In prayer there is…
In prayer there is nothing to be afraid of, but everything to hope for.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Saying prayers, but not praying…
Anyone who has the habit of speaking before God’s majesty as if he were speaking to a slave, careless about how he is speaking, and saying whatever comes into his head and whatever he’s learned from saying prayers at other times, in my opinion is not praying. Please, God, may no Christian pray in this way.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
In suffering, love…
In suffering, love, and in loving, suffer!
–Blessed Maria Lopez of Jesus (1560-1640)
The holy Church…
All is love’s, and in love, for love, and of love, in the holy Church.
— Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Perfection of life…
Perfection of life is the perfection of love. For love is the life of the soul.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Learn to love by loving…
You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
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