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.

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Thoughts and Counsels of the Saints for every Day in the Year

"Every day will I bless Thee, and I will praise Thy name forever" (Ps. cxliv. 2).

January

THERE are two guarantees of a wise rule of conduct: the thought before action, and self-command afterward.—ST. IGNATIUS.

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.

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.

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.

Place before your eyes as models for imitation, not the weak and cowardly, but the fervent and courageous.—ST. IGNATIUS.

Prayer is a pasturage, a field, wherein all the virtues find their nourishment, growth, and strength.—ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA.

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