Sun Dec 7th, Saint Ambrose of Milan
"There are three forms of the virtue of charity: the first is that of spouses, the second that of widows, and the third that of virgins. We do not praise any one of them to the exclusion of others...This is what makes for the richness of the discipline of the Church."St. Ambrose, De vidius
"What is more pleasing than a psalm? David expresses it well: "Praise the Lord, for a psalm is good: let there be praise of our God with gladness and grace!"."
St. Ambrose, Enarrationes in Psalmos
"This Creed is the spiritual seal, our heart's meditation and an ever-present guardian; it is, unquestionably, the treasure of our soul."
St. Ambrose, Explanatio symboli
"For life is to be with Christ; where Christ is, there is life, there is the kingdom."
St. Ambrose, Expositio evangeli secundum Lucam
"That man is rightly called a king who makes his own body an obedient subject and, by governing himself with suitable rigor, refuses to let his passions breed rebellion in his soul, for he exercises a kind of royal power over himself."
St. Ambrose, Expositio Psalmi
"May each one of us possess the soul of Mary to proclaim the greatness of the Lord. And may each one of us possess the spirit of Mary to rejoice in God."
St. Ambrose
"O man, you did not dare to raise your face to heaven, you lowered your eyes to the earth, and suddenly you have received the grace of Christ; all your sins have been forgiven."
St. Ambrose, De sacramentis
"Could not Christ's word, which can make from nothing what did not exist, change existing things into what they were not before?
St. Ambrose on the Blessed Sacrament, De sacramentis