Lent, Day 17
Far, far from the Christian be the love of novelty! God hates the proud and obstinate mind. – St. Pius X Genesis 37: 3 – 4, 12 – 13, 17 – 28 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he [...]
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Today (Wednesday) is a no good rotten day. A very bad day. Everyone is annoying me. Everyone is saying really incredibly stupid things. I’m annoyed and feel like wallowing in it. Much like a pig (or Jesse at the land), I refuse to get out of this pit. I’m happy to be in the mud. [...]
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It is clear through unlearned men that the cross was persuasive; in fact, it persuaded the whole world. – St. John Chrysostom Jeremiah 18: 18 – 20 18 Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word [...]
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To desire to be poor but not be inconvenienced by poverty, is to desire the honor of poverty and the convenience of riches. – St. Francis de Sales Isaiah 1:10, 16-20 10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomor’rah! 16 [...]
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No one should judge that he has greater perfection because he performs great penances and gives himself in excess …. Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion, without which the soul is worth nothing. – St. Catherine of Sienna Daniel 9: 4 – 10 4 I prayed [...]
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True wisdom, then, consists in works, not in great talents, which the world admires; for the wise in the world’s estimation … are the foolish who set at naught the will of God and know not how to control their passions. – St. Bridget of Sweden Genesis 22: 1 – 2, 9 – 13, 15 [...]
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The way to Heaven is straight and narrow: they who wish to arrive at that place of bliss by walking in the paths of pleasure shall be disappointed; and therefore few reach it, because few are willing to use violence to themselves in resisting temptations. – St. Alphonsus Liguori Deuteronomy 26: 16 – 19 16 [...]
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The Church herself is a field, within which seeds and weeds, the good and the wicked, grow together, a place where there is room to grow, to be converted and above all to imitate God’s patience. The wicked exist in this world either to be converted or that through them the good may exercise patience. [...]
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Oh how precious time is! Blessed are those who know how to make good use of it. Who can assure us that we will be alive tommorow? Let us listen to the voice of our conscience, to the voice of the royal prophet: “Today if you hear God’s voice, harden not your heart.” Let us [...]
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Be eager for more frequent gatherings for thanksgiving to God and His glory. For when we meet in this way, the forces of Satan are rendered powerless and his destructive power is canceled in the concord of your faith. – St. Ignatius of Antioch Jonah 3:1-10 1 Then the word of the LORD came to [...]
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