Quote of the Day (St. Peter of Alcantara, on Fear and Courage)

“Our fear increases if we fly from it, while our courage grows stronger as we resist.”—Spanish Franciscan friar St. Peter of Alcantara (1499-1562), Treatise on Prayer and Meditation

The image accompanying this post is a painting of St. Peter of Alcantara by Luis Tristan de Escamilla (1586–1624), at the Museo de El Greco, Toledo, Spain.