When men have harnessed the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, they will harness for God the energies of love, and then for the second time in the history of this world, man will have discovered fire.
–Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955)
The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that we say “Amen” and run away before God has a chance to reply. Listening to God is far more important than giving Him your ideas.
–Frank Laubach (1884-1970)
Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly; and if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it is to make you more humble and abject in your own eyes.
–Saint Pio (1887-1968)
No amount of thought will ever result in any greater formulation than the three words, ‘Love one another,’ so long as it is love to the end and without exceptions.
–Saint Maria of Paris (1891-1945)
If a box is filled with salt, it cannot be filled with sand, and if our hearts are filled with hatred of our neighbor, how can God fill them with His love? We must forgive others, for on no other condition will our own sins be forgiven. It is as simple as that. There can be and there will be no mercy toward us unless we ourselves are merciful.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
The real test of the Christian then is not how much he loves his friends, but how much he loves his enemies.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
