Grace to suffer…
Ask God for grace to suffer much. To whom God gives this he gives a great gift: all his other benefits are included in this single one.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
God’s goodness…
God’s supreme goodness, mighty love, and fatherly care are more ready freely to bestow perfection on us than we are to seek it out.
— Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
An assembly and congregation…
We are a body knit together as such by a common religious profession, by unity of discipline, and by the bond of a common hope. We meet together as an assembly and congregation.
–Tertullian (c.160 – 225)
Follow the way of the cross…
You must follow him along the way of the cross, choosing to be crucified in his way, not yours.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Be a living gospel…
We should be a living Gospel. The people who live distant from Christ, especially unbelievers, should know the Gospel not through books or words, but in view of our lives.
–Blessed Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916)
Before our baptism…
Indeed, before our baptism we were sanctuaries of the devil; but after our baptism we merited the privilege of being temples of Christ. And if we think more carefully about the meaning of our salvation, we shall realise that we are indeed living and true temples of God. God does not dwell only in things made by human hands, nor in homes of wood and stone, but rather he dwells principally in the soul made according to his own image and fashioned by his own hand. Therefore, the apostle Paul says: ‘The temple of God is holy, and you are that temple.’
–Saint Caesarius of Arles (460-542)
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