St Philip Neri’s Quote-Of-The-Day Thingy

Last updated on: May 26, 2015 at 9:28 am by Larry D

St Philip Neri’s Quote-Of-The-Day Thingy 2015-05-26T09:28:31-04:00 Larry D

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In honor of St Philip Neri’s feast day, here’s a website where you can get your recommended dose of Vitamin P – 365 Sayings & Maxims, one for every day of the year.

From the site:

“It was the aim and study of the holy father, Philip Neri, to introduce among Christians a daily spiritual repast. His children, who have drunk of the spirit of their holy father, have always sought to cultivate this custom of a spiritual repast among devout persons; and among the plans which they have tried, and the practices they have introduced, one, gentle reader, is a collection of the sayings and doings of the Saint, distributed into the number of the days of the year, to the end that every one might have each day, either a maxim to meditate upon, or a virtue to copy. The method of using these sayings and doings, is to read only one of them each day, and that the one set apart for the current day, (for to read more would not be food but curiosity,) and then to regulate the actions of the day by that maxim or example. I am sure that by doing this you will reap an abundant harvest, especially if to the maxim or example you add some particular devotion to the Saint who was the author of it. I think it useless to make any long commendation of this practice; but it is well you should know that by the daily suggestion of such truths, the fruit which the saint obtained in Rome was immense; and so also will it be in your soul if you practise it in a true spirit of devotion. Farewell.”

F.W. FABER.
St. Wilfrid’s,
Feast of St. Bridget, 1847.

Today’s maxim – “Let us strive after purity of heart, for the Holy Spirit dwells in candid and simple minds.”

Great advice from the “Joyful Saint”. The Church needs many more like him nowadays, doncha think?

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