Everybody is your neighbor…
Do not discriminate among the sick. Give aid to all without exception; your vocation obliges you not to exclude anyone, for everybody is your neighbor.
–Blessed Angela Truszkowska (1825-1899)
Worship in spirit…
The Lord died in those days, that we should no longer do the deeds of death. He gave His life, that we might preserve our own from the snares of the devil. And, what is most wonderful, the Word became flesh, that we should no longer live in the flesh, but in spirit should worship God, who is Spirit.
–Saint Athanasius the Great (c. 296-373)
Open the doors of the heart…
Near as the body is to the soul, the Lord is nearer, to come and open the locked doors of the heart, and to bestow on us the riches of heaven.
–Saint Macarius the Great (c. 300-391)
The marriage bed…
Let there be one home, one table, a shared wealth, one bed, and one soul for you, and make room for the fear of the Lord in your midst. Fear of the Lord is the ornament of the marriage bed; the marriage bed that is devoid of it will be judged cursed and unclean by the Lord.
–Elizabeth of Schönau (1129-1165)
God cares not…
God cares not for your works, when He is deprived of your heart and love.
–Johannes Tauler OP (1300–1361)
Turn away from all…
Turn away from all that you will so soon be forced to leave; set not your heart on anything so transitory.
–Saint John of Ávila (1500-1569)
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