Saintly Advice

     A newsletter I receive as a member of the Confraternity of St. Peter had some quotes from some of the Saints that I thought were worth repeating.

    "The many troubles in your household will tend to your edification, if you strive to bear them all in gentleness, patience, and kindness. Keep this ever before you, and remember constantly that God's loving eyes are upon you amid all these little worries and vexations, watching whether you take them as He would desire. Offer up all such occasions to Him, and if sometimes you are put out, and give way to impatience, do not be discouraged, but make haste to regain your lost composure."     
                   St. Francis de Sales,  Bishop of Geneva, patron of Catholic writers, brought back 60,000 to
                   the Faith, helped St. Jane Frances de Chantal in founding the Visitation order. d. 1622 A.D.

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     "When shall it be that we shall taste the sweetness of the Divine Will in all that happens to us, considering in everything only His good pleasure, by whom it is certain that adversity is sent with as much love as prosperity, and as much for our good? When shall we cast ourselves undeservedly into the arms of our most loving Father in Heaven, leaving to Him the care of ourselves and of our affairs, and reserving only the desire of pleasing Him, and of serving Him well in all that we can?"   
                      St. Jane Frances de Chantal,  widow. Founded Order of the Visitation. d. 1641 A.D.

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     Contemplating the wounds of Christ, by which we have been saved, St. Ambrose  said," I can revel in none of my deeds, I have nothing to boast about; therefore, I will glory in Christ. I will not glory because I am just, but I will glory because I have been redeemed. I will not glory because I am exempt from sins, but I will glory because my sins have been forgiven. I will not glory because I have been a help nor because someone has helped me, but because Christ is my advocate with the Father, and Christ's blood was poured out on me. My sin has become for me the price of the Redemption through which Christ came to me. For my sake, Christ tasted death. Sin is more profitable than innocence. Innocence had made me arrogant, sin made me humble."   
                     St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, one of the four great doctors of the Western Church.  He
                     baptized St. Augustine. Great orator and wrote and enriched Latin literature with several
                     sacred hymns. He encouraged congregational singing, as well. d. 197 A.D.

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10/19/11