St. Philip Neri said.....

Johnna · Post by **Johnna** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 9:05 am

great advice! sometimes easier said that done.

Post by **Denise** » Thu Jul 12, 2018 6:32 am

"Humility is the true guardian of chastity."

Post by **Denise** » Fri Jul 13, 2018 7:51 am

"When a man has fallen he ought to acknowledge it in some such way as this: 'Ah, if I had been humble I should not have fallen!' "

Here "man" means any human, male or female

Post by **Denise** » Sat Jul 14, 2018 8:00 am

"We ought to be pleased to hear that others are advancing in the service of God, especially if they are our relations or friends; and we ought to rejoice that they share in whatever spiritual good we may have ourselves."

Post by **Denise** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 7:43 am

"In order the better to gain souls, in visiting the sick, we ought to imagine that what we do for the sick man we are doing for Christ Himself; we shall thus perform this work of mercy with more love and greater spiritual profit."

Post by **Denise** » Mon Jul 16, 2018 7:05 am

"He whose health will not permit him to fast in honor of Christ and our Blessed Lady, will please them much more by giving some alms more than usual."

Post by **Denise** » Tue Jul 17, 2018 8:23 am

"Nothing is more dangerous for beginners in the spiritual life, than to wish to play the master, and to guide and convert others."

Post by **Denise** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:31 am

"Beginners should look after their own conversion and be humble, lest they should fancy they had done some great thing, and so should fall into pride."

Post by **Denise** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:43 am

"If we wish to help our neighbor, we must reserve neither place, hour, or season, for ourselves."

Post by **Denise** » Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:29 am

"Avoid every kind of singularity, for it is generally the hot-bed of pride, especially spiritual pride."

Post by **Denise** » Sat Jul 21, 2018 7:10 am

"A man must not, however, abstain from doing a good work merely to got out of the way of a temptation to vain-glory."

Post by **Denise** » Sun Jul 22, 2018 7:19 am

"The love of God makes us do great things."

Post by **Denise** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:07 am

"We may distinguish three kinds of vain-glory: the first we may call mistress; that is, when vain-glory goes before our works, and we work for the sake of it; the second we may call companion; that is, when a man does not do a work for the sake of vain-glory, but feels complacency in doing it; the third we may call servant; that is, when vain-glory rises in our work, but we instantly repress it. Above all things never let vain-glory be mistress."

Post by **Denise** » Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:52 am

"When vain-glory is companion, it does not take away our merit; but perfection requires that it should be servant."

Post by **Denise** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 6:56 am

"He who works purely for the love of God, desires nothing but His honor, and thus is ready in every thing either to act or not to act, and that not in indifferent matters only, but even in good ones; and he is always resigned to the Will of God."