Marks of repentance…
Repentance signifies regret, change of mind. The distinguishing marks of repentance are contrition, tears, aversion towards sin, and love of the good.
–Saint Nektarios of Aegina (1846-1920)
Imitate Jesus by…
We must imitate Jesus by doing our life’s work for people’s salvation in such a way that the word ‘Jesus’ – ‘Savior’ – is the perfect expression of what we are, just as it signifies perfectly what he is.
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)
The spirit of peace…
There is one case when we must resist evil forcefully. It is when it is not a case of defending ourselves but of protecting others. It takes forcefulness to defend the weak and the innocent when their oppressors wrong them. The spirit of peace is not a spirit of weakness but a spirit of strength.
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)
Defend them all…
We must stand up for the rights of our neighbor who is suffering from injustice; we must defend them all the more vigorously because we see Jesus present in them. Surely this is our duty because of our love for others for his sake. We have no right to be ‘sleeping watchmen’ or dumb watch-dogs. Whenever we see evil we must sound the alarm.
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)
Children of God…
We are all children of the Most High. All of us: the poorest, the most outcast, a newborn child, a decrepit old person, the least intelligent human being, the most abject, an idiot, a fool, a sometimes sinner, the greatest sinner, the most ignorant, the last of the last, the one most physically and morally repugnant – all children of God and sons and daughters of the Most High. We should hold all human beings in high esteem. We should love all humankind, for they are all children of God.
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)
Expecteth nothing…
Blessed is he who expecteth nothing for he shall enjoy everything.
–GK Chesterton (1874-1936)
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