Quote for the Night

[Shin]

'To obtain the protection of our Blessed Lady in our most urgent wants, it is very useful to say sixty-three times, after the fashion of a Rosary, "Virgin Mary, Mother of God, pray to Jesus for me."'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'Almsgiving heals the soul's incensive power; fasting withers sensual desire; prayer purifies the intellect and prepares it for the contemplation of created beings. For the Lord has given us commandments which correspond to the powers of the soul.'

St. Maximos the Confessor

[Shin]

'Angel of God and well-beloved brother, I trust myself to your beneficence and implore you humbly to intercede for me with my Spouse, so that He may forgive me my sins, strengthen me in well-doing, help me by His grace to correct my faults, and lead me to Paradise, there to taste the fruition of His presence and to possess eternal life. Amen.'

St. Lydwine of Schiedam

[Shin]

'The wisdom of the Scriptures is learned rather by prayer than by study.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

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

St. Columbanus

[Shin]

'Run from places of sin as from the plague.'

St. John Climacus

[Shin]

'Imagine yourself seriously indisposed, and that I, who love you tenderly, call to see you. After saying a few words of sympathy and consolation, I should certainly look at you with compassion and, through love of you, make your sufferings my own. Thus when we meditate on the Passion of Christ, seeing Him in such affliction, we ought to compassionate Him, and then to remain looking upon Him in so great torments, and, through compassionate love, make His sufferings our own.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'God takes especial delight in the humility of a man who believes that he has not yet begun to do any good.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'Let not confusion for thy fault overwhelm thee with despair, as if there were no longer a remedy.'

St. Catherine of Siena