St. Gregory the Great
There are some who wish to be
humble, but without being despised, who wish to be happy with their lot, but
without being needy, who wish to be chaste without mortifying the body, to be
patient without suffering. They want both to acquire virtues and to avoid the sacrifices
those virtues involve; they are like soldiers who flee the battlefield an try
to win the war from the comfort of the city.”
(From Moralia)
St. Maria Faustina Kowalska
“I will thank the Lord Jesus for every humiliation and will
pray specially for the person who has given me the chance to be humiliated. I
will immolate myself for the benefit of souls. I will not count the cost of any
sacrifice, I will cast myself beneath the feet of the sisters, like a carpet on
which they can not only tread, but also wipe their feet. My place is under the
feet of the sisters. I will make every effort to obtain that place unnoticed by
others. It is enough that God see this.”
(From Diary of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska)
St. Francis de Sales
"So
you want to know the best time to serve the Lord? It is the present
time, which is in your possession here and now. The past is no longer
yours; the future has not come yet and is uncertain. The best time is
really the present, which you should spend in serving God. If you want
to recover the lost time, do your best, with fervor and diligence, in
the time that still remains to you."
(From Sermons)
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