Adversity, Discipleship, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
There will always be many who love Christ’s heavenly kingdom, but few who will bear his cross. Many are eager to be happy with him; few wish to suffer anything for him. Many love Christ as long as they encounter no hardship; many praise and bless him as long as they receive some comfort from him. But if Jesus hides himself and leaves them for a while, they either start complaining or become dejected. Those, on the contrary, who love him for his own sake and not for any comfort of their own, praise him both in trial and anguish of heart as well as in the bliss of consolation. Even if Jesus should never comfort them, they would continue to praise and thank him. What power there is in a pure love for Jesus – love that is free from all self-interest and self-love.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
Discipleship, John Vianney (1786-1859), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
You cannot please both God and the world at the same time, They are utterly opposed to each other in their thoughts, their desires, and their actions.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Discipleship, John Vianney (1786-1859), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
We must never lose sight of the fact that we are either saints or outcasts, that we must love for Heaven or for Hell; there is no middle path in this.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Discipleship, Gregory Nazianzen (329-c. 391), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Repentance
Do not delay in coming to grace, but hasten, lest the robber outstrip you, lest the adulterer pass you by, lest the insatiate be satisfied before you, lest the murderer seize the blessing first, or the publican or the fornicator.
–Saint Gregory Nazianzen (329-c. 391)
Discipleship, Gregory Nazianzen (329-c. 391), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
Let us not esteem worldly prosperity or adversity as things real or of any moment, but let us live elsewhere, and raise all our attention to Heaven; esteeming sin as the only true evil, and nothing truly good, but virtue which unites us to God.
–Saint Gregory Nazianzen (329-c. 391)
Detachment, Discipleship, Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
If you want to know what God requires of you, you must first of all put aside all affection and preference for one thing rather than another.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
