Quote/s of the Day – 12 July – “The Month of the Most Precious Blood” – St John Gualbert (c985-1073) Abbot – Ecclesiasticus Sirach 31:8-11 – Matthew 5:43-48 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/
“But I say to you,
love your enemies …”
Matthew 5:44
St John Gualbert said to his enemy,
“I cannot refuse what you ask
in Christ’s Name.
I grant you your life
and I give you my friendship.
Pray that God may forgive me my sin.”
St John Gualbert (c985-1073)
“The Merciful Knight”
“You do not, in your enemies,
love what they are
but what you would have them become,
by your prayers!”
St Augustine (354-430)
Father & Doctor of the Church
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