Scripture readings…
Scriptural readings such as those from the prophets were viewed not as reminiscences from the past but as a living message for the present.
–Saint Justin Martyr (100-165)
Tradition is that…
What is tradition? It is that which has been understood by everyone, everywhere and at all times … that which you have received, and not that which you have thought up … So then, our job is not to lead religion where we wish it to go, but to follow it where it leads, and not to give that which is our own to our heirs, but to guard that which has been given to us.
–Saint Vincent of Lerina (Fifth Century)
Faith and Tradition…
If someone wants to be protected from tricks and remain healthy in the faith, he must confine his faith first to the authority of the Holy Scriptures, and secondly to the Tradition of the Church. But someone may ask, is not the canon of Scripture sufficient for everything, and why should we add thereto the authority of Tradition? This is because not everyone understands the Scriptures in the same way, but one explains them this way and another that way, so that it is possible to get there from as many thoughts as there are heads. Therefore it is necessary to be guided by the understanding of the Church.
— Saint Vincent of Lerina (Fifth Century)
Joy follows sadness…
Let your understanding strengthen your patience. In serenity look forward to the joy that follows sadness.
–Saint Peter Damian (1007-1072)
On a full stomach…
There can be no knowledge of the mysteries of God on a full stomach.
–Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
Occupy your minds…
Occupy your minds with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones. Unoccupied, they cannot be.
–Saint Thomas More (1478-1535)
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