happiness of man upon the earth. Prayer is nothing else than union with God. When our heart is pure and united to God, we feel within ourselves a joy, a sweetness that inebriates, a light that dazzles us. In this intimate union God and the soul are like two pieces of wax melted together; they cannot be separated. This union of God with His little creature is a most beautiful thing. It is a happiness that we cannot understand. . . God, in His goodness, has permitted us to speak to Him. Our prayer is an incense which He receives with extreme pleasure.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 11, 2024, 11:32:37 PM 'Take it for a principle to concede readily in the beginning of a conversation with those whose aspirations are only earthly; but reserve yourself for the end and try to cover with a layer of gold the metal of their conversation, whatsoever it may be.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 12, 2024, 08:30:19 AM 'For all flesh is as grass; and all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass is withered, and the flower thereof is fallen away. But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel hath been preached unto you.'
1 Peter 1:24-25 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 14, 2024, 03:55:52 AM 'If love is long-suffering and kind (cf. 1 Cor. 13:4), a man who is contentious and malicious clearly alienates himself from love. And he who is alienated from love is alienated from God, for God is love.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 14, 2024, 03:56:12 AM 'Three days a week I will take the discipline, and on the other days I will wear the cilice or do some equivalent penance.'
St. Anthony Mary Claret Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 15, 2024, 08:52:00 AM 'There is nothing sweeter and milder, and at the same time stronger and more efficacious than the gentle unction of the burning charity of this lovable Heart, to convert the most hardened souls and to penetrate the most unfeeling hearts.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 16, 2024, 10:24:34 AM 'If you wish to find the way that leads to life, look for it in the Way who says, "I am the way, the door, the truth and the life" (John 10:7; 14:6), and there you will find it. Only let your search be diligent and painstaking, for "few there are that find it" (Matt. 7:14) and if you are not among the few you will find yourself with the many.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 17, 2024, 12:34:44 PM 'When the devil again tempts you to sin, telling you that God is merciful, remember that the Lord showeth mercy to them that fear Him, but not to them who despise Him.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 19, 2024, 08:53:20 AM 'Blessed the one who with understanding has loved weeping and with compunction rained tears upon the ground, like fair pearls before the Lord.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 19, 2024, 08:53:39 AM 'A wise man pays careful attention to himself, and by freely choosing to suffer escapes the suffering that comes unsought.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 21, 2024, 04:20:20 AM 'You ought to forget yourself in God; let your spirit fall, as a drop of water, into that immense ocean of charity, to repose there and receive the divine communications, without losing sight of your nothingness. We learn all things in this divine solitude; we learn more things in this interior school by being silent than by talking. St. Mary Magdalen out of love fell at the feet of Jesus; there she was silent, she listened, she loved, she lost herself in love.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 21, 2024, 04:20:38 AM 'You should bring to your praise worthy exercises a holy fervor, because you will feel, even in this life, its good effects, not only in perfecting your souls, but also in the peace of mind you will possess.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 22, 2024, 06:05:12 PM 'It is better to live uncertain of salvation, and meanwhile devote one's self to the service of God and the salvation of souls, than to die at once, with the certainty of entering into everlasting glory.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 23, 2024, 07:13:38 PM 'The best time to approach the mysteries is determined by the purity of a man's conscience and not by his observance of suitable seasons.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 24, 2024, 07:20:10 PM 'To accept an affliction for God's sake is a genuine act of holiness; for true love is tested by adversities.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 25, 2024, 09:45:26 AM 'For the rest, brethren, whatsoever is true, whatsoever is modest, whatsoever is just, whatsoever is pure, whatsoever is amiable, whatsoever is gracious, if there is any virtue, if there is any discipline worthy of praise, think on these.'
Philippians 4:8 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 26, 2024, 09:23:59 PM 'Gratitude for graces received is a most efficacious means of obtaining new ones.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 27, 2024, 11:00:51 PM 'I ought to burn of love for God out of gratitude for the kindness that He has shown me.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 28, 2024, 08:33:54 PM 'In raising human nature to heaven by His ascension, Christ has given us the hope of arriving thither ourselves.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 29, 2024, 12:16:34 AM 'Come, Thou, bread of angels and satisfy the cravings of my soul; come, Thou, glowing furnace of charity, and inflame my soul with the fires of divine love; come, Shepherd divine, and guide me; come, Eternal father, my hope, my life, my joy, and source of all my happiness; come, Thou dearest object of all my aspirations; come, Thou comforter of the sorrowful, light supernal of the soul; come, Thou, who art the solace and refreshment of the weary; come to me, O Thou, for whom the nations prayed, and for whom the patriarchs sighed! come to me, O Thou, the desired of ages, joy of angels, glory of the heavens, supreme delight of the saints! come to me, for I yearn for Thee; come to me, for Thou hast transpierced me with the arrows of Thy love; come, delay not, for my heart waxes faint, and I feel that I cannot exist without Thee; come, O Jesus, I beseech Thee, come.'
St. Leonard of Port Maurice Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 30, 2024, 04:26:11 AM 'If you want with a few words to benefit one who is eager to learn, speak to him about prayer, right faith, and the patient acceptance of what comes. For all else that is good is found through these.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on August 31, 2024, 02:59:40 AM 'The fear of God compels us to fight against evil; and when we fight against evil, the grace of God destroys it.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 01, 2024, 12:23:55 AM 'Reaping unwillingly the wickedness we deliberately sow, we should marvel at God's justice.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 02, 2024, 01:43:02 AM 'Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in they dwell there. It is not enough for him that he possesses the house alone; he seeks companions: the place is spacious: it needs many dwellers there. But who are these seven spirits? Why also are they seven? Why are they more wicked than himself? Because seven are the gifts of the Holy Ghost, by means of which every soul is converted to faith in Christ, and defended against the contrary evils. Therefore the unclean spirit takes unto him those seven wickeder, contrary, spirits, with which he defends the house against the virtues.
Namely, opposing the spirit of stupidity to the spirit of wisdom; the spirit of revolt and unreason to the spirit of understanding; the spirit of rashness to the spirit of counsel; the spirit of inconstancy and fear to the spirit of fortitude; the spirit of ignorance to the spirit of knowledge; the spirit of impiety to the spirit of piety; the spirit of contempt and hate to the spirit of the fear of the Lord.' St. Bruno Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 03, 2024, 01:57:18 AM 'He who truly loves God regards as little what he suffers for God's sake.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 04, 2024, 05:59:59 AM 'An act of perfect conformity to the will of God unites us more to Him than a hundred other acts of virtue.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 06, 2024, 05:26:29 AM 'St Basil says, and with him all the Doctors of the Church, that prudence consists in a just discernment of what we ought, or ought not to do, according to the various circumstances in which we are placed. The wise man says: Let thy eyes look straight on: and let thy eyelids go before thy steps. Make straight the path for thy feet. [Prov. 4:24,26] Do nothing without reflection and without an upright and pure intention. Those who in all things act with levity and without considering what they are about, end by falling over a precipice. There is a saying that he who would live wisely must lead a life of reflection.'
St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 07, 2024, 04:09:17 AM 'What I admire more than all is the state of humiliation and obedience which Jesus assumes in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. Behold the grace of predilection for me!'
Bl. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 08, 2024, 04:16:39 AM 'Humility is the virtue of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of His blessed Mother, and of the greatest saints. It embraces all virtues and, where it is sincere, introduces them into the soul.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 08, 2024, 04:17:57 AM 'O most blessed Virgin, who declarest in thy Canticle that it is owing to thy humility that God hath done great things in thee, obtain for me the grace to imitate thee, that is, to be obedient; because to obey is to practice humility.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 10, 2024, 03:08:11 AM 'Our Blessed Lady is the dispenser of all the favours which the goodness of God concedes to the Sons of Adam.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 10, 2024, 03:08:36 AM '. . . those wounds which were scattered over the body of our Lord, were all united in the single heart of Mary.'
St. Bonaventure Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 11, 2024, 12:42:59 PM 'In all your acts, in all your works, in all your behavior, imitate the good; be a competitor of the saints, keep your eye on the heroism of the martyrs, follow the example of the just. It is my wish that the life and teachings of the saints be for you an encouragement to virtue.'
St. Isidore of Seville Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 12, 2024, 12:28:01 AM 'Blessed the one who has shone by the light of faith of the Lord, like a radiant lamp on a tall lampstand, and has enlightened souls that are darkened, for they followed the heresy of the faithless and impious.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 13, 2024, 02:53:53 PM 'St. Denis the Areopagite says, "Divine love consists in the affections of the heart more than in the knowledge of the understanding." In human sciences, knowledge excites love; but in the science of the saints, love produces knowledge. He that loves God most, knows him best. Besides, it is not lofty and fruitless conceptions, but works, that unite the soul to God, and make it rich in merits before the Lord.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 14, 2024, 09:45:38 PM 'Let all our hopes centre in the Infinite Goodness; let us give thanks to our Crucified Love when He deprives us of all human aid, and let us place still greater confidence in His fatherly goodness.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 15, 2024, 03:30:07 PM 'Brothers, you must know that the most ancient belief is the Law of God, and that we all bear it written in our hearts; that it can be learned without any teacher, and that it suffices to have the light of reason in order to know all the precepts of that Law.'
