Daily Virtue Quote – St. Teresa of Avila
"For this body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it." Source: Saint Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection, Dover Thrift Editions, 2012.
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Francis de Sales
"If you are given to avarice, think often of the folly of this sin, which makes us the slave of what was made only to serve us; remember how when we die we must leave all we possess to those who come after us, who may squander it, ruin their own souls b misusing it, [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a Kempis
"When a man desires a thing too much, he at once becomes ill at ease. A proud and avaricious man never rests, whereas he who is poor and humble of heart lives in a world of peace." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, 1940.
Daily Eucharist Quote – Catechism of the Catholic Church
"As bodily nourishment restores lost strength, so the Eucharist strengthens our charity, which tends to be weakened in daily life; and this living charity wipes away venial sins. By giving himself to us Christ revives our love and enables us to break our disordered attachments to creatures and root ourselves in him." Source: Catechism [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Francis de Sales
"How are you to meet the swarm of foolish attachments, trifling, and undesirable inclinations which beset you? By turning sharply away, and thoroughly renouncing such vanities, flying to the Savior’s Cross, and clasping His Crown of thorns to your heart, so that these little foxes may not spoil your vines." Source: St. Francis de [...]