Dictionary of Quotes from the Saints

Paul Thigpen

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Overflowing with priceless spiritual insights, this rich collection presents key quotes from the saints on topics that are fundamental to Christian faith and experience. Profound and challenging, whimsical and inspiring, these readings will open your eyes, expand your horizons, and challenge your thinking.What did the great heroes of the Catholic faith have to teach us about God? Christ? The Church? The sacraments? Prayer? Temptation? Virtues and vices?What do they have to say about the family? Friendship? Politics? Aging? The death of a loved one? Gossip? Laughter? Play? Discover the striking parallels and solid agreement in the teachings of saints who lived in many different ages, places, and cultures, yet drew from the same well of ancient Christian wisdom.Explore an array of the best of the saints' insights, organized in a brief, logical, and easy-to-use format.Includes quotes from hundreds of saints, both those who are best known and those who should be better known as inspiring models of Christian faith and life.Provides an especially useful resource for priests, deacons, and other teachers of the Faith.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Christian theology
• Catholic Church
• Christianity

Informations

• Publié par: TAN Books
• Date de parution: 03 mai 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781505105926
• Langue: English

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A Dictionary of Quotes from the Saints
A Dictionary of Quotes from the Saints
Paul Thigpen
TAN Books Charlotte, North Carolina
Copyright © 2001 by Paul Thigpen. All rights reserved.
Dictionary of Quotes From the Saints was first published in 2001 by Servant Publications, Ann Arbor, Michigan. This TAN edition has been re-typeset in 2016. Typography in the TAN edition is the property of TAN Books and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without written permission from the publisher.
Cover image: Illuminated initial capital letter Q, miniature from The Ebbo Gospels, manuscripts which originated in the Benedictine abbey of Hautvillers, 820-830, France 9th Century / De Agostini Picture Library / G. Dagli Orti / Bridgeman Images
Cover design by Caroline Kiser
ISBN: 978-1-5051-0591-9
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For my dear friend Scott, who, like St. Miguel of Ecuador, is quite happy with only a “room, some books, and a nearby chapel.”
Contents
Introduction
Abandonment of Self to God
Abortion
Advent
Affections
Affliction
Age, Aging
Almsgiving
Ambition
Angels
Angels, Guardian
Angels and Saints
Anger
Anger, Holy
The Apocalypse
Apologetics
Aridity, Spiritual
Art
Authority
Bad Company
Baptism
Beauty
Belief
The Bishop, Bishops
Bitterness
Blessing, Blessings
Body, the Human
Books
Catechesis
Catholic, Catholics, Catholicism
Change
Charity
Chastity
Cheerfulness
Children
Christ
Christ, the Blood of
Christ, the Body of
Christ, the Passion of
Christ, the Power of
The Christ Child
Christians, Christianity
Christmas
Church, the Catholic
Church, the Permanence of the Catholic
Church, the Unity of the Catholic
Communion, Daily
The Communion of Saints
Confession, Penance
Confirmation
Conscience
Consolations, Spiritual
Contemplation
Contemplation and Action
Conversion, Converts
Correction and Exhortation, Mutual
Cosmetics
Courage, Fortitude
Covetousness, Greed
The Creation, Creatures
The Creed
The Cross, Crosses
The Dead, Prayers for
Death
Death of a loved One
Deceit
Defects, Faults
Demons, Devils
Desire
Desolation
Despair
Detachment from the World
The Devil, Lucifer, Satan
Devotion
Discretion
Dissent, Dissidents
The Divinization of the Saints
Doctrine
Doctrine, Development of
Dogma
Doubt
Dress
Drunkenness
Duties, Duty
Easter
Education, Learning
Enemies
Envy
Eternity
The Eucharist
Evil
Examination of Conscience
Extreme Unction
Failure
Faith
Faith and Love
Faith and Works
Faith, Hope, and Love (Charity)
The Family
Fasting and Abstinence
Fault-Finding
Fear
Fear of God
The Flesh
Folly, Holy
Food and Drink
Forgiveness
Free Will
Freedom, Liberty
Freedom of Religion
Friends, Friendship
Friendship with God
Gambling
Gentleness
Gifts, Giving
Gluttony
God
God as Father
God, the Beauty of
God, the Love of
God, the Presence of
God, the Will of
Good Works
The Gospel
Gossip
Gothic Architecture
Grace, Divine
Greatness
Happiness
Haste
Health
The Heart
Heaven
Hell, Damnation, the Damned
Hell, Christ’s Descent into
Heresy, Heretics
Holiness
The Holy Spirit
Honors, Worldly
Hope
Human Nature
Humility
Hypocrisy
Idleness
The Image of God in Humanity
Images, Sacred
The Incarnation
Intelligence
Jesus
Jesus, the Name of
Joy, Delight
Judgment, Divine
Justice
The Kingdom of God
Knowledge
Laughter
Leaders, Leadership
Lent, the Season of
Listening to God
The Liturgy
Longing for God
Love
Loving God
Lust
Man, Mankind
Marriage
Martyrs, Martyrdom
Mary, the Blessed Virgin
Mary, the Assumption of
Mary, the Birth of
Mary, the Queenship of
Mary Magdalene
The Mass
Meditation, Recollection
Mercy, Divine
Miracles
Modernism
Money
Monks
Mortification
Mystery
The Nativity of Christ
Necessity
Neighbors
Novelists
Novelty
Nuns
Obedience to God
Obedience to Religious Superiors
Obstinacy
Opportunity
The Our Father
The Our Father and Hail Mary
The Passions
Patience
Peace
Penance
Pentecost
Perfection
Persecution
Perseverance
Peter, Saint
