QUOTATION: Self-Loathing

Why do you have so low an opinion of yourself, when you are so precious to God? Why do you so dishonour yourself when you are so honoured by God?

--St. Peter Chrysologus

QUOTATION: Overcoming Vice

He who wants to overcome vices should fight with the arms of love, not of rage.

--St. Peter Chrysologus

QUOTATION: You cannot have two masters

Anyone who wishes to frolic with the devil cannot rejoice with Christ.

--Saint Peter Chrysologus

QUOTATION: Prayer, Fasting, Mercy

There are three things, my brethren, by which faith stands firm, devotion remains constant, and virtue endures. They are prayer, fasting and mercy. Prayer knocks at the door, fasting obtains, mercy receives. Prayer, mercy and fasting: these three are one, and they give life to each other. Fasting is the soul of prayer, mercy is the lifeblood of fasting. Let no one try to separate them; they cannot be separated. If you have only one of them or not all together, you have nothing. So if you pray, fast; if you fast, show mercy; if you want your petition to be heard, hear the petition of others. If you do not close your ear to others you open God's ear to yourself.

-- Saint Peter Chrysologus