Quote for the Day

[Shin]

'The fear of God compels us to fight against evil; and when we fight against evil, the grace of God destroys it.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'Reaping unwillingly the wickedness we deliberately sow, we should marvel at God's justice.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in they dwell there. It is not enough for him that he possesses the house alone; he seeks companions: the place is spacious: it needs many dwellers there. But who are these seven spirits? Why also are they seven? Why are they more wicked than himself? Because seven are the gifts of the Holy Ghost, by means of which every soul is converted to faith in Christ, and defended against the contrary evils. Therefore the unclean spirit takes unto him those seven wickeder, contrary, spirits, with which he defends the house against the virtues.

Namely, opposing the spirit of stupidity to the spirit of wisdom; the spirit of revolt and unreason to the spirit of understanding; the spirit of rashness to the spirit of counsel; the spirit of inconstancy and fear to the spirit of fortitude; the spirit of ignorance to the spirit of knowledge; the spirit of impiety to the spirit of piety; the spirit of contempt and hate to the spirit of the fear of the Lord.'

St. Bruno

[Shin]

'He who truly loves God regards as little what he suffers for God's sake.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'An act of perfect conformity to the will of God unites us more to Him than a hundred other acts of virtue.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Shin]

'St Basil says, and with him all the Doctors of the Church, that prudence consists in a just discernment of what we ought, or ought not to do, according to the various circumstances in which we are placed. The wise man says: Let thy eyes look straight on: and let thy eyelids go before thy steps. Make straight the path for thy feet. [Prov. 4:24,26] Do nothing without reflection and without an upright and pure intention. Those who in all things act with levity and without considering what they are about, end by falling over a precipice. There is a saying that he who would live wisely must lead a life of reflection.'

St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

[Shin]

'What I admire more than all is the state of humiliation and obedience which Jesus assumes in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. Behold the grace of predilection for me!'

Bl. Peter Julian Eymard

[Shin]

'Humility is the virtue of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of His blessed Mother, and of the greatest saints. It embraces all virtues and, where it is sincere, introduces them into the soul.'

St. Vincent de Paul

[Shin]

'O most blessed Virgin, who declarest in thy Canticle that it is owing to thy humility that God hath done great things in thee, obtain for me the grace to imitate thee, that is, to be obedient; because to obey is to practice humility.'

St. Vincent de Paul

[Shin]

'Our Blessed Lady is the dispenser of all the favours which the goodness of God concedes to the Sons of Adam.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'. . . those wounds which were scattered over the body of our Lord, were all united in the single heart of Mary.'

St. Bonaventure

[Shin]

'In all your acts, in all your works, in all your behavior, imitate the good; be a competitor of the saints, keep your eye on the heroism of the martyrs, follow the example of the just. It is my wish that the life and teachings of the saints be for you an encouragement to virtue.'

St. Isidore of Seville

[Shin]

'Blessed the one who has shone by the light of faith of the Lord, like a radiant lamp on a tall lampstand, and has enlightened souls that are darkened, for they followed the heresy of the faithless and impious.'

St. Ephrem of Syria

[Shin]

'St. Denis the Areopagite says, "Divine love consists in the affections of the heart more than in the knowledge of the understanding." In human sciences, knowledge excites love; but in the science of the saints, love produces knowledge. He that loves God most, knows him best. Besides, it is not lofty and fruitless conceptions, but works, that unite the soul to God, and make it rich in merits before the Lord.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Shin]

'Let all our hopes centre in the Infinite Goodness; let us give thanks to our Crucified Love when He deprives us of all human aid, and let us place still greater confidence in His fatherly goodness.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'Brothers, you must know that the most ancient belief is the Law of God, and that we all bear it written in our hearts; that it can be learned without any teacher, and that it suffices to have the light of reason in order to know all the precepts of that Law.'

St. Leonard of Port Maurice