Risk all for God…
Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
God does not give…
God does not give Himself wholly to us until He sees that we are giving ourselves wholly to Him.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
The greater our eagerness…
If our Lord has promised to be with his faithful people every day, we can expect him to be even closer to us on the day of his birth. The greater our eagerness to serve him, the more we shall perceive his presence among us.
–Saint Odilo of Cluny (c.962-1049)
No perfect prayer…
There is no perfect prayer if the solitary perceives that he is praying.
–attributed to St. Anthony of Egypt (251-356) by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877–1964)
Self denial is worth…
One secret act of self-denial, one sacrifice of inclination to duty, is worth all the mere good thoughts, warm feelings, passionate prayers, in which idle people indulge themselves.
— Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
Death is not…
We all now live and walk in the shadow of death, for death is not across the seas, but is right behind each of us.
— Saint Anthony of Egypt (c. 251-356)
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