Quote for the Night

[Shin]

'My Lord, instruct, direct, and defend me in all things. Give me strength against all immoderate fears and against despondency. Bestow upon me a true faith, a firm hope, and a sincere and a perfect love.'

St. Antiochus

[Shin]

'Just as sheep and wolves cannot feed together, so a man cannot receive mercy if he tricks his neighbor.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'Let them not call bondage to pleasure freedom, as if bitterness were sweet.'

St. Clement of Alexandria

[Shin]

'God's justice is a fair requital for what we have done through our bodies.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Shin]

'The servants of Mary who are in Purgatory receive visits and consolations from her.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Shin]

'The person who fears the Lord has humility as his constant companion and, through the thoughts which humility inspires, reaches a state of divine love and thankfulness. For he recalls his former worldly way of life, the various sins he has committed and the temptations which have befallen him since his youth; and he recalls, too, how the Lord delivered him from all this, and how He led him away from a passion-dominated life to a life ruled by God. Then, together with fear, he also receives love, and in deep humility continually gives thanks to the Benefactor and Helmsman of our lives.'

St. Maximos the Confessor

[Shin]

'May the holy name of our Lord be ever blessed; may it be eternally praised by every creature, who has been created and placed in this world only for that end, so just in itself and so lawfully imposed.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

[Shin]

'Be diligent in serving the poor. Love the poor, honour them, my children, as you would honor Christ Himself.'

St. Louise de Marillac

[Shin]

'The beginning of evil is heedlessness.'

St. Poemen

[Shin]

'Break the bonds of your friendship for the body and give it only what is absolutely necessary.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Shin]

'On this earth we must attach ourselves to nothing, not even the most innocent things, for they fail you at the moment when you are least expecting it. It is only what is eternal that can content us.'

St. Therese of Lisieux

[Shin]

'Nothing helps a man more than prayer.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'St. Ignatius often said: "Ignatius, overcome thyself; Ignatius, overcome thyself." Oh, what important advice! What a great point of perfection!'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as the powers of Hell fear the name and protection of Mary.'

St. Bonaventure

[Shin]

'God judges our intention, but in that which is within our power He, in man-befriending wise, also requires us to act. Great is he who leaves undone nothing that is within his power; but greater is he who humbly attempts what is beyond his power.'

St. John Climacus

[Shin]

'Put evil to death so that you will not rise up dead and thus pass from a minor to a major death.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan