Birth: 540 Death: March 12, 604
We ascend to the heights of contemplation by the steps of action..
The holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship God truly except in Her and asserts that all who are outside of Her will not be ….
Ignorance is a dangerous and spiritual poison, which all men ought warily to shun..
Obedience is the only virtue that plants the other virtues in the heart and preserves them after they have been planted..
We must observe also, that among the heathen the names of poor men are more likely to be known than of rich. Now our Lord mentions the name of the po….
Now if the wearing of fine and precious robes were not a fault, word of God would never have so carefully expressed this. For no one seeks costly gar….
Whoever wishes to hold the fortress of contemplation must first of all train in the camp of action..
Whatsoever then you have well in this world, when you recollect to have done any thing good, be very fearful about it, lest the prosperity granted yo….
And here we must narrowly watch ourselves, seeing that banquets can scarcely be celebrated blamelessly, for almost always luxury accompanies feasting….
Have confidence in the compassion of our Creator. Reflect well on what you are now doing, and keep before you the things you have done. Lift up your ….
If the work of God could be comprehended by reason, it would no longer be wonderful, and faith would have no merit if reason provided proof..
He who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exemplify the highest things..
The bliss of the elect in heaven would not be perfect unless they were able to look across the abyss and enjoy the agonies of their brethren in etern….
There is more joy in heaven over a converted sinner than over a righteous person standing firm. A leader in battle has more love for a soldier who re….
God is called jealous, angered, repentant, merciful, and foreknowing. These simply mean that, because He guards the chastity of every soul, He can, i….
The human mind is prone to pride even when not supported by power; how much more, then, does it exalt itself when it has that support?.
As long as the vice of gluttony has a hold on a man, all that he has done valiantly is forfeited by him: and as long as the belly is unrestrained, al….
The more the wicked abound, so much the more must we suffer with them in patience; for on the threshing floor few are the grains carried into the bar….
There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning they experience the charms of sweet….
The Bible is a stream of running water, where alike the elephant may swim, and the lamb walk without losing its feet..