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Showing posts with label Monk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monk. Show all posts
Thursday, February 20, 2020

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Peter Damian, Doctor of the Church

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Do not be depressed. Do not let your weakness make you impatient. Instead, let the serenity of your spirit shine through your face...
Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Anthony the Abbot (AKA Saint Anthony the Great)

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Believe me; the devil fears the vigils of pious souls, and their fastings, their voluntary poverty, their loving compassion, their hu...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Saint Mark the Ascetic Quote

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When Scripture says, ‘He will reward every man according to his works’ (Matthew 16:27), do not imagine that works in themselves merit...
Friday, November 10, 2017

Saint Martin of Tours Quote

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Refusing further service as a Roman soldier: I am a soldier of Christ: combat is not permitted to me. – Saint Martin of Tours ...
Sunday, September 24, 2017

Blessed Herman the Cripple Quote

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Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy. Hail my life, my sweetness and my hope! To you do we cry, poor banished children of Eve! To you do...
Friday, September 22, 2017

Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina Quote

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Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that I do not forget You. You know how easily I abandon You. Stay with...
Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Saint John Chrysostom Quote

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The love of husband and wife is the force that welds society together. -– Saint John Chrysostom Saint John Chry...
Saturday, September 2, 2017

Pope Saint Gregory the Great Quote

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If we are, in fact, now occupied in good deeds, we should not attribute the strength with which we are doing them to ourselves. We mu...
Monday, February 29, 2016

Saint Mark the Ascetic Quote

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Even though knowledge is true, it is still not firmly established if unaccompanied by works. For everything is established by being...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Saint Vincent of Lérins Quote

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I cannot sufficiently be astonished that such is the insanity of some men, such the impiety of their blinded understanding, such, fin...
Sunday, May 24, 2015

Saint Bede the Venerable Quote

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“ My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my savior.” With these words Mary first acknowledges the...
Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Saint Basil the Great Quote

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When mankind was estranged from him by disobedience, God our Savior made a plan for raising us from our fall and restoring us to frie...
Monday, March 30, 2015

Saint John Climacus Quote

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A chaste man is completely oblivious to the difference between bodies. The rule and limit of absolute chastity is to have the same fe...
Saturday, March 21, 2015

Saint Nicholas of Flüe Quote

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My Lord and my God, take from me everything that distances me from you. My Lord and my God, give me everything that brings me close...
Thursday, March 5, 2015

Saint Mark the Ascetic Quote

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When Scripture says, 'He will reward every man according to his works' (Matthew 16:27), do not imagine that works in themselv...
Monday, February 23, 2015

Saint Gregory of Narek Quote

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And now, compassionate God, I pray for your mercy, as you instructed in your own words, “ Make offerings in the name of Go...
Friday, February 20, 2015

Saint Peter Damian Quote

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Without fail, [the vice of sodomy] brings death to the body and destruction to the soul. It pollutes the flesh, extinguishes the li...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

Saint Cyril Quote

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Make your people known for the unity and profession of their faith. Inspire the hearts of your people with your word and your teachin...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Saint Dallan Forghaill Quote

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Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me save that Thou art. Thou my best thought by day or by night, Wa...
Saturday, January 17, 2015

Saint Anthony the Abbot (aka Saint Anthony the Great) Quote

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The days are coming when men will go mad; and, when they meet a man who has kept his senses, they will rise up against him, saying, “...