Do the will of God…
Intimacy with the Lord is not a matter of physical kinship; rather, it is achieved by cheerful readiness to do the will of God.
–Saint Basil the Great (329-379)
To think of Jesus…
It is sweet to think of Jesus; but it is sweeter to do His will.
–Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified (1846-1878)
Often repeated ‘Yes’…
Let us establish a permanent Spring season in our heart through ‘yes’ often repeated to all of God’s permissions and wills.
–Saint Francesca Salesia Aviat (1844-1914)
Being at home in the world…
The entirely comfortable being-at-home in the world, the satiety of pleasures that it offers, the demand for these pleasures and the matter-of-course consent to these demands – all of this that human nature considers bright daily life – all of this is darkness in God’s eyes and incompatible with the divine light. It has to be totally uprooted if room for God is to be made in the soul.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
All earthly things are fleeting…
How fleeting all earthly things are, and everything that appears great disappears like smoke, and does not give the soul freedom, but weariness. Happy the soul that understands these things and with only one foot touches the earth.
— Saint Faustina (1905-1938)
Always fleeting pleasures…
Foolish is he who follows the pleasures of this world, because these are always fleeting and bring much pain. The only true pleasure is that which comes to us through faith.
–Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901-1925)
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