St. John Chrysostom 347 - 407: September 13 The Golden Tongued

 John Chrysostom: We Impart the Wisdom of God in a Mystery ~ ENLARGING THE HEART

St. John Chrysostom  Called The Golden Tongued because of his eloquence.

Doctor of the Church

St. Augustine, bishop 354-430: August 28 Doctor of Grace

Augustine of Hippo: God Enlarges the Capacity of Our Soul that He may Fill Us with His Presence ~ ENLARGING THE HEART

St. Augustine, 354-430
Doctor of Grace

2 favorite quotations:

"If you are the Body of Christ and his members, your divine mystery is set on the table of the Lord; you receive your own mystery...  Be what you see and receive what you are."
St. Augustine

"And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him. For He departed, and behold, He is here."
St. Augustine

St. Bernard of Clairvaux 1090-1153 August 20 The Mellifluous Doctor

Bernard of Clairvaux: “Saviour” Is His Name From Everlasting; He Has It Of His Own Proper Nature To Save ~ ENLARGING THE HEART

St. Bernard of Clairvaux
The Mellifluous Doctor

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

"The soul must grow and expand, so as to be capable of God. And its largeness is its love, as the Apostle says, 'Widen yourselves in love' (2 Cor 6:13). It grows and extends spiritually, not in substance, but in virtue. The greatness of each soul is judged by the measure of love that it has: he who has great love is great, he who has little love is little, while he who has no love at all is nothing.” ~ Bernard of Clairvaux ~

Link to The Memorare
 

St. Alphonses Liguori, 1696 - 1787: August 1 Marian & Morality Doctor

 Alphonsus Liguori: Let Us Abandon Everything To God’s Good Pleasure ~ ENLARGING THE HEART

St. Alphonsus Liguori
Marian & Morality Doctor 
Founder of the Redemptorists

St. Anthony of Padua 1195 - 1231 June 12 Evangelical Doctor

St. Anthony of Padua
Evangelical Doctor
Franciscan

St. Athenasius, May 2 297-373 Father of Orthodoxy

Athanasius of Alexandria: St Antony the Abbot’s Advice from the Mountain ~ ENLARGING THE HEART

St. Athenasius, Father of Orthodoxy

St. Anselm 1033-1159 April 21 Archbishop of Canterbury. Father of Scholasticsm

Anselm of Canterbury: Make Me, O Lord, To Taste By Love That Which I Taste By Knowledge ~ ENLARGING THE HEART

St. Anselm, Doctor of the Church

St. Francis de Sales 1567 - 1622 : January 24 (formerly January 29)

Oh, God, You alone suffice...
in You alone I find everything that is necessary to my soul.
~St. Francis de Sales
Letaille, pl 165

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Francis de Sales: “Ascending by Steps from Virtue to Virtue” ~ ENLARGING THE HEART

St. Francis de Sales 1567-1622
Doctor or Authors

Link to the story of the life 
of St. Francis de Sales