You ask then how I knew He was present, when His ways can in no way be traced? He is life and power, and as soon as He enters in, He awakens my slumbering soul; He stirs and soothes and pierces my heart, for before it was hard as stone, and diseased.
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
God’s mercy is kind. God gives divine, abundant grace to those who love Him. God’s limitless goodness has comforted me, his servant, and–look!–the Lord’s hands are still reaching out to comfort me.
–Elisabeth of Schönau (1129-1165)
Blessed is the one who takes no more pride in the good that God says and does through him than in that which He says and does through someone else.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Whoever curses a poor man does an injury to Christ, whose noble image he wears – the image of Him who made Himself poor for us in this world.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
No man can attain to the knowledge of God but by humility. The way to mount high is to descend.
–Blessed Giles of Assisi (1190-1262)
No one can be excused for not having and finding divine grace… The most bountiful God distributes his grace abundantly to all, that is, to all who wish and seek it.
–Saint Angela of Foligno (1248-1309)
