What the gift of love gives us is the chance to become in truth what we celebrate as a mystery in the sacrifice.
–Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe (Fifth — Sixth Century)
And here the first word that I wish to say to you: joy! Do not be men and women of sadness: a Christian can never be sad! Never give way to discouragement! Ours is not a joy born of having many possessions, but of having encountered a Person: Jesus, in our midst.
–Pope Francis (1936-
Everything that happens is a message to me of God’s great love for my soul.
–Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880–1906)
If we have become servants of him who redeemed us, we look to him who rules over us; no longer do we live for ourselves but for him who acquired us when he exchanged his life (1Cor 6.20). No longer are we masters of ourselves but he who purchased us is the Lord of his own possessions and we are his own property.Therefore, the law of our life is his governing will.
–Saint Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335 – c. 395)
Let your one worry be that you never fall away from His grace and that you try to please Him alone, always and everywhere.
–Saint Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621)
