Self-indulgence leads…
Knowledge of what is good for him has been given to everyone by God; but self-indulgence leads to negligence, and negligence to forgetfulness.
–Saint Mark the Ascetic (Fifth Century)
Bear great trials…
We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
At the Eucharist…
At the Eucharist we receive what we are and we become what we receive.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Whoever looks in the Church…
Whoever looks in the Church for something other than Christ is a mercenary.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Habit becomes necessity…
Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity.
— Saint Augustine (354-430)
Being over seventy is…
Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.
— Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
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