Quote for the Day

[Shin]

'It should suffice for us that God is satisfied. I am sure that neither you nor I wish for anything else. Let us then love our Lord, and give Him all without reserve.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'When you sit down to eat, pray. When you eat bread, do so thanking Him for being so generous to you. If you drink wine, be mindful of Him who has given it to you for your pleasure and as a relief in sickness. When you dress, thank Him for His kindness in providing you with clothes. When you look at the sky and the beauty of the stars, throw yourself at God's feet and adore Him who in His wisdom has arranged things in this way. Similarly, when the sun goes down and when it rises, when you are asleep or awake, give thanks to God, who created and arranged all things for your benefit, to have you know, love and praise their Creator.'

St. Basil the Great

[Shin]

'Love above everything the glory of God. May God, infinitely good, be the aim of your words, your thoughts, and your actions.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

[Shin]

'Bless God at all times: and desire of Him to direct thy ways, and that all thy counsels may abide in Him.'

Tobias 4:20

[Shin]

'O Virtue! How rarely we see you, yet how real you are!'

St. Bernadette Soubirous

[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]

'Moreover, know that just as all mortal sins are very serious, so too a venial sin is made mortal if a human being delights in it with the intention of persevering.

Wherefore, know that two sins, which I now name to you, are being practiced and that they draw after them other sins that all seem as if venial.

But because the people delight in them with the intention of persevering, they are therefore made mortal. . .

The first of the two sins is that the faces of rational human creatures are being painted with the various colors with which insensible images and statues of idols are colored so that to others, these faces may seem more beautiful than I made them.

The second sin is that the bodies of men and women are being deformed from their natural state by the unseemly forms of clothing that the people are using.'

Our Lord Jesus Christ, 'The Revelations of St. Bridget of Sweden'

[Shin]

'May He who inaugurates every good thing inaugurate all that you undertake, so that it may be done with His blessing.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'This is the sum of the mystery: to be corpses to the world but alive to God.'

St. Theodore the Studite

[Shin]

'If we would advance in virtue, we must not neglect little things, for they pave the way to greater.'

St. Teresa of Jesus

[Shin]

'Often make acts of love of our Lady, the saints, and the holy angels. Make friends with them. Talk with them frequently, using words of praise and tenderness. When you have gained familiar access to the citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem above, you will grieve far less at bidding farewell to those of the mean city here below.'

St. Francis de Sales

[Shin]

'My trials are great! However, "although God should kill me, I will trust in Him." (Job xiii. 15.) What ought a poor shipwrecked person do when in the midst of furious billows and on the point of being engulfed? I have no other resource left but to turn my eyes to the Lord.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'Son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me. If, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die: thou declare it not to him, nor speak to him, that he may be converted from his wicked way, and live: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand. But if thou give warning to the wicked, and he be not converted from his wickedness, and from his evil way: he indeed shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.'

Ezechiel 3:17-19

[Shin]

'To seek to reconcile the faith with the modern spirit leads much further than people think, not only to the weakening of the faith, but to its total loss.'

Pope St. Pius X

[Shin]

'Consider the shortness of time, the length of eternity and reflect how everything here below comes to an end and passes by. Of what use is it to lean upon that which cannot give support?'

St. Gerard Majella

[CyrilSebastian]

                  In The Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Chapter 40 Verse 1-2 states:   
                    Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God,   
                       Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her   
                          that her service is at an end.