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Title: Thoughts and Counsels of the Saints for Every Day of the Year
Author: Various
Release Date: September 5, 2010 [EBook #33649]
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Produced by Michael Gray, Diocese of San Jose
Thoughts and Counsels of the Saints for Every Day of the Year
Being a Collection of Quotations From
ST. ALPHONSUS
ST. ANSELM
ST. ANTONINUS
ST. BENEDICT
ST. BERNARD
ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA
ST. GREGORY THE GREAT
ST. IGNATIUS
ST. MECHTILDIS
ST. TERESA
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
ST. VINCENT FERRER
BL. ALBERT THE GREAT
BL. HENRY SUSO
BL. JORDAN OF SAXONY
VEN. BARTHOLOMEW OF MARTYRS
VEN. JOHN TAULER
VEN. JULIENNE MOREL
VEN. LOUIS DE BLOIS
VEN. LOUIS DE GRANADA
Collected by Rev. Bonaventure Hammer, O.F.M.
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
Thoughts and Counsels of the Saints for Every Day of the Year
"Every day will I bless Thee, and I will praise Thy name forever" (_Ps._
cxliv. 2).
January
1
THERE are two guarantees of a wise rule of conduct: the thought before
action, and self-command afterward.--ST. IGNATIUS.
2
When we receive with an entire and perfect resignation the afflictions
which God sends us they become for us favors and benefits; because
conformity to the will of God is a gain far superior to all temporal
advantages.--ST. VINCENT DE PAUL.
3
All perfection consists in the love of God; and the perfection of divine
love consists in the union of our will with that of God.--ST. ALPHONSUS.
4
Leave to every one the care of what belongs to him, and disturb not
thyself with what is said or done in the world.--ST. THOMAS AQUINAS.
5
Place before your eyes as models for imitation, not the weak and
cowardly, but the fervent and courageous.--ST. IGNATIUS.
6
Prayer is a pasturage, a field, wherein all the virtues find their
nourishment, gr
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