Quote/s of the Day – 5 September – “Month of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary” – Readings: Colossians 1: 21-23; Psalm 54: 3-4, 6 and 8; Luke 6: 1-5, 19-21
“The Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
Luke 6:5
“ … The Lord calls on us to rest,
telling us: “Come to me, all you who labour
and are burdened, and I will give you rest” (Mt 11:28)
And He gives rest to all souls who trust Him
and come to Him by delivering them from painful, oppressive and impure thoughts.
Then they completely stop indulging in evil, celebrating a true, a delightful and holy Sabbath,
a feast of the Spirit in inexpressible joy
and rejoicing.
They offer a pure and acceptable worship to God, coming from a pure heart.
That is the true and holy Sabbath.”
St Macarius of Egypt (c 300- c 390)
Desert Father, Monk
(Spiritual Homilies, no. 35)
“I say to you,
something greater
than the temple is here …”
Matthew 12:6
“Evangelical faith lived in Christ,
transcends the law.”
St Hilary of Poitiers (315-368)
Father and Doctor of the Divinity of Christ
“And He departed from our sight
that we might return to our heart
and find Him there.
For He left us
and behold,
He is here!”
St Augustine (354-430)
Father and Doctor of Grace
“He who carries God in his heart
bears heaven with him,
wherever he goes.”
St Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556)
“Nothing is anything, anymore to me;
everything is nothing to me
only Jesus!
Neither things nor persons,
neither ideas nor emotions,
neither honour nor sufferings.
Jesus is for me honour, delight, heart and soul.”
St Bernadette Soubirous/of Lourdes (1844-1879)
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