We live and are…
It is not that which we say, but that which we live. It is not what we do, but what we are.
–Gabriela Papayannis (1897-1992)
The spiritually advanced…
The spiritually advanced person is the one who arrives at a place of no identity and who has understood in his depths that whatever happens is the will of God or by the permission of God.
–Gabriela Papayannis (1897-1992)
We come to confession…
We come to confession quite preoccupied with the shame that we shall feel. We accuse ourselves with hot air. It is said that many confess, and few are converted.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
By the grace of God…
I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am.
— John Newton (1725-1807)
God always and in everything…
Not the goods of the world, but God. Not riches, but God. Not honors, but God. Not distinction, but God. Not dignities, but God. Not advancement, but God. God always and in everything.
–Saint Vincent Pallotti (1795-1850)
God’s way is love…
Fear of torment is the way of a slave, desire of reward in the heavenly kingdom is the way of a hireling, but God’s way is that of a son, through love.
–Saint Nikodemos the Hagiorite (1749-1809)
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