Acceptance, Grace, Page: Quotes
It is true that it is by God’s grace that we are what we are and by God’s grace we have been preserved from countless calamities of our own making. Even though we fall short of our own hopes and expectations, it is by God’s grace that we are what we are. God has a plan for us, of which we have only the sketchiest knowledge. Let us allow God to get on with the work and not delay its outcome either by taking credit for what meets with our approval or by becoming downcast when we are plunged into the mystery of our own resistance.
–Michael Casey (1942-
Love, Page: Quotes
Nothing sweeter than love, nothing stronger or higher or wider, nothing is more pleasant, nothing fuller, and nothing better in heaven or on earth, for love is born of God and cannot rest except in God.
–Saint Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471)
Love, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.
–Saint Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471)
Humility, Page: Quotes
Humility consists in considering oneself to be nothing in all circumstances, cutting off one’s will in all things, accusing oneself of everything, and bearing without confusion that which befalls him from without. Such is true humility, in which vainglory finds no place. A humble man doesn’t need to try to show his humility in words, nor does he need to make himself do humble deeds, for both of these lead to vainglory, hinder progress, and cause more harm than good. But when they command anything, it is necessary not to contradict, but to fulfill it with obedience. This is what leads to success.
–Saint John the Prophet (Sixth Century)
Abandonment (of self), Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
Occupy yourself less about yourself and more about God.
–Saint Mother Theodore Guerin (1798-1856)
Discipleship, Grace, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
I knew nothing. I was nothing. For this reason God picked me out.
–Saint Catherine Laboure (1806-1876)
