Obedience is…
Without a doubt, obedience is more meritorious than any other penance. And what greater penance can there be than keeping one’s will continually submissive and obedient?
–Saint Catharine of Bologna (1413-1463)
Pain and love…
Pain and Love are almost synonymous words.
–Saint Lydwine of Schiedam (1380-1433)
Through God’s grace and forgiveness…
When we find that — through God’s grace and forgiveness — we are living spiritually harmonious lives, then we’ll understand that disobedience is without a doubt more horrible than hell, and more painful. Why? Because it goes against the essential grain of our good, God-given nature.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
Peace is received…
For I saw most truly that where our Lord appears, peace is received and wrath has no place; for I saw no kind of wrath in God, neither briefly, nor for long.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
Neither rest nor peace…
For until I am one with him I can never have true rest nor peace. I can never know it until I am held so close to him that there is nothing in between.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
This blessed friend is Jesus…
This blessed friend is Jesus; it is his will and plan that we hang on to him, and hold tight always, in whatever circumstances; for whether we are filthy or clean is all the same to his love.
— Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
About
