Open the doors of the heart…
Near as the body is to the soul, the Lord is nearer, to come and open the locked doors of the heart, and to bestow on us the riches of heaven.
–Saint Macarius the Great (c. 300-391)
Persevere in prayer…
Do not be upset if you do not immediately receive what you asked God to give you. The Lord wants to give you greater things than you have even thought to pray for – to teach you to persevere in prayer.
–Evagrius Ponticus (345-399)
Recognize the grace of God…
When one man helps another by word or deed, let them both recognize in this the grace of God.
–Saint Mark the Ascetic (Fifth Century)
The quiet presence of God…
Faith makes us open to the quiet presence of God at every moment of our lives, in every person and in every situation.
–Pope Francis (1936-
It is on humble souls…
It is on humble souls that God pours down His fullest light and grace. He teaches what scholars cannot learn, and mysteries that the wisest cannot solve He can make plain to them.
–Saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660)
And so the grace…
And so the grace of God always co-operates with our will for its advantage, and in all things, protects and defends it, in such a way as sometimes even to require and look for some efforts of good will from it that it may not appear to confer its gifts on one who is asleep or relaxed in sluggish ease.
–Saint John Cassian (c. 360-435)
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