Quote/s of the Day – 25 February – Thursday of the First week of Lent, Readings: Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25, Psalms 138:1-2,2-3, 7-8, Matthew 7:7-12
“Ask and it will be given you,
seek and you will find,
knock and it will be opened to you.”
Matthew 7:7
“Prayer is the wing,
wherewith the soul flies to heaven
and meditation,
the eye,
wherewith we see God.”
St Ambrose (340-397)
Father and Doctor of the Church
“Ask with tears,
seek with obedience,
knock with patience.”
St John Climacus (c 525-606)
Father of the Church
“All who ask receive, those who seek find
and to those who knock it shall be opened.
Therefore, let us knock
at the beautiful garden of Scripture.
It is fragrant, sweet and blooming
with various sounds of spiritual
and divinely inspired birds.
They sing all around our ears,
capture our hearts,
comfort the mourners,
pacify the angry
and fill us with everlasting joy.”
St John Damascene (676-749)
Father and Doctor of the Church
“He promises to be [our] strength,
in proportion to the trust
which [we] place in Him.”
St Claude de la Colombiere (1641-1682)
“Apostle of the Sacred Heart”
“On the journey of this life to eternity,
let me carry You in my heart,
following Mary’s example,
who bore You in her arms,
during the flight to Egypt.”
St Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (1696-1787)
Bishop and Doctor of the Church
