An occupied heart…
God does not fit in an occupied heart.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
A soul truly united…
A soul that is truly united to God is not conscious of itself; it neither sees, nor loves itself, nor anyone else, but keeps its thoughts on God alone, not on any creature.
— Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Our God delights…
As a mother delights in taking her child on her knees, in caressing and feeding him, so does our God delight in treating with love and tenderness those souls who give themselves entirely to Him, and place all their hopes in His goodness and bounty.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
A sick man…
A sick man should make God a present of his will; and if it turns out that he has to suffer for a long time, he must submit to the Divine Will.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Will what God…
To will everything that God wills, and to will it always, in all circumstances and without reservations: that is the kingdom of God which is entirely within.
–François Fénèlon (1651-1715)
No will but God’s will…
If a man truly loves God, and has no will but to do God’s will, the whole force of the river Rhine may run at him, and will not disturb him nor break his peace. If we find outward things a danger and disturbance, it comes from our appropriating to ourselves what is God’s.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
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