Food for Thought 3

“There is nothing to be dreaded in human ills except sin—not poverty, or disease, or insult, or ill treatment, or dishonor, or death, which people call the worst of evils. To those who love spiritual wisdom, these things are only the names of disasters, names that have no substance. No, the true disaster is to offend God, to do anything that displeases him.”

— St. John Chrysostom, p. 334  “A Year with the Church Fathers”

Try to laugh a lot, because life is funny, and everybody today is too serious. The Only tragedy in the world, my friend, is sin.”
– Mother Angelica

The greatest scandal of all is the all-to-common Presumption that we can indeed get away with Mortal Sin.”

Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, “The Last Judgement Network”, The Catholic Thing 11/11/18

“Be one of the small number who find the way to life, and enter by the narrow gate into Heaven. Take care not to follow the majority and the common herd, so many of whom are lost. Do not be deceived; there are only two roads: one that leads to life and is narrow; the other that leads to death and is wide. There is no middle way.”

— St. Louis de Montfort

Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin. All hope consists in confession. In confession there is a chance for mercy. Believe it firmly, do not doubt, do not hesitate, never despair of the mercy of God.”

— St. Isidore of Seville