Quote/s of the Day – 21 July – “The Month of the Most Precious Blood”
“And He entered the temple
and began to cast out those
who were selling and buying in it,
saying to them, it is written,
‘My house is a house of prayer’
but you have made it a den of thieves.”
Luke 19:45-46
“Sacred Scripture is the Lord’s money!”
St Ambrose (340-397)
Father and Doctor of the Church
“Ignorance of the Scriptures
is ignorance of Christ!”
“The faithful, who spend
at least a quarter of an hour,
in reading Sacred Scripture
with great reverence,
due to the Word of God,
after the manner of spiritual reading,
may gain, an Indulgence of 300 days.”
St Jerome (347-419)
Father and Doctor of the Church
“Scripture is perfect wisdom,
starting point and point of arrival,
to which our whole existence
should be adapted.”
St Hesychius of Jerusalem (Died c450)
Priest, Exegete, Father
“Always (read and) listen to it (the Scriptures)
with attention and reverence;
make good use of it;
do not let it fall to earth
but take it into your heart
like a precious balm.
Do all this after the example
of the most holy Virgin,
for she carefully kept in her heart
all the words spoken in praise of her Child.
Remember that our Lord gathers up
the words we speak to Him in prayer,
in measure with the way
we gather up those He speaks to us
by His preaching.”
St Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Doctor of the Church
(Introduction to the Devout Life
Part 2 Chapter 17)
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