Quote for the Night

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'A resolute will triumphs over everything with the help of God, which is never wanting.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

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'Leave to every one the care of what belongs to him, and disturb not thyself with what is said or done in the world.'

St. Thomas Aquinas

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'Remember that true holiness is accompanied by pains and tribulations from within and without, by attacks of visible and invisible enemies, by trials of body and mind, by desolations and prolonged aridities; "and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution" (2 Tim. iii. 12) - that is to say, all sorts of trials from demons, from men, and from our rebellious flesh.'

St. Paul of the Cross

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'Virginity is the flower of the seed of the Church, beauty and adornment of spiritual grace, a glad joy of laud and honour, work entire and incorrupt, image of God, and yet more noble as to the holiness of God and portion of the flock of Jesus Christ.'

St. Cyprian of Carthage

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'I beg of you to appreciate the great favor which is accorded you in being always of a contrite and humble heart.'

St. Paul of the Cross

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'Hold your eyes on God and leave the doing to Him. That is all the doing you have to worry about.'

St. Jane Frances de Chantal

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'It is better to pray devoutly for your neighbor than to rebuke him every time he sins.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

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'Fear of hell and love for God's kingdom enable us patiently to accept affliction; and this they do, not by themselves, but through Him who knows our thoughts.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

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'Our Apostolic Mandate requires from Us that We watch over the purity of the Faith and the integrity of Catholic discipline. It requires from Us that We protect the faithful from evil and error; especially so when evil and error are presented in dynamic language which, concealing vague notions and ambiguous expressions with emotional and high-sounding words, is likely to set ablaze the hearts of men in pursuit of ideals which, whilst attractive, are nonetheless nefarious. Such were not so long ago the doctrines of the so-called philosophers of the 18th century, the doctrines of the Revolution and Liberalism which have been so often condemned;'

Pope St. Pius X, 'Our Apostolic Mandate'

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'If you say the Rosary faithfully until death, I do assure you that, in spite of the gravity of your sins "you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory." Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as sorcerers do who practice black magic, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and save your soul, if - and mark well what I say - if you say the Rosary devoutly every day until death for the purpose of knowing the truth and obtaining contrition and pardon for your sins.'

St. Louis Marie de Montfort

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'When rain falls upon the earth, it gives life to the quality inherent in each plant: sweetness in the sweet, astringency in the astringent; similarly, when grace falls upon the hearts of the faithful, it gives to each the energies appropriate to the different virtues without itself changing.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

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'For he hath given his angels charge over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways.'

Psalm 90:11

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'Perfect love of God renders death agreeable, making the soul taste the greatest sweetness therein. The soul that loves is inundated with a torrent of delights at the approach of that moment when she is about to enjoy the full possession of her Beloved. On the point of being delivered from this prison of the body, she seems already to contemplate the glories of Paradise and all within her is transformed into love.'

St. John of the Cross

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'May the two names so sweet and so powerful, of Jesus and Mary, be always in our hearts and on our lips!'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

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'All vices must first be eradicated by the practice of good works in the active life, so that, the mind's eye being purified, one may advance to the contemplation of God in the contemplative life.'

St. Isidore of Seville

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'If there be a true way that leads to the Everlasting Kingdom, it is most certainly that of suffering, patiently endured.'

St. Colette