Abandonment (of self), Blessed Virgin Mary, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
Let us renounce our own human views to take on Mary’s, and so be led by her Spirit in all things. Let us adopt her outlook, her thoughts in everything. Let us not allow our natural inclinations to creep in.
–Venerable Edel Quinn (1907-1944)
Abandonment (of self), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
I can only become perfectly free by serving the will of God.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
Abandonment (of self), Grace, Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Spiritual (life), Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
To give ourselves fully to God is a means of receiving God himself.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Abandonment (of self), Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
Commit yourself then to God! He will be your guide. He Himself will travel with you, as we are told He did with the Israelites, to bring them step by step across the desert to the promised land. Ah! what will be your blessedness, if you will but surrender yourself into the hands of God, permitting Him to do whatever He will, not according to your desires, but according to His own good pleasure?
–François Fénèlon (1651-1715)
Abandonment (of self), Acceptance, Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
We must offer ourselves to God like a clean, smooth canvas and not worry ourselves about what God may choose to paint on it, but at each moment, feel only the stroke of His brush.
–Jean Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751)
Abandonment (of self), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
Lay all your cares about the future trustingly in God’s hands, and let yourself be guided by the Lord just like a little child.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
