There is more joy in heaven over a converted sinner than over a righteous person standing firm. A leader in battle has more love for a soldier who returns after fleeing, and who valiantly pursues the enemy, than for one… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
And here we must narrowly watch ourselves, seeing that banquets can scarcely be celebrated blamelessly, for almost always luxury accompanies feasting; and when the body is swallowed up in the delight of refreshing itself, the heart relaxes to empty joys. — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
He who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exemplify the… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
I despise the proper constructions and cases, because I think it very unfitting that the words of the celestial oracle should be restricted by… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
If we are, in fact, now occupied in good deeds, we should not attribute the strength with which we are doing them to ourselves.… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
Now if the wearing of fine and precious robes were not a fault, word of God would never have so carefully expressed this. For… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“He must, therefore, be the model for everyone. He must be devoted entirely to the example of good living. He must be dead to… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“Necessity demands that one should carefully examine who it is that comes to the position of spiritual authority; and coming solemnly to this point,… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“Pope Gregory believed that successful pastoral leadership required a balance between the contemplation of the isolated ascetic and the action of the well-trained administrator.” — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning they experience the charms of… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“For it is no doubt impossible to eradicate everything at once from their obstinate minds, because he who endeavours to reach the highest place… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“The spiritual director should not reduce his attention to the internal life because of external occupations, nor should he relinquish his care for external… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
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