Quote/s of the Day – 6 August – Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Readings: Isaiah 56,1.6-7. Psalms 67(66),2-3.5.6.8, Romans 11,13-15.29-32, Matthew 15,21-28
“Great is your faith, be it done for you as you desire.”
Matthew 21:28
“See her humility as well as her faith! …
Behold the woman’s wisdom! …
Behold her constancy!”
St John Chrysostom (347-407)
Father and Doctor of the Church
“I will suggest a means
whereby you can praise God all day long…
Whatever you do,
do it well
and you have praised God.”
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
St Augustine (354-430)
Father and Doctor of Grace
“Aspire to God with short
but frequent outpourings of the heart,
admire His bounty,
invoke His aid,
cast yourself in spirit at the foot of His Cross,
adore His goodness,
treat with Him of your salvation,
give Him your whole soul –
a thousand times in the day.”
“He who trusts in God
can do all things.”
St Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Doctor of Charity
“Turn to God.
Believe in God.
Trust Him for a miracle.”
“God will not allow you to be lost
if you persist in your determination
not to lose Him.”
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