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Quote/s of the Day – 10 March – 70 Times 7

Quote/s of the Day – 5 March – Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent

If your brother sins, rebuke him
and if he repents, forgive him.
And if he wrongs you seven times
in one day and returns to you
seven times saying, ‘I am sorry,’
you should forgive him.

Luke 17:3-4

To the extent that you pray, with all your soul,
for the person who slanders you,
God will make the truth known
to those who have been scandalised
by the slander.

St Maximus the Confessor (c 580–662)

See to it that you refrain from harsh words.
But if you do speak them,
do not be ashamed to apply the remedy
from the same lips, which inflicted the wounds.

The recollection of an injury,
is . . . a rusty arrow
and poison for the soul.

St Francis of Paola OM (1416-1507)