Quote/s of the Day – 2 December – Sirach 51:13-17; Matthew 13:44-52 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/
“Jesus said in parables:
The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a treasure,
hidden in a field. … Again, the Kingdom of Heaven
is like unto a merchant seeking good pearls. ”
Matthew 13:44, 45
“The two parables of the treasure and the pearl,
both teach us the same thing –
we should prefer the Gospel before all earthly treasures. …
However, there is something
even more praiseworthy than this –
we should delight to give it preference,
joyfully, unhesitatingly.
Let us never forget this, to abandon all else,
so as to follow God, is to gain more, than one loses.
The preaching of the Gospel is hidden in this world
like a hidden treasure, a treasure without price!”
St John Chrysostom (347-407)
Father and Doctor of the Church
“Whoever thinks well on eternity,
troubles himself little about what happens
in these three or four moments of mortal life.”
“The love of God is the end,
the perfection and the excellence,
of the universe. ”
(Treatise on the Love of God,
Book 10, Chapter 1)
St Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Doctor of the Church
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