Quote for the Night

[Shin]

Very soothing George, in these troubled times, where one hardly knows what to do often enough!

[Shin]

'St. Denis the Areopagite says, "Divine love consists in the affections of the heart more than in the knowledge of the understanding." In human sciences, knowledge excites love; but in the science of the saints, love produces knowledge. He that loves God most, knows him best. Besides, it is not lofty and fruitless conceptions, but works, that unite the soul to God, and make it rich in merits before the Lord.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Therese]

God is able to save some without any good deserts, because He is Good. He cannot condemn any without evil deserts, because He is Just. -- St. Augustine

[Shin]

'As the branch separated from the roots soon loses all life and verdure, so it is with good works which are not united with charity.'

Pope St. Gregory the Great

[Shin]

A thoughtful one Therese! Good to see you! 

[Shin]

'The poverty of Jesus Christ was for us great riches, inasmuch as it moves us to acquire the treasures of heaven and to despise those of earth. Ah, my Jesus! this Thy poverty has induced so many saints to leave all riches, honors, and kingdoms in order to become poor with Thee! Oh, detach me also, my Saviour, from all affection to earthly goods, so that I may be made worthy to acquire Thy holy love, and thus to possess Thee, who art the infinite Good!'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Therese]

A thoughtful one Therese! Good to see you! 

Thanks so much, Shin!

[Shin]

'If we want to do something but cannot, then before God, who knows our hearts, it is as if we have done it. This is true whether the intended action is good or bad.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'If man or angel always rendered to God his due, he would never sin. . . Therefore to sin is nothing else than not to render to God his due.'

St. Anselm of Canterbury, 'Cur Deus Homo'

[Shin]

'As the breath which comes out of his nostrils, so does a man need humility and the fear of God.'

St. Poemen

[Shin]

'God knows how useful it is to us to be obliged to pray, in order to keep us humble, and to exercise our confidence; and he therefore permits us to be assaulted by enemies too mighty to be overcome by our own strength, that by prayer we may obtain from his mercy aid to resist them; and it is especially to be remarked that no one can resist the impure temptations of the flesh, without recommending himself to God when he is tempted.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Shin]

'If God does not desire me to be a saint, He would not have created me a reasonable being.'

St. Peter Julian Eymard

[odhiambo]

'If God does not desire me to be a saint, He would not have created me a reasonable being.'

St. Peter Julian Eymard

He certainly has a point there 

[odhiambo]

Prayer
A soul arms itself by prayer for all kinds of combat. In whatever state the soul may be, it ought to pray. A soul which is pure and beautiful must pray, or else it will lose its beauty; a soul which is striving after this purity must pray, or else it will never attain it; a soul which is newly converted must pray, or else it will fall again; a sinful soul, plunged in sins, must pray so that it might rise again.
There is no soul which is not bound to pray, for every single grace comes to the soul through prayer.
St. Faustina

[Shin]

'I also recommend to you holy modesty at all times and in all places, because we are always in the presence of God, Who is everywhere.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

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

St. Clement of Alexandria