The present moment is always full of infinite treasure. It contains far more than you can possibly grasp. Faith is the measure of its riches: what you find in the present moment is according to the measure of your faith. Love also is the measure: the more the heart loves, the more it rejoices in what God provides.
–Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751)
Let us throw ourselves into the ocean of his goodness, where every failing will be canceled and anxiety turned into love.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
As the wax which we place near the fire assumes any form we wish to give it, so the loving soul ought to obey as soon as her Beloved has spoken.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
If your eternal salvation depended on yourself alone, you would have serious cause for alarm, but since it is in the hands of your heavenly Father, what have you to fear? My hopes rest on the Passion of Jesus and on the dolors of Mary.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
Let everything in creation draw you to God. Refresh your mind with some innocent recreation and needful rest, if it were only to saunter through the garden or the fields, listening to the sermon preached by the flowers, the trees, the meadows, the sun, the sky, and the whole universe. You will find that they exhort you to love and praise God; that they excite you to extol the greatness of the Sovereign Architect Who has given them their being.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts God can do all things.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
