Acceptance, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
There is no doubt that at times we ourselves can be our own worst enemies. Maybe it’s because our self-love makes us see little mosquitoes as if they were elephants, or perhaps it might be that we lack submission to the will of God. I do know that this happens when we neglect prayer, mortification, and humility, but if we ask Our Lord for these virtues, we will receive them. I want you to be happy, at peace in all circumstances of your life, offering Our Lord your sorrows and your joys because everything comes from His loving hand for the good of our souls.
–Blessed Luisitia Josefa (1866-1937)
Acceptance, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
My child, try to see all things as coming from God. Receive everything that happens with serenity. Humble yourself, asking Him to do everything for you and continue working with tranquility for the good of your own soul which is the most urgent thing for you to do. Look to God, your soul, and eternity, and for all the rest, do not preoccupy yourself. For greater things you were born.
–Blessed Luisitia Josefa (1866-1937)
Acceptance, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Sainthood
If you embrace all things in this life as coming from the hands of God, and even embrace death to fulfill His holy will, assuredly you will die a saint.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
Acceptance, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
If we have any natural defect, either in mind or body, let us not grieve and feel sorry for ourselves. Who can tell whether, if we had been given a larger share of ability or stronger health, or greater wealth, we would have possessed them to the destruction of our soul!
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
Acceptance, Page: Quotes
Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not… We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.
–Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
Acceptance, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
Someone filled with resentment and unhappiness, bitter that life is not as it should be, will be deeply disillusioned. On the other hand, people who are glad for what they have received, and thank God for what befalls them will receive still more, until finally being overwhelmed by God’s generosity.
–Jacques Philippe (1947-
