Quote/s of the Day – 8 October – Thursday of the Twenty Seventh week in Ordinary Time, Readings: Galatians 3:1-5, Responsorial Psalm: Luke 1:69-70, 71-72,73-75, Luke 11:5-13
“I tell you, if he does not get up
to give him the loaves
because of their friendship,
he will get up to give him
whatever he needs
because of his persistence.
And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you;
seek and you will find;
knock and it will be opened to you.”
Luke 11:8-9
“Immortality is given to the one who perseveres;
everlasting life is offered;
the Lord promises His Kingdom.”
St Cyprian of Carthage (c 200- c 258)
Bishop and Martyr
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
St Augustine (354-430)
Father and Doctor of Grace
“And so it happened
that the woman who stayed behind to seek Christ,
was the only one to see Him.
… At first she sought
but did not find
but when she persevered,
it happened that she found
what she was looking for. …
And so Mary, once addressed by name,
recognises who is speaking.
She immediately calls Him Rabboni,
that is to say, teacher,
because the One whom she sought outwardly,
was the One who inwardly
taught her to keep on searching.”
St Pope Gregory the Great (540-604)
Father and Doctor
“We must pray incessantly,
for the gift of perseverance.”
St Philip Neri (1515-1595)
“In prayer one must hold fast and never let go,
because the one who gives up, loses all.
If it seems that no-one is listening to you,
then cry out even louder.
If you are driven out of one door,
go back in by the other.”
St Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)
“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.”
St Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Doctor of Charity
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