29 April 2023
Should you ask me, What is the first thing in religion? I should reply,
The first, second, and third thing therein – nay, all – is humility.
Saint Augustine
Guard Our Tongue
28 April 2023
Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.
Saint John Chrysostom
Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.
Saint John Chrysostom
The Cross
27 April 2023
O the divine mystery of the cross! Weakness hangs on it, power is freed by it, evil is nailed to it, and triumphal trophies are raised toward it.
St. Ambrose of Milan
O the divine mystery of the cross! Weakness hangs on it, power is freed by it, evil is nailed to it, and triumphal trophies are raised toward it.
St. Ambrose of Milan
Imago Dei
26 April 2023
To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.
Thomas à Kempis
To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.
Thomas à Kempis
Gift of the Gospel
24 April 2023
Jesus came to raise the dead. The only qualification for the gift of the Gospel is to be dead. You don't have to be smart. You don't have to be good. You don't have to be wise. You don't have to be anything... you just have to be dead. That's it.
Robert Farrar Capon
Jesus came to raise the dead. The only qualification for the gift of the Gospel is to be dead. You don't have to be smart. You don't have to be good. You don't have to be wise. You don't have to be anything... you just have to be dead. That's it.
Robert Farrar Capon
Walk Like Christ
23 April 2023
One who claims to abide in Christ ought to walk as he walked. Would you follow Christ? Then be humble as he was humble. Do not scorn his lowliness if you want to reach his exaltation. Human sin made the road rough. Christ’s resurrection leveled it. By passing over it himself he transformed the narrowest of tracks into a royal highway way Two feet are needed to run along this highway; they are humility and charity. Everyone wants to get to the top - well, the first step to take is humility. Why take strides that are too big for you-do you want to fall instead of going up? Begin with the first step, humility, and you will already be climbing.
Saint Caesarius of Arles
One who claims to abide in Christ ought to walk as he walked. Would you follow Christ? Then be humble as he was humble. Do not scorn his lowliness if you want to reach his exaltation. Human sin made the road rough. Christ’s resurrection leveled it. By passing over it himself he transformed the narrowest of tracks into a royal highway way Two feet are needed to run along this highway; they are humility and charity. Everyone wants to get to the top - well, the first step to take is humility. Why take strides that are too big for you-do you want to fall instead of going up? Begin with the first step, humility, and you will already be climbing.
Saint Caesarius of Arles
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