St. Philip Neri said.....

Johnna · Post by **Johnna** » Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:12 pm

AMEN!

Post by **Denise** » Mon Nov 19, 2018 8:55 am

"Patience is necessary for the servant of God, and we must not be distressed at trouble, but wait for consolation."

Post by **Denise** » Tue Nov 20, 2018 7:56 am

"When seculars have once chosen their secular state, let them persevere in it, and in the devout exercises which they have begun, and in their works of charity, and they shall have contentment at their death."

Post by **Denise** » Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:09 am

"The vocation to the religious life is one of the great benefits which the Mother of God obtains from her Son for those who are devoted to her."

Post by **Denise** » Thu Nov 22, 2018 7:36 am

"There is nothing more dangerous in the spiritual life, than to wish to rule ourselves after our own way of thinking."

Post by **Denise** » Fri Nov 23, 2018 8:10 am

"Among the things we ought to ask of God, is perseverance in well-doing and in serving the Lord; because, if we only have patience, and persevere in the good life we have begun to lead, we shall acquire a most eminent degree of spirituality."

Post by **Denise** » Sat Nov 24, 2018 8:05 am

"He is perfect in the school of Christ who despises being despised, rejoices in self-contempt, and accounts himself to be very nothingness."

Post by **Denise** » Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:12 am

"The way which God takes with the souls that love him, by allowing them to be tempted and to fall into tribulations, is a true espousal between Himself and them."

Post by **Denise** » Mon Nov 26, 2018 7:38 am

"In temptations of the flesh, a Christian ought to have immediate recourse to God, make the sign of the cross over his heart three times, and say, 'Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.' "

Post by **Denise** » Tue Nov 27, 2018 8:22 am

"As to temptations, some are mastered by flying from them, some by resisting them, and some by despising them."

Post by **Denise** » Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:40 am

"In order to acquire prudence, and to make a good judgment, we must have lived long and been intimate with many people."

Post by **Denise** » Thu Nov 29, 2018 8:26 am

"It is a great perfection in a heart when it is discreet and does not overstep the limits of convenience and what is befitting."

Post by **Denise** » Fri Nov 30, 2018 8:15 am

"We must seek Christ where Christ is not, that is, in crosses and tribulations, in which truly He is not now, but we shall find Him in glory by this road."

Post by **Denise** » Sat Dec 01, 2018 7:17 am

"Frequent confession is the cause of great good to the soul, because it purifies it, heals it, and confirms it in the service of God. We ought not therefore to omit confession on our fixed days for any business whatsoever; but go to confession first, and to business afterwards, and the first will help the last."

Post by **Denise** » Sun Dec 02, 2018 9:46 am

"When we go to confession, we ought to persuade ourselves to find Jesus Christ in the person of our confessor."