Let us think, if we only got to heaven, what a sweet and easy thing it will be there to be always saying with the angels and the saints, Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus.
As soon as we are stripped of the sordid garb of avarice, we shall be clothed with the royal and imperial vest of the opposite virtue, liberality. - Philip Neri
As soon as we are stripped of the sordid garb of avarice, we shall be clothed with the royal and imperial vest of the opposite virtue, liberality.
- Philip Neri
To acquire and preserve the virtue of chastity, we have need of a good and experienced confessor. - Philip Neri
To acquire and preserve the virtue of chastity, we have need of a good and experienced confessor.
Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to be tempted by … - Philip Neri
Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to be tempted by …
We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect from others, and it i… - Philip Neri
We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect from others, and it i…
He who feels that the vice of avarice has got hold of him, should not wish to observe fasts of supererogation, but to give alms. - Philip Neri
He who feels that the vice of avarice has got hold of him, should not wish to observe fasts of supererogation, but to give alms.
There is nothing the devil fears so much, or so much tries to hinder, as prayer. - Philip Neri
There is nothing the devil fears so much, or so much tries to hinder, as prayer.
It is an old custom of the servants of God to have some little prayer ready and to be frequently darting them up to heaven during the day, lifting th… - Philip Neri
It is an old custom of the servants of God to have some little prayer ready and to be frequently darting them up to heaven during the day, lifting th…
The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last. - Philip Neri
The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last.
Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if he wants anything of you, He will fit you for the work and give you strength. - Philip Neri
Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if he wants anything of you, He will fit you for the work and give you strength.
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