Quote for the Night

[Shin]

'Dearest brothers, marvel not, if he spoke nothing to me nor I to him; for as soon as we embraced each other, the light of divine wisdom revealed his heart to me and mine to him, and whatsoever he had thought to say to me and I to him, we heard better without the sound of words or lips or tongue than if we had conversed with our lips. And had we desired to explain by means of voice those things which we felt within ourselves, our speech would have tended rather to desolation than to consolation. Wherefore be you sure that the king went away marvellously comforted.'

Bl. Giles of Assisi, after meeting St. Louis

[Shin]

'You must be indifferent to all created things and especially to the impulses prompted by your self-love and your own will. This self-will He wishes you to sacrifice as often as He gives you the opportunity thereof, by breaking and thwarting it, until it is wholly destroyed and extinct, in order that the Will of His divine Heart, alone, may reign in you.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'In time of temptation continue the good thou hast begun before temptation.'

St. Vincent Ferrer

[Shin]

'Keep the commandments, and you will find peace; love God, and you will attain spiritual knowledge.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Shin]

'Let us make ourselves as children with Jesus, hiding ourselves in our nothingness; let us be humble and simple as children by an exact obedience, by purity of heart, by love of holy poverty by a love of sufferings, and, above all, by childlike simplicity in the faithful observance of our rules and constitutions, and let us not take the liberty to interpret them broadly nor in any other sense than their own. Narrow is the way that leadeth to life. Let us allow ourselves to be guided and used by our superiors, whom God has placed over us for our government and direction. Thus we shall be true imitators of the Child Jesus, Who abandoned Himself in everything to the care of His Mother, the most holy and immaculate Virgin Mary. By these beautiful virtues you will render yourselves worthy to partake of the banquet of angels.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'My only desire would be to remain in silence, or else to speak only of God, for in this my heart takes so great a delight that it can never tire of so doing.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'Know that He wishes more love than fear from you. Therefore, abandon yourself to His love, and let Him act in you, with you and for you, according to His desire and good pleasure.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'According to the rules of the fathers and ancient monks, whoever wishes to advance in perfection must hold the world in no reputation.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'According to the degree to which the intellect is stripped of the passions, the Holy Spirit initiates the intellect into the mysteries of the age to be.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Shin]

'Every age and understanding should have its proper discipline. Whenever, therefore, boys or immature youths or such as can not understand how grave a penalty excommunication is, are guilty of a serious fault, let them undergo severe fasting or be disciplined with corporal punishment, that they may be corrected.'

St. Benedict

[Shin]

'I am also driven to preach without ceasing by the sight of the throngs of souls who are falling into hell -- for it is of faith that all who die in mortal sin are damned. It is estimated that about eighty thousand die each day, and how many of them die in mortal sin and hence are damned? As the saying goes, "talis vita, finis ita -- your death will be as your life has been."

And when I see the way people live -- so many of them set in their ways and living in habitual mortal sin; not a day goes by that they do not add to the number of their sins. They sin as easily as they would take a glass of water; they commit iniquities as if it were a joke, for a laugh. They are really tragic figures, marching on their own two feet toward hell. As Zephaniah says, "They shall walk like blind men, for they have sinned against the Lord."'

St. Anthony Mary Claret

[Shin]

'I must own that I have never before so fully realized God's goodness to me, for notwithstanding my great misery He does not forsake me. Therefore my only refuge is His adorable Heart Which is ever my surety and my defence.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'Blessed the one who has hated evil-doing that is full of shame and presented himself as a living sacrifice, well-pleasing to the Lord.'

St. Ephrem of Syria

[Shin]

'Blessed the one who continually remembers the fear of Gehenna and hastens with tears and groans to repent sincerely in the Lord, for he will be delivered from the great tribulation.'

St. Ephrem of Syria

[Shin]

'We must sometimes bear with little defects in others, as we have against our own will to bear with natural defects in ourselves.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'Pride and boastfulness are characterized by hypocrisy, guile, trickery, pretence and, worst of all, falsity. These characteristics are aided and abetted by envy, strife, anger, resentment and rancor.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan