The things we love…
The things that we love tell us what we are.
–Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
Self-denial unites our…
Now I understand well that what unites our soul most closely to God is self-denial; that is, joining our will to the will of God. This is what makes the soul truly free, contributes to profound recollection of the spirit, and makes all life’s burdens light, and death sweet.
–Saint Faustina (1905-1938)
Our perfection consists…
Our perfection certainly consists in knowing God and ourselves.
–Blessed Angela of Foligno (1248-1309)
Submission to the….
Faithful submission to the will of God, always and everywhere, in all events and circumstances of life, gives great glory to God. Such submission to the will of God carries more weight with Him than long fasts, mortifications and the most severe penances.
–Saint Faustina (1905-1938)
God is always close…
Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
What one should be…
One must not always think so much about what one should do; but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us, but we must ennoble our works.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
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