As for meditation, I would like you to be a disciple of prayer, because without prayer there is no habitual union with God. You need a type of prayer which is suited to your temperament, your situation, your inner inclination, consequently, your heart.
–Saint Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868)
A fish that is alive swims against the flow of water. One that is dead floats down with the water. A true Christian goes against the current of sinful age. A false one is swept away by its swiftness.
–Saint Philaret of Moscow (1782-1867)
We seek holiness by the wrong means: sermons, books on mysticism, conversations with spiritual directors who have a great reputation for sanctity . . . we don’t need all that! Meditate on the words: “Leave all and you will find all.” What is this all? It is God.
–Saint Madeline Sophie Barat (1779-1865)
Shouldn’t we gratefully accept both good and bad as coming from the hand of God, for both are inclined to our advantage if we know how to profit from them.
–Saint Madeline Sophie Barat (1779-1865)
Let your heart be more attentive than your head, for the Holy Spirit is love, and to take hold, it is more important to love than to understand.
–Saint Madeline Sophie Barat (1779-1865)
All creatures are balanced upon the creative word of God, as if upon a bridge of diamond; above them is the abyss of the divine infinitude, below them that of their own nothingness.
–Saint Philaret of Moscow (1782-1867)
