We will have to labor hard, to sweat, to die: but the thought that one sweats and dies for love of Jesus Christ and the salvation of the most abandoned souls in the world, is far too sweet for us to desist from this great enterprise.
–Saint Daniel Comboni (1831-1881)
The problem is not that Christianity has been tried and found wanting, but rather that it’s been found difficult and never tried.
–GK Chesterton (1874-1936)
It is to the Cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master:
no path of redemption can make a detour around it.
–Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988)
The love of the Cross in no way contradicts being a joyful child of God. Helping Christ carry His Cross fills one with a strong and pure joy, and those who may and can do so, the builders of God’s kingdom, are the most authentic children of God.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
We are called to heal and to liberate. This healing power in us will not come from our capacities and our riches, but in and through our poverty. We are called to discover that God can bring peace, compassion, and love through our wounds.
–Jean Vanier (1928-
Lord Jesus, without reserve, without an if, without a but, without exception, without limitation, may thy holy will be done in all things, at all times.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
