Quote for the Day

[Shin]

'It is not difficult to get rid of material things if you so desire; but only with great effort will you be able to get rid of thoughts about them.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Shin]

'After Antichrist has been slain by lightning on Mount Olivet and his death has been made widely known through out the world, this our earth will exist for forty-five more days; I do not say years, but days. This is clearly to be seen in Daniel (12:11) : "And from the time when the continual sacrifice shall be taken away and the abomination of desolation shall be set up, there shall be one thousand, two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh unto the one thousand, three hundred and thirty-five days."

The Doctors say that these forty-five days will be given by God for the conversion of those who have been seduced by Antichrist, but Antichrist will have left behind him so great riches and pleasure that hardly any of the nations will be converted to the Faith of Christ. For there is no savior but Christ, and yet they will not be converted.'

St. Vincent Ferrer

[Shin]

'Each man's knowledge is genuine to the extent that it is confirmed by gentleness, humility and love.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'Hence sadness is to be judged beneficial for us in one instance alone -- when we conceive it out of repentance for our sins and are inflamed by a desire for perfection, and by the contemplation of future blessedness. Of this the blessed Apostle himself says: "The sadness that is in accordance with God works repentance unto a lasting salvation, but the world's sadness works death." [II Corinthians 7:10]'

St. John Cassian

[Shin]

'One day the Lord let me see a huge bundle of crosses. At the same time He inspired me interiorly to plunge my own will, as a drop of water, into the immense ocean of the most amiable will of God. I did so, and in the twinkling of an eye all the crosses disappeared.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[CyrilSebastian]

                In The Letter to the Ephesians, Chapter 6 Verses 1-2 states:   
                 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.   
                  Honor your father and mother."     
 
             

[Shin]

Obedience to parents is a duty and a virtue! Just as the obedience of the wife to the husband is!

[Shin]

'If you want with a few words to benefit one who is eager to learn, speak to him about prayer, right faith, and the patient acceptance of what comes. For all else that is good is found through these.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'If a man falls into some sin and does not feel remorse for his offence as he should, he will easily fall into the same net again.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'We read in the holy Canticles, that at the Assumption of the Virgin, the angels three times asked her name: "Who is she that goeth up by the desert as a pillar of smoke?" "Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising?" And in another: "Who is this that cometh up from the desert, flowing with delights?" Richard of St. Laurence inquires why the angels so often asked the name of this queen, and answers: The sound of the name of Mary was so sweet to the angels, and they repeated the question that they might hear it repeated also.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Shin]

Prayer 'Dearest and most Blessed Virgin Mary. . .'
by St. Thomas Aquinas

Dearest and most blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, overflowing with affection, Daughter of the Sovereign King, and Queen of the Angels: Mother of Him Who created all things, this day and all the days of my life I commend to the bosom of thy regard my soul and my body, all my actions, thoughts, wishes, desires, words, and deeds, my whole life, and my end: so that through thy prayers they may all be ordered according to the will of thy beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Lady most holy, be my helper and my comforter against the attacks and snares of the ancient foe, and of all my enemies.

[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]

'One of the things which we must be very firm about, if we are to please our Lord, is to cast far from us everything that could remove us from the love of our brethren. We should make every effort to love them with a tender charity, for Supreme Truth has said: This is how all will know you are my disciples, etc. [John 13:35]'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

[Shin]

'Behold, O my soul, the means by which you can honor your God, viz., by renouncing and humbling yourself with Jesus Christ and for the love of Jesus Christ. Thus you will find a life in death, sweetness in bitterness, and God in self-effacement: for you must leave all in order to find Him.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'When a man knows how to break down his own will and to deny his soul what it desires, he has got a good degree in virtue.'

St. Philip Neri

[Shin]

'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.'

John 1:1