31 January 2024

One great difficulty of indiscreet fervor is to freight our bark too much. It should not be empty, lest it be capsized by the storm of temptation; but to load it so that it runs aground is still worse. St. Ignatius of Loyola To mortify one passion, no matter how small, is a greater help in the spiritual life than many abstinences, fasts, and disciplines. St. Philip Neri A pobreza é um bem que encerra todos os bens do mundo. É uma grande soberania; confirmo que se assenhoreia de todos os bens quem nenhum caso faz de os deixar. St. Teresa de Avila Veni Creator Spiritus, Mentes tuorum visita, Imple superna gratia, Quae tu creasti pectora. Qui Paraclitus diceris, Donum Dei altissimi Fons vivus, ignis, caritas, Et spiritalis unctio. Tu septiformis munere, Dexterae Dei tu digitus, Tu rite promissum Patris, Sermone ditans guttura. Accende lumen sensibus: Infunde amorem cordibus: Infirma nostri corporis Virtute firmans perpeti. Hostem repellas longius, Pacemque dones protinus: Ductore sic te praevio, Vitemus omne noxium. Per te sciamus da Patrem, Noscamus atque Filium; Te utriusque Spiritum Credamus omni tempore. Gloria Patri Domino, Natoque qui a mortuis Surrexit, ac Paraclito, In saeculorum saecula. Amen.