[Quote: J.R.R. Tolkien]

 

[Quote: Gregory of Nazianzus, 329-390 A.D.]

 

[Quote: Corrie ten Boom]

 

December 29--the Feast Day of St. Thomas Becket

 

quote: St. Basil the Great [330-379 A.D.]

 

Sept. 20: Sts. Andrew Kim Taegong, Paul Chong Hasang, and companions--Korean martyrs [19th c.]

 

"The blood of the martyrs..." [Tertullian--160-240 A.D.]

 

[quoted by C.H. Spurgeon in "Evening by Evening", likely from a hymn]

 

 "Lord, evermore thy face we seek:

Tempted we are, and poor, and weak;

Keep us with lowly hearts, and meek.

Let us not fall. Let us not fall."

[quote: John Bunyan, 1628-1688]

 

quote: St. Therese of Lisieux [1873-1897]

 

[quote: St. Tikhon of Zadonsk, 1724-1783]

 

Quote from Irenaeus of Lyons' "Against Heresies" [ca. 180 A.D.]

 

[quote: St. Justin Martyr, 100-165 AD]

 

[quote: St. Vincent of Lerins, d. ca. 445]

 

[quote: Gregory of Nazianzus, 330-390 AD]

 

[St. Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr, 69-155 A.D.....Disciple of St. John the Evangelist]

 

[quote: Cyril of Jerusalem, 313-386 A.D.]

 

[St. Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.]

 

[John Bunyan on prayer...]

 

"The light of Christ..." [quote, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI]