The very devout…
Those who are simply upright men and women walk in the way of the Lord, but the devout run along it; and when they are very devout, they fly.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Love is great…
Love is a great thing so long as it continually returns to its fountainhead, flows back to its source, always drawing from there the water which constantly replenishes it. Of all the movements, sensations and feelings of the soul, love is the only one in which the creature can respond to the Creator and make some sort of similar return however unequal though it be. For when God loves, all he desires is to be loved in return; the sole purpose of his love is to be loved, in the knowledge that those who love him are made happy by their love of him.
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Fretting instead of…
It is such folly to pass one’s time fretting, instead of resting quietly on the heart of Jesus.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
The sole happiness…
The sole happiness upon earth consists in hiding oneself and remaining in total ignorance of created things.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Our morning prayers…
Never forget that it is at the beginning of each day that God has the necessary grace for the day ready for us. He knows exactly what opportunities we shall have to sin, and will give us everything we need if we ask him then. That is why the devil does all he can to prevent us from saying our morning prayers or to make us say them badly.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Only happiness in prayer…
We can only find our happiness on earth in loving God, and we can only love Him in prayer to Him. We see that Jesus Christ, to encourage us often to have recourse to Him through prayer, promises never to refuse us anything if we pray for it as we should. But there is no need to go looking for elaborate and roundabout ways of showing you that we should pray often, for you have only to open your catechism and you will see there that the duty of every good Christian is to pray morning and evening and often during the day — that is to say, always.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
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