We have time…
It is never true that we have no time to meditate; the less one thinks of God, the less time there will always be for Him. The time one has for anything depends on how much we value it.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Every moment comes…
Every moment comes to you pregnant with divine purpose… Once it leaves your hands and your power to do with it as you please, it plunges into eternity, to remain forever what you made it.
–Blessed Fulton J. Sheen (1895 – 1979)
Offer the bandage of consolation…
Offer the bandage of consolation, bind up what has been broken. Say this: “Do not be afraid. God in whom you have believed does not abandon you in temptations. God is faithful. He does not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength.”
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Sin arises when…
Sin arises when things that are a minor good are pursued as though they were the most important goals in life. If money or affection or power are sought in disproportionate, obsessive ways, then sin occurs. And that sin is magnified when, for these lesser goals, we fail to pursue the highest good and the finest goals. So when we ask ourselves why, in a given situation, we committed a sin, the answer is usually one of two things. Either we wanted to obtain something we didn’t have, or we feared losing something we had.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Imitate Christ’s suffering…
Christians must imitate Christ’s sufferings, not set their hearts on pleasures. He who is weak will be strengthened when told: “Yes, expect the temptations of this world, but the Lord will deliver you from them all if your heart has not abandoned him. For it was to strengthen your heart that he came to suffer and die, came to be spit upon and crowned with thorns, came to be accused of shameful things, yes, came to be fastened to the wood of the cross. All these things he did for you, and you did nothing. He did them not for himself, but for you.”
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Read pious books…
What need have you of seeking for a little gold in the midst of so much mire when you can read pious books in which you may find all gold without any mire?
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
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