Quote for the Day

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'Misery to thee, fatal torrent of human customs; wilt thou never suspend thy course? To the end wilt thou drag in the children of Adam to thine immense and terrible abyss?'

St. Augustine

[Shin]

'Saint Ignatius does not insist that we be indifferent, but that we try to become indifferent. My heart is made for God and He is jealous. I want to be entirely His. I will become a saint if I am humble, docile and generous.'

St. Bernadette Soubirous

[Shin]

'If you correspond to the designs of God, He will make a saint of you.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'One day the Lord caused me to hear these words at the foot of the tabernacle: "My son, he who embraces Me embraces thorns." Oh, what a grace! Oh, what a gift!'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'Do you represent in yourself His look, his gait, and modesty? Do you take your food, sleep, receive mortifications and injuries as He would? Do you in the same manner seek the honour and glory of His Eternal Father?'

St. Alphonsus Rodriguez

[Shin]

'If you believe in the Gospel that you like, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe in, but yourself.'

St. Augustine

[Shin]

'There are many things which seem to us misfortunes and which we call such; but if we understood the designs of God we would call them graces.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

[Shin]

'Above all feel ashamed of the pride of the human heart which does not wish to be subject, but always seeks to lord it over others and stand above them. And thus the mind of those persons who are invited to the marriage of the lamb, that is to holy religion, are confounded for they believe that, after a short time during which they stood at the gate of salutary obedience, they are suitable to have the power to rule and manage others.'

St. Catherine of Bologna

[Shin]

'When you see a condemned man on his way to the gallows, it moves you to pity. If you could do something to free him, you would do it. Well, brothers and sisters, when I see a person in mortal sin, I see someone drawing nearer with every step to the gallows of hell. And seeing him in this unhappy state, I happen to know the way to free him: that he be converted to God, ask God's pardon, and make a good confession. Woe betide me if he does not.'

St. Anthony Mary Claret

[Shin]

'When you read Holy Scripture, perceive its hidden meanings. "For whatever was written in past times was written for our instruction." (Rom. 15:4)'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[Shin]

'Humility is the foundation of all the virtues; therefore, in a soul where it does not exist there can be no true virtue, but the mere appearance only. In like manner, it is the most proper disposition for all celestial gifts. And, finally, it is so necessary to perfection, that of all the ways to reach it, the first is humility; the second, humility; the third, humility. And, if the question were repeated a hundred times. I should always give the same answer.'

St. Augustine

[Shin]

'Look not to the qualities thou mayest possess, which are wanting to others; but look to those which others possess and which are wanting to thee, that thou mayest acquire them.'

Ven. Louis de Granada

[Shin]

'I exhort you not only to watch over your eyes and to repress sensuality, but to conform your every movement to the rules of this virtue, which beautifies and ennobles every action.'

St. Paul of the Cross

[Shin]

'Avoid over-eagerness and strive to model your interior and exterior upon the humble sweetness of the loving Heart of Jesus, doing each of your actions with the same tranquility as if you had but that alone to do.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

[Shin]

'O man, created in such great dignity, why dost thou lose thyself in things so vile? If thou shouldst consider well, thou wouldst easily see that all worldly things which thou desirest are as nothing when compared to those spiritual goods which God gives thee even in this life, which is so full of ignorance. Pray that thou mayst come hereafter to that celestial country in which are things which eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive what God hath prepared for them that love Him!'

St. Catherine of Genoa

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'The devil tries to soil and defile every good thing a man would do by intermingling with it his own seeds in the form of self-esteem, presumption, complaint, and other things of this kind, so that what we do is not done for God alone, or with a glad heart. Abel offered a sacrifice to God of the fat and firstlings of his flock, while Cain offered gifts of the fruits of the earth, but not of the firstfruits; and that is why God looked with favor on Abel's sacrifices, but paid no attention to Cain's gifts (cf. Gen. 4:3-5). This shows us that it is possible to do something good in the wrong way - that is to say, to do it negligently, or scornfully, or else not for God's sake but for some other purpose; and for this reason it is unacceptable to God.'

St. Symeon Metaphrastis