Hold your eyes on God…
Hold your eyes on God and leave the doing to him. That is all the doing you have to worry about.
–Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)
In prayer, never let go…
In prayer one must hold fast and never let go, because the one who gives up loses all. If it seems that no one is listening to you, then cry out even louder. If you are driven out of one door, go back in by the other.
–Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)
Being content either way…
[W]e must be as satisfied to be powerless, idle and still before God, and dried up and barren when He permits it, as to be full of life, enjoying His presence with ease and devotion. The whole matter of our union with God consists in being content either way.
–Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)
If we patiently accept…
If we patiently accept through love all that God allows to happen, then we will begin to taste even here on earth something of the delights the saints experience in heaven. But for this we must serve God willingly and lovingly, seeking to obey the Divine Will rather than to follow our own inclinations and desires. For the perfection of love demands that we desire for ourselves only whatever God wills. Let us implore the good God unceasingly to grant us this grace!
–Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)
Commit everything to God…
No matter what others say or do, even if the wicked succeed, do not be troubled: commit everything to God and put your trust in him.
–Saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660)
Knowing and loving God…
What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.
–Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
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