Recognize the grace of God…
When one man helps another by word or deed, let them both recognize in this the grace of God.
–Saint Mark the Ascetic (Fifth Century)
Extend your mercy…
Extend your mercy to others, so that there can be no one in need whom you meet without helping.
–Saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660)
Having suffered…
When it is all over you will not regret having suffered; rather you will regret having suffered so little, and suffered that little so badly.
–Saint Sebastian Valfre (c. 1629-1710)
One man speaks…
One man speaks the truth and is hated for it by the foolish; another speaks hypocritically and for this reason is loved. But in both cases their reward is not long delayed, for at the appropriate moment the Lord renders to each his due.
–Saint Cosmas Aitolos (c. 1714 – 1779)
Resolution overcomes habit…
If you want to do something good, do it; and if you cannot do it, then resolve to do it, and you will have achieved the resolution even if you do not fulfill the action itself. Thus a habit, whether good or bad, can gradually and spontaneously be overcome. If this were not the case, no criminals would ever be saved, whereas in fact not only have they been saved, but many have become conspicuous for their excellence. Think what a great gulf separates the criminal from the saint; yet resolution finally overcame habit.
–Saint Peter of Damascus (d. 750)
Material things distract and divide…
Solicitude for material things distracts the soul and divides it. The devil seizes the divided soul and drags it to hell.
–Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231)
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