God is almighty…
God is always almighty; He can at all times work miracles, and He would work them now as in the days of old were it not that faith is lacking!
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Impure speech is…
The man of impure speech is a person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to vomit its impurities upon the earth.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Without expectation, do something for love itself, not for what you may receive. Love in action is what gives us grace. We have been created for greater things – to love and to be loved. Love is love – to love a person without any conditions, without any expectations. Small things, done in great love, bring joy and peace. To love, it is necessary to give. To give, it is necessary to be free from selfishness.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
This spiritual food…
Oh, did spiritual persons but know how much good and what great abundance of spirit they lose through not seeking to raise up their desires above childish things, and how in this simple spiritual food they would find the sweetness of all things, if they desired not to taste those things (passing diversions and distractions)! But such food gives them no pleasure.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Obey when we…
It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
We cannot expect too much…
We cannot expect too much from God, for with him it is as easy to perform as to will.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
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