Lenten Quote

[Brigid]

'In doing penance it is necessary to deprive oneself of as many lawful pleasures as we had the misfortune to indulge in unlawful ones.'

Pope St. Gregory the Great

[Shin]

This one is worth remembering frequently!

[CyrilSebastian]

            The Lord measures out perfection neither by the multitude nor the magnitude of our deeds, but by the manner in which we perform them.   
           
                St. John of the Cross

[CyrilSebastian]

                  A Prayer for Lenten Grace:   
                      Loving God, During the sacred season of Lent, bring me closer to you.

[CyrilSebastian]

               The Book of Proverbs: Chapter 21 Verse 21   
                  He who pursues justice and kindness will find life and honor.

[CyrilSebastian]

                 Revelation 1: 5-6   
                 Christ loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father.   
                                                           

[CyrilSebastian]

               1 Peter 2: 21   
                Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in his footsteps.

[CyrilSebastian]

             Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see my own sin and not to judge my brother,   
                  for You are blessed from all ages to ages.     
   
      St. Ephraim the Syrian

[CyrilSebastian]

                       1 Peter 5:6   
                       
                       Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's might hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

[CyrilSebastian]

                           Yet it was our infirmities that he bore,         
                                our sufferings that he endured,   
                             While we thought of him as stricken,   
                                as one smitten by God and afflicted.     
 
                               Isaiah Chapter 53 Verse 4

[Shin]

'Let us read the lives of the saints; let us consider the penances which they performed, and blush to be so effeminate and so fearful of mortifying our flesh.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

A reminder -- Catholic quotations only.

[CyrilSebastian]

Psalm 33 Verses 20-22     
 
We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.

[CyrilSebastian]

Lamentations Chapter 3 Verse 22-23   
 
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,   
his mercies never come to an end;     
they are new every morning;     
great is your faithfulness.