St. Leonard of Port Maurice Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 16, 2024, 06:47:51 PM 'For young men to make sure of persevering, it is absolutely necessary that they should avoid wicked companions, and be familiar with good ones.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 17, 2024, 06:19:48 PM 'If the criminal will not keep his gains for ever and his victim will not always suffer want, "surely man passes like a shadow and troubles himself in vain" (Ps. 39:6. LXX).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 18, 2024, 06:53:14 PM 'If a man wants to be always in God's company, he must pray regularly and read regularly. When we pray, we talk to God; when we read, God talks to us.'
St. Isidore of Seville Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 20, 2024, 12:12:10 AM 'Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make His spirit, His devotion, His affections, His desires, and His disposition live and reign there. All our religious exercises should be directed to this end. It is the work which God has given us to do unceasingly.'
St. Jean Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 20, 2024, 12:12:31 AM 'The Sacred Heart of Jesus is a burning furnace in which our hearts, so cowardly and cold, so faulty and imperfect, are tried and purified as gold in the crucible, in order that they be offered to Him as living victims, wholly immolated and sacrificed to His adorable designs.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 21, 2024, 02:25:06 PM 'If someone said to you, "I would like to become rich; what must I do?" you would answer him, "You must labor:" Well, in order to get to Heaven, we must suffer.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 22, 2024, 08:12:02 PM 'Love ought to consist of deeds more than of words.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 23, 2024, 09:58:22 PM 'He is the Source of all blessings, and will bestow them wherever the picture of His divine Heart is placed and honored.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 25, 2024, 01:07:49 AM 'If love is long-suffering and kind (cf. 1 Cor. 13:4), a man who is contentious and malicious clearly alienates himself from love. And he who is alienated from love is alienated from God, for God is love.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 25, 2024, 01:08:13 AM 'Oh how happy should we be, did we but take as much pains to gain heaven and please God, as worldlings do to heap up riches and perishable goods! By land they venture among thieves and robbers; at sea they expose themselves to the fury of winds and storms; they suffer shipwrecks, and all perils; they attempt all, try all, hazard all but we, in serving so great a master, for so immense a good, are afraid of every contradiction.'
St. Syncletica Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 27, 2024, 12:59:50 AM 'Afflictions are the most certain proofs that God can give us of His love for us.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 27, 2024, 01:00:08 AM 'He who has not yet attained divine knowledge energized by love is proud of his spiritual progress. But he who has been granted such knowledge repeats with deep conviction the words uttered by the patriarch Abraham when he was granted the manifestation of God: "I am dust and ashes" (Gen. 18:27).'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 28, 2024, 04:15:49 AM 'Devotion to the Blessed Virgin is actually necessary, because there is no better means of obtaining God's graces than through His most holy mother.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 29, 2024, 02:52:40 AM 'Being all members of the same body, with the same head, who is Christ, it is proper that we should have in common the same joys and sorrows.'
Ven. Louis de Granada Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on September 30, 2024, 01:32:37 AM 'It is as a general rule a bad sign when a man has not a particular feeling of devotion on the chief feasts of the year.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 02, 2024, 12:14:41 AM 'There is not a finer thing on earth, than to make a virtue of necessity.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 02, 2024, 12:15:07 AM 'Strike, strike this rebellious flesh, this enemy of virtue, for it is the cause of all my evils. Hitherto I have shown it too great indulgence, and I have cherished it with too much care. It is just that it should now suffer with me, since it participated in my sins.'
St. John of God Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 03, 2024, 06:05:51 AM 'The sensible firmament symbolizes the firmament of faith in which all the saints shine like stars.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 04, 2024, 06:01:23 AM 'Stillness and prayer are the greatest weapons of virtue, for they purify the intellect and confer on it spiritual insight.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 05, 2024, 06:40:52 AM 'How great will be your crown, if besides the obligation you are tinder to serve God, you add that of working for the salvation of others, and the honor and glory of God?'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 06, 2024, 07:27:33 PM 'Everything depends on prayer well made; but in order to pray well, one must be very recollected and mortified.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 07, 2024, 08:35:26 AM 'To those who wish to stand in God's grace, neither the guardianship of saints nor the defenses of angels are wanting.'
St. Hilary of Poitiers Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 08, 2024, 05:17:19 AM 'It happens sometimes that the lightning rends a mountain and discloses therein a mine of gold. So, also, the thunderbolts of adversity discover a gold-mine in certain souls.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 09, 2024, 05:15:44 AM 'It is a good thing to leave the world and our possessions to serve God, but it is not enough.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 10, 2024, 06:49:47 AM 'He wishes to lead them by the way which his Son walked, who, as we know, from the time of his birth to his death, always walked the way of the cross.
And therefore God loves them with a father's love.' St. Catherine of Bologna Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 11, 2024, 09:03:54 AM 'When a sparrow tied by the leg tries to fly, it is held back by the string and pulled down to the earth. Similarly, when the intellect that has not yet attained dispassion flies up towards heavenly knowledge, it is held back by the passions and pulled down to the earth.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 12, 2024, 09:01:57 AM 'My divine spouse has made me desire a humble and hidden life. Jesus has often told me that I will not die until I have sacrificed all to Him. And to convince me, He has often told me that when it is over, at the hour of death, He alone, Jesus crucified, will console me. I will carry only Him, my faithful friend, with me to my grave. It is madness to attach myself to anything other than Him.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 13, 2024, 12:53:13 PM 'Admire the goodness of the Creator, who causes the one to suffer in order to free the other.'
St. Lydwine of Schiedam Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 14, 2024, 06:47:18 PM 'Poverty, hardship, austerity and fasting, such are the instruments of the solitary life. It is written, "When these three men are together, Noah, Job, and Daniel, there am I, says the Lord." (cf. Ezek. 14:14) Noah represents poverty, Job suffering and Daniel discernment. So, if these three works are found in a man, the Lord dwells in him.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 15, 2024, 06:02:51 PM 'The Holy Spirit is light and strength. He teaches us to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and between good and evil. Like glasses that magnify objects, the Holy Spirit shows us good and evil on a large scale. With the Holy Spirit we see everything in its true proportions; we see the greatness of the least actions done for God, and the greatness of the least faults. As a watchmaker with his glasses distinguishes the most minute wheels of a watch, so we, with the light of the Holy Spirit, distinguish all the details of our poor life. Then the smallest imperfections appear very great, the least sins inspire us with horror. That is the reason why the most Holy Virgin never sinned. The Holy Spirit made her understand the hideousness of sin; she shuddered with terror at the least fault.
Those who have the Holy Spirit cannot endure themselves, so well do they know their poor misery. The proud are those who have not the Holy Spirit.' St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 16, 2024, 09:11:56 PM 'It was my desire to be silent, and not to make a public display of the rustic rudeness of my tongue. For silence is a matter of great consequence when one's speech is mean. And to refrain from utterance is indeed an admirable thing, where there is lack of training; and verily he is the highest philosopher who knows how to cover his ignorance by abstinence from public address.'
St. Gregory the Wonderworker Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 17, 2024, 12:14:32 AM 'We ought to abhor every kind of affectation, whether in talking, dressing, or anything else.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 18, 2024, 11:49:33 AM 'Bear in mind the Jews and watch yourself carefully; for the Jews were blinded with jealousy and took Beelzebub for their Lord and God (cf. Matt. 12:24).'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 19, 2024, 08:00:16 PM 'The Holy Eucharist very often invigorates and strengthens even the body. O infinite mercy of our sovereign Good! this marvellous effect proceeds from the great vigor which the bread of angels communicates to the soul, and which reacts on the body.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 20, 2024, 05:28:07 PM 'Your heart is not so narrow that the world can satisfy it entirely; nothing but God can fill it.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 21, 2024, 07:17:03 PM 'May the holy cross of Christ remain ever planted in our heart! May our mind be grafted on this tree of life, and may it produce worthy fruits of penance, through the merits of the death of the true Author of life!'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 22, 2024, 10:29:54 PM 'In leaving the church I would not wish it should be said, O how great an orator! He has a prodigious memory; he is very learned; he spoke admirably: but I would wish to hear the hearers say: How beautiful, how necessary is penance! My God, how good, how just Thou art! and the like: or that the words of the preacher having made a breach in the hearts of the hearers, they were unable to render any testimony in favor of their merit but the amendment of their lives.'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 24, 2024, 12:43:34 AM 'Overeating and gluttony cause licentiousness. Avarice and self-esteem cause one to hate one's neighbor. Self-love, the mother of vices, is the cause of all these things.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 24, 2024, 12:43:49 AM 'I have never gone out to mingle with the world without losing something of myself.'
