The more I pray…
The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Attitude about possessions…
You cannot all abandon your possessions, but at least you can change your attitude about them. All getting separates you from others; all giving unites to others.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Be patient because…
Be patient, because the weaknesses of the body are given to us in this world by God for the salvation of the soul. So they are of great merit when they are borne patiently.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Do not be angered…
Do not be disturbed or angered at another’s sin or evil, rather, spiritually help the one who has sinned as best you can, because those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Perfectly ready heart…
For a heart to be perfectly ready it has to be perfectly empty. In this condition it has attained its maximum capacity.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
Inextinguishable light of Christ…
In spite of our sinfulness, in spite of the darkness surrounding our souls, the Grace of the Holy Spirit, conferred by baptism in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, still shines in our hearts with the inextinguishable light of Christ … and when the sinner turns to the way of repentance the light smooths away every trace of the sins committed, clothing the former sinner in the garments of incorruption, spun of the Grace of the Holy Spirit.
–Saint Seraphim of Sarov (1754-1833)
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