Proclaiming peace…
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Whoever curses a….
Whoever curses a poor man does an injury to Christ, whose noble image he wears – the image of Him who made Himself poor for us in this world.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
By humility…
No man can attain to the knowledge of God but by humility. The way to mount high is to descend.
–Blessed Giles of Assisi (1190-1262)
Abundant grace…
No one can be excused for not having and finding divine grace… The most bountiful God distributes his grace abundantly to all, that is, to all who wish and seek it.
–Saint Angela of Foligno (1248-1309)
Humility is an inward…
Humility, that is lowliness or self-abasement, is an inward bowing down or prostrating of the heart and of the conscience before God’s transcendent worth… For to pay homage to God by every outward and inward act, this is the first and dearest work of humility, the most savory among those of charity, and most meet among those of righteousness.
–Blessed John Ruysbroeck (1293-1381)
Two kinds of humility…
There are two kinds of humility, as the holy fathers teach: to deem oneself the lowest of all beings and to ascribe to God all one’s good actions. The first is the beginning, the second the end.
–Saint Gregory of Sinai (c. 1295-1346)
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