The world is in a bad state…
Truly, matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in earnest to reform ourselves, a really good beginning will have been made.
–Saint Peter of Alcantara (1499-1562)
When we say, “Hallowed be…”
We say “Hallowed be Your name” not that we wish for God that He may be hallowed by our prayers, but that we beseech of Him that His name may be hallowed in us.
–Saint Cyprian of Carthage (c. 200-258)
We are so loved by God…
For we are so preciously loved by God that we cannot even comprehend it. No created being can ever know how much and how sweetly and tenderly God loves them. It is only with the help of his grace that we are able to persevere in spiritual contemplation with endless wonder at his high, surpassing, immeasurable love which our Lord in his goodness has for us.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
The Holy Spirit alone teaches…
Other people may teach us how to seek God, and angels, how to adore him, but the Holy Spirit alone teaches how to find him, possess him and enjoy him. The Spirit himself is the anxious quest of the one who truly seeks, he is the devotion of the one who adores in spirit and truth, he is the wisdom of the one who finds, the love of the one who possesses, the gladness of the one who enjoys.
–William of Saint-Thierry (1085-1148)
With God…
With God nothing is empty of meaning, nothing without symbolism.
–Saint Irenaeus (late 2nd Century)
Entrust all your life…
Who else is good apart from God? So, entrust all your life to him and all will be well with you.
–Evagrius Ponticus (345-399)
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