Choose some saints…
Choose some particular saints that you may enter more deeply into their spirit and imitate them, and have a special confidence in their intercession.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
When you are sick…
When you are sick offer to Christ our Lord all your pains, your suffering, and your langur, and beseech Him to unite them to those He bore for you.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Suffer and offer up…
Suffer and offer up those trifling injuries, those petty inconveniences, that daily befall you. This toothache, this headache, this cold, this contempt, or that scorn. All these small sacrifices, being accepted and embraced with love, are highly pleasing to the Divine Goodness, who for a single cup of cold water has promised a sea of perfect bliss for His faithful.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
How black darkness is…
One must have passed through the tunnel to understand how black its darkness is.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Love our nothingness…
We must love our nothingness and think only of the ALL which is infinitely lovable.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Holiness consists in…
Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
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