Quote for the Night

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'In the persecutions which bad men excite against piety and devotion, we must keep our eyes on God, whom we serve, and on the testimony of a good conscience.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'Do not, then, regard the Eucharistic elements as ordinary bread and wine. They are in fact the Body and Blood of the Lord, as He himself has declared. Whatever your senses may tell you, be strong in faith. You have been taught and are firmly convinced that what looks and tastes like bread and wine is not bread and wine but the Body and Blood of Christ.'

St. Cyril of Jerusalem

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'Those engaged in spiritual warfare practice self-control in everything, and do not desist until the Lord destroys all "seed from Babylon" (Jer. 27:16. LXX). '

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'We have nothing to say which you have not already heard, no doctrine to propound that is new to anyone; but we treat of matters which it is necessary for everyone to bear in mind, and God inspires us with the hope that our message will not fail to bear abundant fruit.'

Pope St. Pius X, 'Haerent Animo'

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'God knows, I have not a penny under the sun to leave anyone.'

St. Lawrence O'Toole

[Shin]

'Fear of the Lord conquers desire, and distress that accords with God's will repulses sensual pleasure.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Shin]

'We can tell Him all the secrets of our heart, disclosing our want and misery to Him Who alone can remedy them, and saying: O Friend of my heart, she whom Thou lovest is sick. Visit and heal me, for I well know that Thou canst not love me and yet leave me alone in my distress.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'This fair and pure Virgin-Mother renders all her servants chaste and pure.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Shin]

'Though the world could give you, in an instant, the most enticing thing of all that it offers, and let you see, at a glance, all the kingdoms of the earth, and all their glory, could you possess them beyond the short time of your life?'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

[Shin]

'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