Adversity, Love (others), Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
You should regard the person that tries your patience as a treasure. Look upon her with an affectionate eye, as an instrument which God uses to clothe your soul with a garment of gold and pearls; that is, with the virtues, and especially with the patience, the silence, and the meekness of Christ. Oh, how much I cherish the trials which come to you through that person! Do not defend yourself, do not speak, or, if you say anything, let it be to excuse her and honor her. When you pass by her, bow your head respectfully as before an instrument in the paternal hand of God.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
Grace, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
You are one with Jesus as the members are one with the head, so you must have with him one spirit, one soul, one life, one will, one intention, one heart. It is he himself who is to be spirit, heart, love, life, everything for you. In the life of a Christian all these marvels have their origin in baptism, are increased and strengthened by confirmation and the good use of the other graces in which God makes him share, and are perfected above all by the holy Eucharist.
–Saint John Eudes (1601-1689)
Grace, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
God is so good that he never ceases to work in our hearts to draw us out of ourselves, out of vain and perishable things, so that we can receive his grace and give ourselves wholly to him.
–Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)
Charity, Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
True virtue has no limits, but goes on and on, and especially holy charity, which is the virtue of virtues, and which having a definite object, would become infinite if it could meet with a heart capable of infinity.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Abandonment (of self), Death, Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
We are preparing ourselves for the time, which will come very soon, when we shall find ourselves at the end of our journey and shall be drinking of living water from the fountain I have described. Unless we make a total surrender of our will to the Lord, and put ourselves in His hands so that He may do in all things what is best for us in accordance with His will, He will never allow us to drink of it.
–Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582)
Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life), Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
All I want is that we should know and abide with the Person with Whom we are speaking, and not turn our backs upon Him; for that, it seems to me, is what we are doing when we talk to God and yet think of all kinds of vanity. The whole mischief comes from our not really grasping the fact that He is near us, and imagining Him far away — so far, that we shall have to go to Heaven in order to find Him.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
