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Saint
339 - 397
A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years.
Saint Ambrose
Love
,
Good
,
God
,
Fear
,
Parents
,
Youth
Take away the contests of the martyrs, and you have taken away their crowns.
Saint Ambrose
Martyrs
,
You
,
Away
,
Take
,
Taken
,
Crowns
It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound.
Saint Ambrose
Gift
,
Think
,
You
,
Back
,
Earth
,
Debt
A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand.
Saint Ambrose
Kindness
,
Hand
,
Should
,
Returned
,
Freer
When in Rome, live as the Romans do; when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere.
Saint Ambrose
Live
,
Rome
,
Romans
,
Elsewhere
God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especially to those who are faithful to him, let us hold fast to him with all our soul, our heart, our strength, and so enjoy his light and see his glory and possess the grace of supernatural joy.
Saint Ambrose
Good
,
Light
,
Strength
,
Heart
,
God
,
Soul
One of the duties of fortitude is to keep the weak from receiving injury; another, to check the wrong motions of our own souls; a third, both to disregard humiliations, and to do what is right with an even mind. All these clearly ought to be fulfilled by all Christians, and especially by the clergy.
Saint Ambrose
Mind
,
Wrong
,
Own
,
Weak
,
Right
,
Our
It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
Saint Ambrose
Wish
,
Enough
,
Just
,
Well
,
Must
,
Also
Nothing escapes God's knowledge. This is proved by the witness of the Scriptures and the analogy of the sun, which, although created, yet by its light or heat enters into all things.
Saint Ambrose
Light
,
God
,
Knowledge
,
Sun
,
Nothing
God drove Cain out of his presence and sent him into exile far away from his native land, so that he passed from a life of human kindness to one which was more akin to the rude existence of a wild beast.
Saint Ambrose
Life
,
Kindness
,
God
,
Far Away
,
Wild
Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection.
Saint Ambrose
Love
,
Alone
,
God
,
Thoughts
,
Soul
,
Art
It is a better thing to save souls for the Lord than to save treasures. He who sent forth his apostles without gold had not need of gold to form his Church. The Church possesses gold, not to hoard, but to scatter abroad and come to the aid of the unfortunate.
Saint Ambrose
Church
,
Gold
,
Better
,
Need
,
Without
,
He
Where a man's heart is, there is his treasure also.
Saint Ambrose
Heart
,
Man
,
Treasure
,
Where
,
His
,
Also
Bind up thy words that they run not riot, and grow wanton, and gather up sins for themselves in too much talking. Let them be rather confined, and held back within their own banks. An overflowing river quickly gathers mud.
Saint Ambrose
Words
,
River
,
Grow
,
Back
,
Talking
,
Run
In some causes silence is dangerous.
Saint Ambrose
Silence
,
Dangerous
,
Some
,
Causes
Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body. You can at the same time be here and present to the Lord. 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 show.
Saint Ambrose
Thoughts
,
Faith
,
Time
,
Soul
,
World
,
You
God created the universe in such a manner that all in common might derive their food from it, and that the Earth should also be a property common to all.
Saint Ambrose
God
,
Food
,
Universe
,
Earth
,
Property
Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
Saint Ambrose
I Am
,
Me
,
Forget
,
Blood
,
Own
,
Will
A duty is to be chosen from what is virtuous, and from what is useful, and also from the comparison of the two, one with the other; but nothing is recognized by Christians as virtuous or useful which is not helpful to the future life.
Saint Ambrose
Life
,
Future
,
Duty
,
Nothing
,
Two
,
Useful
No one is good but God alone. What is good is therefore divine, what is divine is therefore good.
Saint Ambrose
Good
,
Alone
,
God
,
Divine
,
Therefore
There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.
Saint Ambrose
Religion
,
Mind
,
Evil
,
Nothing
,
Save
Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common with thee in the produce of nature, which brings forth the fruits of the earth for use to all.
Saint Ambrose
Nature
,
Soul
,
Treat
,
Poor
,
Earth
,
Mercy
When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whatever church you attend, if you do not want to give or receive scandal.
Saint Ambrose
You
,
Church
,
Rome
,
Saturday
,
Follow
,
Go
The best way to use the gold of the Redeemer is for the redemption of those in peril.
Saint Ambrose
Best
,
Gold
,
Way
,
Redemption
,
Best Way
O most merciful Father, put far from me all my iniquities and all my offences; so that, by Thee made whole in body and in soul, I may be accounted worthy to approach the Holy of holies.
Saint Ambrose
Father
,
Soul
,
Me
,
Body
,
Far
,
Holy
Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.
Saint Ambrose
Anger
,
Door
,
Voice
,
Back
,
Need
,
Mouth
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