St. Albert the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 26, 2024, 02:14:56 AM 'If you truly love God and long to reach the kingdom that is to come, if you are truly pained by your failings and are mindful of punishment and of the eternal judgment, if you are truly afraid to die, then it will not be possible to have an attachment, or anxiety, or concern for money, for possessions, for family relationships, for worldly glory, for love and brotherhood, indeed for anything of earth. All worry about one's condition, even for one's body, will be pushed aside as hateful. Stripped of all thought of these, caring nothing about them, one will return freely to Christ. One will look to heaven and to the help coming from there, as in the scriptural sayings: "I will cling close to you" (Psalm 62:9) and "I have not grown tired of following you nor have I longed for the day or the rest that man gives" (Jeremiah 17:16)'
St. John Climacus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 26, 2024, 02:16:06 AM 'I saw the Spirit coming down, as a dove from heaven, and he remained upon him.'
John 1:32 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 27, 2024, 12:18:54 AM 'My way of life consists above all in loving and suffering while contemplating, adoring, and admiring the love of God for us poor creatures. I will unite myself to the love of my God at all times until the end. I am continually united with His love, and nothing stands in my way. While carrying out my many duties I am often so intimately united with Him that I talk with Him as confidently as a child with his father. I tell him all my concerns, my wishes, whatever bothers me, and I beg Him to give me His grace with the greatest confidence, even after committing some imperfections. Then I beg Him with all humility to pardon me because I want to become a good son. I want to love Him with all my heart.'
St. Conrad of Parzham Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 28, 2024, 01:51:19 AM 'A person may say I am not much concerned how long I stay in purgatory, provided I may come to eternal life. Let no one reason thus. Purgatory fire will be more dreadful than whatever torments can be seen, imagined, or endured in this world. He who is afraid now to put his finger into the fire, does he not fear lest he be then all buried in torments for a long time?'
St. Caesarius of Arles Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 29, 2024, 02:59:42 AM 'Now and then, I am amazed at the evil one bad companion can do, -- nor could I believe it if I did not know it by experience, -- especially when we are young: then is it that the evil must be greatest. Oh, that parents would take warning by me, and look carefully to this!'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 30, 2024, 01:41:16 AM 'In our clothes we ought, like St. Bernard, to love poverty, but not filthiness.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on October 31, 2024, 10:24:07 AM 'Be careful that you do not lose anything of the Body of the Lord. If you let fall anything, you must think of it as though you cut off one of the members of your own body. Tell me, I beg you, if someone gave you kernels of gold, would you not guard them with the greatest care and diligence, intent on not losing anything? Should you not exercise even greater care and vigilance, so that not even a crumb of the Lord's Body could fall to the ground, for It is far more precious than gold or jewels?'
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 01, 2024, 01:02:48 AM 'Jesus helps us to face every tribulation. Holy resignation to his sovereign dispositions is the central, pivotal point which balances the weight of the Cross.'
St. Gaspar del Bufalo Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 02, 2024, 12:07:29 AM 'If, during life, we have been kind to the suffering souls in purgatory, God will see that help be not denied us after death.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 03, 2024, 01:19:39 AM 'Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth.'
Psalm 26:8 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 05, 2024, 07:41:14 AM 'My God, the tabernacle is the abode of Thy love, prepared by Thee for those whom Thou lovest. When shall I be enabled, during the hours of profound solitude, to commune with my Eucharistic Love at the foot of the holy altar? Who will give me the wings of a dove, that I may take my flight to the Sacred Heart of my Jesus?'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 05, 2024, 07:41:46 AM 'I am standing before the judgment seat of God. . . Until this moment, I have done my utmost to keep the commandments of God; but I am a man; how should I know if my deeds are acceptable to God? . . . I shall have no confidence until I meet God. Truly the judgment of God is not that of man. . . Of charity, do not talk to me any more, for I no longer have time.'
St. Agathon, upon his death Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 07, 2024, 04:37:34 AM 'In addition let us welcome the times of psalmody, be enthusiastic for hymnody, attentive to the readings, making prostrations according to the given measure at each hour; working with our own hands, because working is good and because one who does not work is not judged worthy of eating. Let us bear one anothers' burdens, for one is weak and another strong, making use of food and drink and the other necessities with moderation, so that there is no provoking to jealousy among evil people, but zeal in goodness. In everything be good to one another, compassionate, reasonable, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, and the peace of God which passes all understanding will keep your hearts and thoughts. And now, may you be found worthy without condemnation to reach the supreme day of the Resurrection, but in the age to come at the resurrection of the dead to gain the kingdom of heaven in Christ Jesus our Lord, to whom be the glory and the might, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.'
St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 07, 2024, 04:38:04 AM 'The crown will be given neither to beginners, nor to the advanced, but to the victorious, to those who persevere to the end.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 07, 2024, 04:38:32 AM 'Bury all your misery in the mercy of the loving Heart of Jesus and think of nothing but of pleasing Him by forgetting self. Henceforth let Him do all that He wills in you, with you and for you.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 08, 2024, 09:27:39 AM 'Be meek and gentle, affable and charitable towards your neighbor; but do not give him what you owe to the Sacred Heart of our Lord.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 09, 2024, 04:21:20 AM 'Show me clearly that when you tell me that such and such an inspiration exists in your conscience, you are not telling a lie. You say that you feel this persuasion within you. But why am I bound to believe you? Is your word so powerful that I am forced under its authority to believe that you think and feel what you say. . . Show me clearly that these inspirations that you pretend to have are of the Holy Spirit. Who knows not that the spirit of darkness very often appears in clothing of light?'
St. Francis de Sales Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 10, 2024, 10:29:23 AM 'According to the degree to which the intellect is stripped of the passions, the Holy Spirit initiates the intellect into the mysteries of the age to be.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 12, 2024, 07:00:43 AM 'His mother saith to the servants: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.'
John 2:5 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 12, 2024, 07:00:55 AM 'No one, putting his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.'
Luke 9:62 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 13, 2024, 12:18:03 PM 'If you pray truly, you will receive assurances of many things, and angels will come to you as they came to Daniel, and will enlighten you with understanding of causes, the wherefore of all things.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 14, 2024, 06:10:13 PM 'To preserve this love, frequent the sacraments. Do not approach the altar but to inflame your soul more and more with divine love.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 15, 2024, 12:03:02 PM 'Perfection consists in renouncing ourselves, in carrying our cross, and in following Jesus Christ. Now, he who renounces himself most perfectly carries his cross the best and follows nearest to Jesus Christ is he who never does his own will, but always that of God.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 16, 2024, 04:09:16 PM 'We must praise God in His Saints, as the Psalmist tells us.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 17, 2024, 05:23:41 PM 'When seculars have once chosen their secular state, let them persevere in it, and in the devout exercises which they have begun, and in their works of charity, and they shall have contentment at their death.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 18, 2024, 11:06:30 PM 'Keep yourself in the presence of our Lord, not only during prayer, but also at other times, as a disciple before his Master, anxious to do His Will by giving up his own.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 20, 2024, 01:12:05 PM 'The love of God is a jealous love. One atom of irregular affection for creatures suffices to ruin everything.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 20, 2024, 01:12:35 PM 'I shall do everything for Heaven, my true home. There I shall find my Mother in all the splendor of her glory. I shall delight with her in the joy of Jesus himself in perfect safety.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 21, 2024, 07:07:06 PM 'I have given myself entirely to God, even to the hour of my death, and I feel that I shall die happy if during life I entertain a great love for the Most Blessed Sacrament and for the Blessed Virgin, my Mother.'
Bl. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 22, 2024, 07:37:49 PM 'God's ways are incomprehensible. He uses very sharp files, which penetrate the heart and remove the rust. His files are all spiritual.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 23, 2024, 06:07:32 PM 'If we wish to have the love of the Divine Heart as our guest, we must empty and detach our heart from its affection for creatures and for ourselves.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 24, 2024, 06:24:53 PM 'Those whose circumstances in the world would have assured them an ample fortune, labor in religion with the greater success in promoting the glory of God.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 25, 2024, 06:33:25 AM 'He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.'
John 15:23 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 26, 2024, 08:28:17 AM '. . . nothing in this world represents so well that admirable assembly of the heavenly Jerusalem as a society of religious who are perfectly united to gether by charity. The life they lead is truly heavenly and angelical. Our Lord is truly amongst them: the place they live in is no other than the house of God, and the gate of heaven.'
St. Lawrence Justinian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 28, 2024, 01:27:28 AM 'Meanwhile the months passed, and I was not at all better. On the fourth of January the doctors cauterized twelve times. After this I became even worse. In addition to this illness of the spine, on the 28th of January, I began to suffer an insupportable pain in the head. The doctor diagnosed the trouble as a tumor of the brain. Because I was extremely weak there could not be an operation and I became worse every day. On the second of February I confessed and I received Viaticum and awaited the moment for going to Jesus. The doctors, whispering thinking I could not hear, said among themselves that I would not live until midnight. Viva Gesu!'
