Maxims and Sayings of St. Philip Neri: Difference between revisions
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maxim[12][19] = "If a soul could altogether abstain from venial sins, the greatest pain it could have would be to be detained in this life, so great would its desire be of union with God."; | maxim[12][19] = "If a soul could altogether abstain from venial sins, the greatest pain it could have would be to be detained in this life, so great would its desire be of union with God."; | ||
maxim[12][20] = "In the persecutions which bad men excite against piety and devotion, we must keep our eyes on God, whom we serve, and on the testimony of a good conscience."; | maxim[12][20] = "In the persecutions which bad men excite against piety and devotion, we must keep our eyes on God, whom we serve, and on the testimony of a good conscience."; | ||
maxim[12][21] = "How patiently Christ, the King and Lord of heaven and earth, bore with the apostles, enduring at their hands many incivilities and misbeliefs, they being but poor and rough fishermen! How much more ought we to bear with our neighbor | maxim[12][21] = "How patiently Christ, the King and Lord of heaven and earth, bore with the apostles, enduring at their hands many incivilities and misbeliefs, they being but poor and rough fishermen! How much more ought we to bear with our neighbor when he treats us with incivility."; | ||
maxim[12][22] = "We must give ourselves to God altogether."; | maxim[12][22] = "We must give ourselves to God altogether."; | ||
maxim[12][23] = "God makes all his own the soul that is wholly given to him."; | maxim[12][23] = "God makes all his own the soul that is wholly given to him."; | ||
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