Doing good during…
Nulla dies sine linea: Do not let a day pass without doing some good during it.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Gratitude and generosity…
Recognize to whom you owe the fact that you exist, that you breathe, that you understand, that you are wise, and, above all, that you know God and hope for the kingdom of heaven. You have been made a child of God, co-heir with Christ. Where did you get all this, and from whom?…. What benefactor has enabled you to look out upon the beauty of the sky, the sun in its course, the circle of the moon, the countless number of stars, with the harmony and order that are theirs, like the music of a harp? Who has blessed you with rain, with the art of husbandry, with different kinds of food, with the arts, with houses, with laws, with states, with a life of humanity and culture, with friendship and the easy familiarity of kinship? … Is it not God who asks you now in your turn to show yourself generous … Because we have received from him so many wonderful gifts, will we not be ashamed to refuse him this one thing only, our generosity?
–Saint Gregory Nazianzen (329-c. 391)
Never see a need…
Never see a need without trying to do something about it.
–Blessed Mary Mackillop (1842-1909)
The gospel passage…
I think that there is no passage of the Gospel that has made a deeper impression on me or changed my life more than this one: “Whatever you do to one of these little ones, you do it to me.”
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)
Aim at charity…
Aim at charity. By this path of love, Christ came down to us. By it, we too may ascend to Him.
–Saint Leo the Great (c. 400-461)
Charity win souls…
We must give alms. Charity wins souls and draws them to virtue.
–Saint Angela Merici (1474-1540)
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