Quote for the Night

[Shin]

'Before choosing, let us examine well whether the attachment we feel for an object springs solely from the love of God.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

[Shin]

'Let us thank God for having called us to His holy faith. It is a great gift, and the number of those who thank God for it is small.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Shin]

'We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. When one asks, "Why should I love God?" he may mean, "What is lovely in God?" or "What shall I gain by loving God?" In either case, the same sufficient cause of love exists, namely, God Himself.'

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

[Shin]

'Love Him with all your strength, think always of Him, let Him do with you, in you and for you, whatever He wills, and do not be anxious about anything else.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'Have great confidence in God and never distrust His mercy, which infinitely surpasses all our misery.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'They [Saints Catherine and Margaret] love that which our Lord loves, and hate that which God hates.'

St. Joan of Arc

[Shin]

'I can hardly express my joy at seeing the increase of devotion to the Sacred Heart of my Saviour. I seem to live for that alone. Sometimes such an ardent desire to make It reign in all hearts is kindled within me that there is nothing I would not do and suffer to bring this about.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'He who forgets himself in the service of God may be assured that God will not forget Him.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

[Shin]

'He that rises after his falls, with confidence in God and profound humility of heart, will become, in God's hands, a proper instrument for the accomplishment of great things; but he who acts otherwise can never do any good.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'I resolve to observe silence conscientiously. I resolve to speak briefly and so avoid many pitfalls and be better able to converse with God.'

St. Conrad of Parzham, resolutions in the novitiate

[Shin]

'If we are men of prayer, God will make use of us, although poor and miserable, for the greatest triumphs of His glory; unless we are men of prayer, we can accomplish no good.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'My first thought, my love, absolutely everything shall be for Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament.'

Bl. Peter Julian Eymard

[Shin]

'If you wish to pray well, be faithful in the practice of mortification, avoid dissipation of mind during the day, and never commit any willful faults.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'Guard your mind, and you will not be harassed by temptations. But if you fail to guard it, accept patiently whatever trial comes.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'Think that human love, which is only a parody of a true love, very often excludes God; that it is a form of egoism, since for people who truly love each other the rest of the world does not exist; and that it is fair that this forgetfulness of God and this indifference towards your neighbour should be expiated.'

St. Lydwine of Schiedam

[Shin]

'If you abandon God and are a slave to the passions you cannot reap God's mercy.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan