Daily quotes on developing virtue from Saints, Popes and others.
"How is it that even very old religious turn their back on the Lord, to whom they had pledged themselves, and return to the world as apostates? They go away of themselves without any one's sending them, by the simple consequence of their own negligence, which has degenerated into an inveterate habit of sin. They [...]
"God deliver us, sisters, from saying 'We are not angels', or 'We are not saints', wherever we commit some imperfection. We may not be; but what a good thing it is for us to reflect that we can be if we will only try and if God gives us His hand! Do not be afraid [...]
"Love alone leads to perfection, but the three chief means for acquiring it are obedience, chastity, and poverty. Obedience is a consecration of the heart, chastity of the body, and poverty of all worldly goods to the Love and Service of God. These are the three members of the Spiritual Cross, and all three must [...]
"Grant that I may have love, compassion and mercy for every soul without exception. O my Jesus, each of Your saints reflects one of Your virtues; I desire to reflect Your compassionate heart, full of mercy; I want to glorify it." Source: St. Faustina, Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul
"The fact that 'they did not feel shame' means that the woman was not an 'object' for the man, nor he for her." Source: Pope John Paul II, Man and Woman He Created Them, Pauline Books and Media, 2006.
"Only if we are aware of our calling, as individuals and as a community, to be part of God’s family as his sons and daughters will we be able to generate a new vision and muster new energy in the service of a truly integral humanism." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of [...]
"He who strives for dispassion and for God considers lost any day on which he was not criticized." Source: St. John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent
"The weakening of the inner spiritual life the basic cause of the disharmony and discord which prevail throughout the world." Source: Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, Way to Happiness, St. Pauls, 1998.
"Arm yourself like a man against the devil’s assaults. Curb your appetite and you will more easily curb every inclination of the flesh. Never be completely unoccupied, but read or write or pray or meditate or so something for the common good." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, 1940. [...]
"True devotion to our Lady is holy, that is, it leads us to avoid sin and to imitate the virtues of Mary. Her ten principal virtues are: deep humility, lively faith, blind obedience, unceasing prayer, constant self-denial, surpassing purity, ardent love, heroic patience, angelic kindness, and heavenly wisdom." Source: St. Louis de Montfort, True [...]