Take up your cross and follow…
Lift your eyes up to Heaven often; you are invited to take up your cross and follow Jesus Christ. “Through many tribulations one enters the Kingdom of Heaven.”
–Saint Clare of Assisi (1194-1253)
Christians must lean…
Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff when they begin a long journey.
–Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231)
In detachment…
In detachment, the spirit finds quiet and repose for coveting nothing.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
The souls that journeys…
The soul that journeys to God, but doesn’t shake off it’s cares and quiet it’s appetities, is like someone who drags a cart of dirt uphill.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Be detached…
Be interiorly detached from all things and do not seek pleasure in any temporal thing, and your soul will concentrate on goods you do not know.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Speak if you can…
In this way we do not force ourselves to speak to God, for we know that merely to remain close to him is as useful, nay, perhaps more useful to us, though it may be less to our liking. Therefore when you draw near to our Lord speak to him if you can; if you cannot, stay there, let him see you, and do not be anxious about anything else.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
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