tience; if they are little esteemed, neglected, or forgotten, they consider that their due; if they are weighed down with occupations, they perform them cheerfully. — St. Vincent de Paul.
13
When we have to reply to some one who speaks harshly to us, we must always do it with gentleness. If we are angry, it is better to keep silence. — St. Alphonsus.
14
The two principal dispositions which we should bring to holy communion are detachment from creatures, and the desire to receive Our Lord with a view to loving Him more in the future. — St. Alphonsus.
15
In doing penance it is necessary to deprive oneself of as many lawful pleasures as we had the misfortune to indulge in unlawful ones. — St. Gregory the Great.
16
In raising human nature to heaven by His ascension, Christ has given us the hope of arriving thither ourselves. — St. Thomas Aquinas.
17
It is useless to subdue the flesh by abstinence, unless one gives up his irregular life, and abandons vices which defile his soul. — St. Benedict.
