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Anonymous. A Year with the Saints
A Year with the Saints
Table of Contents
Translator's Preface
January: Perfection. Be ye perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect.----Matt. 5:48
February: Humility. Whoever humbleth himself, shall be exalted.----Lk. 14:11
March: Mortification. Whoever will come after Me, let him deny himself.----Matt. 16:24
April: Patience. Whoever taketh not up his cross and followeth Me, is not worthy of Me.----Matt. 10:38
May: Meekness. Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth.----Matt. 5:4
June: Obedience. All things whatsoever that they command you, observe and do.----Matt. 23:3
July: Simplicity. Be simple as doves.----Matt. 10:16
August: Diligence. He did all things well.----Mark 7:37
September: Prayer. Oportet semper oras et non deficere----We must always pray, and not faint.----Luke 18:1
October: Confidence. Ecce ego vobiscum sum----Behold I am with you.----Matt. 28:20
November: Charity. This is the first and greatest commandment: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, but the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.----Matt. 22:38
December: Union. Qui manet in charitate, in Deo manet, et Deus in eo----Who abideth in charity, abideth in God, and God in him.----1 John 4:16
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Anonymous
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Rufinus of Aquilia tells of St. Macarius, that at one time he believed himself to have made much progress in virtue. But one day, when at prayer, he heard a voice which said to him, "Macarius, know that thou hast not attained as much virtue as two women who live at such a place?' Macarius went instantly to find them, and perceived, upon examination, that they possessed great merit, for they had lived together for fifteen years in the same house in perfect union and charity, without the slightest disagreement in word or act occurring between them. The Saint was amazed at this, and confessed that they were, in truth, better and more perfect than he, although he had been gifted by the Divine Goodness with many extraordinary favors.
17. Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do? Here is the true token of a soul absolutely perfect: when one has succeeded in leaving behind his own will to such a degree as no longer to seek, to aim, or to desire to do what he would will, but only what God wills.----St. Bernard
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