Words from the Saints -- December 15, 2022
Gerald Largent
"Those who profess to be Christ's will be recognized by their actions. For what matters is not a momentary act of professing, but being persistently motivated by faith." --St. Ignatius of Antioch
"It is impossible for us who have fallen into the pit of iniquities ever to be drawn out of it, unless we sink into the abyss of the humility of the repentant." --St. John Climacus
"Let us clothe ourselves with concord and humility, ever exercising self-control, standing far off from all whispering and evil-speaking." --St. Clement of Rome
"To the good man to die is gain. The foolish fear death as the greatest of evils, the wise desire it as a rest after labors and the end of ills." --St. Ambrose of Milan
"Evil is nothing else than absence of goodness, just as darkness also is absence of light. For goodness is the light of the mind, and, similarly, evil is the darkness of the mind." --St. John of Damascus