The Voice of The Saints Quotes

“SANCTIFY yourself and you will sanctify society. — St Francis of Assisi (1181-1226).”
― Francis W. Johnston, The Voice of The Saints: Counsels from the Saints to Bring Comfort and Guidance in Daily Living

“WE ought to be persuaded that what God refuses to our prayer, He grants to our salvation. — St Augustine (354-430).”
― Francis W. Johnston, The Voice of The Saints: Counsels from the Saints to Bring Comfort and Guidance in Daily Living

“IF we are able to enter the church day and night and implore God to hear our prayers, how careful should we be to hear and grant the petitions of our neighbour in need. — St John the Almoner (d. 619?).”
― Francis W. Johnston, The Voice of The Saints: Counsels from the Saints to Bring Comfort and Guidance in Daily Living

“we can even share in the very lives of the Saints. All their hard-won experience gained in surmounting the most stubborn difficulties and frustrations of life, in sustaining an extraordinary variety of trials, in ultimately beating down the most persistent temptations—all this wealth of experience has been handed down by the Saints as a rich legacy for us to assume. Their counsels are the fruit of triumphant living. Together with the shining example of their holy lives, they form a perfect complement to the stream of spiritual riches which we receive from them through the Communion of Saints.”
― Francis W. Johnston, The Voice of The Saints: Counsels from the Saints to Bring Comfort and Guidance in Daily Living