Although, at times, they will have troubles or anxieties, nevertheless, this will soon pass away and be turned into gladness and joy. And, then, the suffering of this world is nothing in comparison with the blessings which are in Paradise.
–Saint Angela Merici (1474-1540)
I do not care very much what men say of me, provided that God approves of me.
–Saint Thomas More (1478-1535)
Since the object of our love is infinite, we can always love more and more perfectly.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
The fullness of God’s consolation is so great that the sweetness of it not only touches the soul, but even overflows to the body.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
God wishes you to have recourse to Him and to make Him the confidant of all your trouble… Do not withdraw yourself from His hands, however painful His remedies may be. Ask Him not to do your will in what He does, but to do His own.
–Saint John of Avila (1500-1569)
Were our souls watered with but one drop from the mighty river which flows from the throne of God and the Lamb, it would quench in us all thirst for anything in this world, and remove the aridity and hardness which make us so dry, tepid, and miserable. How grateful should we feel to our Savior for having redeemed us, and blotted out our sins and given us perfect joy instead of sorrow! Suffering, exile, the absence from those we love, the want of things we now think necessary, or other trials would no longer afflict us. So powerful is the fire of the Holy Spirit, that it mounts upwards, and gives us a love and trust in God that no water of sorrow or affliction can extinguish: it remains ever alight; it fills and inflames our hearts, burning away all evil, so that not even death can conquer him whose evil passions it has destroyed.
–Saint John of Avila (1500-1569)
