The great flood of divine love never ceases. Instead, it flows on and on without stopping. It flows on and on effortlessly and sweetly and without failing until, finally, our tiny vessel becomes full and spills over.
–Mechthild of Magdeburg (1208-1282)
Like billowing clouds, like the incessant gurgle of the brook, the longing of the soul can never be stilled.
–Saint Hildegarde of Bingen (1098-1179)
God is never sought in vain, even when God cannot be found.
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
It is better to say one Our Father fervently and devoutly than a thousand with no devotion and full of distraction.
–Saint Edmund (c. 841-868)
Unfurl the sails, and let God steer us where He will.
–Venerable Bede (c. 673-735)
Don’t be anxious about what you have, but about what you are!
–Saint Gregory the Great (c. 540-604)
