Quote for the Day

[Shin]

May God bless tradition! 

[Shin]

'According to St. Clement there is no more perfect image of the Deity than a soul which, whether in prosperity or in adversity, always maintains its interior peace.'

St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

[Shin]

'If you wish to attain salvation, renounce sensual pleasure and learn self-control, love and how to pray with concentration.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Shin]

'Never consider the instrument of your trials; try to realize that Jesus presents them to you with His own hand.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[James - a humble servant]

"Some beginners, too, make light of their faults, and at other times indulge in immoderate grief when they commit them. They thought themselves already saints, and so they become angry and impatient with themselves, which is another great imperfection. They also importune God to deliver them from their faults and imperfections, but it is only for the comfort of living in peace, unmolested by them, and not for God; they do not consider that, were He to deliver them, they would become, perhaps, prouder than ever."

~ St. John of the Cross

[James - a humble servant]

"We are the holy Church. But I do not say ‘we’ as though to indicate only we who are here, you who have just been listening to me. I mean all of us who are here and by the grace of God faithful Christians in this church, that is, in this city; all those in this region, in this province, across the sea, all those in the whole world. Such is the Catholic Church, our true mother, the true spouse of so great a husband."

~ St. Augustine

[Shin]

A beautiful quote!

'O my brethren, so long as ye have breath in your bodies strive for your redemption; and before there cometh the hour wherein we shall have to weep for our souls let us cultivate spiritual excellence with a ready mind. And I say unto you that, if ye knew what good things were in heaven, and the glory which is laid up for the saints, and how those who have fallen are punished by God, and the tortures which are laid up for those who have been neglectful, and especially for those who having known the truth have not, as was right, guided themselves hereby, instead of inheriting the blessedness which is reserved for the saints, [ye would do so].'

St. Pachomius

[Shin]

'To reach the Promised Land you must weep with grief at the thought of the sins you have committed.'

St. Bonaventure

[James - a humble servant]

Quite often Shin.
That's a quote that sticks with a person....

[James - a humble servant]

"What is a vocation? It is a gift from God, so it comes from God. If it is a gift from God, our concern must be to know God's will. We must enter that path: if God wants, when God wants, how God wants. Never force the door."

~ St. Gianna Molla

[Shin]

Yes it is, isn't it my friend?


'My Son's heart is as sweet as the sweetest honey and as clean as the purest spring, for whatever belongs to virtue and goodness flows from it as from a spring. His heart is also most pleasant. What is more pleasant to a sensible person than the contemplation of God's love in his creation and redemption, in his life of work and his teaching, in his grace and long-suffering? His love is indeed not fluid like water, but widespread and durable, for it stays with a person until the very end, so much so that if a sinner were standing at the very gates of perdition, even then he would be rescued if he cried out with a purpose of amendment.

There are two ways to reach the heart of God. The first is the humility of true contrition. This leads a person to God's heart and to a spiritual dialogue. The second way is the contemplation of my Son's passion. This removes the hardness of the human heart and makes a person run toward God's heart with joy.'

The Blessed Virgin Mary, to St. Bridget of Sweden

[Patricia]

 

The second way is the contemplation of my Son's passion. This removes the hardness of the human heart and makes a person run toward God's heart with joy.'

True! Even gazing on a picture of Jesus wearing His crown of thorns or suffering on the Cross can fill our heart with love and tenderness toward Him Who descended to this abasement for our sakes!! 

[Shin]

The second way is the contemplation of my Son's passion. This removes the hardness of the human heart and makes a person run toward God's heart with joy.'

True! Even gazing on a picture of Jesus wearing His crown of thorns or suffering on the Cross can fill our heart with love and tenderness toward Him Who descended to this abasement for our sakes!! 

This reminds me of how much benefit the 15 Prayers of St. Bridget have been to me!

[Shin]

'All human wisdom, however powerful in acuteness, is foolishness, when compared with Divine wisdom. For all human deeds which are just and beautiful are, when compared with the justice and beauty of God, neither just nor beautiful, nor have any existence at all.'

Pope St. Gregory the Great

[Shin]

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

St. Catherine of Siena

[Shin]

'The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to Him, the more He thinks of me too.'

St. Bernadette Soubirous