Anger is overcome…
Anger is overcome by mildness, rage is extinguished by gentleness, cruelty is subverted by goodness.
–Saint Peter Chrysologus (c. 380 – c. 450)
Always ask the help of Christ…
You cannot conquer any passion, any sin without gracious help; therefore, always ask the help of Christ, your Savior. It was for this that He came into the world, for this that He suffered, died, and rose from the dead, in order to help us in everything, to save us from sin, and from the violence of the passions, to cleanse us from our sins, to bestow upon us power in Holy Spirit to do good works, to enlighten us, to strengthen us, to give us peace. You ask how you can save yourself when sin stands at every step, and you sin at every moment? There is a simple answer to this: at every step, at every moment, call upon the Savior, remember the Savior, and you will save yourself and others.
–Saint John of Kronstadt (1829-1908)
Sin is believing the lie…
Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Appetites are like…
Darkness and coarseness will always be with a soul until its appetites are extinguished. The appetites are like a cataract on the eye or specks of dust in it; until removed they obstruct vision…The affections and appetites deprive them of a treasure of divine light. Any appetite, even one that is but slightly imperfect, stains and defiles the soul.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
It is the grace…
For it is the grace of Christ, and not our own virtue, that gives us the power to overcome the flesh and the world.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
If you fall…
If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so that you will not fall too often.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
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