I am clay…
Turn yourself round like a piece of clay and say to the Lord: I am clay, and you, Lord, the potter. Make of me what you will.
–Saint John of Avila (1500-1569)
Empty your heart…
If you desire Him to dwell in your heart, empty it of yourself and of all creatures.
–Saint John of Ávila (1500-1569)
God always and in everything…
Not the goods of the world, but God. Not riches, but God. Not honors, but God. Not distinction, but God. Not dignities, but God. Not advancement, but God. God always and in everything.
–Saint Vincent Pallotti (1795-1850)
Deny oneself for Christ…
This path to God does not consist in having a multitude of meditations or particular practices, nor in having ecstasies… but rather in the one thing necessary… earnestly to deny oneself interiorly as well as exteriorly, and for Christ’s sake to be ready to suffer and die to self in every respect.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Into the arms of God…
Let us throw ourselves into the arms of God, and be sure that if He wishes anything of us, He will make us good for all He desires us to do for Him.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Learn from the saints…
During our sojourn in this world, we should learn from the saints now in heaven, how to love God. The pure and perfect love of God they enjoy there, consists in uniting themselves perfectly to his will. It would be the greatest delight of the seraphs to pile up sand on the seashore or to pull weeds in a garden for all eternity, if they found out such was God’s will. Our Lord himself teaches us to ask to do the will of God on earth as the saints do it in heaven: “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
— Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
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