Quote for the Day

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'. . . nothing in this world represents so well that admirable assembly of the heavenly Jerusalem as a society of religious who are perfectly united together by charity. The life they lead is truly heavenly and angelical. Our Lord is truly amongst them: the place they live in is no other than the house of God, and the gate of heaven.'

St. Lawrence Justinian

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'In his mercy the Lord supports all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down' (Ps. 145:14).'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

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'If, as Scripture teaches, everything involuntary has its cause in what is voluntary, man has no greater enemy than himself.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

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'Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts.'

St. John Chrysostom

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'A wise intellect restrains the soul, keeps the body in subjection, and makes the passions its servants.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

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'Salvation is necessary, because there is no middle way - we must either be saved or lost. It will not do to say: I shall be satisfied with not going to hell; I shall not be concerned at being deprived of heaven. No; either heaven or hell; either forever happy with God in heaven in an ocean of delights, or forever trampled upon by devils in hell in an ocean of fire and torments: either saved, or lost; there is no alternative.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

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'St. Prosper says that to save his own soul it will not be enough for a priest to lead a holy life, for he shall be damned with those that are lost through his fault. . . The Council of Cologne declared that if a person take the Order of priesthood without the intention of performing the office of vicar of Jesus Christ, or of saving souls, a great and certain chastisement is reserved for him, as for a wolf and a robber, which he is called in the Gospel. . . And St. John Chrysostom says, "Not on account of their own, but on account of the sins of others that they did not prevent, priests are often condemned to hell."'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

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'What punishment will not that servant bring upon himself who knows the will of his Master and does not do it?'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

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'Christ died for sinners; we must take heart, therefore, and hope that Paradise will be ours, provided only we repent of our sins, and do good.'

St. Philip Neri

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'The genuineness of a friend is shown at a time of trial, if he shares the distress you suffer.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

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'The intellect that begins its search for divine wisdom with simple faith will eventually attain a theology that transcends the intellect and that is characterized by unremitting faith of the highest type and the contemplation of the invisible.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

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'Pray that I may become a true son of St. Francis and as such live and die.'

St. Conrad of Parzham

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'He who loves God will certainly love his neighbor as well. Such a person cannot hoard money, but distributes it in a way befitting God, being generous to everyone in need.'

St. Maximos the Confessor

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'Do not ask how a poor man can be self-indulgent when he lacks the material means. For it is possible to be self-indulgent in a yet more despicable way through one's thoughts.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

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'Begin in the morning, before leaving your room, by meditating, for a quarter of an hour, on the Passion of our Redeemer, and you will see that, all will go well with you, and that you will live far removed from sin.'

St. Paul of the Cross

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'In speaking to the sad and sore of heart present to them a cheerful and serene countenance; speak with all sweetness, so as to restore them the more easily to peace and tranquility, overcoming in this way one extreme by another.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola