Quote/s of the Day – 12 March – Friday of the Third Week of Lent, Readings: Hosea 14: 2-10, Psalms 81: 6-8, 8-9, 10-11, 14 and 17, Mark 12:28-34
“You shall love the Lord your God
with ALL your heart”
Mark 12:30
“Whatever you do, do from the heart,
as for the Lord and not for others,
knowing that you will receive
from the Lord
the due payment of the inheritance;
be slaves of the Lord Christ.”
Colossians 3:23-24
“Remember God
more often
than you breathe!”
St Gregory of Nazianzen (330-390)
Father and Doctor of the Church
“You first loved us
so that we might love You—
not because You needed our love
but because, we could not be
what You created us to be,
except by loving You.”
William of Saint Thierry (c 1075-1148)
“We become what we love
and who we love,
shapes what we become.”
St Clare of Assisi (1194-1253)
“He who wishes for anything but Christ,
does not know what he wishes;
he who asks for anything but Christ,
does not know what he is asking;
he who works and not for Christ,
does not know what he is doing.”
St Philip Neri (1515-1595)
“Man is the perfection of the Universe.
The spirit is the perfection of man.
Love is the perfection of the spirit
and charity, that of love.
Therefore, the love of God is the end,
the perfection of the Universe.”
“By giving yourself to God,
you not only receive Himself in exchange
but, eternal life as well!”