Play
Poetry, Poets
Politics
The Poor
The Pope, the Papacy
Poverty
Poverty of Spirit
The Praise of God
Prayer
Prayer, Inattention During
Prayer, Posture in
Prayer, Unanswered
Prayer and Action
Prayer Vigils
Prayerlessness
Preachers, Preaching
Presumption
Pride, the Proud
Priests and Deacons
Provision, Divine
The Psalms
Punishment
Purgatory
Purity
Quiet
Reading, Spiritual
Reason, Human
Reincarnation
Religious Life
Repentance
Rest
The Resurrection
Revelation, Divine
Rewards, Divine
Righteousness
Sacramentals
The Sacraments
Sacrifice
Sadness
The Saints
Sanctification, Sanctity, Holiness
Scandal
Schism, Schismatics
Scriptures, the Sacred
The Scriptures and Faith
The Scriptures and the Catholic Church
Scruples
Seeing God
Seeking God
Self-Control, Temperance
Self-Knowledge
Self-Will
Service to God
Sickness
Silence
Simplicity
Sin, Sins
Sin, Mortal
Singing, Song
Sinners
Sisters
Slaves, Slavery
Soldier, the Christian as
Solitude
Sorrow
The Soul
Speech
Spiritual Directors
Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Exercises
Spiritual Gifts
Spiritual Growth
Suffering
Sunday
Talkativeness
Teachers, Teaching
Temptation
Thanksgiving, Gratitude to God
Theology
Theology, Innovations in
Theology, Speculations in
Thought, Thoughts
Time, Right use of
The Times
Tradition
Trials
Trinity, the Most Holy
Trust in God
Truth
Unbelief, Unbelievers
Unity, Christian
Universe
Usury
Vainglory
Vice, Vices
Victory in Christ
Virgins, Consecrated
Virtue, the Virtues
Vocation, Vocations
War
Weakness
Wealth
Weather
The Wicked, Prosperity of
Wisdom
Women
Women, Religious
Work
The World, Worldliness
Worry
Worship
Writing
Young People, Youth
Zeal
Saint Biographies
Introduction
A bba Theodore, a respected abbot among the monks in the deserts of ancient Egypt, once criticized a younger monk as someone who collected the wise sayings of others in order to “retail” them. The abbot’s words challenged me as I began to compile this collection: Was I simply “marketing” the saints’ wisdom for my own purposes?
Then I reread the account of Abba Theodore’s remark and took comfort in the context of his complaint. The other monk, the abbot was noting, concealed the sources of his borrowed sayings and took credit for them himself. This collection, on the other hand, gladly notes the sources, because it is the holy integrity of the saints’ lives that lends such weight to their words and urges us to ponder carefully what they have to tell us.
At the same time, a study of the saints’ lives shows that few of them would or even could take credit themselves for the insights recorded here. From their perspective, originality is not the goal, but rather faithfulness to a tradition: They aim, not to be novel, but to echo authentically the life and wisdom of Christ as these are expressed in a variety of concrete historical circumstances. The striking parallels between quotes from saints who lived in drastically different conditions of time, place, and culture only confirm the repeated insistence of these men and women that truth is one, that wisdom is ancient, that the human condition is universal, and that the way to God is narrow.
Space constraints forced the omission of countless quite similar quotes that would have reflected this reality even more dearly. Instead, I have had to offer a sampling that suggests the “consensus of the saints” across the centuries and around the globe. Quotes are arranged in rough chronological order under each heading as a way of reflecting historical continuity and development.
In the choice of subjects, I tried to include the topics that are fundamental to Christian faith and experience; but the whimsical and even the comical appear here as well—lest we presume that the saints were humorless. Some topics on which the saints often focused, which are nevertheless ignored by our contemporaries, receive considerable attention here as a way of allowing them to rebuke us for our neglect. The result, I trust, is a collection of thoughts that will inspire and provoke, puzzle and comfort, startle and enlighten.
A list of the sources with brief biographical identifiers appears at the end in alphabetical order by first name. This list includes the titles ascribed to these saintly men and women according to their current place in the process of formal canonization—that is, the process by which the Catholic Church comes to recognize officially and publicly that a person has entered into eternal glory in heaven.
When an interested party or group approaches a bishop to advocate that a certain (deceased) candidate be canonized, and the bishop submits a report on that individual to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the candidate is first deemed “Servant of God.” Once the congregation verifies that the candidate practiced virtue to a heroic degree or died a martyr’s death, and recommends the cause, if the Holy Father accepts the report the candidate is called “Venerable.” Next, the process of beatification occurs when miracles associated with the candidate during life or after death have been studied and confirmed; the candidate is then called “Blessed.” Finally, the process is complete when the Church fully canonizes the candidate and ascribes the title “Saint,” recommending the person to the universal Church for veneration, imitation, and petition.
Veneration, imitation, and petition: in brief, these are the reasons for producin