Quote/s of the Day – 12 June – “Month of the Sacred Heart” – Friday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year A, Readings: 1 Kings 19:9, 11-16, Psalm 27:7-9, 13-14, Matthew 5:27-32
Speaking of: Sin
” It is better for you to lose one of your members,
than to have your whole body go into Gehenna.”
Matthew 5:29
“The dragon sits by the side of the road,
watching those who pass.
Beware lest he devour you.
We go to the Father of Souls
but it is necessary to pass by the dragon.”
St Cyril of Jerusalem (315-387)
Father and Doctor of the Church
“Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation,
for there is no conflict without an enemy,
no victory without strife.”
St Pope Leo the Great (400-461)
Father and Doctor of the Church
“When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin,
the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.”
St Bernard (1090-1153)
Mellifluous Doctor
“Let the enemy rage at the gate;
let him knock, pound, scream, howl;
let him do his worst.
We know for certain,
that he cannot enter our soul,
except by the door of our consent.”
St Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Doctor of Charity
“We are generally,
the carpenters
of our own crosses.”
St Philip Neri (1515-1595)
“The power of evil men
lives on the cowardice of the good.”
“Do not try to excuse your faults,
try to correct them.”
“Fly from bad companions
as from the bite
of a poisonous snake.”
“Act today in such a way,
that you need not blush
tomorrow.”
St John Bosco (1815-1888)
“That conversation… was as dirty as a sewer!
It is not enough for you to take no part in it.
You must show your repugnance for it strongly!”
St Josemaría Escrivá (1902-1975)
“For the sinner, hell begins on this earth!”
“The Sacrament of Penance,
is our plank of salvation
in the shipwreck of sin.”
AnaStpaul 
Strong and concise words for the Church militant
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