Page: Quotes
The Church teaches us that mercy belongs to God. Let us implore Him to bestow on us the spirit of mercy and compassion, so that we are filled with it and may never lose it. Only consider how much we ourselves are in need of mercy.
–Saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660)
Page: Quotes, Spiritual (life)
There is a practice that is most powerful in keeping us united with God. That practice is the constant recollection of His presence.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Sainthood, Spiritual (life)
If we should be saved and become saints, we ought always to stand at the gates of the divine mercy to beg and pray for, as an alms, all that we need.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
Augustine (354-430), Page: Quotes, Possessions, Quote Author, Quote Topic
Seek what suffices, seek what is enough, and don’t desire more. Whatever goes beyond that produces anxiety not relief: it will weigh you down instead of lifting you up.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Detachment, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
Holy indifference is a ceasing of either to desire or to will, except in cooperation with the divine leading. Its desires for itself, as it has greater light, are more completely and permanently merged in the one higher and more absorbing desire of God’s glory and the fulfillment of his will.
–François Fénelon (1651-1715)
Abandonment (of self), Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
Commit yourself then to God! He will be your guide. He Himself will travel with you, as we are told He did with the Israelites, to bring them step by step across the desert to the promised land. Ah! what will be your blessedness, if you will but surrender yourself into the hands of God, permitting Him to do whatever He will, not according to your desires, but according to His own good pleasure?
–François Fénèlon (1651-1715)