St. Gemma Galgani Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 28, 2024, 01:27:57 AM 'To work or to suffer is all one to a heart that loves. Let us, then, leave the future to the loving Providence of this divine Heart Which only asks of us fidelity to the present moment.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 29, 2024, 12:38:00 AM 'It is in loving the cross that one discovers His Heart, for divine Love does not exist without suffering.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on November 30, 2024, 03:04:14 AM 'And so, dearly beloved, make firm your resolve, knowing that you cannot do anything greater for your spouse Christ Jesus than persevere and finish under the yoke which you have taken up through him, aware that the enemy sometimes makes the way seem too narrow or too long.'
St. Catherine of Bologna Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 01, 2024, 02:49:13 AM 'Nothing created can bring to the soul joy equal to that of the Holy Ghost.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 02, 2024, 05:53:58 AM 'Thou wast created for the glory of thy Creator, that, making His praises thy employment, thou mightest ever advance towards Him by the merit of justice in this life, and mightest live happily in the world to come.'
St. Anselm of Canterbury Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 03, 2024, 07:35:24 AM 'He who relies on theoretical knowledge alone is not yet a faithful servant: a faithful servant is one who expresses his faith in Christ through obedience to His commandments.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 04, 2024, 08:00:58 AM 'The reason why so many souls who apply themselves to prayer are not inflamed with God's love is, that they neglect to carefully prepare themselves for it.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 05, 2024, 03:13:32 AM 'Since they attack the very root of faith either by openly denying, hypocritically undermining, or misrepresenting revealed doctrine, we should above all recall the truth Charles often taught. "The primary and most important duty of pastors is to guard everything pertaining to the integral and inviolate maintenance of the Catholic Faith, the faith which the Holy Roman Church professes and teaches, without which it is impossible to please God." Again: "In this matter no diligence can be too great to fulfill the certain demands of our office." We must therefore use sound doctrine to withstand "the leaven of heretical depravity," which if not repressed, will corrupt the whole. That is to say, we must oppose these erroneous opinions now deceitfully being scattered abroad, which, when taken all together, are called Modernism. With Charles we must be mindful "of the supreme zeal and excelling diligence which the bishop must exercise in combating the crime of heresy."'
Pope St. Pius X, 'Editae Saepe' Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 06, 2024, 04:29:06 AM 'He who beholds Heaven with a pure eye, sees better the darkness of earth; for, although the latter seems to have some brilliancy, it disappears before the splendor of the heavens.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 07, 2024, 02:06:37 AM 'The fear of God compels us to fight against evil; and when we fight against evil, the grace of God destroys it.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 08, 2024, 11:42:47 PM 'Some thoughts are simple, others are composite. Thoughts which are not impassioned are simple. Passion-charged thoughts are composite, consisting as they do of a conceptual image combined with passion. This being so, when composite thoughts begin to provoke a sinful idea in the mind, many simple thoughts may be seen to follow them. For instance, an impassioned thought about gold rises in someone's mind. He has the urge mentally to steal the gold and commits the sin in his intellect. Then thoughts of the purse, the chest, the room and so on follow hard on the thought of the gold. The thought of the gold was composite - for it was combined with passion - but those of the purse, the chest and so on were simple; for the intellect had no passion in relation to these things. And the same is true for every thought - thoughts of self-esteem, women and so on. For not all thoughts which follow impassioned thought are themselves impassioned, as our example has shown. From this, then, we may know which conceptual images are impassioned and which are not.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 10, 2024, 06:29:04 AM 'But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men abundantly, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.'
James 1:5 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 10, 2024, 06:30:08 AM 'Strive ever to have a loving and filial fear, which will lead you to do good and avoid evil, rejecting all other fears, for they only come from the spirit of darkness.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 11, 2024, 04:53:39 AM 'It is useless to subdue the flesh by abstinence, unless one gives up his irregular life, and abandons vices which defile his soul.'
St. Benedict Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 12, 2024, 04:38:26 PM 'It costs little to tell God we love Him when He is showering favors upon us; it is in the midst of the tempest that we must cry out to Him like Job: "Although He should kill me, I will trust Him."'
Bl. Peter Julian Eymard Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 13, 2024, 10:11:16 PM 'It was revealed to St. Gertrude, that when any one repeats with devotion these words to the Virgin: "Turn, then, towards us, oh our advocate, thy pitying eyes," Mary never fails to listen to the prayer.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 14, 2024, 11:53:49 AM 'If a man should have no one to instruct him, God will show him, unless he culpably wishes to remain where he is.'
St. Thomas Aquinas Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 15, 2024, 05:51:12 PM 'We must exercise the spirit which God gives us in prayer, and follow that; so that, when, for example, it inclines us to meditate on the Passion, we must not wish to meditate on some other mystery.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 16, 2024, 06:55:48 PM 'Perfection of life consists in drawing close to God. Heaven is the possession of God. In heaven God is contemplated, adored, loved. But to attain heaven it's necessary to be detached from what is earthly. What is the life of a Carmelite if not one of contemplating, adoring and loving God incessantly? And she, by being desirous for that heaven, distances herself from the world and tries to detach herself as much as possible from everything earthly.'
St. Teresa of the Andes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 18, 2024, 05:24:37 AM 'Let us concentrate ourselves so completely in the divine love, and enter so far into the living fountain of wisdom, through the wounded Side of our Incarnate God, that we may deny ourselves and our self-love, and so be unable to find our way out of that Wound again.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 18, 2024, 05:25:16 AM 'Acting according to this pattern, one not only becomes holy but also enjoys perpetual serenity in this life. Alphonsus the Great, King of Aragon, being asked one day whom he considered the happiest person in the world, answered: "He who abandons himself to the will of God and accepts all things, prosperous and adverse, as coming from his hands." "To those that love God, all things work together unto good." Those who love God are always happy, because their whole happiness is to fulfill, even in adversity, the will of God. Afflictions do not mar their serenity, because by accepting misfortune, they know they give pleasure to their beloved Lord: "Whatever shall befall the just man, it shall not make him sad." Indeed, what can be more satisfactory to a person than to experience the fulfillment of all his desires? This is the happy lot of the man who wills only what God wills, because everything that happens, save sin, happens through the will of God.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 19, 2024, 04:24:48 PM 'Again in Psalm 23 "the rod" is said to signify God's judgment and "the staff" His providence. So he who has received spiritual knowledge of these things is able to say, "Thy rod and Thy staff have comforted me."'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 20, 2024, 09:27:51 PM 'For it is impossible for a person to deserve to triumph over a passion before he has understood that he is not able to obtain victory in the struggle by his own diligence and his own effort, even though in order to be cleansed he must always be careful and attentive, day and night.'
St. John Cassian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 21, 2024, 10:37:02 PM 'Souls who aspire to a sublime union with God by contemplation usually suffer interior purgations in one way or another.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 22, 2024, 08:18:04 PM 'If you love true knowledge, devote yourself to the ascetic life; for mere theoretical knowledge puffs a man up (cf. 1 Cor. 8:1).'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 23, 2024, 06:08:35 PM 'Virginity surmounteth all conditions of nature human, by which men be associate to angels, and the victory of virgins is more than of angels. The angels live without flesh, and virgins living in their flesh triumph.'
Bl. Jacopus de Voragine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 25, 2024, 02:17:40 AM 'O amiable Infant! though I see Thee in this cavern lying on straw poor and despised, yet faith teaches me that Thou art my God, who earnest down from heaven for my salvation. I acknowledge Thee, then, for my sovereign Lord and Saviour; but I have nothing, alas! to offer Thee. I have no gold of love, because I have loved creatures; I have loved my own caprices, but I have not loved Thee, O amiable infinite One! I have not the incense of prayer, because I have lived in a miserable state of forgetfulness of Thee. I have no myrrh of mortification, for I have often displeased Thy infinite goodness that I might not be deprived of my miserable pleasures. What then shall I offer Thee? I offer Thee my heart, filthy and poor as it is; do Thou accept it, and change it. Thou earnest into the world for this purpose, to wash the hearts of men from their sins by Thy blood, and thus change them from sinners into saints. Give me, there fore, I pray Thee, this gold, this incense, and this myrrh. Give me the gold of Thy holy love; give me the spirit of holy prayer, give me the desire and strength to mortify myself in everything that displeases Thee. I am resolved to obey Thee and to love Thee; but Thou knowest my weakness, oh, give me the grace to be faithful to Thee! Most holy Virgin, thou who didst welcome with such affection and didst console the holy Magi, do thou welcome and console me also, who come to visit thy Son and to offer myself to him. O my Mother, I have great confidence in thy intercession! Do thou recommend me to Jesus. To thee do I intrust my soul and my will; bind it forever to the love of Jesus!'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 25, 2024, 02:19:08 AM 'Oh, what a sweet hermitage for a soul that has faith in the stable of Bethlehem!'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 26, 2024, 03:30:16 AM 'And it came to pass, that when they were there, her days were accomplished, that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds watching, and keeping the night watches over their flock. And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the brightness of God shone round about them; and they feared with a great fear.'
