Quote for the Day

[Shin]

'In all your acts, in all your works, in all your behavior, imitate the good; be a competitor of the saints, keep your eye on the heroism of the martyrs, follow the example of the just. It is my wish that the life and teachings of the saints be for you an encouragement to virtue.'

St. Isidore of Seville

[Shin]

'Your soul needs a brief winter. The winter purifies the air and the earth of foul vapors; it even invigorates the human body. If it strips the trees of their leaves, it is only to the end that they take deeper roots. The spring comes afterwards, and clothes them again with verdure and blossoms.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[James - a humble servant]

I need a brief winter 

[Shin]

So do I!

[Shin]

'The end of the upright life that we live is the blessedness of heaven. For this reason one of the tasks that falls to the king is to attend to the upright life of the multitude so that they my attain heavenly beatitude. He does this by ordering those things that lead to the blessedness of heaven and by prohibiting, as much as possible, those things that are contrary to its realization.'

St. Thomas Aquinas

[Shin]

'He wishes your fidelity to be unswerving. Whatever it may cost you, you must persevere, for the Sacred Heart is averse to every sort of inconstancy -- and this is your greatest fault; but it is only you yourself who, with the grace of God, can remedy it by continually doing violence to self.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'Do not think that the loss of virtue is a minor matter, for it was through such a loss that death came into the world.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Shin]

'If you wish to pray well, be faithful in the practice of mortification, avoid dissipation of mind during the day, and never commit any willful faults.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'The life of a true Christian should be such that he fears neither death nor any event of his life, but endures and submits to all things with a good heart.'

St. Teresa of Jesus

[Shin]

'Cherish and honor those who humble and mortify you; look upon them as your greatest benefactors, and say to yourself: Were I known for what I really am, it would be evident that I deserve far more humiliations.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'You must avoid every vice, but above all those which tempt you most: it is in these you will find your greatest danger, if you do not take wise precautions.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

[Shin]

'One who is repentant cannot be haughty, just as one who sins deliberately cannot be humble-minded.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'When you behold a beautiful landscape, say: Heaven is more beautiful than that! Above there are true delights and holy pleasures! Let us live, then, absorbed in the thought and the desire of that immense ocean of felicity which we are to enjoy in heaven.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'Love is a holy state of the soul, disposing it to value knowledge of God above all created things. We cannot attain lasting possession of such love while we are still attached to anything worldly.

Dispassion engenders love, hope in God engenders dispassion, and patience and forbearance engender hope in God; these in turn are the product of complete self-control, which itself springs from fear of God. Fear of God is the result of faith in God.'

St. Maximos the Confessor

[Shin]

'We are not created for this earth. The end for which God has placed us in the world, is this, that by our good works we may merit eternal life. "The end is life everlasting." (Rom. vi. 22)'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Shin]

'May God bless you and give you many little crosses.'

St. Louis Marie de Montfort