Quote for the Night

[Shin]

'Strive ever to have a loving and filial fear, which will lead you to do good and avoid evil, rejecting all other fears, for they only come from the spirit of darkness.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'The saints understood how great an outrage sin is against God. Some of them passed their lives in weeping for their sins. St. Peter wept all his life; he was still weeping at his death. St. Bernard used to say, "Lord! Lord! it is I who fastened You to the Cross!"'

St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars

[Shin]

'Humble yourself before God; lose yourself in the very depths of that sacred desert of which I have, spoken to you; be absorbed by the Sovereign Good, consumed by the sacred fire of love. Believe me, this divine fire will dissipate all the dust and mist of scruples, and your soul will become purer and more beautiful in the eyes of your heavenly Spouse. Keep yourself in a silence of faith and love, as a victim offered to the glory of God, and courageously despise scruples. The merciful visits with which your Saviour favors you are not liable to illusion; they cause you to know how much He loves you, and that your scruples are an artifice of the demon.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'It costs little to tell God we love Him when He is showering favors upon us; it is in the midst of the tempest that we must cry out to Him like Job: "Although He should kill me, I will trust Him."'

Bl. Peter Julian Eymard

[Shin]

'He who remains in sin and continues to anger God, and who shamelessly strives to understand Divine things and to acquire transubstantial prayer, should remember the warning of the Apostle that it is not without danger for him to pray with head uncovered. In the words of the Apostle, such a soul ought "to have power on her head because of the angels" [1 Corinthians 11:10], having clothed itself in modesty and suitable humility for the sake of those present.'

St. Nilus of Sinai

[Shin]

'My hope is in Christ, who strengthens the weakest by His Divine help. I can do all in Him who strengthens me. His Power is infinite, and if I lean on him, it will be mine. His Wisdom is infinite, and if I look to Him for counsel, I shall not be deceived. His Goodness is infinite, and if my trust is stayed in Him, I shall not be abandoned.'

Pope St. Pius X

[Shin]

'One afternoon a terrible temptation came to me. I said to myself that I was weary and that lying in bed had become intolerable. The devil availed himself of my impatience and began to tempt me and said that if I had given him the chance he would have cured me, and he would have done all that I wished. Father, I was almost on the point of yielding; I was terrified; I gave myself up for lost. All at once a thought came to me. I ran in spirit to the Venerable Gabriel and said to him, vehemently, "Save my soul first and then my body."

Nevertheless the demon continued with more violent assaults. A thousand evil thoughts flashed through my mind. Again I had recourse to the Venerable Gabriel; and this time I conquered. I regained control of myself; I made the sign of the cross and in a quarter of an hour, I began to unite myself to my God whom I had treated so disrespectfully. I remember now that very evening I began to read the "Life" of Brother Gabriel which the lady had left me. I read it many times. I could not read it often enough. I admired greatly his virtues and determined to follow his example.

From the day that my new protector, Venerable Gabriel, had saved my soul, I began to have a particular devotion to him. In the night I could not sleep if I did not have his picture under my pillow, and I began at last to see him near me, that is, Father, I seemed to feel his presence. In every bad deed I was about to do I turned to Brother Gabriel in spirit and he restrained me. I did not fail to pray to him every day with these words: "Save my soul, then my body."'

St. Gemma Galgani

[Shin]

'Another force that drives me to preach and hear confessions is my desire to make my neighbor happy. If there is so much joy in healing the sick, freeing the prisoner, consoling the afflicted, and cheering the sad, then there is far greater joy in bringing one's neighbor to the glory of heaven. It means saving him from every evil and bringing him to the enjoyment of every good -- and for all eternity. Mortals cannot understand this just now, but when they are in glory they will know the great good that was offered them and that they will have, happily, attained. Then they will sing the everlasting mercies of the Lord and bless those who have been merciful to them.'

St. Anthony Mary Claret

[Shin]

'You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions. I also will laugh in your destruction, and will scorn, when that shall come to you, which you feared. When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest shall be at hand: when tribulation, and distress shall come upon you: Then shall they invocate me, and I will not hear: in the morning shall they arise, and shall not find me: for that they have hated discipline, and not received the fear of our Lord;'

Proverbs 1:25-29

[Shin]

'Where there is cleanness there is understanding.'

St. Thomas Aquinas

[Shin]

'My daughter, observe these three rules, namely: never say I will or I will not. Never say mine, but always ours. Never excuse yourself, but always accuse yourself.'

The Lord, to St. Catherine of Genoa

[Shin]

'Those, who in all simplicity look only to God in what they do, take for their motto: When alone, I will act as when in sight of creatures, since God sees me everywhere, and He knows the inmost recesses of my heart.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'Examine yourself well, in order to ascertain whether God alone lives in you. By self-examination you will know whether you perform all your actions for the love of God, and unite them to those of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Who is our way, our truth, and our life.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'Our pilgrimage on earth cannot be exempt from trial. We progress by means of trial. No one knows himself except through trial, or receives a crown except after a victory, or strives except against an enemy or temptations.'

St. Augustine

[Shin]

'No one can serve God perfectly who does not try energetically to break the bonds of the world and rise above all earthly cares.'

St. Bonaventure

[Shin]

'Do not act haughtily towards anybody, but, above all things, distrust yourself.'

St. Paul of the Cross