A Hypocrite Cure
Acquire the virtues you believe lacking in your brothers. Then you will no longer see their defects, for you will no longer have them yourself.” – Saint Augustine
Saint Quote
Judge Not
“ Teach me, O Lord, not to judge my neighbor for any fault I may see him commit, and if I should see him commit a sin, give me the grace to excuse his intention which is hidden and cannot be seen. But even if I should see that his intention was really bad, give
Wisdom & Understanding
“Recognize, Christian, the worth of your wisdom, and understand to what rewards you are called, and by what methods of discipline you must attain thereto” – Saint Leo the Great
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Called to Love
“The Christian vocation is first and foremost a call to love, a love which attracts us and draws us out of ourselves, towards its liberation through self-giving” – Pope Benedict XVI
To Pray and Love
“If you pray and love, you will have found happiness in this world.” – St. John Vianney
Get the plank out
“Men are hopeless creatures, and the less they concentrate on their own sins, the more interested they become in the sins of others. Unable to excuse themselves, they are ready to accuse others.” (Saint Augustine)
Fertilizing Hate
“Hate is extremely fertile; it reproduces itself with amazing rapidity. How can all this hatred be stopped when one man is slapping another on the cheek? There is only one way, and that is by turning the other check, which means: ‘I forgive; I refuse to hate you. If I hate you, I will add
The Body of Christ
Do not live entirely isolated, having retreated into yourselves, as if you were already justified, but gather instead to seek the common good together. (The Epistle of Barnabas) (CCC 1905)
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Be joyful
“Lord, give me a sense of humor and I will find happiness in life and profit for others.” – St. Thomas Moore
First The Catholic Church then the Bible
“But I would not believe in the Gospel, had not the authority of the Catholic Church already moved me.” – St. Augustine, Contra epistolam Manichaei, 5,6:PL 42,176.
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