When the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future
"The devil will try to upset you by accusing you of being unworthy of the blessings that you have received. Simply remain cheerful and do your best to ignore the devil's nagging. If need be even laugh at the absurdity of the situation. Satan, the epitome of sin accuses you of unworthiness!"
-St. Teresa of Avila
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"The devil will try to upset you by accusing you of being unworthy of the blessings that you have received. Simply remain cheerful and do your best to ignore the devil's nagging. If need be even laugh at the absurdity of the situation. Satan, the epitome of sin accuses you of unworthiness!"
-St. Teresa of Avila
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The Saints on pain and sickness
"Afflictions, illness, ill health and the pains that our bodies experience are counted for the remission of our trespasses. They are the furnace in which we are purified."
-St. John Chrysotom
"Endure tribulations, illness, and pain, for the love of God and the conversion of poor sinners."
-St. Pio of Pietrelcina
"Make sickness itself a prayer, for there is none more powerful, save martyrdom."
-St. Francis de Sales
"Sickness is a great grace of God; it teaches us what we are; in it we recognise the patient, humble, and mortified man. When sickness weakens and mortifies the body, the soul is better disposed to raise herself up to God."
-St. Paul of the Cross
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"Afflictions, illness, ill health and the pains that our bodies experience are counted for the remission of our trespasses. They are the furnace in which we are purified."
-St. John Chrysotom
"Endure tribulations, illness, and pain, for the love of God and the conversion of poor sinners."
-St. Pio of Pietrelcina
"Make sickness itself a prayer, for there is none more powerful, save martyrdom."
-St. Francis de Sales
"Sickness is a great grace of God; it teaches us what we are; in it we recognise the patient, humble, and mortified man. When sickness weakens and mortifies the body, the soul is better disposed to raise herself up to God."
-St. Paul of the Cross
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'Oh, how bitterly shall we regret at the hour of death the time we have given to pleasures,
to useless conversations, to repose, instead of having employed it in mortification, in prayer, in good works, in thinking of our poor misery, in weeping over our poor sins; then we shall see that we have done nothing for Heaven. Oh, my children, how sad it is! Three-quarters of those who are Christians labor for nothing but to satisfy this body, which will soon be buried and corrupted, while they do not give a thought to their poor soul, which must be happy or miserable for all eternity. They have neither sense nor reason: it makes one tremble.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars
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to useless conversations, to repose, instead of having employed it in mortification, in prayer, in good works, in thinking of our poor misery, in weeping over our poor sins; then we shall see that we have done nothing for Heaven. Oh, my children, how sad it is! Three-quarters of those who are Christians labor for nothing but to satisfy this body, which will soon be buried and corrupted, while they do not give a thought to their poor soul, which must be happy or miserable for all eternity. They have neither sense nor reason: it makes one tremble.'
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars
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'Why is He so little in me?
Is it because I am not little enough, not humble enough. Therefore may I become more humble, may I humble myself, and Jesus will increase.
Grow, Jesus, grow in me, in my heart, in my spirit, my imagination, my senses, by your modesty, your purity, your humility, your zeal, your love. Grow with your grace, your light, your peace. Grow despite my resistance, my pride. Grow until you reach the fullness of human perfection. Grow as you did at Nazareth before God and before men, for the glory of your Father.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous
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Is it because I am not little enough, not humble enough. Therefore may I become more humble, may I humble myself, and Jesus will increase.
Grow, Jesus, grow in me, in my heart, in my spirit, my imagination, my senses, by your modesty, your purity, your humility, your zeal, your love. Grow with your grace, your light, your peace. Grow despite my resistance, my pride. Grow until you reach the fullness of human perfection. Grow as you did at Nazareth before God and before men, for the glory of your Father.'
St. Bernadette Soubirous
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The spirit of penance
"The word of God is too plain: unless we do penance, we shall perish (St. Luke 13:3). But, if our ease-loving and sensual generation were to return, like the Ninivites, to the long- neglected way of penance and expiation, who knows, but that the arm of God which is already raised to strike us, may give us blessing and not chastisement?"
- Dom Guéranger
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"The word of God is too plain: unless we do penance, we shall perish (St. Luke 13:3). But, if our ease-loving and sensual generation were to return, like the Ninivites, to the long- neglected way of penance and expiation, who knows, but that the arm of God which is already raised to strike us, may give us blessing and not chastisement?"
- Dom Guéranger
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'Jesus also said: "You are the light of the world."
Now a light does not illumine itself, but instead it diffuses its rays and shines all around upon everything that comes into its view. So it must be with the glowing lives of upright and holy clerics. By the brightness of their holiness they must bring light and serenity to all who gaze upon them. They have been placed here to care for others. Their own lives should be an example to others, showing how they must live in the house of the Lord.'
St. John of Capistrano
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Now a light does not illumine itself, but instead it diffuses its rays and shines all around upon everything that comes into its view. So it must be with the glowing lives of upright and holy clerics. By the brightness of their holiness they must bring light and serenity to all who gaze upon them. They have been placed here to care for others. Their own lives should be an example to others, showing how they must live in the house of the Lord.'
St. John of Capistrano
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'This seems a cheerful world, Donatus, when I view it from this fair garden. But if I climbed some great mountain and looked out over the wide land, you know well what I would see. Brigands on the high roads, pirates on the seas, men murdered in the amphitheaters to please the applauding crowds, and under all roofs misery and selfishness. It is really a bad world. And yet in the midst of it, I have found a quiet and holy people. They have discovered a joy which is a thousand times better than any pleasure of this sinful life. They are despised and persecuted, but they care not. They have overcome the world. These people, Donatus, are the Christians, and I have become one of them.'
St. Cyprian of Carthage
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St. Cyprian of Carthage
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'Consider every day that you are then for the first time beginning; and always act with the same fervor as on the first day you began.'
St. Anthony of Padua
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St. Anthony of Padua
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Always do as much good as you can, and at a time of greater good do not turn to a lesser. For it is said that no man who turns back "is fit for the kingdom of heaven" (cf. Luke 9:62).'
St. Mark the Ascetic
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St. Mark the Ascetic
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'Brother Egidius, of the Order of St. Francis, once said to St. Bonaventure: "Happy you, O Father Bonaventure, who are so learned, and who, by your learning, can become more holy than I can, who am a poor ignorant man." "Listen," replied the saint: "if an old woman knows how to love God better than I do, she is more learned and more holy than I am." At hearing this, Brother Egidius exclaimed: "poor old woman! poor old woman! Father Bonaventure says that, if you love God more than he does, you can surpass him in sanctity."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
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St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
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