Quote for the Afternoon

[odhiambo]

" Before reading, ask and beseech God that He reveals Himself to you."

Saint Ephrem

[odhiambo]

"When I am before the Blessed Sacrament I feel such a lively faith that I can't describe it. Christ in the Eucharist is almost tangible to me...When it is time for me to leave, I have to tear myself away from His sacred presence."
 St. Anthony of Claret

[odhiambo]

"Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength"
Saint Francis de Sales

[Shin]

'Spiritual freedom is release from the passions; without Christ's mercy you cannot attain it.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

'Pray that temptation may not come to you; but when it comes, accept it as your due and not undeserved.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

'Even though knowledge is true, it is still not firmly established if unaccompanied by works. For everything is established by being put into practice.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

[odhiambo]

'Even though knowledge is true, it is still not firmly established if unaccompanied by works. For everything is established by being put into practice.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

Talking of Knowledge, Saint Thomas Aquinas tells us that "To love God is something greater than to know Him"

[odhiambo]

"If you want God to hear your prayers, hear the voice of the poor.
 If you wish God to anticipate your wants,
provide those of the needy without waiting for them to ask you.
Especially anticipate the needs of those who are ashamed to beg.
 To make them ask for alms is to make them buy it"
St. Thomas of Villanova

[Shin]

I think it's especially touching to hear that, about giving alms to folks who have trouble asking. 

[odhiambo]

I think it's especially touching to hear that, about giving alms to folks who have trouble asking. 

It is not easy to beg.
For some people to beg is synonymous with being stripped of all  dignity.

[Shin]

Hmm.. yes.. though.. one shouldn't feel that way, I think..

I understand the feeling.. but.. Hmm. I haven't really thought, and felt it all out, if you know what I'm saying.

[George]

O God, watch over your Phillip today; because if you do not, your Phillip will betray you before the day is over.
St. Phillip Neri (Said each day during morning prayer)

[Shin]

Amen amen.

[odhiambo]

O God, watch over your Phillip today; because if you do not, your Phillip will betray you before the day is over.
St. Phillip Neri (Said each day during morning prayer)

A lovely prayer.
 From a son who loves his father to a Father who loves His son!

[odhiambo]

'If our natural feelings, being hurt, cause us to utter some words, or to act in opposition with the principles we profess, we must chastise them severely until they have obeyed us.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

[George]

O God, watch over your Phillip today; because if you do not, your Phillip will betray you before the day is over.
St. Phillip Neri (Said each day during morning prayer)

A lovely prayer.
 From a son who loves his father to a Father who loves His son!

I've begun to say a version of this prayer myself.
It rings so true.

[odhiambo]

I've begun to say a version of this prayer myself.
It rings so true.
[/quote]

I know, I felt the same when I read it.

[odhiambo]

“ No matter how good food is, if mixed with poison, it may cause the death of him who eats it.
So it is with conversation.  A single bad word, an evil action, an unbecoming joke, is often enough to harm one or more young listeners, and may later on cause them to lose God’s grace.”                   

    St. John Bosco.