A sinner cannot outrage the Deity more than by despairing of divine mercy on account of the number and enormity of his crimes; for God’s clemency is far greater than the iniquity and guilt of an entire world . . . Of God’s mercy never despair.
–Venerable Blosius (1506-1566)
You say you see no reason why we should pray to the Saints since God can hear us and help us just as well, and will do so gladly, as any Saint in Heaven. Well, then, what need, I ask, do you have to ask any physician to help your fever, or to ask and pay any surgeon to heal your sore leg? For God can both hear you and help you as well as the best of doctors. He loves you more than they do, and He can help you sooner. Besides—–His poultices are cheaper and He will give you more for your words alone than they will for your money!
–Saint Thomas More (1478-1535)
If you want cure your soul, you need four things.
–Saint Kosmas Airolos (c. 1714 – 1779)
Fire cannot last long in water, nor can a shameful thought in a heart that loves God. For every man who loves God suffers gladly, and voluntary suffering is by nature the enemy of sensual pleasure.
–Saint Kosmas Aitolos (c.1714 – 1779)
First of all it must be understood that it is the duty of all Christians – especially of those whose calling dedicates them to the spiritual life – to strive always and in every way to be united with God, their creator, lover, benefactor, and their supreme good, by Whom and for Whom they were created. This is because the center and the final purpose of the soul, which God created, must be God Himself alone, and nothing else – God whom Whom the soul has received its life and its nature, and for Whom it must eternally live.
–Saint Dimitry of Rostov (1651-1709)
Go courageously to God, along the way He has traced out for you, steadfastly embracing the means He offers you.
–Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647- 1690)
