Quote for the Night

[Shin]

'If a man has some spiritual gift and feels compassion for those who do not have it, he preserves the gift because of his compassion. But a boastful man will lose it through succumbing to the temptations of boastfulness.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'Those who pay a moderate attention to the mortification of their bodies, and direct their main intention to mortify the will and understanding, even in matters of the slightest moment, are more to be esteemed than they who give themselves up exclusively to corporal penances and macerations.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'This is the Great Work of a man: always to take the blame for his own sins before God and to expect temptation to his last breath.'

St. Anthony of Egypt

[Shin]

' It is most unbecoming for Christians to sit down at table to eat before the food has been blessed by someone in the group. As the Gospel tells us, Jesus Christ, who is our model in all things, was in the habit of blessing what had been prepared for him and for those who accompanied him. To act otherwise would be to act like animals. [Mt 14:19; 15:36; Mk 6:41]'

St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle

[Shin]

'We should not measure our spiritual progress by our deeds, our amiability, or our love of solitude, but by the violence we do ourselves.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

[Shin]

'The sick man must not fear when he is tempted to lose confidence; for if he has sinned, Christ has suffered and paid for him.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'It is very useful for those who minister the word of God, or give themselves up to prayer, to read the works of authors whose names begin with S, such as Saint Augustine, Saint Bernard, etc.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'Again in Psalm 23 "the rod" is said to signify God's judgment and "the staff" His providence. So he who has received spiritual knowledge of these things is able to say, "Thy rod and Thy staff have comforted me."'

St. Maximos the Confessor

[Shin]

'Outside of the Church there is nothing truly good; for whoever will not be united to this mystic body, will not receive from the Head, who is Christ Jesus, the Divine grace which invigorates the soul and prepares it for eternal happiness.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

[Shin]

'The person who loves God values knowledge of God more than anything created by God, and pursues such knowledge ardently and ceaselessly.'

St. Maximos the Confessor

[Shin]

'How many of you say: I should like to see His face, His garments, His shoes. You do see Him, you touch Him, you eat Him. He gives Himself to you, not only that you may see Him, but also to be your food and nourishment.'

St. John Chrysostom

[Shin]

'There is nothing better to display the truth in an excellent light, than a clear and simple statement of facts.'

St. Benedict

[Shin]

'Try to convince yourself that there is no crime-laden sinner but would have served God better than you. . . if he had received the same graces.'

St. Vincent Ferrer

[Shin]

'If we no longer fulfill the desires of the flesh, then with the Lord's help the evils within us will easily be eliminated.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'Now although man is created for the possession of happiness, yet, having deviated from his true end, his nature has become deformed and is entirely repugnant to true beatitude. And on this account we are forced to submit to God this depraved nature of ours which fills our understanding with so many occupations, and causes us to deviate from the true path, in order that he may entirely consume it until nothing remains there but himself; otherwise the soul could never attain stability nor repose, for she was created for no other end.'

St. Catherine of Genoa

[Shin]

'In spiritual life, when you cease to climb, you begin to descend.'

St. Bernard of Clairvaux