TEACH BY EXAMPLE

THE SHINING STARS

NECESSITY OF GOOD EXAMPLE

ACTION IS WHAT MATTERS

Of what use is it to make the Sign of the Cross upon your 

body if the Sign of the Cross is not upon your heart?

God does not want us to simply make pictures of His signs,

but to act upon them.

— St Augustine, On Psalm 50:1

GOOD EXAMPLE

GOOD EXAMPLES

Be sure that you first preach by the way you live. If you do not, people will notice that you say one thing, but live otherwise, and your words will bring only cynical laughter and a derisive shake of the head.

St. Charles Borromeo

 

MEMORIAL OF ST FRANCIS

 

 



“The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today”

St Francis of Assisi

St Francis’ Prayer before the Crucifix at San Damiano

Most High, glorious God,
enlighten the darkness of my heart.
Give me right faith, 
sure hope,
and perfect charity.
Fill me with understanding and knowledge, Lord,
that I may carry out
Your holy and true command.

GOOD EXAMPLE

 

 

“Remember that the Christian life is one of action; not of speech and daydreams. Let there be few words and many deeds, and let them be done well.”

 

-St. Vincent Pallotti

GOOD EXAMPLE

“Servants of God, set the example! Preach by actions more than by words. Actions penetrate the heart, words slip by and are gone.”

- St. Joseph of Cupertino