We must not leave off our prayers because of distractions and restlessness of mind, although it seems useless to go on with them. He who perseveres for the whole of his accustomed time, gently recalling his mind to the subject of his prayer, merits greatly.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Falsehood – and only falsehood – separates us from God … False thoughts, false words, false feelings, false desires – Behold the aggregate of lies that leads us to non-being, illusion, and rejection of God.
–Saint Nicholas of Serbia (1880-1956)
You cannot heal what you do not first acknowledge.
–Richard Rohr (1943-
It is dangerous for anyone to teach who has not first been trained in the practical life. For if someone who owns a ruined house receives guests there, he does them harm because of the dilapidation of his dwelling. It is the same in the case of someone who has not first built an interior dwelling; he causes loss to those who come. By words one may convert them to salvation, but by evil behavior, one injures them.
–Saint Synkletike (a Desert Mother)
If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.
–Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
We’ve been deceived by the thought that we would be more pleasing to God in our own way than in the way God has given us.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
