Humility is…
Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all virtue.
— Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Dry and empty prayers…
The Lord said in a vision: Pray inwardly, even though you find no joy in it. For it does good, though you feel nothing, see nothing, yes, even though you think you cannot pray. For when you are dry and empty, sick and weak, your prayers please me, though there be little enough to please you. All believing prayer is precious to me.
— Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
Jesus will never…
A mother may sometimes let her child fall and suffer in various ways, so that it may learn by its mistakes. But she will never allow any real harm to come to the child because of her love. And though earthly mothers may not be able to prevent their children from dying, our heavenly mother Jesus will never let us, his children, see death.
— Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
Prayer is laying hold…
Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
— Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
Abide in silence…
Carve out a day every week, or an hour a day, or a moment each hour, and abide in loving silence with the Friend. Feel the frenetic concerns of life in the world fall away, like the last leaves of autumn being lifted from the tree in the arms of a zephyr. Be the bare tree.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Hold fast to God…
Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, who does not change.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
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