Quote for the Afternoon

[Shin]

'When the devil wants to capture our soul, he first divides our mind by many cares. Some of them appear to be necessary, others appear to be fraternal charity; and as he thus divides it, the stream of compunction is dried up, and when it is dried up the city is captured, and reason perishes. I say to you, then, be not solicitous.'

St. Anthony of Padua

[odhiambo]

"Let us regard the tradition of the Church also as worthy of belief.
Is it a tradition? Seek no further!"
St. John Chrysostom

[odhiambo]

"Not to oppose error is to approve it; and not to defend truth is to suppress it; and indeed to neglect to confound evil men, when we can do it, is no less a sin than to encourage them."

Pope St. Felix III

[odhiambo]

Where sin was hatched, let tears now wash the nest.

St. Robert Southwell

[odhiambo]

"Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul."
Saint Augustine (354 - 430)

Beautiful quote!

[odhiambo]

    “Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.”
St. Francis of Assisi

[Shin]

Two beautiful quotes!

'Sometimes we try hard to practice pure prayer, and cannot; but it happens also that we do not compel ourselves, yet the soul prays with purity. The first results from our infirmity, the second, from grace from above, which thus calls us to seek purity of soul and teaches us, in each case, not to ascribe it to ourselves if our prayer is pure, but to recognize in this a gift of the Giver. "We know not what we should pray for as we ought;" [Romans 8:26]. When we try to make our prayer pure and cannot, but are enveloped in darkness, let us moisten our cheeks with tears and implore God to disperse the night of the battle and to let light shine in the soul.'

St. Nilus of Sinai

[odhiambo]

"There is no surer way to know that one is a saint than to see him lead a holy life and yet suffer desolation, trials and tribulations"
St. Louis Gonzaga

[Shin]

'In the face of the never-ceasing snares of the enemy, it is necessary to have each day a fixed hour for review, to enter into one's self and consider carefully, in presence of God, all one's thoughts, words, and actions.'

St. Ignatius of Loyola

[odhiambo]

    “Do not look forward to what might happen tomorrow;
    The same everlasting Father who cares for you today, will
    Take care of you tomorrow, and every day.
    Either He will shield you from suffering, or HE will give you
    Unfailing strength to bear it.
    Be at peace, then and put aside all anxious thoughts
    And imaginings.”
   St. Francis de Sales.

[odhiambo]

"Any wound, but not a wound of the heart!

Any wickedness, but not the wickedness of a woman!"

Sirach 25:13