Quote for the Day

[Shin]

'Strike, strike this rebellious flesh, this enemy of virtue, for it is the cause of all my evils. Hitherto I have shown it too great indulgence, and I have cherished it with too much care. It is just that it should now suffer with me, since it participated in my sins.'

St. John of God

[Shin]

'The sensible firmament symbolizes the firmament of faith in which all the saints shine like stars.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Shin]

'Stillness and prayer are the greatest weapons of virtue, for they purify the intellect and confer on it spiritual insight.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Shin]

'How great will be your crown, if besides the obligation you are tinder to serve God, you add that of working for the salvation of others, and the honor and glory of God?'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

[Shin]

'Everything depends on prayer well made; but in order to pray well, one must be very recollected and mortified.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'To those who wish to stand in God's grace, neither the guardianship of saints nor the defenses of angels are wanting.'

St. Hilary of Poitiers

[Shin]

'It happens sometimes that the lightning rends a mountain and discloses therein a mine of gold. So, also, the thunderbolts of adversity discover a gold-mine in certain souls.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'It is a good thing to leave the world and our possessions to serve God, but it is not enough.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'He wishes to lead them by the way which his Son walked, who, as we know, from the time of his birth to his death, always walked the way of the cross.

And therefore God loves them with a father's love.'

St. Catherine of Bologna

[Shin]

'When a sparrow tied by the leg tries to fly, it is held back by the string and pulled down to the earth. Similarly, when the intellect that has not yet attained dispassion flies up towards heavenly knowledge, it is held back by the passions and pulled down to the earth.'

St. Maximos the Confessor

[Shin]

'My divine spouse has made me desire a humble and hidden life. Jesus has often told me that I will not die until I have sacrificed all to Him. And to convince me, He has often told me that when it is over, at the hour of death, He alone, Jesus crucified, will console me. I will carry only Him, my faithful friend, with me to my grave. It is madness to attach myself to anything other than Him.'

St. Bernadette Soubirous

[Shin]

'Admire the goodness of the Creator, who causes the one to suffer in order to free the other.'

St. Lydwine of Schiedam

[Shin]

'Poverty, hardship, austerity and fasting, such are the instruments of the solitary life. It is written, "When these three men are together, Noah, Job, and Daniel, there am I, says the Lord." (cf. Ezek. 14:14) Noah represents poverty, Job suffering and Daniel discernment. So, if these three works are found in a man, the Lord dwells in him.'

St. Poemen

[Shin]

'The Holy Spirit is light and strength. He teaches us to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and between good and evil. Like glasses that magnify objects, the Holy Spirit shows us good and evil on a large scale. With the Holy Spirit we see everything in its true proportions; we see the greatness of the least actions done for God, and the greatness of the least faults. As a watchmaker with his glasses distinguishes the most minute wheels of a watch, so we, with the light of the Holy Spirit, distinguish all the details of our poor life. Then the smallest imperfections appear very great, the least sins inspire us with horror. That is the reason why the most Holy Virgin never sinned. The Holy Spirit made her understand the hideousness of sin; she shuddered with terror at the least fault.

Those who have the Holy Spirit cannot endure themselves, so well do they know their poor misery. The proud are those who have not the Holy Spirit.'

St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars

[Shin]

'It was my desire to be silent, and not to make a public display of the rustic rudeness of my tongue. For silence is a matter of great consequence when one's speech is mean. And to refrain from utterance is indeed an admirable thing, where there is lack of training; and verily he is the highest philosopher who knows how to cover his ignorance by abstinence from public address.'

St. Gregory the Wonderworker

[Shin]

'We ought to abhor every kind of affectation, whether in talking, dressing, or anything else.'

St. Philip Neri