Jump to content

Page:MaryHelpOfChristians.djvu/387

From Wikisource
This page needs to be proofread.

5

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

6

Prayer is a pasturage, a field, wherein all the virtues find their nourishment, growth, and strength. — St Catherine of Siena.

7

A single act of resignation to the divine will in what it ordains contrary to our desires, is of more value than a hundred thousand successes conformable to our will and taste. — St. Vincent de Paul.

8

The shortest, yea, the only way to reach sanctity, is to conceive a horror for all that the world loves and values. — St. Ignatius.

9

As long as we are in this mortal life, nothing is more necessary for us than humility. — St. Teresa.

10

Learning without humility has always been pernicious to the Church; and as pride precipitated the rebellious angels from heaven, it frequently causes the loss of learned men. — St. Vincent de Paul.