In the face of trial…
If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a time in this world, and forever in the next.
— Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
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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