Every moment is a grace…
Every breath we draw is a gift of God’s love; every moment of existence is a grace.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
The meaning of life is found…
The meaning of life is found in openness to being and “being present” in full awareness.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
The bitterness of penance…
The sweetness of the apple makes up for the bitterness of the root. The hope of gain makes pleasant the perils of the sea. The expectation of health mitigates the nauseousness of medicine. One who desires the kernel breaks the nut. So one who desires the joy of a holy conscience swallows down the bitterness of penance.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
Walk cautiously and prudently…
Rise up from the sleep of the age. Walk cautiously and prudently. Cast off folly. Take hold of wisdom. In this way you will be able to avoid changing yourself constantly as you walk through the vicissitudes of the times. Rather you will find a unity within yourself even amid the diversity of the times.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
Only one soul, life, and death…
Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life… If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
The truths of sacred scripture…
All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
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