Quote for the Night

[Shin]

'Control your appetites before they control you.'

St. John Climacus

[Shin]

'O hard-hearted father! O cruel mother! Unfeeling souls! You are not parents, you are murderers; for you grieve to see your son saved, and you rejoice at the sight of his eternal perdition.'

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

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'For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if by the Spirit you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live.'

Romans 8:13

[Shin]

'Bear patiently the little vexations caused by your neighbor's being of a disposition contrary to your own; do not show your resentment, for that displeases the Sacred Heart of Jesus.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'Ah! ye holy angels, and all ye blessed spirits, help me to thank my God; and, in thanksgiving for His great benefits, offer to Him not only this Mass, but also all the Masses that are now celebrated throughout the whole world, that His loving goodness may be fully recompensed for all the graces which He has bestowed, and is to bestow upon me now and for eternity. Amen.'

St. Leonard of Port Maurice

[Shin]

'Just as men take pride in having others wear their livery, so the Most Holy Mary is pleased when her servants wear her scapular as a mark that they have dedicated themselves to her service, and are members of the family of the Mother of God.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Shin]

'We let ourselves be overcome by human respect, and cease to show ourselves true followers of Our Lord before the world. . . We see truth trodden underfoot, and we remain silent. Why? Because we are cowards. Oh, how we need to renew our faith, to rekindle our hearts in the sublime principles of our holy religion.'

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

[Shin]

'An intellect that does not control the senses will fall into evil because of them: deceived by the pleasure of sense objects, it depraves itself.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Shin]

'We must not give up praying and asking, because we do not get what we ask all at once.'

St. Philip Neri

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'Sufferings greatly help to detach us from this earth, they make us look higher than this world. Tomorrow, in a brief hour, we shall be at rest. God already sees us in glory and rejoices in our everlasting bliss.'

St. Therese of Lisieux

[Shin]

'"In the company of the innocent, you will be innocent; in the company of the elect, you will be elect; and in a crooked man's company you will go wrong." [Ps. 18:26,27]

Let us, then, follow the innocent and the upright. They, it is, who are God's elect.'

Pope St. Clement I of Rome

[Shin]

'When you suffer some dishonor from men, recognize at once the glory that will be given you by God. Then you will not be saddened or upset by the dishonor; and when you receive the glory you will remain steadfast and innocent.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

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'The person who listens to Christ fills himself with light; and if he imitates Christ, he reclaims himself.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Shin]

'It is already much not to be roused to any passion by material things. It is even more to remain dispassionate when presented with mental images of such things. For the war which the demons wage against us by means of thoughts is more severe than the war they wage by means of material things.'

St. Maximos the Confessor

[Shin]

'Let thine eyes see right things, and let thine eyelids go before thy steps.'

Proverbs 4:25

[Shin]

'The intellect changes from one to another of three different noetic states; that according to nature, above nature, and contrary to nature. When it enters the state according to nature, it finds that it is itself the cause of evil thoughts, and confesses its sins to God, clearly understanding the causes of the passions. When it is in the state contrary to nature, it forgets God's justice and fights with men, believing itself unjustly treated. But when it is raised to the state above nature, it finds the fruits of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace and the other fruits of which the Apostle speaks (cf. Gal. 5:22); and it knows that if it gives priority to bodily cares it cannot remain in this state. An intellect that departs from this state falls into sin and all the terrible consequences of sin - if not immediately, then in due time, as God's justice shall decide.'

St. Mark the Ascetic