The day of my death will be…
The day of my death will be the most beautiful day of my life.
–Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901–1925)
God is whispering…
There is hardly ever a complete silence in our soul. God is whispering to us well-nigh incessantly. Whenever the sounds of the world die out of the soul, or sink low, Then we hear these whisperings of God.
–Frederick Faber (1814-1863)
Listening is being…
Listening is being silent with another person in an active way. It is silently bearing with another person. Some people are silent, but they are not open and active. They are either asleep or dead within themselves. The true listener is one who is quiet and yet sensitive toward another person, open and active, receptive and alive. Listening is participating in another life in a most creative and powerful way. It is neither coercive nor pushy. Rather, it is bearing one another’s burdens.
–Morton Kelsey (1917-2001)
Hearing with the soul…
The awakening of the spiritual senses can happen to all of us. We are all capable of ‘hearing with the soul.’
–Saint Hildegarde of Bingen (1098-1179)
The worst wolves…
The worst wolves in sheep’s clothing are the heretics and then, bad prelates.
–Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
Tell God everything…
If He gives me some task I am content and I thank Him. If he gives me nothing, I still thank Him. Since I do not deserve to receive anything more than that, and then I tell God everything that is in my heart. I tell him about my pains and my joys, and then I listen. If you listen, God will also speak to you. For with the good Lord, you have to both speak and listen. God always speaks to you when you approach him plainly and simply.
–Saint Catherine Laboure (1806-1876)
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