Live lost in divine love…
Live in the joy and the peace of the divine Majesty. Live lost in divine love. Live for divine love and of divine love.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
Empty that which is to be filled…
Empty that which is to be filled. Consider that God wants to fill you up with honey. But if you are already full of vinegar, where will you put the honey? What was in the vessel must be emptied out, the vessel itself must be washed out and made clean and scoured, hard work though it may be, so that it may be made for something else, whatever it may be.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Difficulty parting with…
Perhaps it is not after all so difficult for a man to part with his possessions, but it is certainly most difficult for him to part with himself. To renounce what one has is a minor thing; but to renounce what one is, that is asking a lot.
–Saint Gregory the Great (c. 540-604)
To conquer himself…
To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Surrender our will…
They deceive themselves who believe that union with God consists in ecstasies or raptures, and in the enjoyment of Him. For it consists in nothing except the surrender and subjection of our will – with our thoughts, words and actions – to the will of God.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Learn to deny yourself…
If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
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