Gluttony is hypocrisy…
Gluttony is the hypocrisy of the stomach which complains of being empty when it is well fed, and bellows that is hungry when it is almost full to the bursting.
–Saint John Climacus (c. 525-606)
Forgive the inexcusable…
To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.
–CS Lewis (1863-1929)
Perfect families do not exist…
Perfect families do not exist. This must not discourage us. Quite the opposite. Love is something we learn; love is something we live; love grows as it is ‘forged’ by the concrete situations which each particular family experiences. Love is born and constantly develops amid lights and shadows.
–Pope Francis (1936-
Sign of the Cross…
In all our travels and movements, in all our coming in and going out, in putting off our shoes, at the bath, at the table, in lighting our candles, in lying down, in sitting down, whatever employment occupies us, we mark our foreheads with the sign of the cross.
–Tertullian (c.160 – 225)
Remembering wrongs…
If we keep remembering the wrongs which men have done us, we destroy the power of the remembrance of God.
–Saint Macarius the Great (295-392)
Find some suitable time…
Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths, each according to his own fashion. Not every one is able to engage in contemplative prayer.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
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