The detracting tongue…
No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
Truth and love…
Do not accept anything as truth that lacks love and do not accept anything as love which lacks truth. One without the other is a destructive lie.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
Whoever surrenders unconditionally…
Whoever surrenders unconditionally to the Lord will be chosen by him as an instrument for building his kingdom.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
When you receive Holy Communion…
When you have received Holy Communion, close your bodily eyes so that you may open the eyes of your soul.Then look upon Jesus in the center of your heart.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Never dwell upon anything wrong…
God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Rooted in love…
Our life is all grounded and rooted in love, and without love we may not live.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
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