Detachment, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
We must detach ourselves from everything, and especially from ourselves, by continually thwarting our self-love. For example, a certain thing pleases us; we must leave it for the very reason that it pleases us. A certain person has injured us; we must do him good for this very reason. In a word, we must desire and not desire, exactly as God desires or does not desire, without inclination to any one thing; because we do not know that what we ourselves wish is the will of God.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
Cross, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
Our Lord who saved the world through the Cross will only work for the good of souls through the Cross.
–Saint Madeline Sophie Barat (1779-1865)
John Vianney (1786-1859), Page: Quotes, Prayer (what), Quote Author, Quote Topic
Private prayer is like straw scattered here and there: If you set it on fire it makes a lot of little flames. But gather these straws into a bundle and light them, and you get a mighty fire, rising like a column into the sky; public prayer is like that.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Cross (your), John Vianney (1786-1859), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
We ought to run after crosses as the miser runs after money. . . Nothing but crosses will reassure us at the Day of Judgment When that day shall come, we shall be happy in our misfortunes, proud of our humiliations, and rich in our sacrifices!
— Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Adversity, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
You must make up your mind to the prospect of sustaining a certain measure of pain and trouble in your passage through life.
–Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
Acceptance, Page: Quotes
Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not… We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.
–Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
