Saint Quote : Saint Catherine of Genoa

 

 

Look at gold: the more you melt it, the better it becomes; you could melt it until you had destroyed in it every imperfection. Thus does fire work on material things. The soul cannot be destroyed in so far as it is in God, but in so far as it is in itself it can be destroyed; the more it is purified, the more is self destroyed within it, until at last it is pure in God.

-- Saint Catherine of Genoa

Saint Quote: Saint Aelia Flaccilla

 

 

To distribute money belongs to the imperial dignity, but I offer up for the imperial dignity itself personal service to the Giver.

-- Saint Aelia Flaccilla

Saint Quote : Saint John Chrysostom

It is ever thus; the more you envy your brother, the greater good you confer upon him. God, who sees all, takes the cause of the innocent in hand, and, irritated by the injury you inflict, deigns to raise up him whom you wish to lower, and will punish you to the full extent of your crime. 

-- Saint John Chrysostom

Saint Quote : Saint Columba of Ireland

 

 

O Lord, grant us that love which can never die, which will enkindle our lamps but not extinguish them, so that they may shine in us and bring light to others. Most dear Savior, enkindle our lamps that they may shine forever in your temple. May we receive unquenchable light from you so that our darkness will be illuminated and the  darkness of the world will be made less. Amen.

-- Saint Columba of Ireland

Saint Quote : Saint John Gabriel Perboyre

 

 

O my Divine Savior, Transform me into Yourself. May my hands be the hands of Jesus. Grant that every faculty of my body May serve only to glorify You.

-- Saint John Gabriel Perboyre

Saint Quote : Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk

 

 

Know this, brethren: do not creep out of the church before the dismissal prayer, for he who exits from the divine chant or converses or whispers has been seduced by demons, as the Divine Scriptures bear witness.

                            
-- Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk

* Note: This quote reminds me of a story from a Catholic friend in Australia. It seems her parish priest was gone on a trip. The priest who was filling in was an all business Irish priest. It was in the heart of football season in Australia, and a good number of parishoners were slipping out of the parish before dismissal to get home in time to watch football, much to the Irish priests frustration. This had taken place on two straight Sunday's. The Irish priest told my friend he was going to put a stop to the early exits. The next Sunday, before the Mass began the priest said the following: "Before we begin Mass today, I want you all to keep one thing in mind. Judas was the only one to leave the Last Supper early." No one left early again.

Saint Quote: Saint Peter Claver

 

 

To love God as He ought to be loved, we must be detached from all temporal love. We must love nothing but Him, or if we love anything else, we must love it only for His sake.

-- Saint Peter Claver