Luke 2:6-9 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 27, 2024, 01:14:37 AM 'As bread is food for the body and virtue is food for the soul, so spiritual prayer is food for the mind.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 28, 2024, 03:22:07 AM 'The greatness of our love of God must be tested by the desire we have of suffering for His love.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 29, 2024, 07:35:13 AM 'Knowledge is an excellent thing; it helps prayer, inciting the power of the mind to the contemplation of Divine knowledge.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 30, 2024, 12:13:24 AM 'Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?'
St. Gerard Majella Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on December 31, 2024, 04:03:25 AM 'When the intellect gives its attention to sensible objects, withdraw your senses from them, bringing the objects into direct contact with the intellect.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 01, 2025, 08:06:17 PM 'I know my mine, and they know me.'
John 10:14 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 02, 2025, 05:54:27 AM 'Certainly it is the great secret of the spiritual life to abandon to God all that we love by abandoning ourselves to all that He wills.'
St. Louise de Marillac Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 03, 2025, 08:13:35 AM 'In the case of those advancing on the spiritual way, their attitude to good and evil is easily changed; but in those who have achieved perfection it is hard to shift.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 04, 2025, 10:10:59 AM 'If, during life, we have been kind to the suffering souls in purgatory, God will see that help be not denied us after death.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 05, 2025, 07:51:19 AM 'Let us also love our neighbors as ourselves. Let us have charity and humility. Let us give alms because these cleanse our souls from the stains of sin. Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve.'
St. Francis of Assisi Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 06, 2025, 12:09:15 PM 'The soul which is espoused by the priceless ring of good will, that is of divine love, and wishes to serve God in the spirit of truth, must first cleanse her conscience by a pure and complete confession and make a most firm resolution of not wanting ever again to sin mortally, and instead to die a thousand times if that were possible, because the person who is in mortal sin is not a member of Christ but of the devil, and is deprived of the goods of holy mother the Church and cannot do anything which will profit her for eternal life. And she does this also because to wish to serve this God faithfully requires a resolution not to sin mortally, as was said above. But note that, should you be in mortal sin, you should never despair of divine goodness nor cease to do whatever good you can do so that in this way you can get out of sin. And with this hope, always do what is right in whatever state you find yourself.'
St. Catherine of Bologna Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 07, 2025, 12:52:51 PM 'Obedience to the commandments is the resurrection of the dead, for by nature life follows upon virtue.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 08, 2025, 02:52:16 PM 'When Abraham entered the promised land he bought a sepulchre for himself and by means of this tomb, he inherited the land. . . [The tomb is] the place of tears and compunction.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 09, 2025, 02:13:31 PM 'If the soul keeps far away from all discourse in words, from all disorder and human disturbance, the Spirit of God will come in to her and she who was barren will be fruitful.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 10, 2025, 03:31:34 PM 'Let not confusion for thy fault overwhelm thee with despair, as if there were no longer a remedy.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 11, 2025, 07:05:11 PM 'We must, then, persuade ourselves that chastisement is not what the nature of God inclines him to. God, because by his nature he is infinite goodness, says St. Leo, has no other desire than to bless us, and to see us happy. When he punishes, he is obliged to do so in order to satisfy his justice, not to gratify his inclination. Isaiah says that punishment is a work contrary to the heart of God.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 12, 2025, 09:00:17 PM 'The sensible derives from the intelligible, by God's decree providing what is needed.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 13, 2025, 07:18:15 PM 'Go forward, forget yourself, and let Him act, for He loves you; by wanting to do too much, you hinder Him from furthering the work of your perfection.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 14, 2025, 08:29:13 PM 'Prayer is an activity becoming to the dignity of the mind, or rather, is its real use.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 15, 2025, 10:41:19 PM 'An illumined intellect brings forth words of wisdom; a pure soul cultivates godlike thoughts.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 16, 2025, 03:47:59 PM 'For it is impossible that God and sin, however slight, should remain together, for such an impediment would prevent the soul from attaining to his glory. And as a little thing that thou hast in thine eye will not allow thee to see the sun, and as it is possible to compare the difference between God and the sun to that between the intellectual vision and that of the bodily eye, it is plain that the great opposition between the one and the other can never be truly imagined.
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 17, 2025, 07:36:04 AM 'Before beginning your work, my dear brethren, never fail to make the Sign of the Cross. Do not imitate those people without religion who dare not do this because they are in company. Offer quite simply all your difficulties to God and renew from time to time this offering, for by that means you will have the happiness of drawing down the blessing of Heaven on yourself and on all you do.'
St. Jean Baptiste Marie Vianney Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 18, 2025, 04:07:41 AM 'I see more clearly than the day that a life without the love of Jesus Christ is the greatest of all miseries.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 19, 2025, 01:01:59 AM 'You know what you have to do. Correspond faithfully, joyfully and willingly to the lights He gives you.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 20, 2025, 03:36:53 AM 'Preserve the harmony of the soul's virtues, and it will bring forth the fruit of righteousness.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 22, 2025, 02:00:09 AM 'Pray in peace and serenity, sing intelligently and in a good state - and you will be like a young eagle soaring high in the sky.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 22, 2025, 02:00:26 AM 'I promise thee if thou sleep upon straw, it is indeed most warm in winter, and in summer it is very fresh and cool.'
St. Bernardine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 23, 2025, 11:38:35 AM 'When our pious undertakings meet with little success, let us not be troubled; when God wills anything to be done for His glory He will not fail to urge on the work until it is accomplished.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 24, 2025, 07:04:20 AM 'I want to follow you and be like you, O my Jesus; I would rather be crucified with you than enjoy all the pleasures of this world without you.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 25, 2025, 04:09:21 AM 'I am ready, O Lord, to suffer the death which they threaten, and all the tortures which they can inflict, to endure even the fires of hell, rather than swerve in the least degree from Thy love.
And ye, foul demons, go on, employ all your might and rage; behold me ready to satisfy your hatred, to endure all you threaten me with, to the Day of Judgment, for the love of my Lord Jesus Christ.' St. Alphonsus Rodriguez Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 26, 2025, 07:45:55 AM 'A soul who desires to make progress in the spiritual life should always act contrary to the enemy.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 27, 2025, 04:34:47 PM 'I had become by this time fond of good books, and that gave me life.
I read the Epistles of St. Jerome, which filled me with so much courage. . .' St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 28, 2025, 03:37:00 PM 'A man ought to set about putting his good resolutions in practice, and not change them lightly.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 29, 2025, 07:20:07 PM 'We must pray incessantly for the gift of perseverance.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 30, 2025, 05:03:45 PM 'In the Old Testament the New is concealed, in the New the Old is revealed.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on January 31, 2025, 07:22:03 PM 'He who prays in spirit and in truth does not borrow from creatures thoughts to glorify the Creator, but draws from the Creator Himself contemplations for His praise.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 01, 2025, 08:26:50 PM 'Oh Love, no more sin, no more sin!'
St. Catherine of Genoa Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 02, 2025, 08:59:51 PM 'A self-indulgent heart becomes a prison and chain for the soul when it leaves this life; whereas an assiduous heart is an open door.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 03, 2025, 09:28:59 PM 'Spiritual reading, vigils, prayer and psalmody prevent the intellect from being deluded by the passions.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 04, 2025, 09:05:50 PM 'I say the same of humility and of all the virtues; the wiles of the devil are terrible, he will run a thousand times round hell if by so doing he can make us believe that we have a single virtue which we have not. And he is right, for such ideas are very harmful, and such imaginary virtues, when they come from this source, are never unaccompanied by vainglory; just as those which God gives are free both from this and from pride.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 06, 2025, 12:20:04 AM 'I cannot of myself do any thing.'
John 5:30 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 06, 2025, 03:33:34 AM '. . . nothing in this world represents so well that admirable assembly of the heavenly Jerusalem as a society of religious who are perfectly united together by charity. The life they lead is truly heavenly and angelical. Our Lord is truly amongst them: the place they live in is no other than the house of God, and the gate of heaven.'
