Quote/s of the Day – 3 July – Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle of Christ
Speaking of: Doubt or Faith?
Jesus said to him,
“Have you come to believe because you have seen me?
Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”
John 20:28-29
“Men imitate the gods whom they adore
and to such miserable being,
their crimes become their religion.”
St Cyprian of Carthage (200-258)
Bishop of Carthage and Martyr
Father of the Church
“For by your doubting, I am taught to believe,
by your forked-tongue, that revealed the wound
on the divine body that was pierced,
I harvest the fruit for myself without pain.”
St John Chrysostom (347-407)
Father and Doctor
“Do you desire security?
Here you have it.
The Lord says to you, “I will never abandon you,
I will always be with you.”
If a good man made you such a promise,
you would trust him.
God makes it and do you doubt?
Do you seek a support, more sure
than the word of God, which is infallible?
Surely, He has made the promise,
He has written it,
He has pledged His word for it, it is most certain!”
“If you believe what you like in the Gospels
and reject what you don’t like,
it is not the Gospel you believe
but yourself.”
Saint Augustine (354-430)
Father and Doctor of Grace
“I believe
though I do not comprehend
and I hold by faith,
what I cannot grasp
with the mind.”
St Bernard (1090-1153)
Mellifluous Doctor
“To one who has faith,
no explanation is necessary.
To one without faith,
no explanation is possible.”
“Believing is
an act of the intellect
assenting to the divine truth,
by command of the will,
moved by God through grace.”
St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
Doctor Angelicus
Doctor Communis
“You cannot be half a saint,
you must be a whole saint
or no saint at all.”
St Theresa of the Child Jesus/Lisieux (1873-1897)
Doctor of the Church
“Divine truth [is not] ours
to summon at will.
If we determine that
we will find it out,
we shall find nothing ….
Let us believe,
evidence will come,
after faith, as it’s reward,
better than before it,
as it’s groundwork.”
AnaStpaul 