Kneeling is helpful…
At the time of darkness, more than anything else kneeling is helpful.
— Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)
Find suitable time…
Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths, each according to his own fashion. Not every one is able to engage in contemplative prayer.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
Perfect spiritual love…
To harbor no envy, no anger, no resentment against an offender is still not to have charity for him. It is possible, without any charity, to avoid rendering evil for evil. But to render, spontaneously, good for evil — such belongs to a perfect spiritual love.
–Saint Maximos the Confessor (580-662)
God will help you…
God will help you carry your cross, and will give you strength and grace. God takes our human staff from us and gives us His Cross instead. We must receive it with faith and generosity.
–Saint Joan Antide-Thouret (1765-1826)
Abandon yourself…
Abandon yourself unto His fatherly hands and you will find joy. If we meditate on Christ crucified, our sadness would turn into joy. Ask God that we may have the happiness
of contemplating Him in Heaven.
–Saint Joan Antide-Thouret (1765-1826)
That we may be holy…
God’s plan is that we be holy. Let us not refuse Him anything for love of Him and for our sanctification. No one can sanctify himself without suffering, it is necessary to follow our divine Master. The saints followed Him, and that is what made them arrive in Heaven,
there is no other road.
–Saint Joan Antide-Thouret (1765-1826)
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