QUOTATION: Martyrdom

There are two kinds of martyrs, one in open suffering, the other in hidden virtue of the spirit. For many, enduring the snares of the enemy and resisting all carnal desires, because they have sacrificed themselves in their hearts to the almighty God, have also become martyrs in time of peace, and if they had lived in time of persecution, they could have become martyrs in reality.

--St. Isidore of Seville, Etymologies, 7, 11.

QUOTATION: Studying Sacred Truth

The more you devote yourself to the study of the sacred utterances, the richer will be your understanding of them, just as the more the soil is tilled, the richer the harvest.

--St. Isidore of Seville

QUOTATION: Gluttony

The glutton exceeds moderation either in what he eats, how much he eats, how he eats, or when he eats.

--St Isidore of Seville

QUOTATION: Friendship with God

If a man wants to be always in God’s company, he must pray regularly and read regularly. When we pray, we talk to God; when we read, God talks to us.

--St. Isidore of Seville

QUOTATION: Suffering

The more we are afflicted in this world, the greater is our assurance in the next; the more sorrow in the present, the greater will be our joy in the future.

--St. Isidore of Seville