Quote for the Day

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'Let him who finds himself desolate remember how strong he is by grace, which is sufficient to enable him to overcome all his enemies, and that he should take courage in his Lord and Creator.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

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'I turn to you, O Father of mercy! Receive me, O God of all consolation! Sustain me with your grace and grant that so much suffering and so much love may not be in vain.'

St. Bernadette Soubirous

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'It is useless to subdue the flesh by abstinence, unless one gives up his irregular life, and abandons vices which defile his soul.'

St. Benedict

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'O Divine Jesus, impress on my heart a disposition like that of a certain man who loved your cross so much that he used to say if after serving you for a hundred years his only recompense were the grace to suffer one hour for love of you, he would believe all his sacrifice too well rewarded.'

St. Bernadette Soubirous

[Shin]

'I am not to be pitied; I am happy as I am.'

St. Lydwine of Schiedam

[Shin]

'The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last.'

St. Philip Neri

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'It is said that those who eat the herb called Angelica always have a pure, sweet breath; and those who have chastity, which is the angelic virtue, within their hearts, speak modestly, courteously, and purely. As for unbecoming and foolish things, the Apostle does not wish us even to name them, assuring us that nothing is so ruinous to good morals as evil communications.'

St. Francis de Sales

[Shin]

'In my room, there was a window which looked down on the tabernacle, and it was there that I passed my nights.'

Bl. Peter Julian Eymard

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'I despair. I despair. . . I despair of myself, but I trust in God, hence, during this life which we are exposed to so many dangers of losing God, it is necessary for us to live always in great distrust in ourselves, and full of confidence in God.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'When a man is out of the right way the more quickly and impetuously he advances, the more he errs.'

St. Augustine

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'You will not find the rigors of the ascetic life hard to bear if you do all things with measure and by rule.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

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'Sufferings are the richest presents that the Divine Majesty bestows on you.'

St. Paul of the Cross

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'There is nothing more holy, more eminently perfect, than resignation to the will of God, which confirms us in an entire detachment from ourselves, and a perfect indifference for every condition in which we may be placed.'

St. Vincent de Paul

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'And when I hear it said that God is good and He will pardon us, and then see that men cease not from evil-doing, oh, how it grieves me! The infinite goodness with which God communicates with us, sinners as we are, should constantly make us love and serve Him better; but we, on the contrary, instead of seeing in his goodness an obligation to please Him, convert it into an excuse for sin which will of a certainty lead in the end to our deeper condemnation.'

St. Catherine of Genoa

[Shin]

'I desire with ardor and more than ardor, if I may thus express myself, that the true love of God may become perfect in you, and that you may consecrate your strength to the service and glory of God our Master, so that I may be able to love and serve you more and more.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

[Shin]

'God's way in dealing with those whom He intends to admit soonest after this life into the possession of His everlasting glory, is to purify them in this world by the greatest afflictions and trials.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola