Quote for the Day

[odhiambo]

Some people call him that, but many others who are devout and knowledgeable about the popes would not. When he is compared to other popes who have that title, there's a difference.

The Church has not spoken then?

[odhiambo]

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
Saint Jerome

[Shin]

Some people call him that, but many others who are devout and knowledgeable about the popes would not. When he is compared to other popes who have that title, there's a difference.

The Church has not spoken then?

Exactly, it is only some people saying that.

[Shin]

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
Saint Jerome

Idleness is a dangerous state you'll hear more than one saint say!

[odhiambo]

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
Saint Jerome

Idleness is a dangerous state you'll hear more than one saint say!

And not just Saints, I have no idea where this saying comes from but there is nothing wrong with it save that it is not from the saints.
If it does not pass muster, feel free to remove it.
Here it is:
"an idle mind is the devil's workshop"
I agree 100% 

[odhiambo]

"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best"
Saint Jerome

[Shin]

Now that's a catchy one!

'Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading.'

St. Benedict

[odhiambo]

'Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading.'
St. Benedict

WORK
Before Benedict in the sixth century, work was done by people who had no choice but to do it. In the Roman Empire, slaves were acquired to do as much of the physical work as possible, and getting one’s hands dirty with manual labor was seen as a curse one was born into. But with Benedict, work became prayer, not to be distinguished from other kinds of mental prayer. Your hands are praying while building a table. Your body is praying not only in kneeling before the altar but in sweating in the fields to produce daily bread. Work was made holy by St. Benedict.

From an article:
What is the Rule of St. Benedict,
By.
Jon M. Sweeney

[odhiambo]

I particularly like the last sentence of the above quoted article, viz: "Work was made holy by St. Benedict".

[Shin]

'When the Arimathean lifted You, lifeless from the Cross, O Lord of Life, he anointed You, O Christ, with myrrh, and wrapped You in a shroud. He was moved by heartfelt love to kiss your body not subject to decay; but was restrained by fear, and rejoicing, he cried out to You: "Glory to Your condescension, O Lover of Mankind."'

from the Vespers of Great and Holy Friday

[Shin]

I particularly like the last sentence of the above quoted article, viz: "Work was made holy by St. Benedict".

I like it too, though I think it would be more properly said of Our Lord, and His work as a carpenter. And then St. Benedict built from there!

[odhiambo]

'When the Arimathean lifted You, lifeless from the Cross, O Lord of Life, he anointed You, O Christ, with myrrh, and wrapped You in a shroud. He was moved by heartfelt love to kiss your body not subject to decay; but was restrained by fear, and rejoicing, he cried out to You: "Glory to Your condescension, O Lover of Mankind."'

from the Vespers of Great and Holy Friday

Amen!

[odhiambo]

I particularly like the last sentence of the above quoted article, viz: "Work was made holy by St. Benedict".

I like it too, though I think it would be more properly said of Our Lord, and His work as a carpenter. And then St. Benedict built from there!

You are right Shin! it is true that Jesus, through his work as a carpenter, did indeed sanctify manual labor. I had not seen it that way.
Saint Benedict did and made it an important part of his Rule.

[odhiambo]

“Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.”

Servant of God. Fulton J. Sheen

[odhiambo]

 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life"
(Jn 3:16).

[Shin]

Amen!

'. . . Holy Scripture says, "At noon he burneth the earth" (Ecclus. xliii. 3), that is to say, in the fervour of His Passion He burns up all mankind with His love. So St. Bernard says, "The chalice thou didst drink, O good Jesus, maketh thee lovable above all things." The work of our redemption easily, brushing aside all hindrances, calls out in return the whole of our love.'

St. Thomas Aquinas