What might the heart…
If seeds in the black earth can turn into such beautiful roses, what might the heart of man become in its journey toward the stars.
— GK Chesterton (1874-1936)
Grasp the Creator…
Grasp the Creator through His creation, seeing Him reflected in created things as the sun is reflected in water, since in their inner beings they are in varying degrees images of the primal cause of all.
— Saint Theodoric the Great (475-526)
The hound that…
The hound that runs after the hare only because he sees the other hounds running will rest when he is tired, or go home again. But if he runs because he’s seen the hare, he won’t stop, however tired he gets, until he has caught it.
–Walter Hilton (1340-1396)
Sacred scripture…
For this reason I enter into the pleasant garden of Sacred Scripture, to pick the most brilliant green herbs of sacred verses: I devour them by reading,I repeat them by ruminating, and gathering them at last into the high repose of memory,I taste in this way your sweetness.
–John of Fécamp (d. 1079)
Holy scripture flows…
The stream of holy Scripture flows not from human research but from revelation by God… From him, through his Son Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit flows into us; and through the Holy Spirit, giving, at will, different gifts to different people, comes the gift of faith, and through faith Jesus Christ has his dwelling in our hearts.
–Saint Bonaventure (1221-1274)
Suffering and help…
A seed will not grow without earth and water; and a man will not develop without voluntary suffering and divine help.
–Saint Mark the Ascetic (Fifth Century)
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