St. Lawrence Justinian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 07, 2025, 01:28:09 AM 'In his mercy the Lord supports all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down' (Ps. 145:14).'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 08, 2025, 12:41:55 AM 'If, as Scripture teaches, everything involuntary has its cause in what is voluntary, man has no greater enemy than himself.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 08, 2025, 02:00:58 AM 'Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts.'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 09, 2025, 12:21:44 AM 'A wise intellect restrains the soul, keeps the body in subjection, and makes the passions its servants.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 10, 2025, 02:41:02 AM 'Salvation is necessary, because there is no middle way - we must either be saved or lost. It will not do to say: I shall be satisfied with not going to hell; I shall not be concerned at being deprived of heaven. No; either heaven or hell; either forever happy with God in heaven in an ocean of delights, or forever trampled upon by devils in hell in an ocean of fire and torments: either saved, or lost; there is no alternative.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 11, 2025, 04:18:41 AM 'St. Prosper says that to save his own soul it will not be enough for a priest to lead a holy life, for he shall be damned with those that are lost through his fault. . . The Council of Cologne declared that if a person take the Order of priesthood without the intention of performing the office of vicar of Jesus Christ, or of saving souls, a great and certain chastisement is reserved for him, as for a wolf and a robber, which he is called in the Gospel. . . And St. John Chrysostom says, "Not on account of their own, but on account of the sins of others that they did not prevent, priests are often condemned to hell."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 12, 2025, 04:47:27 AM 'What punishment will not that servant bring upon himself who knows the will of his Master and does not do it?'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 13, 2025, 09:44:01 AM 'Christ died for sinners; we must take heart, therefore, and hope that Paradise will be ours, provided only we repent of our sins, and do good.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 14, 2025, 05:19:26 AM 'The genuineness of a friend is shown at a time of trial, if he shares the distress you suffer.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 15, 2025, 12:35:27 PM 'The intellect that begins its search for divine wisdom with simple faith will eventually attain a theology that transcends the intellect and that is characterized by unremitting faith of the highest type and the contemplation of the invisible.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 16, 2025, 04:52:37 AM 'Pray that I may become a true son of St. Francis and as such live and die.'
St. Conrad of Parzham Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 17, 2025, 04:52:35 AM 'He who loves God will certainly love his neighbor as well. Such a person cannot hoard money, but distributes it in a way befitting God, being generous to everyone in need.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 18, 2025, 03:13:56 PM 'Do not ask how a poor man can be self-indulgent when he lacks the material means. For it is possible to be self-indulgent in a yet more despicable way through one's thoughts.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 19, 2025, 05:39:50 PM 'Begin in the morning, before leaving your room, by meditating, for a quarter of an hour, on the Passion of our Redeemer, and you will see that, all will go well with you, and that you will live far removed from sin.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 20, 2025, 06:30:48 PM 'In speaking to the sad and sore of heart present to them a cheerful and serene countenance; speak with all sweetness, so as to restore them the more easily to peace and tranquility, overcoming in this way one extreme by another.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 21, 2025, 07:31:13 PM 'One of the very best means of obtaining humility, is sincere and frequent confession.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 22, 2025, 06:30:20 AM 'Have you ever noticed rocks in the sea, beaten by the tempest? A furious wave dashes against the rock, another and yet another does likewise, yet the rock is unmoved. But look at it after the storm has subsided, and you will see that the flood has but served to wash and purify it of the defilement it had contracted during the calm.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 23, 2025, 06:21:51 AM 'Without mortification nothing can be done.'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 24, 2025, 11:32:04 AM 'Blessed the one who keeps vigil in prayers and reading and good work, such a one will become enlightened so that he does not sleep in death.'
St. Ephrem of Syria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 25, 2025, 09:42:40 PM 'Do justice, God sees you.'
St. Veronica Guiliani, at the age of one and a half years Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 26, 2025, 06:38:16 PM 'My children, the saints were so completely dead to themselves, that they cared very little whether others agreed with them. People in the world say, "Oh, the saints were simpletons!" Yes, they were simpletons in worldly things; but in the things of God they were very wise. They understood nothing about worldly matters, to be sure, because they thought them of so little importance that they paid no attention to them.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 28, 2025, 03:21:31 AM 'Ample room in the heart denotes hope in God; congestion denotes bodily care.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on February 28, 2025, 03:21:57 AM 'The Word begotten of the Father from on high, inexpressibly, inexplicably, incomprehensibly, and eternally, is He that is born in time here below of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God.'
St. Athanasius Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 01, 2025, 12:09:36 AM 'We have been taught that only they may aim at immortality who have lived a holy and virtuous life near to God. We believe that they who live wickedly and do not repent will be punished in everlasting fire.'
St. Justin Martyr Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 01, 2025, 04:29:08 PM 'I am full of miseries; however, I hope to save my soul: I hope it of the infinite power and goodness of God; I hope it through the Passion and death of Jesus; I hope it by the intercession of the Mother of Sorrows; yes, I hope to go to heaven.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 02, 2025, 12:10:12 AM 'They who are engaged with the salvation of their neighbor, will gain more by an humble modesty than by an authoritative manner, and will gain victory sooner in retreat than in combat.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 03, 2025, 06:14:09 AM 'My lord, for one bishop of your opinion, I have a hundred saints of mine; for one parliament of yours, and God knows of what kind, I have all the General Councils of the Church for a thousand years.'
St. Thomas More Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 04, 2025, 11:06:33 AM 'Ignorance of words will do no harm to the truly devout, nor will wisdom in speaking harm the humble.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 05, 2025, 05:49:36 AM 'Let him who finds himself desolate remember how strong he is by grace, which is sufficient to enable him to overcome all his enemies, and that he should take courage in his Lord and Creator.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 06, 2025, 09:36:47 AM 'We ought not to publish or manifest to every one the inspirations which God sends us, or the favours He grants us. Secretum meum mihi! Secretum meum mihi!'
St. Philip Neri Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 07, 2025, 07:55:35 AM 'In fact, my children, it is sin that brings upon us all calamities, all scourges, war, famine, pestilence, earthquakes, fires, frost, hail, storms, -- all that afflicts us, all that makes us miserable.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 08, 2025, 08:29:07 AM 'It never was, is, or shall be lawful for Catholic Christians to teach any doctrine except that which they have received once and for all time; and it always was, is, and shall be their duty to condemn those who do.'
St. Vincent of Lerins Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 09, 2025, 09:34:29 AM 'Guard your speech from boasting and your thoughts from presumption; otherwise you may be abandoned by God and fall into sin. For man cannot do anything good without the help of God, who sees everything.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 10, 2025, 02:41:45 AM 'Who could ever understand fully that eternal weight of glory which a single moment spent in cheerfully carrying a cross obtains for us? Who could understand the glory gained in Heaven by a year, and sometimes a whole lifetime, of crosses and suffering.'
St. Louis Marie de Montfort Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 11, 2025, 04:44:17 PM 'A man who teaches without doing what he teaches is like a spring which cleanses and gives drink to everyone, but it is not able to purify itself.'
St. Poemen Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 12, 2025, 06:04:41 AM 'How is it possible to offend a God scourged, a God crowned with thorns, a God crucified for us? And how is it possible that, seriously pondering these truths of faith, we can yet offend God?'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 13, 2025, 05:33:30 AM 'Look at bad Christians; they do everything with trouble and disgust; and why, my children? because they do not love the good God, because their soul is not pure, and their hopes are no longer in Heaven, but on earth. Their heart is an impure source which poisons all their actions, and prevents them from rising to God; so they come to die without having thought of death, destitute of good works for Heaven, and loaded with crimes for Hell: this is the way they are lost forever, my children. People say it is too much trouble to save one's soul; but, my children, is it not trouble to acquire glory or fortune? Do you stay in bed when you have to go and plough, or mow, or reap? No. Well, then, why should you be more idle when you have to lay up an immense fortune which will never perish -- when you have to strive for eternal glory?'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 14, 2025, 02:11:26 PM 'Truth always shines with a brilliancy of its own, whilst falsehood is clouded in darkness, to dispel which it is enough to place it in the presence of truth.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 15, 2025, 04:46:36 PM 'The remembrance of God is suffering of heart endured in a spirit of devotion. But he who forgets God becomes self-indulgent and insensitive.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 16, 2025, 10:39:22 AM 'O how sweet and gentle is the divine discourse of Christ Jesus in the soul of her who is truly enflamed by love of him!'
St. Catherine of Bologna Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 17, 2025, 12:32:53 AM 'Poverty is the glorious standard, the impregnable fortress of the religious life.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 18, 2025, 08:23:52 AM 'Pray for our poor congregation, whose mission it is to mourn, without ceasing, the sorrows and the death of our beloved Redeemer. God wishes it to produce a great number of good laborers, who, as trumpeters of the Holy Ghost, will preach to the world and destroy sin.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 19, 2025, 03:56:04 AM 'As for me, I cannot understand how it is possible not to be always thinking of God.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 20, 2025, 01:20:11 AM 'God wills that, like precious stones, you be firmly set in the golden ring of charity. He wills that you be so many victims, so many holocausts, sacrificed to the glory of the Most High in the sacred fire of suffering. He wills that through this sacrifice you may continually diffuse the good odor of virtues.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 21, 2025, 01:29:36 AM 'He who knows the Holy Trinity, the Trinity's creation, and providence, and who has brought his soul's passible aspect into a state of dispassion, is with God.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 22, 2025, 01:18:16 AM 'A single act of resignation to the divine will in what it ordains contrary to our desires, is of more value than a hundred thousand successes conformable to our will and taste.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 23, 2025, 03:12:17 AM 'But it was not so much the sorrows of his Passion which saddened and embittered the life of our Redeemer, as the sight of all the sins which men would commit after his death. These were the cruel executioners which made him live in continual agony, oppressed by such an overwhelming grief that pain alone would have been enough to make him die of pure sorrow. Father Lessius says that the sight alone of the ingratitude of mankind would have been sufficient to make Jesus Christ die of grief a thousand times.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 25, 2025, 12:40:54 AM 'Pride is an illusion, a lie and a theft. And since it is a truth of faith that we are nothing, he who esteems himself and thinks that he is someone is a seducer who deceives himself.'
