Top quotes by Saint John Chrysostom

Almsgiving above all else requires money, but even this shines with a brighter luster when the alms are given from our poverty. The widow who paid in the two mites was poorer than any human, but she outdid them all. Votes: 13

When the Mass is being celebrated, the sanctuary is filled with countless angels, who adore the Divine Victim immolated on the altar. Votes: 13

If then we have Angels, let us be sober, as though we were in the presence of tutors; for there is a demon present also. Votes: 9

Hell is paved with priests' skulls. Votes: 9

What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger. Start by satisfying his hunger and then with what is left you may adorn the altar as well. Votes: 7

If we approach with faith, we too will see Jesus... for the Eucharistic table takes the place of the crib. Here the Body of the Lord is present, wrapped not in swaddling clothes but in the rays of the Holy Spirit. Votes: 7

Fasting of the body is food for the soul. Votes: 7

This is the highest point of philosophy, to be simple & wise; this is the angelic life. Votes: 6

If repentance is neglected for an instant, one can lose the power of the Resurrection as he lives with the weakness of tepidity and the potential of his fall. Votes: 6

Slander is worse than cannibalism. Votes: 6

I hear no one boast, that he hath a knowledge of the Scriptures, but that he owneth a Bible written in golden characters. And tell me then, what profiteth this? The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts. Votes: 5

When an archer desires to shoot his arrows successfully, he first takes great pains over his posture and aligns himself accurately with his mark. It should be the same for you who are about to shoot the head of the wicked devil. Let us be concerned first for the good order of sensations and then for the good posture of inner thoughts.' Votes: 5

Intemperance is a hydra with a hundred heads. She never stalks abroad unaccompanied with impurity, anger, and the most infamous profligacies. Votes: 5

This is what an excellent teacher does; he does not follow his disciples' fancy everywhere, but leads them to his own mind, and pulls up the thorns, and then puts the seed in, and does not answer at once in all cases to the questions put to him. Votes: 5

Fasting is a medicine. Votes: 4

In the matter of piety, poverty serves us better than wealth, and work better than idleness, especially since wealth becomes an obstacle even for those who do not devote themselves to it. Votes: 3

If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice. Votes: 3

Nothing is more fallacious than wealth. It is a hostile comrade, a domestic enemy. Votes: 3

You can set up an altar to God in your minds by means of prayer. And so it is fitting to pray at your trade, on a journey, standing at a counter or sitting at your handicraft. Votes: 3

I do not know whether anyone has ever succeeded in not enjoying praise. And, if we enjoy it, we naturally wants to receive it. And if we want to receive it, we cannot help but being distraught at losing it. Those who are in love with applause have their spirits starved not only when they are blamed off-hand, but even when they fail to be constantly praised. Votes: 2

What gnats are compared with humans, so is the whole creation compared with God. Votes: 2

We should not bear it with bad grace if the answer to our prayer is long delayed. Rather, let us, because of this, show great patience and resignation. For He delays for this reason: that we may offer Him a fitting occasion of honoring us through His divine providence. Votes: 2

The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others. Votes: 2

If you say, "Would there were no wine" because of the drunkards, then you must say, going on by degrees, "Would there were no steel," because of the murderers, "Would there were no night," because of the thieves, "Would there were no light," because of the informers, and "Would there were no women," because of adultery. Votes: 2

And all men are ready to pass judgement on the priest as if he was not a being clothed with flesh, or one who inherited a human nature. Votes: 2

When one is required to preside over the Church, and be entrusted with the care of so many souls, the whole female sex must retire before the magnitude of the task, and the majority of men also. Votes: 2

Nothing is more powerful than meekness. For as fire is extinguished by water, so a mind inflated by anger is subdued by meekness. By meekness we practice and make known our virtue, and also cause the indignation of our brother to cease, and deliver his mind from perturbation. Votes: 2

The slave should be resigned to his lot, in obeying his master he is obeying God. Votes: 2

Even if we have thousands of acts of great virtue to our credit, our confidence in being heard must be based on God's mercy and His love for men. Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved. Votes: 2

As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man. Votes: 1

Are you angry? Be angry at your sins, beat your soul, afflict your conscience, but strict in judgement and a terrible punisher of your own sins. This is the benefit of anger, wherefore God placed it in us. Votes: 0

Mary was made Mother of God to obtain salvation for many who, on account of their wicked lives, could not be saved according to the rigor of Divine justice, but might be saved with the help of her sweet mercy and powerful intercession. Votes: 0

