My Daily Bread Quotes

“Concupiscence of the body is the blind tendency of your feelings and animal appetites to seek satisfaction”
― Anthony J. Paone, My Daily Bread

“You think that you are being zealous for what is right, but if you look honestly into your heart, you will often see self-love at the bottom of your impatience and anger.”
― Anthony J. Paone, My Daily Bread

“My God, I hope to obtain Your holy assistance so that I may never avoid learning Your holy Will, nor ever fail to follow it in my daily life. I may find a little less pleasure if I follow Your Will, but I shall enjoy Your peace, which is greater than any pleasure. If ever I become selfish enough to avoid Your Will, let my conscience disturb and annoy me until I return to You. Amen.”
― Anthony J. Paone, My Daily Bread

“PRAY: My God and loving Father, grant me the wisdom to think, speak, and act each day as You want me to.”
― Anthony J. Paone, My Daily Bread

“2. As soon as you become too interested in worldly pleasure and ease, your conscience objects. You are your own worst enemy when you act against your conscience. The wrong which you do becomes worse when you try to excuse yourself or justify your actions. 3.”
― Fr. Anthony J. Paone, My Daily Bread

“was created for eternal happiness with God in Heaven. Everything else must take second place in my life, because if I lose Heaven, I will be losing everything. The sure guide to Heaven is God’s holy Will. If I follow it in my daily life, every moment on earth will be a sure step toward the perfect happiness which my heart craves.”
― Fr. Anthony J. Paone, My Daily Bread

“Let no human being nor earthly satisfaction mean so much to you that you would sin for them. If you love anything that much, your love is misguided and foolish.”
― Fr. Anthony J. Paone, My Daily Bread

“Refuse to be a slave of anything on earth.”
― Fr. Anthony J. Paone, My Daily Bread