'Saints' Quotes - Holy quotations for purification of the soul' - 'Fewness' - One Hundred and One Texts – pp. 6-8; part VI
'Cast a look round the world, just observe the manner of living, of speaking, and you will see immediately whether the evil of sin is known in the world or whether any attention is paid to it. Not to speak of those who live decidedly irreligious and wicked lives, how few are those who pass for good and who approach the sacraments are aware of the great evil that sin is, and the great ruin it brings with it. It must necessarily happen that, on account of this certainly culpable ignorance in which most men live, an enormous number will come to be damned, because no sin is pardoned which is not detested, and it is impossible to detest sin properly if it is not known as such.'St. Joseph Cafasso
'There are many who arrive at the faith, but few that are lead into the heavenly kingdom.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great, Doctor and Father of the Church
'It is as though Jesus said: "O My Father, I am indeed going to clothe myself with human flesh, but the greater part of the world will set no value on my blood!"'
St. Isidore of Seville, Doctor and Father of the Church
'In the Great Deluge in the days of Noah, nearly all mankind perished, eight persons alone being saved in the Ark. In our days a deluge, not of water but of sins, continually inundates the earth, and out of this deluge very few escape. Scarcely anyone is saved.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Doctor of the Church
'But that which brings forth thorns and briers is reprobate, and very near unto a curse, whose end is to be burnt.'
Hebrews 6:8
'How few the Elect are may be understood from the multitude being cast out.'
St. Hilary of Poitiers, Doctor and Father of the Church
'And they. . . shall be so few that they shall easily be counted, and a child shall write them down.'
Isaias 10:19
'Beyond a doubt the elect are few.'
St. Augustine, Doctor and Father of the Church
'Some will say, It is enough for me to be saved. "No," says St. Augustine, "it is not enough; if you say that it is enough, you will be lost."'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Doctor of the Church
'There are many who arrive at the faith, but few who are led into the heavenly kingdom. Behold how many are gathered here for today's Feast-Day: we fill the church from wall to wall. Yet who knows how few they are who shall be numbered in that chosen company of the Elect?'
Pope St. Gregory the Great, Doctor and Father of the Church
'The greater part of men will set no value on the blood of Christ, and will go on offending Him.'
St. Isidore of Seville, Doctor and Father of the Church
'So many people are going to die, and almost all of them are going to Hell! So many people falling into hell!'
Bl. Jacinta of Fatima
'He who abuses too much the mercy of God will be abandoned by him.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Doctor of the Church
"The number of the saved is as few as the number of grapes left after the vinepickers have passed."
St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars, Patron Saint of Parish Priests
'They who are to be saved as Saints, and wish to be saved as imperfect souls, shall not be saved.'
Pope St. Gregory the Great, Doctor and Father of the Church
'Only a small number of souls achieve perfect love.'
St. John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church
'. . . let us bear in mind that unless we are humble we shall not only do no good, but we shall not be saved. "Unless you . . . become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven." In order, then, to enter into the kingdom of heaven, we must become children, not in age, but in humility. St. Gregory says that as pride is a sign of reprobation, so humility is a mark of predestination.'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Doctor of the Church
'It is certain that few are saved.'
St. Augustine, Doctor and Father of the Church
'Many begin well, but there are few who persevere.'
St. Jerome, Doctor and Father of the Church
'What is the number of those who love Thee, O God? How few they are! The Elect are much fewer than the damned! Alas! The greater portion of mankind lives in sin unto the devil, and not unto Jesus Christ. O Saviour of the world, I thank Thee for having called and permitted us to live in the true faith which the Holy Roman Catholic Church teaches. . . But alas, O my Jesus! How small is the number of those who live in this holy faith! Oh, God! The greater number of men he buried in the darkness of infidelity and heresy. Thou hast humbled Thyself to death, to the death of the cross, for the salvation of men, and these ungrateful men are unwilling even to know Thee. Ah, I pray Thee, O omnipotent God, O sovereign and infinite Good, make all men know and love Thee!'
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Doctor of the Church
Image: Gabriele Dell'Otto - Dante's Divine Comedy 8th Circle of Hell – Thieves
Music: Palestrina: ‘Libera me Domine’ · The Hilliard Ensemble
‘Libera me Domine’ = ‘Deliver me, Lord’
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