Thoughts and Counsels of the Saints for Every Day of the Year Part 10

He who knows well how to practise the exercise of the presence of G.o.d, and who is faithful in following the attraction of this divine virtue, will soon attain a very high degree of perfection.--ST. VINCENT DE PAUL.

22

One of the most admirable effects of holy communion is to preserve the soul from sin, and to help those who fall through weakness to rise again. It is much more profitable, then, to approach this divine Sacrament with love, respect, and confidence, than to remain away through an excess of fear and scrupulosity.--ST. IGNATIUS.

23

Let us remember that every act of mortification is a work for heaven.

This thought will make all suffering and weariness sweet.--ST.

ALPHONSUS.

24

Correction should be given calmly and with discernment, at seasonable times, according to the dictates of reason, and not at the impulse of anger.--VEN. LOUIS DE GRANADA.

25

There is nothing more certain, nothing more agreeable, nothing richer than a good conscience.--VEN. BARTHOLOMEW OF MARTYRS.

26

G.o.d, to procure His glory, sometimes permits that we should be dishonored and persecuted without reason. He wishes thereby to render us conformable to His Son, who was calumniated and treated as a seducer, as an ambitious man, and as one possessed.--ST. VINCENT DE PAUL.

27

All that G.o.d gives us and all that He permits in this world have no other end than to sanctify us in Him.--ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA.

28

If you can not mortify your body by actual penance, abstain at least from some lawful pleasure.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

29

One whose heart is embittered can do nothing but contend and contradict, finding something to oppose in every remark.--VEN. JULIENNE MOREL.

30

Without prayer we have neither light nor strength to advance in the way which leads to G.o.d.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

31

I have never gone out to mingle with the world without losing something of myself.--BL. ALBERT THE GREAT.

September

1

HE who perseveres with constancy and fervor will, without fail, raise himself to a high degree of perfection.--BL. HENRY SUSO.

2

An upright intention is the soul of our actions. It gives them life, and makes them good.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

3

You wish to reform the world: reform yourself, otherwise your efforts will be in vain.--ST. IGNATIUS.

4

Let all thy care be to possess thy soul in peace and tranquillity. Let no accident be to thee a cause of ill-humor.--ST. VINCENT FERRER.

5

Humility is a fortified town; it repels all attacks. The sight of it obliges the enemy to turn and flee.--VEN. LOUIS OF GRANADA.

6

The world is deceitful and inconstant. When fortune forsakes us, friends.h.i.+p takes flight.--BL. HENRY SUSO.

7

Perform all your actions in union with the pure intention and perfect love with which Our Lord did all things for the glory of G.o.d and the salvation of the world.--ST. MECHTILDIS.

8

An air of meekness and a modest speech are pleasing alike to G.o.d and men.--VEN. JOHN TAULER.

9

The saints owed to their confidence in G.o.d that unalterable tranquillity of soul, which procured their perpetual joy and peace, even in the midst of adversities.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

10

Look not to the qualities thou mayest possess, which are wanting to others; but look to those which others possess and which are wanting to thee, that thou mayest acquire them.--VEN. LOUIS DE GRANADA.

11

Your heart is not so narrow that the world can satisfy it entirely; nothing but G.o.d can fill it.--ST. IGNATIUS.

12

If you wish to raise a lofty edifice of perfection, take humility for a foundation.--ST. THOMAS AQUINAS.

13

It ordinarily happens that G.o.d permits those who judge others, to fall into the same or even greater faults.--ST. VINCENT FERRER.