God wills only our good; God loves us more than anybody else can or does love us. His will is that no one should lose his soul, that everyone should save and sanctify his soul… “This is the will of God, your sanctification.” God has made the attainment of our happiness, his glory. Even chastisements come to us, not to crush us, but to make us mend our ways and save our souls.
— Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
During our sojourn in this world, we should learn from the saints now in heaven, how to love God. The pure and perfect love of God they enjoy there, consists in uniting themselves perfectly to his will. It would be the greatest delight of the seraphs to pile up sand on the seashore or to pull weeds in a garden for all eternity, if they found out such was God’s will. Our Lord himself teaches us to ask to do the will of God on earth as the saints do it in heaven: “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
— Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
I would cross the oceans, I would go to any part of the world, if I knew this to be the will of God.
–Saint Joan Antide-Thouret (1765-1826)
Are you ready to die to yourself, to live with Christ to the end of your life to rise with Him and enjoy Him eternally?
–Saint Joan Antide-Thouret (1765-1826)
Let us love Jesus Christ, let us love Him to the end of our lives and we will be sure to possess Him forever in heaven.
–Saint Joan Antide-Thouret (1765-1826)
If we meditate on Christ crucified we shall find strength enough. It is at the feet of Christ crucified that I draw all of my strength. It is for Him and my neighbor that I suffer.
–Saint Joan Antide-Thouret (1765-1826
