Quote for the Day

[Shin]

Peace and holiness, may we find it, may God give it to us..

[George]

The castle into which Jesus entered at the moment of His incarnation was Mary, His virginal Mother. The wall which protected Mary was her virginity; The tower defending the castle, her humility.
St. Anthony of Padua

[Shin]

St. Anthony of Padua wrote (or spoke) a good deal on how to read the spiritual meanings and symbolism of Holy Scripture.

[George]

Why then do you judge your brother? Or you, why do you look down on your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is written: "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me, and every tongue shall give praise to God." So then each of us shall give an account of himself to God.
Romans 14: 10-12

[Shin]

'As breathing is not only a sign but even a cause of life, so the name of Mary, which is constantly found on the lips of God's servants, both proves that they are truly alive, and at the same time causes and preserves their life, and gives them every succor.'

St. Germanus

[Shin]

'The proof that a man does not love God and His Christ lies in the fact that He does not keep His commandments.'

St. Basil the Great

[George]

As soon as worldly people see that you wish to follow a devout life they aim a thousand darts of mockery and even detraction at you. The most malicious of them will slander your conversion as hypocrisy, bigotry, and trickery. They will say that the world has turned against you and being rebuffed by it you have turned to God. Your friends will raise a host of objections which they consider very prudent and charitable. They will tell you that you will become depressed, lose your reputation in the world, be unbearable, and grow old before your time, and that your affairs at home will suffer. You must live in the world like one in the world. They will say that you can save your soul without going to such extremes, and a thousand similar trivialities.
St. Francis de Sales

[Shin]

It's treasure in Heaven, bearing all these for the love of God! 

[Shin]

'He who does not like working, feeds passions by idleness and gives his desires freedom to fly to kindred objects. This is specially evident in prayer, for then the attention of the mind is wholly absorbed in what occupies the heart, and thought merely turns over and over the suggestions offered by the stirrings of some passion, instead of conversing with God and asking Him for what profits it. Knowing this, St. Paul vigorously attacks idleness and by his Apostolic authority commands all to work. [II Thessalonians 3:6-12] Work is an anchor for thought and gives it a safe direction. Let storms and gusts of wind come from all sides, threatening shipwreck -- thought stands firm, kept steadfast by work as by an anchor; even if somewhat agitated by rising suggestions, it is not led into danger, for the bonds that hold it fast are stronger than the driving winds.'

St. Nilus of Sinai

[odhiambo]

"Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus."
Mother Teresa

[Shin]

'If a person thinks of embracing a secular life, he should ask and desire more evident signs that God calls him to a secular life than if there were question of embracing the evangelical counsels; for Our Lord Himself has clearly exhorted us to embrace His counsels.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

[odhiambo]

"Compassion 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."
Saint Martin de Porres

[Shin]

The soap of compassion? 

[odhiambo]

What we need most in order to make progress is to be silent before this great God with our appetite and with our tongue, for the language he best hears is silent love.   
St John of the Cross.

[odhiambo]

“In some causes silence is dangerous.”
Saint Ambrose

[Shin]

“In some causes silence is dangerous.”
Saint Ambrose

I tried to find the source of that one and found one reference saying:

"'In some causes silence is dangerous; so if any know of conspiracies against their country or king, or any that might greatly prejudice their neighbor, they ought to discover it.'

- Attributed to St. Ambrose. Unverified"