The Father willed that his blessed and glorious Son, whom he gave to us and who was born for us, should through his own blood offer himself as a sacrificial victim on the altar of the cross. This was to be done not for himself through whom all things were made, but for our sins. It was intended to leave us an example of how to follow in his footsteps. Furthermore, let us produce worthy fruits of penance. Let us also love our neighbours as ourselves. Let us have charity and humility. Let us give alms because these cleanse our souls from the stains of sin.

-- St. Francis of Assisi

The Kingdom of Heaven, O man, requires no other price than yourself. The value of it is yourself. Give yourself for it and you shall have it.

-- St. Augustine

Praise and beauty are before Him: holiness and majesty in His sanctuary.

-- Psalm xcv. 6

Humility has been regarded by the Saints as the basis and guardian of all virtues.

-- St. Alphonsus Liguori

Idleness begets a life of discontent. It develops self-love, which is the cause of all our miseries, and renders us unworthy to receive the favors of divine love.

-- St. Ignatius Loyola

How sweet it has been to me to be deprived of the delights of a frivolous world! What incomparable joy have I felt after a privation once so dreaded.

-- St. Augustine

We should love God because He is God, and the measure of our love should be to love Him without measure.

-- St Bernard