Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked.
AmbroseJust as riches are an impediment to virtue in the wicked, so in the good they are an aid of virtue.
AmbroseMay each one of us glorify the Lord with the soul of Mary and rejoice in God with the spirit of Mary
AmbroseWe must follow the ways of the Lord, and take heed to our own ways, lest they lead us into sin. One can take heed if one is not hasty in speaking. The law says: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God' (Dt. 6:4). It said not: 'Speak,' but 'Hear.' Eve fell because she said to the man what she had not heard from the Lord her God. The first word from God says to you: Hear!
Ambrose