Quote for the Day

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'Everything in the stable is painful: everything is painful to the sight, for one sees nothing but rugged and dark rocks; everything is painful to the hearing, for he hears only the cries of brute beasts; everything is painful to the smell, from the stench of the litter that is scattered around ; and everything is painful to the touch, for his cradle is only a narrow manger, and his bed only a handful of straw. Look on this Infant God, how lie lies bound up in swaddling-clothes, so that he cannot stir: "God endures," said St. Zeno, "to be bound in swaddling-clothes, because he had come to pay the debts of the whole world."'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

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'And he withdrew himself into the desert and prayed.'

Luke 5:16

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'Gratitude for graces received is a most efficacious means of obtaining new ones.'

St. Vincent de Paul

How important to remember!

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'Christ died on account of our sins in accordance with the Scriptures' (1 Cor. 15:3); and to those who serve Him well He gives freedom. "Well done, good and faithful servant," He says, "you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter into the joy of your Lord" (Matt. 25:21).'

St. Mark the Ascetic

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'Leave to every one the care of what belongs to him, and disturb not thyself with what is said or done in the world.'

St. Thomas Aquinas

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'It is God Himself who receives what we give in charity, and is it not an incomparable happiness to give Him what belongs to Him, and what we have received from His goodness alone?'

St. Vincent de Paul

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'Assuredly there is no one in the world who would not receive every kind of help from Heaven, if he had a truly grateful love for Jesus Christ, such as that which is shown by devotion to His Sacred Heart.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

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'When our Lord inspires us with some good deed, He also gives the strength to do it.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

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'The proper function of the soul's intelligent aspect is devotion to the knowledge of God, while that of its passible aspect is the pursuit of self-control and love.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

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'It is certain that the love of God does not consist in experiencing sweetness or tenderness of heart but in truly serving God in justice, strength and humility.'

St. Teresa of Jesus

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'If you have a heart, you can be saved.'

St. Pambo

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'The notion that you commit sin in everything you do is a wicked suggestion of the devil; it is not true.'

St. Paul of the Cross

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'Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow.'

St. Clare of Assisi

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'Your most important business is the care of your soul. This is why, before leaving your room in the morning, you should spend at least a quarter of an hour in meditating on the life, the Passion, and the death of Our Lord Jesus Christ.'

St. Paul of the Cross

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'In all your actions purify your intention, renew it several times a day, often repeat: All for the greater glory of God!'

St. Paul of the Cross

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'Prayer is to our soul what rain is to the soil. Fertilize the soil ever so richly, it will remain barren unless fed by frequent rains.'

St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars

These last couple quotes are splendid for invigorating the spiritual life!

[Shin]

'May the holy name of our Lord be ever blessed; may it be eternally praised by every creature, who has been created and placed in this world only for that end, so just in itself and so lawfully imposed.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola