Quote/s of the Day – 20 December – The Vigil of St Thomas, Apostle – Ember Friday, Third Week of Advent – Sirach 44:25-27, 45:2-4, 45:6-9; John 15:12-16 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/
“This is My commandment
that you love one another,
as I have loved you. ”
John 15:12
“Love the Lord and so,
learn to love yourselves
that when, by loving the Lord,
you shall have loved yourselves,
you may securely love
your neighbour as yourselves. …
So then, have faith with love.
This is the “wedding garment!”
St Augustine (354-430)
Father and Doctor of Grace
“Truly blessed is he who cleaves,
with his thought, to the Prayer of Jesus,
constantly calling to Him in his heart,
just as air cleaves to our bodies,
or the flame to the candle.”
St Hesychius of Jerusalem (Died c450)
Priest, Exegete, Father
“We should always love our neighbour,
as in the breast of Christ”
(The Spirit of St François de Sales II, 1)
“We must help one another,
as much as we can
and leave the rest to God.”
(Letters to Persons in Religion,I, 8)
“Love the poor and poverty,
for it is by this love
that you shall become truly poor.”
(Introduction to the Devout Life
Part III Chapter 15)
St Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Doctor of the Church
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