Saints' Holy Quiz: Who said it?

[Shin]

Wow, I got it right! And that was a flat-out guess! Hm, maybe I should guess more often...

There's nothing to fear with being wrong on a quiz like this! Guess to your heart's content I pray! 

[odhiambo]

“Although I know well, Margaret, that because of my past wickedness I deserve to be abandoned by God, I cannot but trust in his merciful goodness. His grace has strengthened me until now and made me content to lose goods, land, and life as well, rather than to swear against my conscience. God’s grace has given the king a gracious frame of mind toward me, so that as yet he has taken from me nothing but my liberty. In doing this His Majesty has done me such great good with respect to spiritual profit that I trust that among all the great benefits he has heaped so abundantly upon me I count my imprisonment the very greatest. I cannot, therefore, mistrust the grace of God. By the merits of his bitter passion joined to mine and far surpassing in merit for me all that I can suffer myself, his bounteous goodness shall release me from the pains of purgatory and shall increase my reward in heaven besides. I will not mistrust him, Meg, though I shall feel myself weakening and on the verge of being overcome with fear. I shall remember how Saint Peter at a blast of wind began to sink because of his lack of faith, and I shall do as he did: call upon Christ and pray to him for help. And then I trust he shall place his holy hand on me and in the stormy seas hold me up from drowning. And finally, Margaret, I know this well: that without my fault he will not let me be lost. I shall, therefore, with good hope commit myself wholly to him. And if he permits me to perish for my faults, then I shall serve as praise for his justice. But in good faith, Meg, I trust that his tender pity shall keep my poor soul safe and make me commend his mercy. And, therefore, my own good daughter, do not let you mind be troubled over anything that shall happen to me in this world. Nothing can come but what God wills. And I am very sure that whatever that be, however bad it may seem, it shall indeed be the best.”

Who is talking here?

[Shin]

Ah.. at first I did not think I knew, but after some thought and reading it carefully, I think I know now.

Does it begin with a T? 

[odhiambo]

Ah.. at first I did not think I knew, but after some thought and reading it carefully, I think I know now.

Does it begin with a T?  

Yes it does indeed. There are a number of clues in there for instance, he is talking to someone called Margaret later he calls her Meg and he goes on to refer to "His Majesty"; got to be English

[martin]

And did this person say, "I die the king's good servant, but God's first?"  

[odhiambo]

And did this person say, "I die the king's good servant, but God's first?"  

Absolutely, he did. His very final words in fact.
Shin, martin. I give it to you. You do know your saints. 
I tend to forget. I hope that this little thread will help me remember Saint Thomas More.
 He is another favorite of mine.

[Shin]

Ah, that's a relief, it was correct.

I had thought I remembered the names of some of his family members, vaguely it's true.. but it sounded familiar..

 

[Shin]

'Be careful that you do not lose anything of the Body of the Lord. If you let fall anything, you must think of it as though you cut off one of the members of your own body. Tell me, I beg you, if someone gave you kernels of gold, would you not guard them with the greatest care and diligence, intent on not losing anything? Should you not exercise even greater care and vigilance, so that not even a crumb of the Lord's Body could fall to the ground, for It is far more precious than gold or jewels?'

Who said it?

[odhiambo]

'Be careful that you do not lose anything of the Body of the Lord. If you let fall anything, you must think of it as though you cut off one of the members of your own body. Tell me, I beg you, if someone gave you kernels of gold, would you not guard them with the greatest care and diligence, intent on not losing anything? Should you not exercise even greater care and vigilance, so that not even a crumb of the Lord's Body could fall to the ground, for It is far more precious than gold or jewels?'
Who said it?

A saint who loved the Blessed Sacrament.
Will ruminate on this one.

[Shin]

An early one! Of a special place..

[odhiambo]

An early one! Of a special place..

Okay, okay. Let us beat around the bush now and narrow the field somewhat
"Did I quote him once on Cummunion in the Hand"?
Please say " yes" 

[Shin]

Congratulations! Yes!

You have the answer.

 

 

[odhiambo]

Congratulations! Yes!

You have the answer.

It is Saint C of J then. I was not at all sure but your clue of "An early one! Of a special place" helped.

[Shin]

St. Cyril of Jerusalem indeed.

Now here's another one...

'O my child, bethink you that just as the bee, having gathered heaven's dew and earth's sweetest juices from amid the flowers, carries it to her hive; so the Priest, having taken the Saviour, God's Own Son, Who came down from Heaven, the Son of Mary, Who sprang up as earth's choicest flower, from the Altar, feeds you with that Bread of Sweetness and of all delight.'

Who said it?

A. St. Augustine
B. St. Francis de Sales
C. St. Teresa of Jesus
D. St. Ambrose of Milan
E. St. Paul of the Cross

[odhiambo]

Hmmm.
Multiple Choice.
okay, okay, okay
Let's see 
I have seen many Saint Augustine quotes and it just does not sound like him.
Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus? Nah, not her.
Saint Ambrose of Milan? ;  I don't know. Come to think of it, I do not remember ever quoting him. Maybe not.
Well, that leaves option E. St. Paul of the Cross. Shin quotes him frequently. Could it be him?
Yees, maybe. Yes, I put my penny on Saint Paul of the Cross.
I hope it is not the type of multiple choice question where if you guess incorrectly, you don't just get a zero
but marks are subtracted?

[Shin]

So close, I nearly included a St. Paul of the Cross quote instead of this one! It was a last minute decision. I thought: "Well, who would know it was St. Paul of the Cross?" but in this case, I thought, well, the flora and fauna might be a clue.