Every evil and suffering…
Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Do not put off any longer…
Do not put off any longer confessing all your sins, for death will soon come. Give and it will be given you; forgive and you will be forgiven. . . Blessed are they who die repentant, for they shall go to the Kingdom of Heaven!
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Self-indulgence leads…
Knowledge of what is good for him has been given to everyone by God; but self-indulgence leads to negligence, and negligence to forgetfulness.
–Saint Mark the Ascetic (Fifth Century)
Habit becomes necessity…
Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity.
— Saint Augustine (354-430)
Temptation is necessary…
Temptation is necessary to us to make us realise that we are nothing in ourselves. St. Augustine tells us that we should thank God as much for the sins from which He has preserved us as for those which He has had the charity to forgive us.
— Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Understand two thoughts…
Understand two thoughts, and fear them. One says, “You are a saint,” the other, “You won’t be saved.” Both of these thoughts are from the enemy, and there is no truth in them. But think this way: I am a great sinner, but the Lord is merciful. He loves people very much, and He will forgive my sins.
— Saint Silouan the Athonite (1866-1938)
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