Beloved, how blessed and wonderful are God’s gifts! There is life everlasting, joy in righteousness, truth in freedom, faith, confidence, and self-control in holiness. And these are the gifts that we can comprehend; what of all the others that are being prepared for those who look to him? (Pope Saint Clement I, +99)
Quotes
Qui cantat bene, ora bis – He who sings well, prays twice (Saint Augustine, +430)
Delight in him from whom you have received everything that delights you. But in that I do not include sin, for sin is the one thing that you do not receive from him. With that one exception, everything you have comes from him. (Saint Augustine, +430)
Bless you and yours, As well as the cottage you live in. May the roof overhead be well thatched, And those inside be well matched. (An Irish proverb)
I do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their word, that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. (John 17:20-21)
The peace of the celestial city is the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God, and of one another in God. The peace of all things is the tranquility of order. Order is the distribution which allots things equal and unequal, each to its own place (Saint Augustine, +430)
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. (Cicero, +43 B.C.)
A brave man is clear in his discourse and keeps close to truth.” —Aristotle (+322 B.C.)
We must meditate before, during and after everything we do. The prophet says: “I will pray, and then I will understand.” This is the way we can easily overcome the countless difficulties we have to face day after day, which, after all, are part of our work. In meditation we find the strength to bring[…]
The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint (Leon Bloy, +1917)