Mortify one passion…
To mortify one passion, no matter how small, is a greater help in the spiritual life than many abstinences, fasts, and disciplines.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Cast yourself into…
Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if He wants anything of you, He will lift you for the work and give you strength.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Desire to belong to God…
At the beginning of each day, and of meditation, Mass, and Communion, declare to God that you desire to belong to Him entirely, and that you will devote yourself wholly to acquiring the spirit of prayer and of the interior life.
–Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751)
Let God do the work…
Let your own motto be: Have patience, and let God do the work. For, when all is said, you can do no other. Yours is merely to say: I adore and resign myself; Fiat!
–Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751)
We must not count…
We must not count on ourselves, because even if we know what kind of person we are today, we do not know what we will be tomorrow. Nobody must rejoice in the security of their own good deeds. As long as we are still experiencing the uncertainties of this life, we do not know what end may follow…we must not trust in our own virtues.
–Saint Gregory the Great (c. 540-604)
Harm in the Church…
No one does more harm in the Church than he who has the title or rank of holiness and acts perversely.
–Saint Gregory the Great (c. 540-604)
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