St. Jean Eudes Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 25, 2025, 12:41:36 AM 'Seek Him, and rest not until thou hast found Him, whom thy soul desires, hold Him and do not let Him go (Cant. 3, 4).'
The Blessed Virgin, to Ven. Mary of Agreda Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 26, 2025, 03:06:35 AM 'What, am I not sufficient for thee, I Who am thy beginning and thy last end?'
The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 27, 2025, 03:11:22 AM 'Oh, how I like those little mortifications that are seen by nobody, such as rising a quarter of an hour sooner, rising for a little while in the night to pray!'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 28, 2025, 07:18:36 AM 'Do not compare yourself with weaker men but rather apply yourself to fulfilling the commandment of love. For by comparing yourself with the weak you will fall into the pit of conceit, but by applying yourself to the commandment of love you will reach the height of humility.
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 29, 2025, 07:54:34 AM 'The grace of perseverance is the most important of all; it crowns all other graces.'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 30, 2025, 03:02:52 PM 'It is good for a man to await the salvation of God in silence.'
Lamentations 3:26 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on March 31, 2025, 10:11:08 PM 'As for you, let that which you have heard from the beginning, abide in you. If that abide in you, which you have heard from the beginning, you also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.'
1 John 2:24 Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 02, 2025, 12:59:27 AM 'Wisdom is not only to perceive the natural consequence of things, but also to accept as our due the malice of those who wrong us. People who go no further than the first kind of wisdom become proud, whereas those who attain the second become humble.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 02, 2025, 12:46:54 PM 'Let the rule of thy life be to walk in the light of faith and in the brightness, with which the Omnipotent shall fill and illumine thy soul, and to continue to love, adore and reverence Him, without any cessation or diminution.'
The Blessed Virgin, to Ven. Mary of Agreda Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 04, 2025, 05:25:04 AM 'When the body sins through material things, it has the bodily virtues to teach it self-restraint. Similarly, when the intellect sins through impassioned conceptual images, it has the virtues of the soul to instruct it, so that by seeing things in a pure and dispassionate way, it too may learn self-restraint.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 05, 2025, 03:53:00 PM 'What we do for ourselves during life is more certain than all the good we expect others to do for us after death.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 06, 2025, 03:57:20 PM 'The trials of life cease to oppress us if we accept them for the love of God.'
Ven. Louis de Granada Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 07, 2025, 11:02:12 PM 'I accept death willingly. He who is guilty of high treason should die; I am guilty, therefore it is just that I die. After a momentary suffering, divine mercy reserves for you endless joy.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 08, 2025, 03:01:04 AM 'Moreover the strongest support is provided not only to protect the young from evil, but also to rouse them and attract them more easily and gently to the performance of good works. Like the twigs of plants, the young are easily influenced, as long as someone works to change their souls. But if they are allowed to grow hard, we know well that the possibility of one day bending them diminishes a great deal and is sometimes utterly lost.'
St. Joseph Calasanz Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 09, 2025, 07:07:28 PM 'When the door of the steam baths is continually left open, the heat inside rapidly escapes through it; likewise the soul, in its desire to say many things, dissipates its remembrance of God through the door of speech, even though everything it says may be good. Thereafter the intellect, though lacking appropriate ideas, pours out a welter of confused thoughts to anyone it meets, as it no longer has the Holy Spirit to keep its understanding free from fantasy. Ideas of value always shun verbosity, being foreign to confusion and fantasy. Timely silence, then, is precious, for it is nothing less than the mother of the wisest thoughts.'
St. Diadochos of Photiki Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 10, 2025, 08:45:52 PM 'For true devotion must issue from the heart, and consist in the truth and substances alone of what is represented by spiritual things; all the rest is affection and attachment proceeding from imperfection; and in order that one may pass to any kind of perfection it is necessary for such desires to be killed.'
St. John of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 11, 2025, 11:58:46 PM 'He who wishes to be spared all misfortunes should associate God with everything through prayer; with his intellect he should set his hope in Him, putting aside, so far as possible, all concern about things of the senses.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 12, 2025, 12:51:31 AM 'You are indignant that God is indignant, as if you deserved anything good by living evilly, as if all those things that happen were still not less and lighter than your own sins.'
St. Cyprian of Carthage Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 13, 2025, 01:29:21 AM 'Unexpected trials are sent by God to teach us to practice the ascetic life; and they lead us to repentance even when we are reluctant.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 14, 2025, 03:02:46 PM 'It is already much not to be roused to any passion by material things. It is even more to remain dispassionate when presented with mental images of such things. For the war which the demons wage against us by means of thoughts is more severe than the war they wage by means of material things.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 15, 2025, 10:06:54 PM 'Then I read the Gospel, and saw there that a great means of reaching perfection was the selling of one's goods, the sharing of them with the poor, the giving up of all care for this life, and the refusal to allow the soul to be turned by any sympathy towards things of earth.'
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 16, 2025, 12:39:31 AM 'O my brethren, so long as ye have breath in your bodies strive for your redemption; and before there cometh the hour wherein we shall have to weep for our souls let us cultivate spiritual excellence with a ready mind. And I say unto you that, if ye knew what good things were in heaven, and the glory which is laid up for the saints, and how those who have fallen are punished by God, and the tortures which are laid up for those who have been neglectful, and especially for those who having known the truth have not, as was right, guided themselves hereby, instead of inheriting the blessedness which is reserved for the saints, [ye would do so].'
St. Pachomius Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 17, 2025, 04:58:48 AM 'Pray in peace and serenity, sing intelligently and in a good state - and you will be like a young eagle soaring high in the sky.'
St. Nilus of Sinai Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 18, 2025, 12:49:20 PM 'The Lord having, with great difficulty, at length reached the top of the Mount alive, they violently, for the third time, tear his clothes from off him, sticking, as they did, to the sores upon his wounded flesh, and they throw him down upon the cross. The divine lamb stretches himself out upon that bed of torment; he reaches forth to the executioners his hands and his feet to be nailed; and raising his eyes to heaven, he offers up to his Eternal Father the great sacrifice of his life for the salvation of men.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori 'Now he leans his weight upon his hands, now upon his feet; but on what part soever he leans, the anguish increases He turns his afflicted head, now on one side, now on the other: if he lets it fall towards his breast, the hands, by the additional weight, are rent the more; if he lowers it towards his shoulders, the shoulders are pierced with the thorns; if he leans it back upon the cross, the thorns enter the more deeply into the head.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori 'He was crucified wholly without any alleviation of suffering.' St. Lawrence Justinian 'It seems as though our Redeemer from the cross said to us all, "See what it is to love," whenever, in order to avoid something that is troublesome, we abandon works that are pleasing in his sight, or at times even go so far as to renounce his grace and his love. He has loved us even unto death, and came not down from the cross till after having left his life thereon.' St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 19, 2025, 01:33:56 AM 'The intellect freed from the passions forms conceptual images that are also passion-free, whether the body is asleep or awake.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 20, 2025, 10:10:25 PM 'Ah, my buried Jesus, I kiss the Stone that encloses Thee. But Thou didst rise again the third day. I beseech Thee, by Thy resurrection, make me rise glorious with Thee at the last day, to be always united with Thee in heaven, to praise Thee, and love Thee forever. I love Thee, and I repent of ever having offended Thee. Permit not that I ever offend Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee; and then do with me what Thou wilt.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori 'Let us embrace him and he will bring our enemies to naught [Ps. 107:14] both seen and invisible. Let us await him and he will crown us for the day of resurrection of the dead, for the day of his appearing; for which may we too be found worthy to attain without condemnation and to stand uncondemned at his judgement seat, giving a good defence, in Christ our Lord, to whom be glory and might, with the Father and the holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.' St. Theodore the Studite Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 21, 2025, 08:44:14 PM 'We cannot restrain Our tears, when We see that some Italians now are so wicked and so wretchedly deceived that they admire the vile teachings of impious men. In fact, they are not afraid to plot with them for this great destruction of Italy. You are aware indeed, that the goal of this most iniquitous plot is to drive people to overthrow the entire order of human affairs and to draw them over to the wicked theories of this Socialism and Communism, by confusing them with perverted teachings. But these enemies realize that they cannot hope for any agreement with the Catholic Church, which allows neither tampering with truths proposed by faith, nor adding any new human fictions to them. This is why they try to draw the Italian people over to Protestantism, which in their deceit they repeatedly declare to be only another form of the same true religion of Christ, thereby just as pleasing to God.'
