Quote for the Night

[Shin]

'Nor can it be doubted, that it is more consonant with the order of nature that men should bear rule over women, than women over men. It is with this principle in view that the apostle says, "The head of the woman is the man;" and, "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands." So also the Apostle Peter writes: "Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord."'

St. Augustine

[Shin]

'. . . when I see man fix his affections on creatures, even, as he sometimes does, on a dog or a cat, or any other created thing, delighting greatly in it, doing all that he can to serve it, unable to admit into his heart any other love, and as it were, breathing by it, I long to exterminate these things which hold him thus employed and cause him to lose the great reward of the love of God which alone can satisfy and make him happy.'

St. Catherine of Genoa

[Shin]

'Why should we be attached to this world, where we can breathe only air poisoned by so many crimes?'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'There was once a solitary who had built himself a royal palace in the trunk of an oak-tree; he had placed thorns inside of it, and he had fastened three stones over his head, so that when he raised himself or turned over he might feel the stones or the thorns. And we, we think of nothing but finding good beds, that we may sleep at our ease.'

St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars

[Shin]

'A wise man is one who accepts advice, especially that of a spiritual father counseling him in accordance with the will of God.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Shin]

'Do not think that Jesus Christ is forgetful of you, since he has left you, as the greatest memorial and pledge of his love, himself in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Shin]

'Make the body serve the commandments, keeping it so far as possible free from sickness and sensual pleasure.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Shin]

'It is very necessary to be cheerful, but we must not on that account give in to a buffooning spirit.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'Above all, let us carefully keep silence on occasions that mortify us. Let us be charitable and humble, both in our thoughts and words.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'It is better to be cut off from life, than to live for vanity.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

[Shin]

'The saints owed to their confidence in God that unalterable tranquility of soul, which procured their perpetual joy and peace, even in the midst of adversities.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Shin]

'I have no pleasure in this miserable life except in what concerns the interests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Who often fastens me, stripped of all, to the Cross.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'One man received a thought and accepted it without examination. Another received a thought and tested its truth. Which of them acted with greater reverence?'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[eschator83]

Testing the truth is a fascinating challenge.  I'm very curious what St Mark said about it.  Can I be right that attempting to discern is always the best practice, especially of our own thoughts.

[Shin]

Well there's a proper measure for all things. 

[Shin]

'Prevent your intellect from pursuing sensible things, so that it does not reap the fruits of pleasure and pain which they produce.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan