Quote for the Day

[Shin]

'He who read much and understands much, receives his fill. He who is full, refreshes others. So Scripture says: "If the clouds are full, they will pour rain upon the earth."'

St. Ambrose of Milan

[Shin]

'The Holy Spirit is the master of prayer, and causes us to abide in continual peace and cheerfulness, which is a foretaste of Paradise.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'Without knowledge, no power.
Without knowledge, no wisdom.
Without knowledge, no freedom.
Without knowledge, no beauty.
Without knowledge, no nobleness.
Without knowledge, no victory.
Without knowledge, no honour.
Without knowledge, no God.'

St. Cadoc

[Shin]

'God, who is eternal, limitless and infinite, has promised eternal, limitless and inexpressible blessings to those who obey him.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Shin]

'Let the admirable modesty of your Saviour be seen in your countenance, in your movements, and in your apparel.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'The Heart of Jesus is closer to you when you suffer than when you are full of joy.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Gabriel Marie Josef Anton]

Peace be with you.

'CONSIDER that thou are dust, and unto dust thou must return. The day will come when thou must die, and be placed in a grave where "the worms" shall "cover thee." (Isa. XIV. II.) The same fate awaits all, both nobles and plebeians, both princes and vassals. Directly the soul shall leave the body, with the last gasp, it will go into eternity, and the body will return to its dust. "When Thou takes away their breath they die, and are turned again to their dust." (Ps. CIV. 29.)

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori.

God bless you.

[Shin]

In Fr. John Furniss' book, 'The Great Evil' he describes movingly the open sepulchres.

[Shin]

'Perhaps you may tell me that they are only going to insult me and that I should leave them alone and not bother about them. No, my good brethren. I can't abandon them: they are my own dear brothers and sisters. Tell me, if you had a very dear brother who was so sick that he was delirious and in his fever insulted you and said every foul thing in the world to you, would you abandon him? I'm sure you would not. You would feel all the more sorry for him and do everything you could for his recovery. Well, that is the way I feel about sinners. The poor creatures are just delirious. That makes them all the more deserving of compassion. I cannot abandon them. I have to work for their salvation and pray to God for them, saying with Jesus Christ, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing or saying."'

St. Anthony Mary Claret

[Gabriel Marie Josef Anton]

Peace be with you.

I look forward to reading that Book. Thanks for that, Shin.

God bless you.

[Gabriel Marie Josef Anton]

Peace be with you.

It is by the Most Holy Virgin Mary that Jesus has come into the world, and it is also by Her that He has to reign in the world. Mary has been singularly hidden during Her Life. It is on this account that the HolyGhost and the Church call Her Alma Mater,— Mother secret and hidden. Her Humility was So Profound that She had no propensity on earth more powerful or more unintermitting than that of hiding Herself, even from Herself, as well as from every other creature, so as to be known to God only. He heard Her prayers to Him, when She begged to be hidden, to be humbled, and to be treated as in all respects poor and of no account. He took pleasure in hiding Her from all human creatures in Her Conception, in Her Birth, in Her Life, and in Her Resurrection and Assumption. Her parents even did not know Her, and the Angels often asked of each other: "Quae est ista?" "Who is that?" Because the Most High either hid Her from them, or if He revealed any thing of Her to them, it was nothing compared to what He kept undisclosed.

St. Louis-Marie Grignon de Montford

God bless you.

[Shin]

This statement reminds of one of the desert fathers..

There was a monk named Pambo and they said of him that he spent three years saying to God, “Do not glorify me on earth.” But God glorified him so that one could not gaze steadfastly at him because of the glory of his countenance.

[Shin]

Fr. Furniss is quite good reading!

[Gabriel Marie Josef Anton]

This statement reminds of one of the desert fathers..

There was a monk named Pambo and they said of him that he spent three years saying to God, “Do not glorify me on earth.” But God glorified him so that one could not gaze steadfastly at him because of the glory of his countenance.

Peace be with you.

That's Beautiful. Thank you.

God bless you.

[Gabriel Marie Josef Anton]

Fr. Furniss is quite good reading!

Peace be with you.

I've read the 'Sight of Hell' by him. Good reading indeed.

God bless you.

[Gabriel Marie Josef Anton]

'Perhaps you may tell me that they are only going to insult me and that I should leave them alone and not bother about them. No, my good brethren. I can't abandon them: they are my own dear brothers and sisters. Tell me, if you had a very dear brother who was so sick that he was delirious and in his fever insulted you and said every foul thing in the world to you, would you abandon him? I'm sure you would not. You would feel all the more sorry for him and do everything you could for his recovery. Well, that is the way I feel about sinners. The poor creatures are just delirious. That makes them all the more deserving of compassion. I cannot abandon them. I have to work for their salvation and pray to God for them, saying with Jesus Christ, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing or saying."'

St. Anthony Mary Claret

Peace be with you.

That reminds me of this:

My sweet Jesus, remember the poor Bridget, and have pity on her. You labored and you toiled for thirty-three years to save that soul; you bled on the cross, and died a bitter death, to save that soul; and now, when you are able to save it, will you not save it? Why should that poor soul not be saved? Are its sins so great that your Divine blood is not able to wash them away? O Jesus, be kind to that poor creature -- have pity on her -- speak to her heart, and she will be saved.

Prayer of St. Catherine of Siena in the Chapel before the Blessed Sacrament.

My dear Catherine I have heard your prayer. I am glad. I thank you for praying for the poor Bridget, because it is my providence, that when anybody prays for sinners, then I have pity on them and convert them. It is well that you have prayed for Bridget, for she will soon die; and, if you had not prayed for her, she would have died in her sins, and gone to Hell. But now, since you have prayed for her, I will have mercy on her, and convert her.

Reply of the Lord Jesus Christ from the Tabernacle.

God bless you.