As God sees fit…
God is both light and darkness to each one as he sees fit. If he is darkness to you, seek nothing else.
–Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)
Dissolve into the ocean of divinity…
To feel God’s presence so intimately and powerfully, so that you are no longer aware of yourself is to have that little drop of water, self, dissolve in the ocean of divinity.
–Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)
Mortification without…
As birds cannot soar on high with only one wing, neither should the soul persuade herself that she can rise aloft to God by mortification unless it be accompanied by prayer. Mortification without prayer is useless toil, and prayer without mortification is like meat without salt: it soon corrupts. Hence the soul must provide herself with both wings if her flight is to be towards the courts of heaven where her heart ought to find its full content in converse with God.
–Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)
Saints contemplate to love…
The saints do not contemplate to know, but to love. They do not love for the sake of loving but for the love of Him whom they love… For them, the end of ends is not to bring exultation to their intellect and nature and thus stop at themselves. It is to do the will of Another, to contribute to the good of the Good. They do not seek their own soul. They lose it.
–Jacques Maritain (1882–1973)
Live as if dying…
Live each day as if dying.
–Saint Anthony of Egypt (c. 251-356)
Time to relax…
If we push ourselves beyond measure we will break; it is right for us from time to time to relax our efforts.
–Saint Anthony of Egypt (c. 251-356)
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