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A Word to the Verbose
By Leon Suprenant | January 10, 2008
My “guardian angel” left this quote from St. Francis de Sales on my desk this morning:
”The worst defect in talking is talking too much. Hence, in speech be brief and virtuous, brief and gentle, brief and simple, brief and charitable, brief and amiable.”
Okay, I get the message. (Don’t have to hit me over the head!) I’ll stop right writing now!
Topics: Saints, Words of Encouragment | 1 Comment »
January 10th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
I forwarded this post to my friend Curtis Martin, whom I mentioned in yesterday’s post regarding his great work with the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS). I did so mindful of a quote from a little boy after one of Curtis’ talks 12 years ago: “My Martin, you’re a great talker. For TWO HOURS you talked!”
Curtis sent me back this quote from FOCUS’ national conference:
“A priest at our conference comes out after three hours of Confessions and turns to some women on my staff.
“‘It is so awesome…you all get to give birth…But I get to FORGIVE SINS!!!’”