Creation, Gregory Nazianzen (329-c. 391), Love, Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
Let us put into practice the supreme and primary law of God. He sends down rain on just and sinful alike, and causes the sun to rise on all without distinction. To all earth’s creatures he has given the broad earth, the springs, the rivers and the forests. He has given the air to the birds, and the waters to those who live in the water. He has given abundantly to all the basic needs of life, not as a private possession, not restricted by law, not divided by boundaries, but as common to all, amply and in rich measure. His gifts are not deficient in any way, because he wanted to give equality of blessing to equality of worth, and to show the abundance of his generosity.
–Saint Gregory Nazianzen (329-c. 391)
Love, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
Fear of torment is the way of a slave, desire of reward in the heavenly kingdom is the way of a hireling, but God’s way is that of a son, through love.
–Saint Nikodemos the Hagiorite (1749-1809)
Love, Page: Quotes, Pio (1887-1968), Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
Continue to love Jesus and make an effort to love Him more and more, without desiring to know anything else.
–Saint Pio (1887-1968)
Love, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
We are to love God, then, because he loved us first. [1 Jn 4:19] The Passion on Calvary is a supreme declaration of love. It was to redeem us that you suffered so much, O Jesus. The least of your acts has infinite worth, since it is one of God’s acts, and would have been more than ample enough to redeem a thousand worlds, to redeem all possible worlds. But you suffered so much because you wanted to make us holy, to bear our burdens and to draw us into loving you freely. Loving is the most powerful way to attract love, loving is the most powerful way to make oneself loved. It is impossible for us to love him and not imitate him, to love him and not want to be the way he was, do what he did, suffer and die in torment because he suffered and died in torment. It is impossible to love him and want to be crowned with roses when he was crowned with thorns. We must love him as he has loved us.
–Blessed Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916)
Augustine (354-430), Love, Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Spiritual (life)
To fall in love with God is the greatest of all romances; to seek him, the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Adversity, Love, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
The more a person loves God, the more reason he has to hope in Him. This hope produces in the Saints an unutterable peace, which they preserve even in adversity, because as they love God, and know how beautiful He is to those who love Him, they place all their confidence and find all their repose in Him alone.
–Saint Alphonsus de Liguori (1696-1787)
