Quote/s of the Day – 24 September – Today’s Gospel: Luke 8:16–18 – Monday of the Twenty fifth week in Ordinary Time, Year B
“No one after lighting a lamp, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed but puts it on a stand, that those who enter may see the light.”…Luke 8:16
Speaking of: Living the Light
“Do not have Jesus Christ on your lips and the world in your heart?”
“Christianity is not, a matter of persuading people of particular ideas but of inviting them, to share in the greatness of Christ.”
“A Christian is not his own master, since all his time belongs to God.”
“We recognise a tree by its fruit and we ought to be able to recognise a Christian by his action. The fruit of faith should be evident in our lives, for being a Christian is more than making sound professions of faith. It should reveal itself in practical and visible ways. Indeed it is better to keep quiet about our beliefs and live them out, than to talk eloquently about what we believe but fail to live by it.”
“Labour together with one another; strive in company together; run together; suffer together; sleep together; and awake together, as the stewards and associates and servants of God. Please Him under whom you fight and from whom you receive your wages. Let none of you be found a deserter. Let your baptism endure as your arms; your faith as your helmet; your love as your spear; your patience as a complete panoply. Let your works be the charge assigned to you, that you may receive a worthy recompense. Be long-suffering, therefore, with one another, in meekness, as God is towards you. May I have joy of you for ever! Give.” … (St Ignatius of Antioch: The Epistles)
“Christianity is not a matter of persuading people of particular ideas but of inviting them to share in the greatness of Christ. So pray that I may never fall into the trap of impressing people with clever speech but instead, I may learn to speak with humility, desiring only to impress people with Christ Himself.”
“Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men… For cannot he that falls, rise again?”
St Ignatius of Antioch (c 35-c 108) Martyr – Father of the Church
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