Quote for the Day

[odhiambo]

It touches me deeply every time I read it. I came across it again yesterday while reciting the Office of Reading.

[odhiambo]

'Before receiving the Holy Ghost,
 the apostles were so feeble, so cold, in the love of God,
that, at the time of the Passion of our Lord, one betrayed him,
 another denied him, and all abandoned him;
 but as soon as they had all received the Holy Ghost,
they were so much inflamed with love
that they gave up their lives generously for Jesus Christ.
 St. Augustine says:
He who loves, does not labor.
 He who loves God feels no affliction under crosses,
but rather rejoices. . .
Let us ask of Mary to obtain for us
 from the Holy Ghost the gift of divine love;
for then all the crosses of this life will seem sweet to us.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Therese]

'Thus riches as well as poverty must be attributed to God and made use of in a holy and legitimate way for the glory of the Creator and the Ruler of all things. If men would observe this rule of action nobody would be without the assistance of the Lord, who is a true Father, and neither would the poor be led into sin by poverty, nor the rich by prosperity.'

Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda, City of God, Vol. II, 437

[Therese]

"Let their conversations be in heaven (Philip 3 ,20) with the Most High, and with me, who am their Mother and Superior, and let it be with the angels, imitating them in holy love.'

Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda, City of God, Vol. II, 437

[Shin]

Let our conversations be in heaven. . .

Let our conversations be in heaven. . .

[Shin]

'I, Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses, and Quisquina, have taken the resolution to live in this cave for the love of my Lord, Jesus Christ.'

St. Rosalina of Palermo, inscription on the cave wall

[Shin]

'In my room, there was a window which looked down on the tabernacle, and it was there that I passed my nights.'

St. Peter Julian Eymard

[Shin]

'Prayer is never more perfect than when it ascends from the very depth and essence of the soul; we pray, then, in the spirit of God. This is a sublime language, but when God wills, He makes even the stones speak. Let the sovereign God reign in your spirit; there ought to be a reciprocal repose: God in you, and you in God. O sweet, O divine operation!'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'The practice of recommending to God the souls in Purgatory, that He may mitigate the great pains which they suffer, and that He may soon bring them to His glory, is most pleasing to the Lord and most profitable to us. For these blessed souls are His eternal spouses, and most grateful are they to those who obtain their deliverance from prison, or even a mitigation of their torments. When, therefore, they arrive in Heaven, they will be sure to remember all who have prayed for them.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Shin]

'Whoever wishes to listen well to divine speech must enclose himself in great silence.'

St. Umilta of Faenza

[Shin]

'Never keep up any coldness towards your neighbor, or else the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ will keep aloof from you. When your resentfully call to mind former slights that you have received, you oblige our Lord to recall your past sins which His mercy had made Him forget.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Therese]

'Never keep up any coldness towards your neighbor, or else the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ will keep aloof from you. When your resentfully call to mind former slights that you have received, you oblige our Lord to recall your past sins which His mercy had made Him forget.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Yes, this is so true!  I once read that our Lord will treat us in the same way that we treat others.  May our Lord help us to treat others as He treats them--with immense love and mercy.  God bless you, Shin, and thank you for posting these beautiful quotes!

[Shin]

Ho ho, isn't it true? 

[Shin]

'Abide in my love.'

John 15:9

[Shin]

'He who divides his time between physical work and prayer subdues his body by labor and moderates its disorderly demands; and since his soul, working together with the body, at last longs for a rest, it disposes it to prayer, as to something easier, and brings it to the work of prayer with fresh strength and zeal. For the soul finds comfort in a change of occupation and in passing from one thing to another, whereas it gets bored when occupied for long with the same thing. It becomes weary of monotony, but welcomes variety of occupations. It seems to it that, by abandoning one occupation, it is freed of all hardship, and so it comes to another with fresh strength, as though it were only now starting work.'

St. Nilus of Sinai

[odhiambo]

".....For the wickedness of My people have I struck Him. I well know, says the Eternal Father, that this my Son is innocent; but inasmuch as he has offered himself as a satisfaction to my justice for all the sins of mankind, it is fitting that I should so abandon him to the rage of his enemies...."

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori