For God so loved the world, as to give His only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in Him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting. – Saint John the Apostle

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Sunday, November 30, 2014

Saint Edmund Campion Quote



And touching our Society, be it known to you that we have made a league - all the Jesuits in the world - cheerfully to carry the cross you shall lay upon us, and never to despair your recovery, while we have a man left to enjoy your Tyburn, or to be racked with your torments or consumed with your prisons. The expense is reckoned, the enterprise is begun; it is of God, it cannot be withstood. So the faith was planted; so it must be restored.

-- Saint Edmund Campion


Saturday, November 29, 2014

Saint John Chrysostom Quote



After Andrew had stayed with Jesus and had learned much from him, he did not keep this treasure to himself, but hastened to share it with his brother Peter. Notice what Andrew said to him: “We have found the Messiah, that is to say, the Christ.” Notice how his words reveal what he has learned in so short a time. They show the power of the master who has convinced them of this truth. Andrew’s words reveal a soul waiting with the utmost longing for the coming of the Messiah, looking forward to his appearing from heaven, rejoicing when he does appear, and hastening to announce to great an event to others. To support one another in the things of the spirit is the true sign of good will between brothers, loving kinship and sincere affection.

-- Saint John Chrysostom from a homily on the Gospel of John


Saint John Eudes Quote



We must continue to accomplish in ourselves the stages of Jesus' life and his mysteries and often to beg him to perfect and realize them in us and in his whole Church. . . . For it is the plan of the Son of God to make us and the whole Church partake in his mysteries and to extend them to and continue them in us and in his whole Church. This is his plan for fulfilling his mysteries in us.

-- Saint John Eudes


Thursday, November 27, 2014

Saint Catherine Laboure Quote

Saint Catherine Laboure


Whenever I go to the chapel, I put myself in the presence of our good Lord, and I say to him, ‘Lord, I am here. Tell me what you would have me to do’ . . . And then, I tell God everything that is in my heart. I tell him about my pains and my joys, and then I listen. If you listen, God will also speak to you, for with the good Lord, you have to both speak and listen. God always speaks to you when you approach him plainly and simply.

-- Saint Catherine Laboure


Saint Louis IX Quote



In prosperity, give thanks to God with humility and fear lest by pride you abuse God's benefits and so offend him.

-- Saint Louis IX


Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Saint Leonard of Port Maurice Quote

Saint Leonard of Port Maurice


Sinners, the advice I want to give you will no doubt seem strange to you; but if you understand it well, it is, on the contrary, inspired by tender compassion toward you. I implore you on my knees, by the blood of Christ and by the Heart of Mary, change your life, come back to the road that leads to heaven, and do all you can to belong to the little number of those who are saved. If, instead of this, you want to continue walking on the road that leads to hell, at least find a way to erase your baptism. Woe to you if you take the Holy Name of Jesus Christ and the sacred character of the Christian engraved upon your soul into hell! Your chastisement will be all the greater. So do what I advise you to do: if you do not want to convert, go this very day and ask your pastor to erase your name from the baptismal register, so that there may not remain any remembrance of your ever having been a Christian; implore your Guardian Angel to erase from his book of graces the inspirations and aids he has given you on orders from God, for woe to you if he recalls them! Tell Our Lord to take back His faith, His baptism, His sacraments.

You are horror-struck at such a thought? Well then, cast yourself at the feet of Jesus Christ and say to Him, with tearful eyes and contrite heart: "Lord, I confess that up till now I have not lived as a Christian. I am not worthy to be numbered among Your elect. I recognize that I deserve to be damned; but Your mercy is great and, full of confidence in Your grace, I say to You that I want to save my soul, even if I have to sacrifice my fortune, my honor, my very life, as long as I am saved. If I have been unfaithful up to now, I repent, I deplore, I detest my infidelity, I ask You humbly to forgive me for it. Forgive me, good Jesus, and strengthen me also, that I may be saved. I ask You not for wealth, honor or prosperity; I ask you for one thing only, to save my soul."

And You, O Jesus! What do You say? O Good Shepherd, see the stray sheep who returns to You; embrace this repentant sinner, bless his sighs and tears, or rather bless these people who are so well disposed and who want nothing but their salvation. Brothers, at the feet of Our Lord, let us protest that we want to save our soul, cost what it may. Let us all say to Him with tearful eyes, "Good Jesus, I want to save my soul," O blessed tears, O blessed sighs!

-- Saint Leonard of Port Maurice from a sermon

Note: To read this entire powerful sermon by Saint Leonard of Port Maurice click the link below:

http://olrl.org/snt_docs/fewness.shtml



Monday, November 24, 2014

Saint John Eudes Quote

Saint John Eudes


The air which we breathe, the bread which we eat, the heart which throbs in our bosoms, are not more necessary for man that he may live as a human being, than is prayer for the Christian that he may live as a Christian.

-- Saint John Eudes


Sunday, November 23, 2014

Saint John Climacus Quote

Saint John Climacus


Do not condemn, even with your eyes, for they are often deceived.

-- Saint John Climacus


Friday, November 21, 2014

Saint John Baptist de la Salle Quote

Saint John Baptist de la Salle


Guard your eyes that they may not look upon anything contrary to purity; your ears, that they may not listen to evil conversation; your mind, by banishing from it all suggestive thoughts; your heart, by stifling impure desires at their very birth.

-- Saint John Baptist de la Salle


Saint Francis of Assisi Quote

Saint Francis of Assisi


O Divine Master, grant that I may not seek to be consoled, as to console. To be understood, as to understand. To be loved, as to love. For it is in giving that we receive. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned. It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

-- Saint Francis of Assisi


Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Saint Gregory Nazianzen Quote

Saint Gregory Nazianzen


Stay with us Lord, because our souls are full of darkness and you are the one true light; you alone can satisfy the longings that consume us. For we know that above everything that is beautiful and good, the greatest is this; to possess you forever , O Lord.

-- Saint Gregory Nazianzen


Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Saint Raphael Kalinowski Quote

Saint Raphael Kalinowski


I keep my eyes fixed on Eternity, and from this source I draw constancy in the midst of the confusion of daily life. God empties my heart of all natural attachments, probably to fill it with things more pure, of which nothing surpasses the desire to do good to my neighbor. I like to find at least a few moments each day spent in doing good for others out of love for God. These few moments, almost unnoticeably used, bring something like rays of peace and comfort behind them. They unite us with people and God with purity and sweetness.

-- Saint Raphael Kalinowski


Monday, November 17, 2014

Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne Quote

Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne


He will never let the trial surpass the strength He gives you, and at the very moment you think yourself overwhelmed by sorrow, He will lift you up and give you peace.

-- Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne


Sunday, November 16, 2014

Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote

Saint Augustine of Hippo


I believe, in order to understand; and I understand, the better to believe.

-- Saint Augustine of Hippo


Saint Gertrude the Great Quote



O Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of eternal life, Your Heart is a glowing furnace of Love. You are my refuge and my sanctuary. O my adorable and loving Savior, consume my heart with the burning fire with which Yours is aflamed. Pour down on my soul those graces which flow from Your love. Let my heart be united with Yours. Let my will be conformed to Yours in all things. May Your Will be the rule of all my desires and actions. Amen.

-- Saint Gertrude the Great


Saturday, November 15, 2014

Saint Albert the Great Quote

Saint Albert the Great


Do this in remembrance of me.” Two things should be noted here. The first is the command that we should use this sacrament, which is indicated when Jesus says, “Do this.” The second is that this sacrament commemorates the Lord’s going to death for our sake. This sacrament is profitable because it grants remission of sins; it is most useful because it bestows the fullness of grace on us in this life. “The Father of spirits instructs us in what is useful for our sanctification.” And his sanctification is in Christ’s sacrifice, that is, when he offers himself in this sacrament to the Father for our redemption to us for our use. Christ could not have commanded anything more beneficial, for this sacrament is the fruit of the tree of life.

-- Saint Albert the Great from a commentary on the Gospel of Luke


Friday, November 14, 2014

Saint Vincent de Paul Quote

Saint Vincent de Paul


Remember that Jesus Christ, referring to the humility of the publican, said that his prayer was heard. If this was said of a man whose life was evil, what may we not hope for if we are really humble?


-- Saint Vincent de Paul

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini Quote

Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini


I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know Him or have forgotten Him.

-- Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini


Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Saint Josaphat Kuncevyc Quote

Saint Josaphat Kuncevyc


Lord, grant me the grace to shed my blood for the unity of the church and in behalf of obedience to the Holy See.

-- Saint Josaphat Kuncevyc


Monday, November 10, 2014

Saint Martin of Tours Quote

Saint Martin of Tours


I am a soldier of Christ. I cannot fight.