As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man Votes: 0

Slander is worse than cannibalism Votes: 0

The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path. Votes: 0

Before they committed the crime of crimes, before they killed their Master, before the cross, before the slaying of Christ, [Jewish sacrifices were] an abomination. Votes: 0

You carry your snare everywhere and spread your nets in all places. You allege that you never invited others to sin. You did not indeed, by your words, but you have done so by your dress and your deportment. Votes: 0

In the Christian combat, not the striker, as in the Olympic contests, but he who is struck, wins the crown. This is the law in the celestial theatre, where the Angels are the spectators. Votes: 0

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts Votes: 0

If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer. Votes: 0

Many can give money to those in need, but to personally serve the needy readily, out of love, and in a fraternal spirit, requires a truly great soul. Votes: 0

Depart from the highway, and transplant thyself in some enclosed ground; for it is hard for a tree that stands by the wayside to keep her fruit till it be ripe. Votes: 0

It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life. Votes: 0

The primary goal in the education of children is to teach, and to give the example of, a virtuous life. Votes: 0

"He passed over his fall, and appointed him first of the Apostles; wherefore He said: ' 'Simon, Simon,' etc. (in Ps. cxxix. 2). God allowed him to fall, because He meant to make him ruler over the whole world, that, remembering his own fall, he might forgive those who should slip in the future. And that what I have said is no guess, listen to Christ Himself saying: 'Simon, Simon, etc.'" Votes: 0

...there is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all. Votes: 0

A comprehended god is no god. Votes: 0

A friend is more to be longed for than the light; I speak of a genuine one. And wonder not: for it were better for us that the sun should be extinguished, than that we should be deprived of friends; better to live in darkness, than to be without friends Votes: 0

A man does not possess all the gifts, lest he think that grace is nature. Votes: 0

A man's readiness and commitment are not enough if he does not enjoy help from above as well; equally help from above is no benefit to us unless there is also commitment and readiness on our part. Votes: 0

A mother experiences more than one death, even though she herself will only die once. She fears for her husband; she fears for her children; again she fears for the women and children who belong to her children. ... For each of these-whether for loss of possessions, bodily illness, or undesired misfortune-she mourns and grieves no less than those who suffer. Votes: 0

Abba Moses asked Abba Sylvanus, Can a person lay a new foundation every day? The old man replied, If you work hard, you can lay a new foundation every moment. Abba Pimen said, To throw yourself before God, not to measure your progress, to leave behind all self-will; these are the instruments for the work of the soul. The desire to rule is the mother of heresies. Votes: 0

An insult is either sustained or destroyed, not by the disposition of those who insult, but by the disposition of those who bear it. Votes: 0

Be ashamed when you sin, don't be ashamed when you repent [To repent means to have a change of heart and mind. It is not simply a feeling of sorrow ,but a psycho/spiritual growth away from evil/death and a turning to God/life]. Sin is the wound, repentance is the medicine. Sin is followed by shame; repentance is followed by boldness [ Boldness means to beg God for undeserved mercy]. Satan has overturned this order and given boldness to sin and shame to repentance. Votes: 0

Be ashamed when you sin, not when you repent. Votes: 0

Charity is indeed, a great thing, and a gift of God, and when it is rightly ordered likens us unto God himself, as far as that is possible; for it is charity which makes the man. Votes: 0

Consider how august a privilege it is, when angels are present, and archangels throng around, when cherubim and seraphim encircle with their blaze the throne, that a mortal may approach with unrestrained confidence, and converse with heaven's dread Sovereign! O, what honor was ever conferred like this? Votes: 0

Do not the angels differs from us in this respect, that they do not want so many things as we do? Therefore the less we need, the more we are on our way to them; the more we need, the more we sink down to this perishable life. Votes: 0

Do you fast? Then feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, visit the sick, do not forget the imprisoned, have pity on the tortured, comfort those who grieve and who weep, be merciful, humble, kind, calm, patient, sympathetic, forgiving, reverent, truthful and pious, so that God might accept your fasting and might plentifully grant you the fruits of repentance. Votes: 0

Do you think that the man-loving God has given you much so that you could use it only for your own benefit? No, but so that your abundance might supply the lack of others. Votes: 0

Dost thou wish to receive mercy? Show mercy to thy neighbor. Votes: 0

Endurance is the queen of all virtues. Votes: 0

Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved. Votes: 0

Every family should have a room where Christ is welcome in the person of the hungry and thirsty stranger. Votes: 0

