“Deliver me from the disease of concupiscence, which I desired to have satisfied rather than extinguished” – St Augustine Confessions 8:7 Let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no […]
In prosperity, give thanks to God with humility and fear, lest by pride you abuse God’s benefits and so offend him. – King St. Louis of France
One day a messenger, breathless with haste, burst in upon King St. Louis IX with surprising and exciting news. “Your majesty,” he cried, “hasten to the Church! A great miracle is occurring there. A priest is saying holy Mass, and after the consecration, instead of the host there is visible on the altar Jesus Himself
“Who will teach me what is most agreeable to God so that I may do it?” – Saint Kateri Tekakwitha. (feast day July 14th)
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Man can not live without joy; Therefore, when he is deprived of true spiritual joy, It is necessary the he becomes addicted to carnal pleasures. – St. Augustine
“How unreasonable it is to pray that God’s will be done, and then not promptly obey it when he calls us from this world. Instead we struggle and resist like self-willed slaves and are brought into the Lord’s presence with sorrow and lamentation, not freely consenting to our departure, but constrained by necessity. And yet
“How unreasonable it is to pray that God’s will be done, and then not promptly obey it when he calls us from this world. Instead we struggle and resist like self-willed slaves” – St. Cyprian Follow God’s will through death.
“The greatest deception, and the deepest source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God, of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal responsibility” – Pope John Paul II
