Quote/s of the Day – 23 September – “Month of the Seven Sorrows of Mary” – Readings: Haggai 1: 1-8; Psalm 149: 1b-6a and 9b; Luke 9: 7-9
“… Who is this about whom
I hear such things?”
And he sought to see him.”
Luke 9:9
“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
“Faith is to believe
what you do not see;
the reward of this faith,
is to see what you believe.”
“A person can do other things against his will
but belief is possible,
only in one who is willing.”
St Augustine (354-430)
Father and Doctor of Grace
“To one who has faith,
no explanation is necessary.
To one without faith,
no explanation is possible.”
St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
Doctor of the Church
“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)
“Only one thing is necessary:
Jesus Christ!
Think unceasingly of Him. ”
St John Gabriel Perboyre CM (1802-1840)
Martyr for Christ
“Only God fills the soul and fills it wholly.
Let scientists go on asking – Where is God?
He is where those clever ones,
arrogant in their knowledge, cannot reach.”
St Raphael Arnaiz Baron (1911-1938)
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