If there were no tribulation…
If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Anger is subdued by meekness…
Nothing is more powerful than meekness. For as fire is extinguished by water, so a mind inflated by anger is subdued by meekness. By meekness we practice and make known our virtue, and also cause the indignation of our brother to cease, and deliver his mind from perturbation.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
The Holy Scriptures…
I hear no one boast that he has a knowledge of the Scriptures, but that he owns a Bible written in gold characters. And tell me then, what profit is this? The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Christ gave us…
Christ gave us his flesh to eat in order to deepen our love for him. When we approach him, then, there should be burning within us a fire of love and longing… The wise men paid homage to Christ’s body even when it was lying in a manger… They only saw Christ in a manger, they saw nothing of what you now see, and yet they approached him with profound awe and reverence. You see him, not in a manger but on an altar, not carried by a woman but offered by a priest; and you see the Spirit bountifully poured out upon the offerings of bread and wine.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Keep three things in mind…
I pray you for the love of Jesus Christ to keep three things in mind, and they are: the hour of death, from which no one can escape; the pains of Hell; the glory and blessedness of Paradise.
–Saint John of God (1495-1550)
The Passion of Jesus Christ…
There is no higher contemplation than that of the Passion of Jesus Christ, and whoever has a devotion to it will not be lost, with the help of Jesus Christ.
–Saint John of God (1495-1550)
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