Ambrose Quotes

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• When we speak about wisdom, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about virtue, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about justice,…
• In some causes silence is dangerous.
• The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.
• We should pray to the angels, for they are given to us as guardians.
• But if these beings guard you, they do so because they have been summoned by your prayers.
• Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. No one is excepted, not [even]…
• The rich women, to avoid dividing the inheritance among many, kill their own fetus in the womb and with murderous juices extinguish in the genital…
• The Church's foundation is unshakable and firm against the assaults of the raging sea. Waves lash at the Church but do not shatter it. Although…
• Stephen prayed for his persecutors, who had not been able even to listen to the Name of Christ, when he said of those very men…
• If it is "daily bread," why do you take it once a year? . . . Take daily what is to profit you daily. Live…
• The Lord was Baptized, not to be cleansed Himself, but to cleanse the waters, so that those waters, cleansed by the flesh of Christ which…
• The prime objective of all Initiatory music in the Temples of Antiquity was to bring about physical purification and renewal, mental stimulation and alertness, spiritual…
• The Lord Jesus himself proclaims, 'This is My Body.' Before the blessing of the heavenly words something of another character is spoken of; after consecration…
• The world has been created for everyone's use, but you few rich are trying to keep it up for yourselves. For not merely the possession…
• Love is like a shadow, one can only catch it by falling into it.
• To be content, to find true love, is what essentially drives us all, but if found, would it be recognized?
• The Church was redeemed at the price of Christ's blood. Jew or Greek, it makes no difference; but if he has believed, he must circumcise…
• Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies.
• Let your door stand open to receive Him, unlock your soul to Him, offer Him a welcome in your mind, and then you will see…
• Your soul must hold fast to Him, you must follow after Him in your thoughts, you must tread His ways by faith, not in outward…

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