We must make a rule that they may not, under any pretext whatsoever, eat what is intended for the poor (II:107).
Quote of the Day – April 29
Our Lord proclaims the idleness and sensuality of Magdalen to be more agreeable to Him than the less considerate zeal of Martha (II:85).
Quote of the Day – April 28
Zeal is the soul of the virtues (II:84).
Quote of the Day – April 27
It is easy to go from deficiency to excess of the virtues, from being just to becoming rigid, and from zealous to inconsiderate (II:84).
Quote of the Day – April 27
It is easy to go from deficiency to excess of the virtues, from being just to becoming rigid, and from zealous to inconsiderate (II:84).
Quote of the Day – April 26
How little it takes to be very holy: to do the Will of God in all things (II:47).
Quote of the Day – April 25
Roses are not gathered except in the midst of thorns and heroic acts of virtue are accomplished only in weakness (II:22).
Quote of the Day – April 24
Was it not necessary for Christ to be humbled and brought low before men in order to get Him to accept the gentle yoke of His dominion and guidance? (II:7)
Quote of the Day – April 23
A priest should be more perfect than a religious as such, and a bishop even more so (II:5).
Quote of the Day – April 22
We must hold as an irrefutable maxim that the difficulties we have with our neighbor arise more from our immortified moods than from anything else (I:597).