Never close your heart…
Take care, take care, never to close your heart to anyone.
— Saint Peter Faber (1506-1546)
The merciful person…
The merciful person is he who gives to others what he has himself received from God, whether it be money, or food, or strength, a helpful word, a prayer, or anything else that he has through which he can express his compassion for those in need. At the same time he considers himself a debtor, since he has received more than he is asked to give. By Christ’s grace, both in the present and in the world to come, before the whole of creation he is called merciful, just as God is called merciful (cf. Lk. 6:36).
–Saint Peter of Damascus (d. 750)
As long as you hate…
You may fast regularly, give alms, and pray without ceasing, but as long as you hate your brother, you will not be numbered among the children of God.
–Saint Louis de Blois (1506-1566)
We serve Jesus…
When we serve the poor and the sick we serve Jesus. We must not fail to help our neighbors, because in them we serve Jesus.
–Saint Rose of Lima (1586-1617)
Pray for bad people…
If you see a man who has sinned and you do not pity him, the grace of God will leave you. Whoever curses bad people, and does not pray for them, will never come to know the grace of God.
–Saint Silouan the Athonite (1866-1938
Our worst fault…
Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.
–Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
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