Pope Gregory I Quotes About Saints

Quotes about: Saints

• To do penance is to bewail the evil we have done, and to do no evil to bewail.

  Pope Gregory I

  Evil, Saint, Done

• The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue. Therefore, if you want to be rich, beloved, love true riches. If you aspire to the heights of real honor, strive to reach the kingdom of Heaven. If you value rank and renown, hasten to be enrolled in the heavenly court of the Angels.

  Pope Gregory I

  Real, Angel, Heaven

• There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning they experience the charms of sweetness; in the middle the contests of temptation; and in the end the fullness of perfection.

  Pope Gregory I

  Perfection, Temptation, Catholic

• The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.

  Pope Gregory I

  Love, Faith, Christian

• The Holy Bible is like a mirror before our mind's eye. In it we see our inner face. From the Scriptures we can learn our spiritual deformities and beauties. And there too we discover the progress we are making and how far we are from perfection.

  Pope Gregory I

  Beauty, Bible, God

• Whoever wishes to hold the fortress of contemplation must first of all train in the camp of action.

  Pope Gregory I

  Wish, Saint, Firsts

• We ascend to the heights of contemplation by the steps of action.

  Pope Gregory I

  Saint, Height, Steps

• What do they not see, who see Him Who sees all things?

  Pope Gregory I

  Saint, All Things

• The greatness of contemplation can be given to none but those who love.

  Pope Gregory I

  Greatness, Saint, Contemplation

• If we are, in fact, now occupied in good deeds, we should not attribute the strength with which we are doing them to ourselves. We must not count on ourselves, because even if we know what kind of person we are today, we do not know what we will be tomorrow.

  Pope Gregory I

  Saint, Deeds, Today

• The people will have no need to change their place of concourse; where of old they were wont to sacrifice cattle to demons, thither let them continue to resort on the day of the Saint to whom the Church is dedicated, and slay their beasts, no longer as a sacrifice to demons, but for a social meal in honour of Him whom they now worship.

  Pope Gregory I

  Sacrifice, People, Scary

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