Catholic Wisdom

"Nulla dies sine linea" [No day without wool]: Do not let a day pass without doing some good during it."

—Saint Philip Neri, Maxims and Counsels.

Note: Although we Americans might use hay instead of wool, not having ever been a great wool producing society, the proverb is still clear: do not let a day pass in sterility or unfruitfulness, that is, as far as building the Kingdom is concerned. "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness...."

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JANUARY 3D, SATURDAY OF THE BVM