Safely though every storm…
We shall steer safely through every storm so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
The soul is like a ship…
The soul is like a ship: sometimes it is sunk by a mighty swell from without, sometimes from within because the bilge is overflowing. So too are we sometimes lost through sinful practices on the outside, sometimes defiled by logismoi [evil thoughts] within. So we must watch out for the attacks of the spirits from outside and drain off the impurities of the logismoi within.
–Saint Synkletike (a Desert Mother) (d. 350)
Progress by trial…
Our pilgrimage on earth cannot be exempt from trial. We progress by means of trial. No one knows himself except through trial, or receives a crown except after victory, or strives except against an enemy or temptations. The one who cries from the ends of the earth is in anguish, but is not left on his own… We have heard in the gospel how the Lord Jesus Christ was tempted by the devil in the wilderness.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Christ’s friends are…
Real friends want to be with one another every moment they can spare. Sometimes they spend entire days together. Christ’s friends are that way, too; kneeling before the Blessed Sacrament is the great joy of their life. They have found that his talk is not bitter, his company not boring.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
God is very generous…
God is very generous and does not deny His grace to anyone. Indeed he gives more than what we ask of Him. Faithfulness to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit — that is the shortest route.
–Saint Faustina (1905-1938)
A great grace…
Be good, love the Lord, pray for those who not know him. What a great grace it is to know God!
–Saint Josephine Bakhita (1869-1947)
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