Pope Pius IX Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 22, 2025, 12:35:46 AM 'However, we must not only beware of all that is obvious and unmistakable, but also of all that can deceive by fraud and cunning. What could be more clever and cunning than the Enemy's moves after being unmasked and worsted by Christ's coming? Light had come to the gentiles and the lamp of salvation was shining for the deliverance of mankind, so that the deaf began to hearken to the Spirit's call of grace, the blind to open their eyes upon the Lord, the sick to recover their health unto eternity, the lame to make speed to the Church, and the dumb to raise their voice aloud in prayer. Thereupon the Enemy, seeing his idols abandoned and his temples and haunts deserted by the ever growing numbers of the faithful, devised a fresh deceit, using the Christian name itself to mislead the unwary. He invented heresies and schisms so as to undermine the faith, to corrupt the truth, to sunder our unity.'
St. Cyprian of Carthage Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 23, 2025, 01:35:13 AM 'Now is the time to humble myself and show God that I love Him.'
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 24, 2025, 08:17:19 AM 'After this we know of the resurrection of the dead, the first-fruits of which was our Lord Jesus Christ, who in very deed, and not merely in appearance, carried a body, of Mary Mother of God, who at the end times came to the human race to put away sin, was crucified and died, and yet without any detriment to His divinity, being raised from the dead, taken up into heaven, and seated at the right hand of Majesty.'
St. Alexander of Alexandria Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 25, 2025, 08:14:07 AM 'The greatest pain which the holy souls suffer in Purgatory proceeds from their desire to possess God. This suffering especially afflicts those who in life had but a feeble desire of heaven.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 26, 2025, 05:21:52 AM 'The saints owed to their confidence in God that unalterable tranquility of soul, which procured their perpetual joy and peace, even in the midst of adversities.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 27, 2025, 10:12:18 PM 'Whatsoever we do, we can never be true children of Mary, unless we are humble.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 29, 2025, 03:05:28 AM 'Virgins enjoy many privileges. They will have gold crowns, they alone will sing the canticle, they will wear the same garments that Christ wears, they will always march after the Lamb himself.'
St. Jerome Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 29, 2025, 03:05:58 AM 'Alas, my friend. We cannot be together in Heaven unless we have begun to live so in this world. Death makes no change in that. As the tree falls, so shall it lie. . . Jesus Christ said . . . "He that does not hear the Church, let him be to thee as a heathen and a publican." And he also said, "There shall be one fold and one shepherd," and He made St. Peter the chief shepherd of His flock. My dear friend, there are not two ways of serving Jesus Christ. There is only one good way, and that is to serve Him as He Himself desires to be served.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on April 30, 2025, 08:58:00 AM 'We should carefully beware of giving ourselves so completely to any employment as to forget to have recourse to God from time to time.'
St. Teresa of Jesus Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 01, 2025, 07:13:08 AM 'Just as sailors, in the hope of gain, gladly endure the burning heat of the sun, so those who hate wickedness gladly accept reproof. For the former contend with the winds, the latter with passions.'
St. Mark the Ascetic Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 02, 2025, 11:42:24 AM 'One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God's help, he has been victorious.'
St. Ignatius of Loyola Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 03, 2025, 02:36:36 AM 'The soul is more precious than the whole world!'
St. John Chrysostom Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 04, 2025, 11:12:31 AM 'In general, distress arises from the privation of pleasure, whether it be of a worldly kind or relate to God.'
St. Thalassios the Libyan Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 05, 2025, 02:18:07 PM 'Beside each believer stands an Angel as protector and shepherd, leading him to life.'
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 06, 2025, 02:46:58 PM 'Our eighth struggle is against the demon of pride, a most sinister demon, fiercer than all that have been discussed up till now. He attacks the perfect above all and seeks to destroy those who have mounted almost to the heights of holiness. Just as a deadly plague destroys not just one member of the body, but the whole of it, so pride corrupts the whole soul, not just part of it. Each of the other passions that trouble the soul attacks and tries to overcome the single virtue which is opposed to it, and so it darkens and troubles the soul only partially. But the passion of pride darkens the soul completely and leads to its utter downfall.
In order to understand more fully what is meant by this, we should look at the problem in the following way. Gluttony tries to destroy self-control; unchastity, moderation; avarice, voluntary poverty; anger, gentleness; and the other forms of vice, their corresponding virtues. But when the vice of pride has become master of our wretched soul, it acts like some harsh tyrant who has gained control of a great city, and destroys it completely, razing it to its foundations. The angel who fell from heaven because of his pride bears witness to this. He had been created by God and adorned with every virtue and all wisdom, but he did not want to ascribe this to the grace of the Lord. He ascribed it to his own nature and as a result regarded himself as equal to God. The prophet rebukes this claim when he says: 'You have said in your heart: "I will sit on a high mountain; I will place my throne upon the clouds and I will be like the Most High." Yet you are a man, and not God' (cf. Isa. 14:13-14). And again, another prophet says, 'Why do you boast of your wickedness, O mighty man?' and he continues in this same vein (Ps. 52:1). Since we are aware of this we should feel fear and guard our hearts with extreme care from the deadly spirit of pride. When we have attained some degree of holiness we should always repeat to ourselves the words of the Apostle: "Yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me' (1 Cor. 15:10), as well as what was said by the Lord: 'Without Me you can do nothing' (John 15:5). We should also bear in mind what the prophet said: 'Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain that build it' (Ps. 127:1), and finally: 'It does not depend on-man's will or effort, but on God's mercy (Rom. 9:16).' St. John Cassian Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 07, 2025, 06:12:43 AM 'Spiritual knowledge teaches us that, at the outset, the soul in pursuit of theology is troubled by many passions, above all by anger and hatred. This happens to it not so much because the demons are arousing these passions, as because it is making progress. So long as the soul is worldly-minded, it remains unmoved and untroubled however much it sees people trampling justice under foot. Preoccupied with its own desires, it pays no attention to the justice of God. When, however, because of its disdain for this world and its love for God, it begins to rise above its passions, it cannot bear, even in its dreams, to see justice set at naught. It becomes infuriated with evil-doers and remains angry until it sees the violators of justice forced to make amends. This, then, is why it hates the unjust and loves the just. The eye of the soul cannot be led astray when its veil, by which I mean the body, is refined to near-transparency through self-control. Nevertheless, it is much better to lament the insensitivity of the unjust than to hate them; for even should they deserve our hatred, it is senseless for a soul which loves God to be disturbed by hatred, since when hatred is present in the soul spiritual knowledge is paralyzed.'
St. Diadochos of Photiki Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 08, 2025, 01:23:03 PM 'A woman who deliberately destroys a fetus is answerable for murder. And any fine distinction between its being completely formed or unformed is not admissible among us.'
St. Basil the Great Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 09, 2025, 12:48:26 AM 'If I had to remake my character entirely, struggle endlessly against my own inclinations and destroy them, or even tear my own heart out, all this I would do to be worthy of serving you. I am entirely persuaded that the miracle you worked to reward the faith of our holy patron is but a shadow of the glorious resurrection you will deign to grant me if I am faithful to my vocation.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 10, 2025, 12:06:21 AM 'As a man lives, so shall he die.'
St. Augustine Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 11, 2025, 03:07:28 PM 'Know that the more tenderly a son loves his father, the more he fears to offend him. This holy fear will be a curb which will prevent you from committing sin. Love God with an ardent love; place in Him a childlike confidence; let all your words, all your actions, your pains, your sighs, and your tears, be a holocaust offered to His holy love.'
St. Paul of the Cross Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 12, 2025, 10:10:06 AM 'In the knowledge of God thou shalt find the fire of divine charity.'
St. Catherine of Siena Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 13, 2025, 07:24:16 PM 'O my soul, imitate Jesus faithfully: He is gentle and humble of heart. Those who are humble of heart will be glorified. How beautiful the heavenly crown will be for those who are genuinely humble despite outward humiliations, those who follow the humility of the Savior in every way.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 14, 2025, 02:50:41 PM 'Do justice, God sees you.'
St. Veronica Guiliani, at the age of one and a half years Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 15, 2025, 12:39:36 AM 'When we offend the good God, if we were to look at our crucifix, we should hear Our Lord saying to us in the depths of our soul, "Will you too, then, take the side of My enemies? Will you crucify Me again?"'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 16, 2025, 02:23:57 PM 'If the conceptual images that continually rise up in the heart are free from passion whether the body is awake or asleep, then we may know that we have attained the highest state of dispassion.'
St. Maximos the Confessor Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 17, 2025, 12:05:40 AM 'If the salvation of one soul is of such importance that we should endanger our temporal life in order to procure it, how could we abandon so great a number through fear of incurring some expense?'
St. Vincent de Paul Title: Re: Quote for the Day Post by: Shin on May 18, 2025, 12:19:42 AM 'To fast well is to enjoy simple food in small amounts and to shun other people's esteem.'
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