Quote/s of the Day – 21 March
“Speaking of Sanctity”
“The secret of being always with God
and of assuring His continual presence
in our hearts is constant prayer.”
St Isidore of Seville (560-636) Doctor of the Church
“The shortest, yes, the only way,
to reach sanctity, is to conceive a horror
for all that the world loves and values.”
St Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
“Sanctity consists in the accomplishment
of the duties God lays upon us.
In this way, one who fulfills well the duties of his station
and, much more, one who fulfills them well for God,
will become a real saint – nothing more is needed.”
Blessed Louis-Édouard Cestac (1801-1868)
“If God does not desire me to be a saint,
He would not have created me a reasonable being.”
St Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868)
“Our Lord has created persons for all states in life
and in all of them, we see people,
who achieved sanctity
by fulfilling their obligations well.”
St Anthony Mary Claret (1807-1870)
“Great’ holiness consists in carrying out
the ‘little duties’ of each moment.”
St Josemaria Escriva, (1902-1975) The Way, 81
“We must have a real living determination to reach holiness.
I will be a saint means, I will despoil myself of all, that is not God;
I will strip my heart of all created things;
I will live in poverty and detachment;
I will renounce my will, my inclinations, my whims and fancies
and make myself a willing slave to the will of God.”
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