What more do you want, o soul! And what else do you search for outside, when within yourself you possess your riches, delights, satisfaction and kingdom — your beloved whom you desire and seek? Desire him there, adore him there. Do not go in pursuit of him outside yourself. You will only become distracted and you won’t find him, or enjoy him more than by seeking him within you.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Live in abandonment to God and in the hands of Mary Immaculate.
–Blessed Eugenia Ravasco (1845-1900)
If all the calamities which have existed in the world since the creation and all the sufferings of hell were put into one side of a scale, and put one mortal sin into the other, it would outweigh all these evils, for it is incomparably greater.
–Blessed Louis de Granada (1505-1588)
An egg given during life for love of God is more profitable for eternity than a cathedral full of gold given after death.
–Saint Albert the Great (c. 1206-1280)
In the present course of events when society seems to be at a turning point, it is better to acknowledge the mysterious plans of divine Providence which, through the succession of times and the work of human beings and most of the time against all expectations, reach their goal and arrange everything with wisdom for the good of the Church, even the events that are in opposition to it.
–Saint John XXIII (1881-1963)
God’s love for us is freely given and unearned, surpassing all we could ever hope for or imagine. He does not love us because we have merited it or are worthy of it. God loves us, rather, because he is true to his own nature. As Saint John puts it, “God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.” (1Jn 4:16)
–Saint John Paul (1920-2005)
