Every Christian must be a living book wherein one can read the teaching of the gospel. This is what Saint Paul says to the Corinthians, ‘Clearly you are a letter of Christ which I have delivered, a letter written not with ink, but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh in the heart’ (2 Cor. 3:3).
— Saint Joseph of Leonessa (1556-1622)
What matters most is a good and ready will to obey God.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Our greatest fault is that we wish to serve God in our way, not in His way — according to our will, not according to His will…. To be truly a saint, it is necessary to be one according to the will of God.
— Saint Frances de Sales (1567-1622)
All those who are willing to be saved through the cross will find salvation there. But those who desire to be saved without it will perish miserably. There is no salvation except in this cross.
— Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
— Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
