Fasting is wonderful…
Fasting is wonderful, because it tramples our sins like a dirty weed, while it cultivates and raises truth like a flower.
— Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Our goal is God…
Our goal is God, the source of all good. As we say in our prayer, we are to place our trust in God and in no one else. In his kindness, our Lord wished to strengthen your faith, for without it, as the evangelist points out, Christ could not have performed many of his miracles. He also wished to listen to your prayer, and so he ordained that you experience poverty, distress, abandonment, weariness and scorn.
— Saint Jerome Emiliana (1481-1537)
Gratitude is…
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
— GK Chesterton (1874-1936)
Hear Mass daily…
Hear Mass daily; it will prosper the whole day. All your duties will be performed the better for it, and your soul will be stronger to bear its daily cross. The Mass is the most holy act of religion; you can do nothing that can give greater glory to God or be more profitable for your soul than to hear Mass both frequently and devoutly. It is the favorite devotion of the saints.
— Saint Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868)
— Saint Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868)
Faithful to the present…
We must be faithful to the present moment or we will frustrate the plan of God for our lives.
— Blessed Solanus Casey (1870-1957)
Conversion is a…
Conversion is a total turning to God. This means we turn away from the world with its sin. If we choose to turn away from God, we ignore the good that never changes.Our affections and behavior need to be changed.
–Richard Rolle (c. 1300-1349)
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