Quote/s of the Day – 1 March – Monday of the Second week of Lent, Readings: Isaiah 1:10, 16-20,Psalms 50: 8-9,16-17, 21 and 23, Matthew 23:1-12
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled
and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Matthew 23:12
“My brothers,
keep away from the beast of boasting
and concern for one’s reputation,
for these destroy and weaken,
every good work.”
Bl Raymond of Capua (c 1330-1399)
“The one sole thing, in myself,
in which I glory,
is that I see in myself,
nothing, in which I can glory.”
St Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510)
“Humility is not just about self-mistrust
but about the entrusting of ourselves to God.
Distrusting ourselves and our own strength
produces trust in God
and from that trust,
generosity of soul is born.”
St Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Doctor of Charity
“The most powerful weapon
to conquer the devil is humility.
For, as he does not know at all,
how to employ it,
neither does he know
how to defend himself from it.”
St Vincent de Paul (1581-1660)
“There is more value
in a little study of humility
and, in a single act of it,
than in all the knowledge
in the world.”
St Teresa of Jesus of Avila (1515-1582)
Doctor of Prayer
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