Give to someone…
It would be considered a theft on our part if we didn’t give to someone in greater need than we are.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181 – 1226)
Hold back nothing…
Hold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves so that He who gives Himself totally to you may receive you totally.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Eyes on Christ…
As no darkness can be seen by anyone surrounded by light, so no trivialities can capture the attention of anyone who has his eyes on Christ. The man who keeps his eyes upon the head and origin of the whole universe has them on virtue in all its perfection; he has them on truth, on justice, on immortality and on everything else that is good, for Christ is goodness itself.
–Saint Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335- c. 395)
Choose God…
Only He is worth struggling towards. We have a choice to follow the way the world, of the society that surrounds us, and thereby find ourselves outside of God; or to choose the way of life, to choose God Who calls us and for Whom our heart is searching.
–Blessed Seraphim of Platina (1934-1982)
To serve God or not…
It is within my power either to serve God or not to serve Him. Serving Him, I add to my own good and the good of the whole world. Not serving Him, I forfeit my own good and deprive the world of that good, which was in my power to create.
–Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
Correct our faults…
It is not enough to acknowledge our faults; we must correct them.
–Saint Mother Theodore Guerin (1798-1856)
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