“Grant me keenness of mind, capacity to remember, skill in learning, subtlety to interpret, and eloquence in speaking. Guide the beginning of my work, direct its progress, and bring it to completion.” —Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Source: Thomas Aquinas, Oratio ante Studium, in Sancti Thomae Aquinatis Opera Omnia, vol. 43, Opuscula, ed. R. Spiazzi (Turin: Marietti, 1954), 90, §2. Reflection: Where …

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“Let your speech be seasoned with the salt of wisdom, so that it may both profit and please those who hear it.” —Bonaventure (1221 – 1274) Source: Collationes de Septem Donis Spiritus Sancti, collation 6. Reflection: Where might my words today need greater wisdom so that they both benefit and build up those who hear them?

“Sanctify my tongue, O Lord, that it may be an instrument of Thy glory, and not of my shame; and grant that my speech may be seasoned with grace, to edify the hearers. Keep me from all idle, sinful, and corrupt communication, that my words may be such as are good and profitable to the use of edifying.” —Lewis Bayly …

“Scream no more, at the peril of your soul… Speak as earnestly as you can; but do not scream. Speak with all your heart; but with a moderate voice.” —John Wesley (1703–1791), Source :The Works of John Wesley, vol. 12, p. 331. Reflection: How might moderating my tone—especially in moments of urgency or conviction—help my speech become more faithful, peaceable, and …

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