Because being one with Christ is our sanctity, and progressively becoming one with him our happiness on earth, the love of the cross no way contradicts being a joyful child of God.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
— Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Prayer is a sovereign remedy, it lifts the mind to God, Who is our only Joy and Consolation.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Don’t desire well if you do not have. Don’t attach your heart too closely to what you already have.
— Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
We must fast with our whole heart, that is to say, willing, wholeheartedly, universally and entirely.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