Every man is the painter and the sculptor of his own life. Votes: 0

Every time that we sin, we are born of the devil. But every time that we do good, we are born of God. Votes: 0

Every trace of the old philosophy and literatureof the ancient world has vanished from the face of the earth. Votes: 0

Faithfulness in little things is a big thing. Votes: 0

Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379 Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all virtue. Votes: 0

Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead Votes: 0

Feet were made, not given for dancing, but to walk modestly, not to leap impudently like camels. Votes: 0

For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force...it is necessary to make a man better not by force but by persuasion. We neither have authority granted us by law to restrain sinners, nor, if it were, should we know how to use it, since God gives the crown to those who are kept from evil, not by force, but by choice. Votes: 0

For if you change from inhumanity to alms giving, you have stretched fourth the hand that was withered. If you withdraw from theaters and go to church, you have cured the lame foot. If you draw back your eyes from a harlot ... you have opened them when they were blind ... These are the greatest miracles. Votes: 0

For nothing so much disturbs the mind, though it be done for some beneficial purpose, as to innovate and introduce strange things, and most of all when this is done in matters relating to divine worship and the glory of God. Votes: 0

From the creation learn to admire thy Lord! And if any of the things thou see exceed thy comprehension, and thou are not able to find the reason thereof, yet for this glorify the Creator, that the wisdom of these works surpass thine understanding. Votes: 0

Glory be to God for all things! Votes: 0

God asks little, but He gives much. Votes: 0

God does not forsake you. It is because he wishes to increase your glory that oftentimes he permits you to fall sick. Keep up your courage so that you may also hear him say: Do you think I have dealt with you otherwise than that you may be shown to be just? Votes: 0

God helps those who work, not those who are idle. No one helps an inactive person, but one who joins in the labor. The good God himself will bring...work to perfection. Votes: 0

God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love, and even more than we are able to love ourselves. Votes: 0

God measures out affliction to our need. Votes: 0

Good men do not always have grace and favor, lest they should be puffed up, and grow insolent and proud. Votes: 0

Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude. Votes: 0

He that enjoys naught without thanksgiving is as though he robbed God. Votes: 0

Him who is dead and gone honor with remembrance, not with tears. Votes: 0

How many of you say: I should like to see His face, His garments, His shoes. You do see Him, you touch Him, you eat Him. He gives Himself to you, not only that you may see Him, but also to be your food and nourishment. Votes: 0

How many there are who still say, 'I want to see His shape, His image, His clothing, His sandals.' Behold, you do see Him, you touch Him, you eat Him! You want to see His clothing. He gives Himself to you, not just to be seen but to be touched, to be eaten, to be received within .... Let all of you be ardent, fervent, enthusiastic. If the Jews stood, shoes on, staff in hand, and eating in haste, how much more vigilant should you be. They were about to go to Palestine; ... you are about to go to heaven. Votes: 0

I am a Christian. He who answers thus has declared everything at once-his country, profession, family; the believer belongs to no city on earth but to the heavenly Jerusalem. Votes: 0

I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish. Votes: 0

I exhort and entreat you all, disregard what this man and that man thinks about such things, and inquire from the Holy Scriptures all these things. Votes: 0

If the Lord should give you power to raise the dead, He would give much less than He does when he bestows suffering. By miracles you would make yourself debtor to Him, while by suffering He may become debtor to you. And even if sufferings had no other reward than being able to bear something for that God who loves you, is not this a great reward and a sufficient remuneration? Whoever loves, understands what I say. Votes: 0

If we were not passionately inclined to money or to vainglory, then we would not fear death or poverty. We would not know enmity or hatred, and we would not suffer from the sorrows of ourselves or others. Votes: 0

If you wish to leave much wealth to your children, leave them in God's care. Do not leave them riches, but virtue and skill. For if they learn to expect riches, they will not mind anything besides, and their abundant riches shall give them the means of screening the wickedness of their ways. Votes: 0

If you would rise, shun luxury, for luxury lowers and degrades. Votes: 0

Imagine your anger to be a kind of wild beast, because it has ferocious teeth and claws, and if you don't tame it, it will devastate all things even corrupting the soul. Votes: 0

Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like? Votes: 0

It brings comfort to have companions in whatever happens. Votes: 0

It is a shame for a man to desire honor because of his noble progenitors, and not to deserve it by his own virtue. Votes: 0

