Human weakness cannot…
Human weakness cannot upset the plans of divine omnipotence. A divine master-builder can work even with falling stones.
–Michael Von Faulhaber (1869-1952)
Grace is God…
Grace is God himself, his loving energy at work within his church and within our souls.
— Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941)
God has done…
I have done nothing but open windows- God has done all the rest.
–Frank Laubach (1884-1970)
Seek God’s grace…
If you ask how such things (mystical experiences) can occur, seek the answer in God’s grace, not in doctrine; in the longing of the will, not in the understanding; in the sighs of prayer, not in research; seek the bridegroom not the teacher; God and not man; darkness not daylight; and look not to the light but rather to the raging fire that carries the soul to God with intense fervour and glowing love.
–Saint Bonaventure (1090-1153)
God calls us…
For the salvation of our souls God in his goodness calls us to the joys of everlasting blessedness.
–Ambrosiaster (Fourth Century)
Grace warms through love…
When we consider the properties of fire, we realize that it is an accurate description of grace. Fire has brightness in appearance, warmness of effect, quickness of movement. In the same way, grace shines because of knowledge, warms through love, enkindles –and moves as a result of prayerfulness. Grace shines because of the knowledge through which God provides light for our eyes and shows us the path stretching homewards… Grace warms through love. It is through love that God arouses our hearts… Grace stretches and moves upwards as a result of prayerfulness which lifts the heart towards higher aims… Without this fire, there is no life. Consequently everyone should exert himself in order to possess this.
–Saint Bonaventure (1221-1274)
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