God can’t come, if…
God, whose love and joy are present everywhere,
can’t come to visit you unless you aren’t there.
–Angelus Silesius (1624-1677)
When reckoning comes…
Since, when the hour of reckoning comes, you will be sorry for not having used this time in the service of God, why do you not arrange and use it now as you would wish to have done were you dying?
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
The path is plain…
Though the path is plain and smooth for people of good will, those who walk it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty if they do not have good feet, courage, and tenacity of spirit.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Never give up prayer…
Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason: God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
The least of all…
Preserve a habitual remembrance of eternal life, recalling that those who hold themselves the lowest and poorest and least of all will enjoy the highest dominion and glory in God.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Love gives all for all…
Love flies, runs, leaps for joy; it is free and unrestrained. Love gives all for all, resting in One who is highest above all things, from whom every good flows and proceeds. Love does not regard the gifts, but turns to the Giver of all good gifts. Love knows no limits, but ardently transcends all bounds. Love feels no burden, takes no account of toil, attempts things beyond its strength; love sees nothing as impossible, for it feels able to achieve all things. Love therefore does great things; it is strange and effective; while he who lacks love faints and fails.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
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