It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity. . .Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe to thyself but kind to others. Votes: 0

It is certainly a greater and more wonderful work to change the minds of enemies, bringing about a change of soul, than to kill them. Votes: 0

It is folly to abstain all day long from food, but fail to abstain from sin and selfishness. Votes: 0

It is impossible to be saved without the help of the Most Blessed Virgin, because those who are not saved by the justice of God are saved by the intercession of Mary. Votes: 0

It is not the man who is responsible for the offerings as they become Christ's Body and Blood; it is Christ Himself who was crucified for us. The standing figure belongs to the priest who speaks these words. The power and the grace belong to God. 'This is My Body,' he says. And these words transform the offerings. Votes: 0

It is possible to offer fervent prayer even while walking in public or strolling alone or seated in your shop ... while buying or selling ... or even while cooking. Votes: 0

It may here be observed, that all who are offended by us are exposed to our view. But the rich man sees Lazarus not with any other righteous man, but in Abraham's bosom. For Abraham was full of love, but the man is convicted of cruelty. Abraham sitting before his door followed after those that passed by, and brought them into his house, the other turned away even them that abode within his gate. Votes: 0

Just as those who are deprived of light cannot walk straight, so also those who do not behold the ray of the Holy Scriptures must necessarily sin, since they walk in the deepest darkness. Votes: 0

Labor: a powerful medicine. Votes: 0

Laughter does not seem to be a sin, but it leads to sin. Votes: 0

Laughter has been implanted in our soul, that the soul may sometime be refreshed. Votes: 0

Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave. Votes: 0

Let the mouth also fast from disgraceful speeches and railings. For what does it profit if we abstain from fish and fowl and yet bite and devour our brothers and sisters? The evil speaker eats the flesh of his brother and bites the body of his neighbor. Votes: 0

Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time. Votes: 0

Let us not overlook so great a gain. Votes: 0

Let us pass to the despotic part of the soul, spirit. We must not eliminate it utterly from the youth nor yet allow him to use it all the time. Let us train boys from earliest childhood to be patient when they suffer wrongs themselves, but, if they see another being wronged, to sally forth courageously and aid the sufferer in fitting measure. Votes: 0

Let us return from that Table like lions breathing out fire, terrifying to the devil! Votes: 0

Make account that thou hast done nothing, and then thou hast done all. For if, being sinners, when we account ourselves to be what we are, we become righteous, as indeed the Publican did; how much more, when being righteous we account ourselves to be sinners. Votes: 0

Memory of our good works makes us negligent and leads to arrogance. Do not think of your good deeds, so that God may remember them. Votes: 0

Men have the power of thinking that they may avoid sin. Votes: 0

Mercy imitates God and disappoints Satan. Votes: 0

Musicke doth withdraw our mindes from earthly cogitations, lifteth up our spirits into heaven, maketh them light and celestial. Votes: 0

No matter how just your words may be, you ruin everything when you speak with anger. Votes: 0

No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong. Votes: 0

No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits with an inextinguishable fire and torment in the company of the demons. Do not, therefore, adorn the church and ignore your afflicted brother, for he is the most precious temple of all. Votes: 0

Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not possess our own wealth, but theirs. Votes: 0

Nothing causes us to so nearly resemble God as the forgiveness of injuries. Votes: 0

Nothing will divide the church so much as the love of power. Votes: 0

O most grateful burden, which comforts them that carry it! The burdens of earthly masters gradually wear out the strength of those who carry them; but the burden of Christ assists the bearers of it, because we carry not grace, but grace us. Votes: 0

Of all the afflictions that burden the human race, there is not one, whether spiritual or bodily, that cannot be healed by the Holy Scriptures. Votes: 0

One who strictly prosecutes the misdemeanors of others will find not condescension towards his own. Votes: 0

Only those who do not fight are never wounded. Votes: 0

Paul commands: 'Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the Traditions which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.' From this it is clear that they did not hand down everything by letter, but there is much also that was not written. Like that which was written, the unwritten too is worthy of belief. So let us regard the Tradition of the Church also as worthy of belief. Is it a Tradition? Seek no further. Votes: 0

Please listen to me - you are not paying attention. I am talking to you about the Holy Scriptures, and you are looking at the lamps and the people lighting them. It is very frivolous to be more interested in what the lamplighters are doing... After all, I am lighting a lamp too - the lamp of God's Word. Votes: 0

