Quote for the Night

[Shin]

'You only come back to Jesus because you can no longer pillage and rob your neighbour under cover of trade. You only bring Him the ruins of your bodies, the remains of your souls, the residue which no one wants. Thank Him, then, that He does not reject them. You are afraid to suffer, but it were better to thank God for it, since the more you undergo down here, the less you will endure above.'

St. Lydwine of Schiedam

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'Just as we drive out one nail by another, let us oppose effort to effort, habit to habit.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

[Shin]

'Have no other desire or intention but to please God in all that you do. See Him alone in everything that befalls you.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Shin]

'Every sin produces blindness; and as sin increases, so does the blindness increase. God is our light; as much, therefore, as the soul withdraws from God, so much the more blind does she become.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Shin]

'The self-indulgent are distressed by criticism and hardship; those who love God by praise and luxury.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'I do not wish a love which may be described as for God, or in God. I cannot see those words, for and in, without their suggesting to me that something may intervene between God and me; and that is what pure and simple love, by reason of its purity and simplicity, is unable to endure. This purity and simplicity is as great as God is, for it is his own.'

St. Catherine of Genoa

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'My crucified Jesus, I protest that I desire not the things of the earth; for Thou alone suffices! for me, Thou alone, my God and my All!'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'Even when nothing is going wrong, be ready for affliction; and since you will have to give an account, do not make extortionate demands.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'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

[Shin]

'We must never trust ourselves, for it is the devil's way first to get us to feel secure, and then to make us fall.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'If you hate rebuke, it shows that the passion in which you are involved is due to your own free choice. But if you welcome rebuke, the passion is due to prepossession.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'What is a fruitless repentance, defiled almost immediately by new faults?'

St. Bernard of Clairvaux