Cut off from the Body into which alone the graces of Christ flow, you are deprived of the benefit of all the prayers, sacrifices and Sacraments.
St. Edmund Campion
Do not be vexed at the annoyances which come from the complexity of business; believe me, true virtue is not nourished in exterior repose any more than good fish in stagnant water.
St. Francis de Sales
But the vision of the Divine Essence fills the soul with all good things, since it unites it to the source of all goodness.
St. Thomas Aquinas
Jesus is "a Spouse of blood." He wishes for Himself all the blood of our hearts. You are right—it costs us dear to give Him what He asks. But what a joy that it does cost! It is happiness to bear our crosses, and to feel our weakness in doing so.
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
By the intercession of St. Michael and the sacred choir of the Thrones, may it please God to infuse into our hearts the spirit of true and sincere humility.
Amen.