Tuesday, September 4, 2018

“Teach us, Good Lord, to serve Thee as Thou deservest; to give and not to count the cost…” (St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest)
“Who, then, is the King of all? God, who is the measure of the truth of all existence.”—St. Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation to the Heathen, Chapter 6 (Translated by William Wilson. From Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 2. Edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe., Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1885.)
“A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.” — St. Basil the Great
 Write this: Everything that exists is enclosed in the bowels of My mercy, more deeply than an infant in its mother's womb. How painfully distrust of My goodness wounds Me! Sins of distrust wound Me most painfully.  WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA. (Diary, 1076)
“It would be well to remember that the graces and consolations of prayer are not waters of this earth but of Heaven. Therefore, all our efforts are not sufficient to make them fall, even though it be necessary to prepare oneself with great diligence.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina
I was so grief-stricken over the loss of so many souls that I couldn't contain myself.  St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Book of Her Foundation - Chapter 1:7
Every grace granted to human beings has three degrees in order. From God it is communicated to Christ; from Christ it passes to the Blessed Virgin; and from the Blessed Virgin it comes to us. —St. Bernardine of Siena