Quote for the Night

[Shin]

'God is your business and language. Whoever wants to speak to you must learn this language; and if he doesn't, be on your guard that you don't learn his; it will be a hell.'

St. Teresa of Jesus

[Shin]

'The wretched Jews cried out: "We will not have this man to reign over us!" (Luke xix.14). We, on the contrary, desire to proclaim in the face of Heaven and earth: "We want Thee, Lord Jesus, to reign over us!"'

St. John Eudes

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'Pray that temptation may not come to you; but when it comes, accept it as your due and not undeserved.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'My greatest happiness is to be before the Blessed Sacrament, where my heart is, as it were, in Its center.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

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'Crosses, contempt, sorrows and afflictions are the real treasures of the lovers of Jesus Christ crucified.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

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'Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father.'

1 John 2:23

[Shin]

'If you wish to overcome impassioned thoughts, acquire self-control and love for your neighbor.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

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'Whenever we do a good work, and somebody else takes the credit of it, we ought to rejoice, and acknowledge it as a gift from God. Anyhow, we ought not to be sorry, because if others diminish our glory before men, we shall recover it with all the more honour before God.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'Accept present afflictions for the sake of future blessings; then you will never weaken in your struggle.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

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'It is in vain that we cut off the branches of evil, if we leave intact the root, which continually produces new ones.'

Pope St. Gregory the Great