Quote for the Day

[Shin]

Yes, a fearsome thing.. a few words.. how careful we have to be.

[Shin]

'Prayer is, beyond doubt, the most powerful weapon the Lord gives us to conquer evil passions and temptations of the devil; but we must really put ourselves into our prayer: it is not enough just to say the words, it must come from the heart. And also prayer needs to be continuous, we must pray no matter what kind of situation we find ourselves in: the warfare we are engaged in is on-going, so our prayer must be on-going also.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Patricia]

And also prayer needs to be continuous, we must pray no matter what kind of situation we find ourselves in: the warfare we are engaged in is on-going, so our prayer must be on-going also.'

I realized how much my prayer life suffered when i was working those crazy work hours! 

[Shin]

It makes me think of St. Martha and St. Mary!

St. Martha is considered the example of the active life and St. Mary the contemplative life.

[Shin]

'Your temptations are from the devil and from Hell; but your sufferings and afflictions are from God and Heaven.'

St. Padre Pio

[odhiambo]

Yes  odhiambo, One of my favorite books in the bible is James 3: 1-11
"The tongue is a fire"  "no human being can tame the tongue, a restless evil, full of deadly poison"

May the Lord protect us from the evils of the tongue.
May He give us the grace to govern out tongues 

[odhiambo]

It is like employing a small tool on big constructions, if we use human wisdom in the hunt for knowledge of reality.
 St. Cyril of Alexandria

[George]

It is like employing a small tool on big constructions, if we use human wisdom in the hunt for knowledge of reality.
 St. Cyril of Alexandria

All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.
St. Thomas Aquinas

[George]

Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
St. Therese of Lisieux

[Shin]

'In beautiful things St. Francis saw Beauty itself, and through His vestiges imprinted on creation he followed his Beloved everywhere, making from all things a ladder by which he could climb up and embrace Him who is utterly desirable.'

St. Bonaventure

[odhiambo]

Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff when they begin a long journey.
St. Anthony de Padua.

[Shin]

How I would love to learn how to do this!

[George]

We must meditate before, during and after everything we do. The prophet says: "I will pray, and then I will understand." This is the way we can easily overcome the countless difficulties we have to face day after day, which after all, are part of our work. In meditation we find the strength to bring Christ to birth in ourselves and in others.
St. Charles Borromeo

I like this
I strongly suspect that if we saw all the difference even the tiniest of our prayers to God make, and all the people those little prayers were destined to affect, and all the consequences of those effects down through the centuries, we would be so paralyzed with awe at the power of prayer that we would be unable to get up off our knees for the rest of our lives.
Peter Kreeft

[odhiambo]

How I would love to learn how to do this!

I guess the first step is to consecrate  yourself to Him Shin. 

[odhiambo]

We must meditate before, during and after everything we do. The prophet says: "I will pray, and then I will understand." This is the way we can easily overcome the countless difficulties we have to face day after day, which after all, are part of our work. In meditation we find the strength to bring Christ to birth in ourselves and in others.
St. Charles Borromeo

This is indeed how it is supposed to be with us Christians. It is a sure way of ensuring that we live  our lives according to the Will of God

[odhiambo]

“Hell is full of good wishes or desires”

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux