Quote/s of the Day – 26 December – St Stephen the ProtoMartyr (c05-c34) The Second Day in the Christmas Octave – Acts 6:8-10, 7:54-59; Matthew 23:34-39 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/
“Lord, do not hold this sin against them.”
Acts 7:60
“If your brother sins, rebuke him
and if he repents, forgive him.
And if he wrongs you seven times
in one day and returns to you
seven times saying, ‘I am sorry,’
you should forgive him.”
Luke 17:3-4
“No-one heals himself
by wounding another.”
St Ambrose (340-397)
Father and Doctor of the Church
“I will send to them prophets and apostles
and some of them they will kill
and persecute. ”
Luke 11:49
“You hate your brother and will you utter the words:
“Forgive us, as we forgive?”
Are you going to say that you avoid these words?
But in that case, are you praying?
Pay close attention, my brethren.
In a moment you are going to pray –
forgive from the heart!
… We turn aside, we look for excuses,
when we claim to be impossible
that which we do not want to do …
My brethren, do not blame Christ
for having given us commandments which are too difficult,
impossible to fulfil. Rather, let us say to Him humbly,
together with the psalmist
“ Thou art just, O Lord and Thy judgement is right”
(Ps 118:137).”
St Caesarius of Arles (470-543)
Bishop, Father of the Church
“If a man finds it very difficult to forgive injuries,
let him look at a Crucifix
and think that Christ shed all His Blood for him
and not only forgave His enemies
but, even prayed His Heavenly Father,
to forgive them too.
Let him remember,
that when he says the Pater Noster, everyday,
instead of asking pardon for his sins,
he is calling down VENGEANCE UPON HIMSELF!”
St Philip Neri (1515-1595)
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