Friday, August 21, 2009

Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every Day-August 22

God wills us to be saved, but for our greater good, He wills us to be saved as conquerors. We have to live in continual war­fare; we must fight and conquer. "The powers of hell are mighty," says St Bernard, "but prayer is stronger than all the devils."
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From Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every Day
Compiled by Rev. C. McNeiry, C.SS.R.
Imprimatur: Joseph Hull, C.SS.R., Prov. Angl. Sup.
Nihil Obstat: Innocentlus Apap, O.P., S.T.M., Censor Deptutatus.
Imprimatur: Edm. Can. Surmont, Vicarius Generalis.
Westmonasterii, Die 9a Junii, 1927.
First published 1927

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