[While on preaching missions later in life], notwithstanding the fatigues of the journey, the saint gave himself but little repose in the house where he abode. He continued his exercises in their accustomed order; he fasted, abstained, prayed and read the holy Scriptures
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He constantly wore a hair shirt. Every night, before taking his collation, he disciplined himself to blood, and when too feeble to do this himself, he implored one of his companions, in the name of our Lord‘s passion, to render him that service and not to spare him. He allowed himself on the five hours sleep. His bed was ordinarily the hard ground for a few bundles of twigs; down, or a volume of the holy Scriptures, served him for a pillow.

- St Vincent Ferrer: The Angel of Judgment by Fr Andrew Pradel

We must remember God more often than we draw breath.

- St Gregory of Nazianzus

Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

- John 13:1b

God willed that we should receive all grace through Mary.

- St Bernard

It can be said that all the Saints are the work of the Blessed Virgin, and that a special devotion to her is their common characteristic.

- St Bernardine of Sienna

I hope everyone here does 3 things (aside from observing all 10 commandments):

1. Pray the rosary daily
2. Go to confession at least monthly
3. Come up with a cadence of spiritual reading. Many saints recommend a minimum of 15 minutes daily

4. If you want to go the extra mile - daily mass.

Don’t do it only for yourself - do it for the love of God and for the people around you who need to see the light of Christ.

Pick an accountability partner - a spiritual director or a friend - with whom you share your progress in resolving to improve.

Post in the comments if any of you would be interested in doing the divine office, a book club, lectio divina, or rosary in this channel daily or weekly

Why should we turn the other cheek? Because hate multiples like a seed. If one preaches hate and violence to ten men in a row, and tells the first to strike the second, and the second to strike the third, the hatred will envelop all ten. The only way to stop this hate is for one man to turn his other cheek. Then the hatred ends. It is never passed on. Absorb violence for the sake of the Savior, who will absorb sin and die for it. The Christian law is that the innocent shall suffer for the guilty. Thus Jesus would have us do away with adversaries, because when no resistance is offered, the adversary is conquered by a superior moral power.

- Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Life of Christ)

To be taken with love for a soul, God does not look on its greatness, but on the greatness of its humility.

- Sayings of Light and Love by St John of the Cross (103)

He who seeks not the cross of Christ seeks not the glory of Christ.

- Sayings of Light and Love by Saint John of the Cross (102)

Seek in reading and you will find in meditation; knock in prayer and it will be opened to you in contemplation.

- Sayings of Light and Love by Saint John of the Cross (158)

Do not fear loving Our Lady too much; for you will never come to love her as Jesus loved her.

- St Maximilian Kolbe

Anyone who complains or grumbles is not perfect, nor even a good Christian. (162)

Anyone who does things lukewarmly is close to falling. (168)

- Sayings of Light and Love by St John of the Cross

Never take others for your example in the tasks you have to perform, however holy they may be, for the devil will set their imperfections before you.  But imitate Christ, who is supremely perfect and supremely holy, and you will never err. (157)

- Sayings of Light and Love by Saint John of the Cross

Strive to preserve your heart in peace; let no event of this world disturb it; reflect that all must come to an end. (154)

- Saying of Light and Love by Saint John of the Cross

During little sufferings, pray by making the invocation, “Mary!”, and tell her you want it all to serve whatever intentions are most acceptable to her. Thus you put your sufferings like a chisel into the hand of a master sculptor.

- St Maximilian Kolbe

St Maximillian Kolbe resolved to do a spiritual communion every fifteen minutes throughout his day.

Every tribute made to My Mother, I regard as made to Me.

- Jesus to St Gertrude

I have never read of any Saint who did not have a special devotion to the glorious Virgin.

- St Bonaventure