The thing which these enemies endeavor to draw me unto is sin and offence of God, which is so odious, hateful and abominable that God doth more detest and dislike it than he did the cruel usage, the wounds, the torments, and the death itself that for us he suffered; and it maketh our souls more ugly than the plague, leprosy, or any other most filthy disease doth the body.
St. Robert Southwell
Our sweet Saviour is pleased that we should speak to Him of the trouble He sends us, and that we should complain, provided it be lovingly and humbly, and to Himself, just as little children do when their mother has punished them.
St. Francis de Sales
The slenderest knowledge that may be obtained of the highest things is more desirable than the most certain knowledge obtained of lesser things.
St. Thomas Aquinas
I also understood that there are many degrees of holiness, that each soul is free to respond to the calls of Our Lord, to do much or little for His Love—in a word, to choose amongst the sacrifices He asks.
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
With child-like confidence, O Lord and Author of peace, we address to Thee the prayer of the Church: grant us the help of Thy grace, that, attending as we ought to fasting and prayer, we may be freed from our enemies of soul and body; through the intercession of Thy Mother Mary and of the angels of peace. From pestilence, famine, and war, deliver us, O Lord.
Amen.
Mary, Queen of Heaven, pray for the Church and all of Her priests and religious. Amen.
FACT: I am the worst faster in the world. I am grateful I am past the age that asks it.