Quote/s of the Day – 31 December – “The Month of the Divine Infancy and the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary” – Sunday Within the Octave of Christmas – Galatians 4:1-7, Luke 2:33-40 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/
“She did not leave the temple,
serving with fastings and prayers,
night and day.”
Luke 2:37
“If, in holy Scripture, Christ is the true Sun and the true Day,
there is no hour when Christians
should not adore God frequently and constantly,
so that we, who are in Christ, that is,
in the true Sun and true Day,
should be persevering, throughout the whole day,
in our petitions and prayer.
And when, in the course of time,
the revolving night returns,
there can be no harm from the nocturnal shades,
for those who pray because, to the sons of Light (1 Thes 5:5),
even in the night there is day!
For when is he without light who has Light in his heart?
Or when does he not have sun and day
to whom Christ is Sun and Day?”
St Cyprian (200-258)
Martyr, Father of the Church
“Arm yourself with prayer
instead of a sword;
be clothed with humility
instead of fine raiment.”
St Dominic (1170-1221)
“If you want God to hear your prayers,
hear the voice of the poor.
If you wish God to anticipate your wants,
provide for those of the need,
without waiting for them to ask you.
Especially, anticipate the needs
of those, who are ashamed to beg.
To make them ask for alms,
is to make them buy it!”
St Thomas of Villanova (1488-1555)
“It is best to learn
to silence the faculties
and to cause them to be still,
so that God may speak!”
St John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Doctor of the Church
“The chief exercise of prayer,
is to speak to God
and to hear God speak
in the bottom of our heart.”
(Treatise on the Love of God
Book 6 Chapter 1)
“The sacred gift of prayer
is already in the Right Hand of the Saviour;
as soon as ever you shall have emptied yourself of self,
He will pour it into your heart!”
(Letters to Persons in Religion III 19)
St Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Doctor Caritatis
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