Love for material things…
The love for material things grows like a fungus in the soul and destroys the loveliness of the human heart utterly.
— Caryll Houselander (1901-1954)
Sin is more…
Sin is more than a stain. Sin is a wound; it needs to be treated, healed. The place where my encounter with the mercy of Jesus takes place is my sin.
–Pope Francis (1936-
Wrestle the devil…
Hour by hour, day by day, let us by penitence work at being renewed, so that we may learn to fight and wrestle with the devils, our enemies who are always at war with us.
–Saint Peter of Damascus (12th Century)
A fate more terrible..
One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.
–Saint Joan of Arc (1412-1431)
A purifying fire…
As for certain lesser faults, we must believe that, before the Final Judgment, there is a purifying fire. He who is truth says that whoever utters blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will be pardoned neither in this age nor in the age to come. From this sentence we understand that certain offenses can be forgiven in this age, but certain others in the age to come.
–Saint Gregory the Great (c. 540-604)
If only we could…
If only we could be what we hope to be.
–Saint Gregory Nazianzen (329-c. 391)
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