To “build a house on sand” (cf. Mt 7:26) is an image used to describe foolish behavior that leads us nowhere and ends up in failure after a long and painful effort to build something. “Bene curris, sed extra viam” (“You run well, but you are off the path”). – St. Augustine
“Dear brothers, we must endure and persevere if we are to attain the truth and freedom we have been allowed to hope for.” – Saint Cyprian
“Patience is the root and protector of all virtues: it consists in suffering serenely the evils coming from others and in being tormented with no resentment against the one who inflicts them.” (Saint Gregory the Great)
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Let nothing trouble you, Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes, God does not change. Patience overcomes everything. Whoever loves God, lacks nothing. God (and God alone) is all we need. – St. Teresa of Avila
Repent with a most sincerely contrite heart and pray, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your Kingdom.” (Luke 23:42)
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“…and the soul becomes anxious to suffer again if by so doing it can render the Lord greater service. And, however numerous may be our troubles and persecutions, if we endure them without offending the Lord, but rejoice to suffer for His sake, they all work together for our greater gain.” – St. Teresa of
He who is conformed in everything to the Divine will, enjoys perpetual peace even in this life. Morning Meditations, Wednesday – Twenty-second Week after Pentecost, Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
