Occupation: Saint Birth: 347 Death: September 30, 420
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied..
The Church was founded upon Peter: although elsewhere the same is attributed to all the Apostles, and they all receive the keys of the kingdom of hea….
Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you..
No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord..
So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to ….
Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species..
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart..
They please the world most, who please Christ least..
If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a time in this world, and forever in the next..
There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well..
Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, "Why do you not practice what you preach?.
Begin now what you will be hereafter..
It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance..
We must love Christ and always seek Christ's embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy..
Make knowledge of the Scripture your love ... Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries..
The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for theologians to swim in without ever reach….
When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us..
Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them..
It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to fin….
Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one's faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one's life.
Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ..