A single Mass offered for oneself during life may be worth more than a thousand celebrated for the same intention after death.
Anselm of CanterburyFor I do not seek to understand in order to believe, but I believe in order to understand. For I believe this: unless I believe, I will not understand.
Anselm of CanterburyBut a problem occurs about nothing. For that from which something is made is a cause of the thing made from it; and, necessarily,every cause contributes some assistance to the effect's existence.
Anselm of Canterbury