Every moment comes…
Every moment comes to you pregnant with divine purpose… Once it leaves your hands and your power to do with it as you please, it plunges into eternity, to remain forever what you made it.
–Blessed Fulton J. Sheen (1895 – 1979)
How precious time…
Oh, how precious time is! Blessed are those who know how to make good use of it. Oh, if only all could understand how precious time is, undoubtedly everyone would do his best to spend it in a praiseworthy manner!
–Saint Pio (1887-1968
Those who believe, love…
They alone know how to believe in God who love God, who are Christians not only in name but also in action and [way of] life, because without love faith is empty.
–Venerable Bede (c. 673-735)
Dryness or difficulty…
Never leave prayer because of dryness or difficulty. Remain before God entirely plunged in His holy love, detached from all desire for your own pleasure. It might help to send out little darts of love, such as, `O my God, my true Good, I am yours!’ and then remain in peace.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
Offer the bandage of consolation…
Offer the bandage of consolation, bind up what has been broken. Say this: “Do not be afraid. God in whom you have believed does not abandon you in temptations. God is faithful. He does not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength.”
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Sin arises when…
Sin arises when things that are a minor good are pursued as though they were the most important goals in life. If money or affection or power are sought in disproportionate, obsessive ways, then sin occurs. And that sin is magnified when, for these lesser goals, we fail to pursue the highest good and the finest goals. So when we ask ourselves why, in a given situation, we committed a sin, the answer is usually one of two things. Either we wanted to obtain something we didn’t have, or we feared losing something we had.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
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