Love for neighbor…
He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor.
–Venerable Bede (c. 673-735)
God speaks silently…
God speaks silently, he speaks in your heart; if your heart is noisy, chattering, you will not hear.
–Caryll Houselander (1901-1954)
Hatred toward any…
Whoever sees in himself the traces of hatred toward any man on account of any kind of sin is completely foreign to the love of God. For love toward God does not at all tolerate hatred for man.
–Saint Maximos the Confessor (580-662)
Suffering and trials…
As iron is fashioned by fire and on the anvil, so in the fire of suffering and under the weight of trials, our souls receive that form which our Lord desires them to have.
–Saint Madeline Sophie Barat (1779-1865)
Expect heaven for nothing?
Can you expect to go to Heaven for nothing? Did not our dear Savior track the whole way to it with His Blood and tears?
–Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821)
Without real effort…
Remember then how our fathers worked out their salvation; remember the sufferings through which the Church has grown, and the storms the ship of Peter has weathered because it has Christ on board. Remember how the crown was attained by those whose sufferings gave new radiance to their faith. The whole company of saints bears witness to the unfailing truth that without real effort no one wins the crown.
–Saint Thomas Becket (c. 1118-1170)
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