Through contemplation…
Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! And transform your entire being into the image of the Godhead Itself through contemplation.
–Saint Clare of Assisi (1194-1253)
On the wings of Contemplation…
The birds are the saints, who fly to heaven on the wings of contemplation, who are so removed from the world that they have no business on earth. They do not labor, but by contemplation alone they already live in heaven.
–Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231)
Difficulties in prayer…
Do not be either astonished or discouraged at the difficulties you find in prayer. Only be constant and submissive, and God will be pleased with you.
–Saint Claude de la Colombiere (1641-1682)
The quiet presence of God…
Faith makes us open to the quiet presence of God at every moment of our lives, in every person and in every situation.
–Pope Francis (1936-
Without passion in their hearts…
Those who believe that they believe in God, but without passion in their hearts, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, without an element of despair even in their consolation, believe only in the God idea, not in God himself.
–Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936)
To become an instrument…
In order to become an instrument in God’s hands, we must be of no account in our own eyes.
–Saint Angela Merici (1474-1540)
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