Quote for the Day

[odhiambo]

   

"Those who sing pray twice."

St. Augustine

[Shin]

'How greatly did I weep in Thy hymns and canticles, deeply moved by the voices of Thy sweet-speaking Church! The voices flowed into mine ears, and the truth was poured forth into my heart, whence the agitation of my piety overflowed, and my tears ran over, and blessed was I therein. '

St. Augustine

[Brigid]

Amen!

[Brigid]

He suffered in the flesh, and she in the heart.


Blessed Amadeus, Cist.

[Shin]

There's someone I haven't heard of before.  Thank you Brigid!

[George]

You will gain more by receiving scorn peacefully than if you fasted for a week on bread and water.
It is good to humble ourselves; but it is much more worthwhile to accept the humiliations that come to us from others.
St. Alphons us Liguori

[odhiambo]

'If I were to meet the slave-traders who kidnapped me and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for if that did not happen, I would not be a Christian and Religious today… The Lord has loved me so much: we must love everyone… we must be compassionate!"

Saint Josephine Bakhita

[Brigid]

The glory of Jesus...that is my whole ambition; my own I abandon to Him; and if He seem to forget me, well, He is at liberty to do so since I am mine no more, but His. He will more quickly tire of making me wait, than I, of waiting!

St. Therese of Lisieux

[George]

'If I were to meet the slave-traders who kidnapped me and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for if that did not happen, I would not be a Christian and Religious today… The Lord has loved me so much: we must love everyone… we must be compassionate!"

Saint Josephine Bakhita
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O Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we thank you for the gifts of humility and charity which you bestowed on Saint Josephine Bakhita,
Deign to glorify her for her singular virtues and grant the prayers of those who invoke her
Amen
Saint Josephine Bakhita pray for us

[odhiambo]

 "Compassion, my dear Brother, is preferable to cleanliness.
 Reflect that with a little soap I can easily clean my bed covers,
 but even with a torrent of tears I would never wash from my soul the stain that my harshness toward the unfortunate would create."

St. Martin de Porres, Religious;

[George]

"I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful: but I have never read in either of them:
"Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden"
St. Augustine

[Shin]

"Compassion, my dear Brother, is preferable to cleanliness.
 Reflect that with a little soap I can easily clean my bed covers,
 but even with a torrent of tears I would never wash from my soul the stain that my harshness toward the unfortunate would create."

St. Martin de Porres, Religious;

A gentle saint!

[Shin]

"Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden"

Such peace giving words!

[Shin]

'A word suffices, sometimes, to dispose us to mental prayer. "Our Father, Who art in heaven" - pronounce those words, and then let the heart act.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[MidnightSun12]

"Compassion, my dear Brother, is preferable to cleanliness.
 Reflect that with a little soap I can easily clean my bed covers,
 but even with a torrent of tears I would never wash from my soul the stain that my harshness toward the unfortunate would create."

St. Martin de Porres, Religious;

Great quote!

Really says something to those of us (myself included   ) who have crossed to the other side of the street to avoid a rough-looking homeless person.

[George]

'A word suffices, sometimes, to dispose us to mental prayer. "Our Father, Who art in heaven" - pronounce those words, and then let the heart act.'

St. Paul of the Cross

How blessed, how very blessed we are.