How greatly mistaken…
How greatly mistaken are those who, while thinking themselves to be full of the spirit, are eager for the government of souls!
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Not your will, but His…
God wishes you to have recourse to Him and to make Him the confidant of all your trouble… Do not withdraw yourself from His hands, however painful His remedies may be. Ask Him not to do your will in what He does, but to do His own.
–Saint John of Avila (1500-1569)
One drop from the river…
Were our souls watered with but one drop from the mighty river which flows from the throne of God and the Lamb, it would quench in us all thirst for anything in this world, and remove the aridity and hardness which make us so dry, tepid, and miserable. How grateful should we feel to our Savior for having redeemed us, and blotted out our sins and given us perfect joy instead of sorrow! Suffering, exile, the absence from those we love, the want of things we now think necessary, or other trials would no longer afflict us. So powerful is the fire of the Holy Spirit, that it mounts upwards, and gives us a love and trust in God that no water of sorrow or affliction can extinguish: it remains ever alight; it fills and inflames our hearts, burning away all evil, so that not even death can conquer him whose evil passions it has destroyed.
–Saint John of Avila (1500-1569)
Nothing done or undone…
Nothing whatever should be done or left undone without leave being first asked of God.
–Saint Louis de Blois (1506-1566)
Sin should be avoided…
Occasions of sin should be avoided by means of silence, solitude and constant occupation.
–Saint Louis de Blois (1506-1566)
The soul must be ready…
The soul must be ready to give up willingly all delight that may flow from spiritual exercises.
–Saint Louis de Blois (1506-1566)
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