Quote for the Day

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'In all your doubts and anxieties, think of Mary, call upon her name.'

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

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'When temptation comes, a man should remember the sweetnesses he has had in prayer at other times, and he will thus easily master the temptation.'

St. Philip Neri

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'Let your heart be full of compassion for the poor, and lovingly assist them, because the name of Jesus is engraven on their countenance.'

St. Paul of the Cross

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'When Our Lord sees pure souls coming to visit Him in the Blessed Sacrament He smiles on them. They come with the simplicity that pleases Him so much.'

St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars

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'Father, glorify thy name. A voice therefore came from heaven: I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.'

John 12:28

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'He that sees another in error and endeavors not to correct it, testifies himself to be in error.'

Pope St. Leo the Great

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'You can walk in the way that God has traced out for you only by continual self-denial and by renouncing that strong attachment you have for creatures. Die, therefore, to all these useless affections, so that Jesus may live in you.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

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'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

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'May the two names so sweet and so powerful, of Jesus and Mary, be always in our hearts and on our lips!'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

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'Meditation on Jesus Christ crucified is a precious balm which sweetens all pains.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[James - a humble servant]

Amen brother ! Thanks 

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AMEN. 

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'Blessed Jane of the Cross prayed continually for those who gave her any displeasure. Hence her sisters in religion used to say: Whoever desires the prayers of Mother Jane must offer some insult to her. St. Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary, after having prayed for a person who had offended her, heard from God the following words: Know that you never said a prayer more acceptable to me than that which you have just offered, and on account of this prayer I pardon all your sins. Imitate her example, and you shall certainly obtain the pardon and affection of your divine Spouse.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

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'You will say, then, to me, "Do you, who see God, explain to me the appearance of God." Hear, O man. The appearance of God is ineffable and indescribable, and cannot be seen by eyes of flesh. For in glory He is incomprehensible, in greatness unfathomable, in height inconceivable, in power incomparable, in wisdom unrivaled, in goodness inimitable, in kindness unutterable. For if I say He is Light, I name but His own work; if I call Him Word, I name but His sovereignty; if I call Him Mind, I speak but of His wisdom; if I say He is Spirit, I speak of His breath; if I call Him Wisdom, I speak of His offspring; if I call Him Strength, I speak of His sway; if I call Him Power, I am mentioning His activity; if Providence, I but mention His goodness; if I call Him Kingdom, I but mention His glory; if I call Him Lord, I mention His being judge; if I call Him Judge, I speak of Him as being just; if I call Him Father, I speak of all things as being from Him; if I call Him Fire, I but mention His anger. You will say, then, to me, "Is God angry?" Yes; He is angry with those who act wickedly, but He is good, and kind, and merciful, to those who love and fear Him; for He is a chastener of the godly, and father of the righteous; but He is a judge and punisher of the impious.'

St. Theophilus of Antioch

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'It is not lawful for thee, to take a wife while thy wife is alive. To seek another while thou hast thine own, is the crime of adultery.'

St. Ambrose

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'I also beseech in the Lord, all my brothers who are, or who shall be, or who desire to be priests of the Most High, that whenever they wish to celebrate Mass, they be pure, and offer with purity and reverence the true Sacrifice of the most holy Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ with a holy and perfect intention; not from any earthly motive, nor for the fear or love of any creature, as though desiring to please men; but let every will (according to the grace given) be directed solely to the most High God, and do you desire to please Him alone, for He alone works in this holy Sacrifice according to His good pleasure, as the Lord has Himself said: "Do this in remembrance of Me:" and he who does otherwise becomes a traitor like Judas. Remember, O priests, my brothers, how it is written in the law of Moses, that those who transgressed even in corporal sacrifices were condemned by God to death, without any mercy. What a far more terrible punishment will he deserve, who tramples under foot the Son of God, and treats the Blood of the New Testament by which he is sanctified as a vile thing, and offers insult to the Holy Ghost! A man stained with sin despises and tramples on the Lamb of God, when, as the Apostle says, not discerning the sacred Bread, which is Christ, from other food, he eats unworthily by being guilty of unworthy actions; for the Lord has said by His Prophet: "Cursed is the man who does the work of God with negligence or fraud." And on account of those priests who will not lay these things seriously to heart, we are condemned, when Our Lord says: "I will curse your blessings."'

St. Francis of Assisi