Dom Maurus Wolter, O.S.B.
“My omnipotence is great, and grace will enable you to give Me what I ask of you.”
– Jesus to Sr. Consolata (p. 117, ‘Jesus Appeals to the World’)
Only Divine Love can transform the ruins of this fallen world. More than anything, the world needs saints! “Oh,” said Our Lord to St. Gemma Galgani, “that I could make all understand how incensed My Heavenly Father is by the impious world! There is nothing to stay His Hand, and He is now preparing a great chastisement for all the world.” (p. 175–176, ‘Life of St. Gemma Galgani’)
Trust in God, and He will see to your sanctification. What a sublime calling! What a great duty!
“I cannot bear tepid and cowardly souls.” (cf. Rev. 3:16)
– Jesus to St. Margaret Mary
‘And Christ died for all; that they also who live, may not now live to themselves, but unto Him who died for them, and rose again.’ (2 Cor. 5:15) And how can we live unto Him, Who is Charity (1 Jn. 4:16), except by Charity? “Let your whole life,” said Jesus to St. Veronica Giuliani, “be one continual act of charity. I desire you in charity.”
“Fill yourself with this Love and diffuse it over the world.”
– Jesus to Ven. Louise Margaret de la Touche
Take heed of the following advice, dear reader – not only for your own benefit, but for the benefit of those dear to you, and for all those who have been redeemed by the Precious Blood of Christ.
(The following quotes have been taken from ‘The Principles of Monasticism’ by Dom Maurus Wolter).
Work Diligently
“The Lord couples sloth with wickedness, saying: Wicked and slothful servant.” (cf. Mt. 25:26)
– St. Basil the Great (p. 498)
Avoid Excessive Chatter
“Avoid excessive speaking for it extinguishes all reasonable thoughts and those which come to the heart from Heaven.”
– St. Dorotheus (p. 66)
Pray Frequently
“He who desires to pray frequently will find the mercy of Christ more abundantly.”
– St. Macarius (p. 139)
Join Prayer to Meditation
“Meditation and prayer are the two wings of charity.”
– Hugh of St. Cher (p. 214)
Love Silent Contemplation
“Arsenius, flee [men, the world], keep silence, and lead a life of silent contemplation, for these are the principles of salvation which prevent a man from committing sin.”
– Our Lord to St. Arsenius (p. 68)
Rid Yourself of Earthly Attachments
“Free yourself of the burden of this world’s goods, and I will personally fill you with those which are heavenly unto your soul’s supreme consolation.”
– Jesus to Ven. Juan de Jesus Maria (p. 280)
Seek God Alone
“And who can be more fortunate than he whose Creator becomes his wealth?”
– Julianus Pomerius (p. 293)
Bear with Humiliations
“If you long for the virtue of humility, you must not flee from the way of humiliation.”
– St. Bernard (p. 298)
Deny Yourself
“Unless a person renounces himself he cannot draw night to that which is above him.”
– St. Gregory the Great (p. 390)
Love Chastity
“O chastity, which begets spiritual joy and banishes sadness!”
– St. Ephraem (p. 374)
Avoid Gluttony
“We must take food not to the point of eating extravagantly or to the state of being glutted, but only so that the body can be properly sustained.”
– St. Isidore of Seville (p. 411–412)
Flee Idleness
“There is no thought so foul, so abominable, so evil and execrable to which idleness, which is so detestable, will not lead. For the heart of a man given to idleness is like a mill which, having no good grain to grind, but being nevertheless in continual motion, grinds on and wears itself out, even unto total destruction, unless such ruin is prevented by someone’s diligence. And it chops up dirty insects flying about just as readily as choice kernels of grain.”
– John Gerson (p. 505)
Admonish the Sinner
“If punishment lies in store for him who has the money and does not help with the same, shall there not be a greater punishment for him who has the opportunity to exhort and does not do so? In the former case the body is nourished, and in the latter, the soul; there you prevent temporal death, here, that which is eternal.”
– St. John Chrysostom (p. 629)
Know your Faith
“THE MAN WHO IS LACKING IN DOCTRINE WILL EVERYWHERE SUFFER DARKNESS.”
– St. Bede (p. 513)
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