Quote for the Day

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'No prayers are so acceptable to God as those which we offer Him after Communion.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

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'O my Saviour, who am I, that Thou shouldst have so long awaited my repentance!'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

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'As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.'

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

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'Wealth, unless it be devoted to good works, will become to its possessor only a source of endless torment in hell.'

St. Paul of the Cross

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'What should I do, had I not a cross to bear? . . . It is my whole treasure in the adorable Heart of Jesus Christ, and there it is the cause of all my happiness, my delight and my joy.'

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

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'By talking and irreverence in churches, we show disrespect to Almighty God in His own house.'

St. Benedict Joseph Labre

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'I desire that thou mayest serve Me as an instrument to draw hearts to My love.'

The Lord, to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

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'You have the power to incline either upwards or downwards: choose what is superior and you will bring what is inferior into subjection.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

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'An evil thought is preceded by passion. The passion is caused by the senses, but the misuse of the senses is clearly the fault of the intellect.'

St. Thalassios the Libyan

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'If I could meet a leper, give him my body and take his, I should be very happy.'

St. Agathon

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'And the Virgin's name was Mary.

Let us speak a few words upon this name, which signifieth Star of the Sea, and suiteth very well the Maiden - Mother, who may meetly be likened unto a star. A star giveth forth her rays without any harm to herself; and the Virgin brought forth her Son without any hurt to her virginity. . . O thou, whosoever thou art, that knowest thyself to be here not so much walking upon firm ground as battered to and fro by the gales and storms of this life's ocean, if thou wouldest not be overwhelmed by the tempest, keep thine eyes fixed upon this Star's clear shining. . . In danger, in difficulty, or in doubt, think on Mary, call on Mary. . . If thou follow her, thou wilt never go astray. If thou pray to her, thou wilt never have need to despair. If thou keep her in mind, thou wilt never wander. If she hold thee, thou wilt never fall. If she lead thee, thou wilt never be weary. If she help thee, thou wilt reach home safe at the last: and so, thou wilt prove in thyself how meetly it is said, And the Virgin's name was Mary.'

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

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'Let us thank God for having called us to His holy faith. It is a great gift, and the number of those who thank God for it is small.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

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'I cannot reach the heights of contemplation, I do not burst into tears of compunction. My mind, overshadowed by the darkness of worldly affairs, endeavours in vain to reach the heights of contemplation; it is weighed down by the business of this world as if with piles of stones.'

St. Peter Damian

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'Of all devotions, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the greatest after the sacraments, the one dearest to God and the one most helpful to us.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

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'You still doubt as to whether you ought to go to Holy Communion. Do you not see that these troubles which precede your Communions come from the evil spirit who abhors them and that the moments of peace which follow them come from the Spirit of God who loves them. I am surprised that you can hesitate about it; it is as clear as daylight; without this help you would be lost. Far from dissuading you from going to Communion, I would advise you to increase the number of times you go.'

Bl. Claude de la Colombiere

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'For as those who are causes of scandals inherit the Woe, so those who incite to virtue inherit blessing. And never, brethren, let us fall away from the good state and the praiseworthy way of life, nor let us leave off loving God; for it is written, You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart and your whole soul and your whole strength and your whole mind.'

St. Theodore the Studite