Lent, Day 40
Almsgiving proceeds from a merciful heart and is more useful for the one who practices it than for the one who recieves it, for the man who makes a practice of almsgiving draws out a spiritual profit from his acts, whilst those who recieve his alms recieve only a temporal benefit. — St. Thomas Aquinas [...]
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Almsgiving proceeds from a merciful heart and is more useful for the one who practices it than for the one who recieves it, for the man who makes a practice of almsgiving draws out a spiritual profit from his acts, whilst those who recieve his alms recieve only a temporal benefit. – St. Thomas Aquinas [...]
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He that is mighty hath done great things to me, and holy is His Name. — Luke i. 49 Jeremiah 20:10-13 10 For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! “Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, watching for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived, then we can [...]
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I’m not sure this St Basil would be a very popular man in our culture (maybe that’s a good thing). The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes that you do not wear are [...]
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Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92, 95 14 King Nebuchadnezzar questioned them: “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you will not serve my god, or worship the golden statue that I set up? 15 Be ready now to fall down and worship the statue I had made, whenever you hear the sound of the trumpet, flute, [...]
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When the Lord knows that good health is necessary for our soul’s welfare, He sends it to us; and when we need sickness, He sends that too. Sickness makes us discover who we are. – St. Theresa of Avila Numbers 21: 4 – 9 4 From Mount Hor they set out by the way to [...]
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Here is one of the best means to acquire humility; fix well in mind this maxim: One is as much as he is in the sight of God, and no more. — St. Francis of Assisi Psalm 23:1-6 A Psalm of David. 1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me [...]
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This quote is exactly what I needed to hear today – I tend to really want to love the “good” but hold back my love for the “bad”. All our religion is but a false religion, and all our virtues are mere illusions and we ourselves are only hypocrites in the sight of God, if [...]
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You tell me you do not have the time to give two or three hours to prayer; who asks you to do so? No one can be excused from ejaculations because it can be made while coming and going about one’s business. Recommend yourself to God the first thing in the morning, protest that you [...]
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A Christian has a union with Jesus Christ more noble, more intimate and more perfect than the members of a human body have with their head. – St. John Eudes Wisdom 2: 1, 12 – 22 1 For they reasoned unsoundly, saying to themselves, “Short and sorrowful is our life, and there is no remedy [...]
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