On Prayer

28 February 2022

I do not tell you to pray in my way, but in that of God. Leave your soul at liberty to receive the divine impressions according to God’s pleasure. We should pray according to the dictates of the Holy Spirit. 

      Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)

Our Petitions

27 February 2022

God accepts our desires as though they were of great value. He longs ardently for us to desire and love him. He accepts our petitions for benefits as though we were doing him a favor. His joy in giving is greater than ours in receiving. So let us not be apathetic in our asking, nor set too narrow bounds to our requests; nor ask for frivolous things unworthy of God’s greatness.

        Saint Gregory Nazianzen

On Sin

25 February 2022

There is no sin or crime committed by another which I myself am not capable of committing through my weakness; and if I have not committed it, it is because God, in his mercy, has not allowed me to and has preserved me in good.

        Saint Augustine

24 February 2022

However small the sins that you may confess may be, always have sincere sorrow for them, together with a firm resolution to correct them in the future. Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order, but without thought of amendment, remain burdened with them for their whole lives and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages.

        Saint Francis de Sales

Satan

23 February 2022

The devil is a great chained dog which puts people to flight, which makes a great noise, but which only bites those who come too close.

      Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)

Mother of God

22 February 2022

Let those who think that the Church pays too much attention to Mary give heed to the fact that Our Blessed Lord Himself gave ten times as much of His life to her as He gave to His Apostles.

     Blessed Fulton Sheen

Our Lord's Passion

21 February 2022

We should read our Lord’s Passion constantly; what great benefit we will gain by doing so. Even if you are as hard as stone, when you contemplate that He was sarcastically adorned, then ridiculed, beaten and subjected to the final agonies, you will be moved to cast all pride from your soul.

        Saint John Chrysostom