Quote for the Day

[Shin]

'He who toils unwillingly grows poor in every way, while he who presses ahead in hope is doubly rich.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'. . . 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

[Shin]

'When a man is out of the right way the more quickly and impetuously he advances, the more he errs.'

St. Augustine

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'The flesh revolts when prayer, frugality and blessed stillness are neglected.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Benedict]

'The flesh revolts when prayer, frugality and blessed stillness are neglected.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

Very true,
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners. Amen

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'He who wishes to purify his faults purifies them with tears and he who wishes to acquire virtues, acquires them with tears.'

St. Poemen

[Shin]

'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