Prayer is an all-efficient panoply, a treasure undiminished, a mine which is never exhausted, a sky unobscured by clouds, a heaven unruffled by the storm. It is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings. Votes: 0

Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness. Votes: 0

Prayer is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings. Votes: 0

Prayer should be the means by which I, at all times, receive all that I need, and, for this reason, be my daily refuge, my daily consolation, my daily joy, my source of rich and inexhaustible joy in life. Votes: 0

Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is. Votes: 0

Shall I tell you of their plundering, their covetousness, their abandonment of the poor, their thefts, their cheating in trade? Votes: 0

Sin makes man a coward; but a life in the Truth of Christ makes Him bold. Votes: 0

Since it is likely that, being men, they would sin every day, St. Paul consoles his hearers by saying 'renew yourselves' from day to day. This is what we do with houses: we keep constantly repairing them as they wear old. You should do the same thing to yourself. Have you sinned today? Have you made your soul old? Do not despair, do not despond, but renew your soul by repentance, and tears, and Confession, and by doing good things. And never cease doing this. Votes: 0

Such is friendship, that through it we love places and seasons; for as bright bodies emit rays to a distance, and flowers drop their sweet leaves on the ground around them, so friends impart favor even to the places where they dwell. With friends even poverty is pleasant. Words cannot express the joy which a friend imparts; they only can know who have experienced. A friend is dearer than the light of heaven, for it would be better for us that the sun were exhausted than that we should be without friends. Votes: 0

Surely we ought to show them (animals) great kindness and gentleness for many reasons, but, above all, because they are of the same origin as ourselves. Votes: 0

That is true plenty, not to have, but not to want riches. Votes: 0

The desire to rule is the mother of heresies. Votes: 0

The drunken man is a living corpse. Votes: 0

The Eucharist is a fire that inflames us, that, like lions breathing fire, we may retire from the altar being made terrible to the devil. Votes: 0

The Holy Scriptures do not know any distinctions. They enjoin that all lead the life of monks. Votes: 0

The Holy Scriptures lead us to God and open the path to the knowledge of God. Votes: 0

The Jews were God's chosen people. Votes: 0

The love of husband and wife is the force that welds society together. Votes: 0

The pains of hell are not the greatest part of hell; the loss of heaven is the weightiest woe of hell. Votes: 0

The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased the elements, expelled demons, burst the chains of death, expanded the gates of heaven, assuaged diseases, repelled frauds, rescued cities from destruction, stayed the sun in its course, and arrested the progress of the thunderbolt. Votes: 0

The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much. Votes: 0

The test of sincerity of one's prayer is the willingness to labor on its behalf. Votes: 0

There are many poor men and poor women: set apart some one constantly to remain there: let the poor man be though but as a guard to thy house: let him be to thee wall and fence, shield and spear. Where alms are, the devil dares not approach, nor any other evil thing. Votes: 0

There is harm not only in trying to gain wealth but also in excessive concern with even the most necessary things. It is not enough to despise wealth, but you must also feed the poor and, more importantly, you must follow Christ. Votes: 0

There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others. Votes: 0

Therefore, not only are their passions satanic, but their lives are diabolic. So I say to you that these are even worse than murderers, and that it would be better to die than to live in such dishonor. A murderer only separates the soul from the body, whereas these destroy the soul inside the body..... There is nothing, absolutely nothing more mad or damaging than this perversity. Votes: 0

Things themselves do not remain, but their effects do. Therefore we should not be mean and calculating with what we have but give with a generous hand. Look at how much people give to players and dancers-why not give just as much to Christ? Votes: 0

This is the rule of most perfect Christianity, its most exact definition, its highest point, namely, the seeking of the common good ... for nothing can so make a person an imitator of Christ as caring for neighbors. Votes: 0

Thus abide constantly with the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, so that the heart swallows the Lord and the Lord the heart, and the two become one. Votes: 0

To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than murder.' The one who does this 'does not take away life that has already been born, but prevents it from being born.' Votes: 0

To love Christ -means not to be a hireling, not to look upon a noble life as an enterprise or trade, but to be a true benefactor and to do everything only for the sake of love for God. Votes: 0

We are commanded to have only one enemy, the devil. With him never be reconciled! But with a brother, never be at enmity in thy heart. Votes: 0

