Quote/s of the Day – 7 May – Thursday Fourth week of Easter, Readings: Acts 13:13-25, Psalm 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27, John 13:16-20
“A servant is not greater than his master…”
John 13:16
“It is not that I want merely,
to be called a Christian
but to actually be one.
Yes, if I prove to be one,
then I can have the name.”
St Ignatius of Antioch (c 35-c 108)
Martyr, Father of the Church
“Do not follow any road
but that which Christ trod.
This road seems hard but it is safe.”
St Augustine (354-430)
Great Western Father and Doctor of the Church
“There is a difference between renouncing all things and leaving all things.
For it is the way of few perfect men to leave all things,
that is, to cast behind them the cares of the world
but it is the part of all the faithful, to renounce all things,
that is, so to hold the things of the world
instead of by them being held in the world.”
St Bede the Venerable (673-735)
Father and Doctor of the Church
“‘… Choose the same things as Himself…”
That which is small and despised,
that is what He has chosen,
my Saviour and God,
who put on our flesh
to confound human fame and wealth.”
St Theodore the Studite (759-826)
Monk and Theologian at Constantinople
Catechesis 78
“When it comes to following Jesus,
it’s usually not more information that we need
but more guts.”
