Quote for the Night

[Shin]

'Ah, dear lord, how Christians are damned through lack of charity! No, no, my dear brethren, even if you could perform miracles, you will never be saved if you have not charity. Not to have charity is not to know your religion; it is to have a religion of whim, mood, and inclination. Carry on, carry on, you are only hypocrites and outcasts! Without charity you will never see God, you will never go to Heaven!'

St. Jean Baptiste Marie Vianney

[Shin]

'The intellect falls from the realm of spiritual knowledge when the soul's passible aspect abandons its own virtues.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Shin]

'Like infants let us rest on the bosom of God by faith, that we may enjoy His divine communications, and we will be fully satisfied.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'I recommend to you particularly to keep yourself in the presence of God, not by a dry and sterile study, but affectionately and peaceably, in order to imbibe His spirit. This practice is a powerful means of establishing, between God and the soul, a holy union of charity.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'Let us be careful that no image but that of God takes shape in our souls.'

St. Columbanus

[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]

'You must take no notice of these thoughts of vanity, but say to Satan, when he suggests them to you in any of your actions: Begone, Satan, I not only renounce thee, but also thy evil suggestions. I did not begin for thee, and I will not end for thee.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'Someone who is elated with wine speaks the truth on all subjects, even without meaning to. In the same way, anyone who is inebriated with the spirit of penitence will never be able to tell lies.'

St. John Climacus

[Shin]

'When the devil wishes to make himself master of a soul, he seeks to make it give up devotion to Mary.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Shin]

'I do not wish a love which may be described as for God, or in God. I cannot see those words, for and in, without their suggesting to me that something may intervene between God and me; and that is what pure and simple love, by reason of its purity and simplicity, is unable to endure. This purity and simplicity is as great as God is, for it is his own.'

St. Catherine of Genoa

[Shin]

'Be a vase, which thou fillest at the source and at the source dost drink from.'

St. Catherine of Siena

[Shin]

'My son, keep the precepts of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy throat. When thou shalt walk, let them go with thee: when thou shalt sleep, let them keep thee, and awaking, talk with them. Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and the way of life the reproofs of discipline.'

Proverbs 6:20-23

[Shin]

'My words would have been useless, had they not touched upon the Cross of our divine Lord. You are indeed blest, if you know how to carry, embrace and cherish it, for love of Him Who, for love of us, has loved it so much.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'"The sons of men are false, and cheat with their scales" (Ps. 62:9. LXX), but God assigns to each what is just.'

St. Mark the Ascetic