Philip Neri Quotes About Christ

Quotes about: Christ

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  "If a man finds it very hard to forgive injuries, let him look at a Crucifix, and think that Christ shed all His Blood for him, and not only forgave His enemies, but even prayed His Heavenly Father to forgive them also. Let him remember that when he says the Pater Noster, every day, instead of asking pardon for his sins, he is calling down vengeance on himself."

  Philip Neri

  Forgiveness, Father, Men

• He who wishes for anything but Christ, does not know what he wishes; he who asks for anything but Christ, does not know what he is asking; he who works, and not for Christ, does not know what he is doing.

  Philip Neri

  Wish, Doe, Asking

  St Philip Neri (2009). “The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neri”, p.5, St Athanasius Press

• They who have been exercised in the service of God for a long time, may in their prayers imagine all sorts of insults offered to them, such as blows, wounds, and the like, and so in order to imitate Christ by their charity, may accustom their hearts beforehand to forgive real injuries when they come.

  Philip Neri

  Forgiveness, Prayer, Real

  St Philip Neri (2009). “The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neri”, p.41, St Athanasius Press

• The perfection of a Christian consists in mortifying his will for the love of Christ. Where there is no great mortification, there is no great sanctity.

  Philip Neri

  Christian, Perfection, Sanctity

• We must often remember what Christ said, that not he who begins, but he that perseveres to the end, shall be saved.

  Philip Neri

  Remember, Persevere, Christ

  St Philip Neri (2009). “The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neri”, p.25, St Athanasius Press

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