Maxims and Sayings of St. Philip Neri: Difference between revisions
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maxim[3][4] = "The sweetness which some experience in prayer, is milk which our Lord gives as a relish to those who are just beginning to serve Him."; | maxim[3][4] = "The sweetness which some experience in prayer, is milk which our Lord gives as a relish to those who are just beginning to serve Him."; | ||
maxim[3][5] = "To leave our prayer when we are called to do some act of charity for our neighbor is not really a quitting of prayer, but leaving Christ for Christ, that is, depriving ourselves of spiritual sweetnesses in order to gain souls."; | maxim[3][5] = "To leave our prayer when we are called to do some act of charity for our neighbor is not really a quitting of prayer, but leaving Christ for Christ, that is, depriving ourselves of spiritual sweetnesses in order to gain souls."; | ||
maxim[3][6] = "It is good for a | maxim[3][6] = "It is good for a soul to go from prayer with an appetite and desire to return to it, rather than satiated and weary."; | ||
maxim[3][7] = "The wisdom of the Scriptures is learned rather by prayer than by study."; | maxim[3][7] = "The wisdom of the Scriptures is learned rather by prayer than by study."; | ||
maxim[3][8] = "A diligent charity in ministering to the sick, is a compendious way to the acquisition of perfect virtue."; | maxim[3][8] = "A diligent charity in ministering to the sick, is a compendious way to the acquisition of perfect virtue."; | ||
