If your eyes are closed…
It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
One was saved; one was not…
Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Two works of mercy…
Two works of mercy set a person free: forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Not alice without prayer…
As our body cannot live without nourishment, so our soul cannot spiritually be kept alive without prayer.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Make daily progress towards God…
As Christians, our task is to make daily progress toward God. Our pilgrimage on earth is a school in which God is the only teacher, and it demands good students, not ones who play truant. In this school we learn something every day. We learn something from commandments, something from examples, and something from sacraments. These things are remedies for our wounds and materials for study.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Before prayer try…
Before prayer, endeavor to realize whose Presence you are approaching, and to whom you are about to speak. We can never fully understand how we ought to behave towards God, before whom the angels tremble.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
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