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'A single bad book will be sufficient to cause the destruction of an entire monastery.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

Gothard became Prior and eventually Abbpt of the Abbey of Heldr-Altaich.

'When you observe some thought suggesting that you seek human fame, you can be sure it will bring you disgrace.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

'Waste your body with fasting and vigils, and you will repulse the lethal thoughts of pleasure.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

'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

'You know what you have to do. Correspond faithfully, joyfully and willingly to the lights He gives you.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Benedict was the head of a council of abbots which in 817 at Aachen created a code of regulations, or "Codex regularum".

'Trials come upon us because of our former sins, bringing what is appropriate to each offence.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

'An intelligent use of conceptual images and their corresponding physical objects produces self-restraint, love and spiritual knowledge; an unintelligent use produces licentiousness, hatred and ignorance.'

St. Maximos the Confessor

What is an Ecumenical Council?