Look on Christ crucified…
Look often on Christ, crucified, naked, blasphemed, slandered, forsaken, and overwhelmed by every kind of weariness, sorrow and labor.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
The devil will try…
The devil will try to upset you by accusing you of being unworthy of the blessings that you have received. Simply remain cheerful and do your best to ignore the devil’s nagging. If need be even laugh at the absurdity of the situation. Satan, the epitome of sin itself, accuses you of unworthiness! When the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future!
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Temple of God…
In this temple of God, in this the divine dwelling place, God alone rejoices with the soul in the deepest silence. There is no reason for the intellect to stir or seek anything, for the Lord who created it wishes to give it repose here.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Be assured…
Ought you so soon to forget how He has cherished you or to believe that God would lightly withdraw affection He bestowed so fully? Why did He grant so many proofs of it, if not to make you trust Him? Be assured that He loves you, even if He does not show it at the present moment.
–Saint John of Ávila (1500-1569)
The secrecy of your heart…
Retire into the secrecy of your own heart, and open it to receive what is wont to come from so powerful a Light. Beseech the same Lord that, as He has deigned to place Himself within your hands, He will give you the further grace to esteem and venerate and love Him as you should.
–Saint John of Avila (1500-1569)
Suffered for God…
Nothing, how little so ever it be, if it is suffered for God’s sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.
–Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471)
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