We must not mind insulting men, if by respecting them we offend God. Votes: 0

We ought not, as soon as we leave church, to plunge into business unsuited to church, but as soon as we get home, we should take the Scriptures into our hands, and call our wife and children to join us in putting together what we have heard in church. Votes: 0

We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to be reminded of our sins. Votes: 0

What greater work is there than training the mind and forming the habits of the young? Votes: 0

What is dying? Just what it is to put off a garment. For the body is about the soul as a garment; and after laying this aside for a short time by means of death, we shall resume it again with more splendor. Votes: 0

What is it to be a fool for Christ? It is to control one's thoughts when they stray out of line. It is to make the mind empty and free... Votes: 0

What prayer could be more true before God the Father than that which the Son, who is Truth, uttered with His own lips? Votes: 0

What shall I say! And how shall I describe this Birth to you? For this wonder fills me with astonishment. The Ancient of Days has become an infant. He Who sits upon the sublime and heavenly Throne, now lies in a manger. And He Who cannot be touched, Who is simple, without complexity, and incorporeal, now lies subject to the hands of men. He Who has broken the bonds of sinners, is now bound by an infant's bands. But He has decreed that ignominy shall become honor, infamy be clothed with glory, and total humiliation the measure of His Goodness. Votes: 0

What shepherd feeds his sheep with his own blood? But Christ feeds us with His own Blood and in all things unites us to Himself. Votes: 0

What the soul is in the body, let Christians be in the world. Votes: 0

Whatever you may do for your brother, being hungry, and a stranger, and naked, not even the devil will be able to despoil, but it will be laid up in an inviolabe treasure. Votes: 0

When we once begin to form good resolutions, God gives us every opportunity of carrying them out. Votes: 0

When we teach our children to be good, to be gentle, to be forgiving (all these are attributes of God), to be generous, to love their follow men, to regard this present age as nothing, we instill virtue in their souls, and reveal the image of God within them. Votes: 0

When you are before the altar where Christ reposes, you ought no longer to think that you are amongst men; but believe that there are troops of angels and archangels standing by you, and trembling with respect before the sovereign Master of Heaven and earth. Therefore, when you are in church, be there in silence, fear, and veneration. Votes: 0

When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him. Votes: 0

Where dance is, there is the devil. Votes: 0

Whether or not our prayer is heard depends not on the number of our words, but on the fervor of our souls. Votes: 0

Whether, therefore, we receive what we ask for, or do not receive it, let us still continue steadfast in prayer. For to fail in obtaining the desires of our heart, when God so wills it, is not worse than to receive it; for we know not as He does, what is profitable to us. Votes: 0

Why do you beat the air and run in vain? Every occupation has a purpose, obviously. Tell me then, what is the purpose of all the activity of the world? Answer, I challenge you! It is vanity of vanity: all is vanity. Votes: 0

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them. Votes: 0

Wine was given us by God, not that we might be drunken, but that we might be sober. It is the best medicine when it has the best moderation to direct it. Wine was given to restore the body's weakness, not to overturn the soul's strength. Votes: 0

Woman -a foe of friendship, an inescapable punishment, a necessary evil. Votes: 0

Woman is a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic peril, a deadly fascination, and a painted ill. Votes: 0

Words cannot express the joy which a friend imparts. Votes: 0

Words would be superfluous if we had deeds to show for Them. Votes: 0

Yet, when we must put aside our wrath, quench our envy, soften our anger, offer our prayers, and show a disposition which is reasonable, mild, kindly, and loving, how could poverty stand in our way? For we accomplish these things not by spending money but by making the correct choice. Votes: 0

You [Jews] did slay Christ, you did lift violent hands against the Master, you did spill his precious blood. This is why you have no chance for atonement, excuse, or defense. Votes: 0

You can call happy those who saw Him... But, come to the altar and you will see Him, you will touch Him, you will give to Him holy kisses, you will wash Him with your tears, you will carry Him within you like Mary Most Holy. Votes: 0

You cannot pray at home, like you can at church, where there is a great multitude; where exclamations are cried out to God as from one great heart, and where there is something more: the unions of minds, the accord of souls, the bond of charity, the prayers of priests. Votes: 0

You see how many are the benefits of baptism, and some think its heavenly grace consists only in the remission of sins, but we have enumerated ten honors [it bestows]! For this reason we baptize even infants, though they are not defiled by [personal] sins, so that there may be given to them holiness, righteousness, adoption, inheritance, brotherhood with Christ, and that they may be his [Christ's] members Votes: 0