It was to a virgin woman…
It was to a virgin woman that the birth of the Son of God was announced. It was to a fallen woman that his resurrection was announced.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Receive that gift…
The deeper our faith, the stronger our hope, the greater our desire, the larger will be our capacity to receive that gift, which is very great indeed. No eye has seen it; it has no color. No ear has heard it; it has no sound. It has not entered man’s heart; man’s heart must enter into it.
— Saint Augustine (354-430)
God’s goodness…
God’s supreme goodness, mighty love, and fatherly care are more ready freely to bestow perfection on us than we are to seek it out.
— Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
God can work through anyone…
I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Grace is the…
Grace is the mastery of truth, the teacher of discipline, the light of the heart, the comforter of affliction, the banisher of sorrow, the nurse of devotion.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
Grace of God…
When the grace of God comes to us we can do all things, but when it leaves us, we become poor and weak, abandoned, as it were, to affliction. Yet, in this condition we should not become dejected or despair. On the contrary, we should calmly await the will of God and bear whatever befalls us in praise of Jesus Christ; for after winter comes the summer, after night comes the day, and after the storm, a great calm.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
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