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'Do not evil so that good may come!'

Pope St. Pius V

'From humility of heart proceed serenity of mind, gentleness of conduct, interior peace, and every good.'

St. Paul of the Cross

John wanted to do foreign missionary work. He was prepared to go to Mexico.

'O my dear parishioners, let us endeavor to get to heaven! There we shall see God. How happy we shall feel! If the parish is converted we shall go there in procession with the parish priest at the head. . . We must get to heaven! What a pity it would be if some of you were to find yourselves on the other side!'

St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars

'It was right for the woman to be made from a rib of man.

First, to signify the social union of man and woman, for the woman should neither "use authority over man," [1 Tim 2:12] and so she was not made from his head; nor was it right for her to be subject to man's contempt as his slave, and so she was not made from his feet.

Secondly, for the sacramental signification; for from the side of Christ sleeping on the Cross the Sacraments flowed -- namely, blood and water -- on which the Church was established.'

St. Thomas Aquinas

Ish-bosheth was 40 years old when he was proclaimed King over Israel.

'He who remains in sin and continues to anger God, and who shamelessly strives to understand Divine things and to acquire transubstantial prayer, should remember the warning of the Apostle that it is not without danger for him to pray with head uncovered. In the words of the Apostle, such a soul ought "to have power on her head because of the angels" [1 Corinthians 11:10], having clothed itself in modesty and suitable humility for the sake of those present.'

St. Nilus of Sinai

'To misuse conceptual images and material things is to use them in a profane and improper manner.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

Date: 08/28/2025
Incident ID: 6644478
About importance of Religion in a person life?:

Question:
query do Rabbis teach their congregations of object lessons examples of  those who do not live by religious teachings in their lives-Europe (only nomenial obsurance of religion in ones life} and the Islamic world (strict obbservence of the letter but not the spirt  of Religion in ones life?}

Reply Aug 31, 2025
Hi TF,

There is something we can learn from everyone, whether or not they are religious.

I hope this answers your question.

All the best,

Rabbi Eliezer Zalmanov
for Chabad.org

                     {A} Daylily Count Your Assets   
                     {B} A ruffled cream daylily with a violet-blue eye lined with raspberry 
                     {C} Psalm 68 Verse 11     
                            The Lord gave a command, the good news of a countless army