"If a man has a hundred sheep,
and one of them has gone astray,
does he not leave
the ninety-nine on the mountains
the ninety-nine on the mountains
and go in search of the one that went astray?"
"And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish." -- Matthew 18:12-14
"Your Father who is in heaven makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. -- Matthew 5:45
True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over. -- St. Alphonsus Liguori
"I forgave you all that debt because you besought me; and should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?" -- Matthew 18:32-33
"If you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift." -- Matthew 5:23-24
Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?
"I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven." -- Matthew 18:21-22
"Love your enemies
and pray for those
who persecute you."
Matthew 5:44