-- Saint Martin of Tours when refusing his commanders orders to participate in a battle


Pope Saint Leo the Great Quote



Christian, recognize your dignity and, now that you share in God's own nature, do not return to your former base condition by sinning. Remember who is your head and of whose body you are a member. Never forget that you have been rescued from the power of darkness and brought into the light of the Kingdom of God.

-- Pope Saint Leo the Great


Sunday, November 9, 2014

Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity Quote

Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity


I think that in Heaven my mission will be to draw souls by helping them to go out of themselves in order to cling to God by a wholly simple and loving movement, and to keep them in this great silence within which will allow God to communicate Himself to them and to transform them into Himself.

-- Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity


Saturday, November 8, 2014

Saint Peter Wu Gousheng Quote

Saint Peter Wu Gousheng


Be loyal to the Lord, accept his will.

-- Saint Peter Wu Gousheng in a letter from prison to his wife


Thursday, November 6, 2014

Saint Alphonsus Liguori Quote

Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori


We must above all show charity to our enemies. By this you may know that a man is a true Christian, if he seeks to do good to those who wish him evil.

-- Saint Alphonsus Liguori


Saint Dorotheus of Gaza Quote

Saint Dorotheus of Gaza


It is impossible for anyone to get angry with his neighbor without initially raising himself above him, belittling him and then regarding himself higher than the neighbor.

-- Saint Dorotheus of Gaza


Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Saint Zechariah Quote

St.Zechariah and St. John the Baptist. A medieval Georgian fresco from Jerusalem.


Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
for he has visited and brought redemption to his people.
He has raised up a horn for our salvation
within the house of David his servant,
even as he promised through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old:
salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
to show mercy to our fathers
and to be mindful of his holy covenant,
and of the oath he swore to Abraham our father,
and to grant us that,
rescued from the hand of enemies,
without fear we might worship him
in holiness and righteousness
before him all our days.

And you, child, will be called prophet of the Most High,
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
to give his people knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,
because of the tender mercy of our Gods
by which the daybreak from on high will visit us
to shine on those who sit in darkness and death’s shadow,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.

-- Saint Zechariah from Luke 1: 68 - 79


Monday, November 3, 2014

Saint Charles Borromeo Quote

Saint Charles Borromeo


We must meditate before, during and after everything we do. The prophet says: "I will pray, and then I will understand."

-- Saint Charles Borromeo


Sunday, November 2, 2014

Saint Martin de Porres Quote

Saint Martin de Porres


Compassion, my dear Brother, is preferable to cleanliness.

-- Saint Martin de Porres after being criticized by a fellow Dominican brother for bringing an ulcer covered beggar to his room


Saint Ambrose of Milan Quote

Saint Ambrose of Milan


We see that death is gain, life is loss. Paul says: For me life is Christ, and death a gain. What does “Christ” mean but to die in the body, and receive the breath of life? Let us then die with Christ, to live with Christ. We should have a daily familiarity with death, a daily desire for death. By this kind of detachment our soul must learn to free itself from the desires of the body. It must soar above earthly lusts to a place where they cannot come near, to hold it fast. It must take on the likeness of death, to avoid the punishment of death. The law of our fallen nature is at war with the law of our reason and subjects the law of reason to the law of error. What is the remedy? Who will set me free from this body of death? The grace of God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

-- Saint Ambrose of Milan


Saturday, November 1, 2014

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Quote On The Importance of the Saints

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux


Calling the saints to mind inspires, or rather arouses in us, above all else, a longing to enjoy their company, so desirable in itself. We long to share in the citizenship of heaven, to dwell with the spirits of the blessed, to join the assembly of patriarchs, the ranks of the prophets, the council of apostles, the great host of martyrs, the noble company of confessors and the choir of virgins. In short, we long to be united in happiness with all the saints. But our dispositions change. The Church of all the first followers of Christ awaits us, but we do nothing about it. The saints want us to be with them, and we are indifferent. The souls of the just await us, and we ignore them.

Come, brothers, let us at length spur ourselves on. We must rise again with Christ, we must seek the world which is above and set our mind on the things of heaven. Let us long for those who are longing for us, hasten to those who are waiting for us, and ask those who look for our coming to intercede for us. We should not only want to be with the saints, we should also hope to possess their happiness. While we desire to be in their company, we must also earnestly seek to share in their glory. Do not imagine that there is anything harmful in such an ambition as this; there is no danger in setting our hearts on such glory.

-- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux from a sermon