Stay with God…
For now, stay with God, and go with God.
— Saint John of God (1495-1550)
The cross must be borne…
The cross must be borne by everyone who wishes to be saved, in accord with the good pleasure of God the grace He gives them, though all are aiming at the goal, yet each one goes by their own road, as God guides them.
— Saint John of God (1495-1550)
Gradually becomes transformed…
As one sees a river pass into the ocean, lose itself in it, its water for a time distinguished from that of the sea, till it gradually becomes transformed into the same sea, and possesses all its qualities; so was my soul lost in God, who communicated to it His qualities, having drawn it out of all that it had of its own. Its life is an inconceivable innocence, not known or comprehended of those who are still shut up in themselves or only live for themselves.
–Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717)
Unanswered questions and enigmas…
If knowing answers to life’s questions is absolutely necessary to you, then forget the journey. You will never make it, for this is a journey of unknowables—of unanswered questions, enigmas, incomprehensibles, and most of all, things unfair.
–Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717)
Have to be willing…
You don’t have to be worthy; you only have to be willing.
— Saint Pio (1887-1968)
Does not advance…
Ahead! Courage! In the spiritual life the one who does not advance goes backward. It happens with a boat, which must go ahead. If it stands still the wind will blow it back.
— Saint Pio (1887-1968)
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