It is the nature of abandonment always to lead a mysterious life, and to receive great and miraculous gifts from God by means of the most ordinary things, things that may be natural, accidental, or that seem to happen by chance, and in which there seems no other agency than the ordinary course of the ways of the world, or of the elements.
–Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751)
Since God offers to manage our affairs for us, let us once and for all hand them over to His infinite wisdom, in order to occupy ourselves only with Himself and what belongs to Him.
–Jean Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751)
There are two victims in every abortion: a dead baby and a dead conscience.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
To be perfect means to love God not a little, but a great deal. It means not to stop at the point at which we have arrived, but with His help to progress to love.
–Pope John Paul I (1912-1978)
If God wants you to do something, he’ll make it possible for you to do it, but the grace he provides comes only with the task and cannot be stockpiled beforehand. We are dependent on him from hour to hour, and the greater our awareness of this fact, the less likely we are to faint or fail in a crisis
–Louis Cassels (1922-1974)
It is best to first listen to others before we attempt to help them.
–Peter Van Breemen, S.J (1927-
