Quote for the Night

[odhiambo]

"Many would be willing to have afflictions provided that they not be inconvenienced by them."

St. Francis de Sales

[George]

O sinners, be not discouraged but have recourse to Mary in all your necessities. Call her to your assistance, for you will always find her ready to help. It is God's will that she should help in every need.
St. Basil the Great

[Shin]

'One day, when the weather was extremely cold, I wished to make a fire. I went to the woods to pick up some dry branches, which had been exposed to the air for a long time. In a moment I had a big fire. Why? Because for a long time the wood had been exposed to the cold, the frost, the wind, and the sun, and had thus lost its dampness. So it is with us: if we wish our hearts to become inflamed with divine love, we must permit ourselves to be purified by suffering, humbly and resignedly, temptations, trials, persecutions, tribulations. Oh! being then well cleansed, divine love will possess us.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'Pray, hope, and don't worry.'

St. Padre Pio

[odhiambo]

"Prayer is the oxygen of the soul"
Saint Padre Pio

[George]

We find ourselves on earth as in a tempestuous sea, a desert, and a vale of tears. But Mary is the star of the sea, the solace of the desert, and the light that guides us to heaven.
St. John Bosco

[Shin]

This reminds me of the words "the devil fishes in troubled waters."

Good evening George!

[George]

good evening Shin, yes, well if that is the case, he's filling his nets these days, I'm Afraid we're living in a world awash by troubled waters.

[Shin]

"Prayer is the oxygen of the soul"
Saint Padre Pio

Yes,  I think we need more oxygen!

Well.. "when the shepherd is struck, the sheep will be scattered."

[odhiambo]

"Unfurl the sails, and let God steer us where He will"
St. Bede

[odhiambo]

"Christ has no body now, but yours.
No hands, no feet on earth, but yours.
Yours are the eyes through which
Christ looks compassion into the world.
Yours are the feet
with which Christ walks to do good.
Yours are the hands
with which Christ blesses the world."

 Saint Teresa of Avila.

[odhiambo]

 
"Oh, how precious time is!
Blessed are those who know how to make good use of it.
 Oh, if only all could understand how precious time is,
undoubtedly everyone would do his best to spend it in a praiseworthy manner!"
Padre Pio

[Shin]

'Prayer, good reading, the frequentation of the sacraments, with the proper dispositions, and particularly the flight of idleness - these are, believe me, the means of sanctifying yourself.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[odhiambo]

“ He who asks of God in faith things needful for this life is sometimes mercifully heard and    sometimes mercifully not heard. ” 
 St. Prosper of Aquitaine

[George]

When we speak the name of Mary, Heaven becomes more beautiful, and earth rejoices. The demons are terrified, and vanish like dust in the wind.
St. Francis of Assisi

[odhiambo]

'In the sweetness and delight of the soul there is always danger of the devil playing a wicked trick on us.'

St. Paul of the Cross