Happy Happy Sinners
“Nihil est infelicius felicitate peccantium.” “Nothing is more unhappy than the happiness of sinners.” – St. Augustine, Enarrationes in Psalmos
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Saint Quote
Pleasing the Senses
Lust loses its heat through spareness of food and drink. Meditations for Lent ( Fasting: Thursday after Quinquasegima ) Saint Thomas Aquinas
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Stay Focused
“Let no seductive good fortune lead us astray, he is a foolish traveler who sees pleasant meadows on his journey and forgets where he is going.” – St. Gregory the Great
Idolatry of Your Own Will
“He who will act according to his own will, and independently of God’s, commits a kind of idolatry; since instead of worshipping the Divine will, he, in a certain sense, worships his own.“ Conformity to the Will of God Evening Meditations Saint Alphonsus of Liguori
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Like Spring
“When we pray properly, sorrows disappear like snow before the sun.” – Saint John Vianney
Christ’s Love
“When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then. When you look at the Sacred Host, you understand how much Jesus loves you now” – St. Teresa of Calcutta
The New “Sabbath”
“Those who were brought up in the ancient order of things have come to the possession of a new hope, no longer observing the Sabbath, but living in the observance of the Lord’s Day, on which also our life has sprung up again by Him and by His death.” – Saint Ignatius of Antioch
Peace
Arm yourselves with gentleness, renew yourselves in faith, which is the Flesh of the Lord, and in charity, which is the Blood of Jesus Christ. Hold nothing against your neighbor. – St. Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Christians of Tralles
Create Me Again
“Let us then give thanks to God the Father, through His Son, in the Holy Spirit, Who for His great mercy, wherewith He has loved us, has had pity on us: and when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together in Christ, that we might be in Him a new creation.” – Saint
The Child Jesus
“If He had not been born in time, you would have been dead for all eternity. Let us joyfully celebrate the coming of our salvation and redemption.” – Saint Augustine