[God] did not say ‘You shall not be tempest-tossed, you shall not be work-weary, you shall not be discomforted’. But he did say, ‘You shall not be overcome.’ God wants us to heed these words so that we shall always be strong in trust, both is sorrow and in joy.
— Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
And if we can our blindness and weakness should it any time fall,,, we should quickly rise… and go at once to God in love; not on the one hand crawling abjectly as if we were in despair, nor, on the other, being over-bold as if we thought it did not matter.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
A man can never learn what divine power is while he abides in comfort and spacious living.
–Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
If you love truth, be a lover of silence. Silence, like the sunlight will illuminate you in God.
–Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
Reflect that God requires nothing else of us except that we show our neighbors the love we have for God.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
