It is God’s way…
God is more anxious to bestow His blessings on us than we are to receive them. For it is not God’s way that great blessings should descend without the sacrifice first of great sufferings.
— Saint Augustine (354-430)
True Church of Christ…
Do you wish to know which is the true church of Christ? Count those priests who, in a regular succession have succeeded Saint Peter, who is the Rock, which the gates of hell will not prevail.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
When we sin…
We should be displeased with ourselves when we commit sin, for sin is displeasing to God. Sinful though we are, let us at least be like God in this, that we are displeased at what displeases him.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Put our confidence…
We must do all that lies in our power; we must give without counting the cost; we must constantly renounce ourselves. In one word, we must prove our love by all the good works we can perform; but, since all that we can do is very little, it is of the greatest importance that we put our confidence in Him who alone sanctifies those works and that we recognize that we are indeed useless servants, hoping that the good Lord will give us through grace all that we desire.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Love can do all…
You ask me a method of attaining perfection. I know of love – and only love. Love can do all things.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Our nothingness…
The very moment God sees us fully convinced of our nothingness, He reaches out His hand to us.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
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