Words from the Saints -- March 13, 2025
Gerald Largent
"It is in vain that we cut off the branches of evil, if we leave intact the root, which continually produces new ones." --St. Gregory the Great
"Perfume is not to be found in mud, nor the fragrance of love in the soul of a rancorous man." --St. Thalassios the Libyan
"As long as we assign the causes for our weaknesses to others, we cannot attain perfection in long-suffering." --St. John Cassian
"Affliction was allowed to make those afflicted more careful and more pious." --St John Chrysostom
"Blessed is the one who has before his eyes the day of departure (from this earthly life) and has hated pride, before the weakness of our nature has been proved as it rots in the tomb." --St. Ephraim the Syrian