Quote for the Day

[Shin]

'Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth.'

Psalm 26:8

[Shin]

'My God, the tabernacle is the abode of Thy love, prepared by Thee for those whom Thou lovest. When shall I be enabled, during the hours of profound solitude, to commune with my Eucharistic Love at the foot of the holy altar? Who will give me the wings of a dove, that I may take my flight to the Sacred Heart of my Jesus?'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'I am standing before the judgment seat of God. . . Until this moment, I have done my utmost to keep the commandments of God; but I am a man; how should I know if my deeds are acceptable to God? . . . I shall have no confidence until I meet God. Truly the judgment of God is not that of man. . . Of charity, do not talk to me any more, for I no longer have time.'

St. Agathon, upon his death

[Shin]

'In addition let us welcome the times of psalmody, be enthusiastic for hymnody, attentive to the readings, making prostrations according to the given measure at each hour; working with our own hands, because working is good and because one who does not work is not judged worthy of eating. Let us bear one anothers' burdens, for one is weak and another strong, making use of food and drink and the other necessities with moderation, so that there is no provoking to jealousy among evil people, but zeal in goodness. In everything be good to one another, compassionate, reasonable, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, and the peace of God which passes all understanding will keep your hearts and thoughts. And now, may you be found worthy without condemnation to reach the supreme day of the Resurrection, but in the age to come at the resurrection of the dead to gain the kingdom of heaven in Christ Jesus our Lord, to whom be the glory and the might, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.'

St. Theodore the Studite

[Shin]

'The crown will be given neither to beginners, nor to the advanced, but to the victorious, to those who persevere to the end.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'Bury all your misery in the mercy of the loving Heart of Jesus and think of nothing but of pleasing Him by forgetting self. Henceforth let Him do all that He wills in you, with you and for you.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'Be meek and gentle, affable and charitable towards your neighbor; but do not give him what you owe to the Sacred Heart of our Lord.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

 'Show me clearly that when you tell me that such and such an inspiration exists in your conscience, you are not telling a lie. You say that you feel this persuasion within you. But why am I bound to believe you? Is your word so powerful that I am forced under its authority to believe that you think and feel what you say. . . Show me clearly that these inspirations that you pretend to have are of the Holy Spirit. Who knows not that the spirit of darkness very often appears in clothing of light?'

St. Francis de Sales

[Shin]

'According to the degree to which the intellect is stripped of the passions, the Holy Spirit initiates the intellect into the mysteries of the age to be.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

[Shin]

'His mother saith to the servants: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.'

John 2:5

[Shin]

'No one, putting his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.'

Luke 9:62

[Shin]

'If you pray truly, you will receive assurances of many things, and angels will come to you as they came to Daniel, and will enlighten you with understanding of causes, the wherefore of all things.'

St. Nilus of Sinai

[Shin]

'To preserve this love, frequent the sacraments. Do not approach the altar but to inflame your soul more and more with divine love.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'Perfection consists in renouncing ourselves, in carrying our cross, and in following Jesus Christ. Now, he who renounces himself most perfectly carries his cross the best and follows nearest to Jesus Christ is he who never does his own will, but always that of God.'

St. Vincent de Paul

[Shin]

'We must praise God in His Saints, as the Psalmist tells us.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

[Shin]

'When seculars have once chosen their secular state, let them persevere in it, and in the devout exercises which they have begun, and in their works of charity, and they shall have contentment at their death.'

St. Philip Neri