Quote/s of the Day – 29 July – “Month of the Most Precious Blood” – Memorial of St Martha
“We followed the guidance of God’s law
and spurred each other on to virtue.
If it is not too boastful to say,
we found in each other a standard
and rule for discerning right from wrong.”
St Gregory of Nazianzen (330-390)
on his friendship with
St Basil the Great (329-379)
Both Fathers and Doctors of the Church
“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds.
A good deed is never lost;
he who sows courtesy, reaps friendship
and he who plants kindness, gathers love.”
St Basil the Great (329-379)
Father and Doctor
“Friendships begun in this world
will be taken up again,
never to be broken off. ”
St Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Doctor of the Church
“There is nothing on this earth,
more to be prized,
than true friendship.”
St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
Doctor of the Church
