2 Maccabees, 7
25. Since the young man would not listen to him at all, the king called the mother to him and urged her to advise the youth to save himself.
25. Since the young man would not listen to him at all, the king called the mother to him and urged her to advise the youth to save himself.
“O amor é a rainha das virtudes. Como as pérolas se ligam por um fio, assim as virtudes, pelo amor. Fogem as pérolas quando se rompe o fio. Assim também as virtudes se desfazem afastando-se o amor”. São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina