{"id":3938,"date":"2011-03-05T11:53:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T11:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2011\/03\/sayings-of-saint-peter-damian\/"},"modified":"2011-03-05T11:53:19","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T11:53:19","slug":"sayings-of-saint-peter-damian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2011\/03\/sayings-of-saint-peter-damian\/","title":{"rendered":"Sayings of Saint Peter Damian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/Silenzio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Silenzio.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/assets_c\/2011\/03\/Silenzio-thumb-400x300-8734.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHabit makes the cell sweet for the monk,<br \/>\nwhile wandering makes it seem dreadful.<br \/>\nFor those who gad about, the cell is a prison,<br \/>\nbut for those who live there permanently it is a most pleasant little room.<br \/>\nSilence causes the persevering monk to be wide awake,<br \/>\nwhile for one who goes abroad, it puts him to sleep.<br \/>\nTemperance strengthens the body accustomed to fasting,<br \/>\nwhile a surfeit of delicious food causes it to grow weak.<br \/>\nThe moderate practice of praying throughout the night<br \/>\nsharpens the edge of a man&#8217;s mind,<br \/>\nbut twice going to sleep makes it dull.<br \/>\nFrequent conversation begets hunger in the heart of a monk,<br \/>\nbut quiet solitude safeguards the soul<br \/>\nin the disciplined practice of its accustomed continence.<br \/>\nSpeaking of secular topics subjects the soul to passions and desires,<br \/>\nwhile unremitting meditation on Sacred Scripture renders it dead to the world.<br \/>\nA monk&#8217;s poverty gives his mind security,<br \/>\nand security is the mother of purity.<br \/>\nSaint Peter Damian, <u>Letter 165<\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Habit makes the cell sweet for the monk, while wandering makes it seem dreadful. For those who gad about, the cell is a prison, but for those who live there permanently it is a most pleasant little room. Silence causes the persevering monk to be wide awake, while for one who goes abroad, it puts <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-11w","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}