What makes us human…
What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.
–Henri Nouwen (1932–1996)
If you love Christ…
If you love Christ, it is fitting that anyone for whom he shed his blood should be important to you.
–Saint John of Ávila (1500-1569)
The humility that…
The humility that does not produce generosity is undoubtedly false, for true humility, after it has said, ‘I can do nothing; I am only absolute nothingness,’ suddenly gives place to generosity of spirit, which says, ‘There is nothing and there can be nothing that I am unable to do, so long as I put all my confidence in God, who can do all things.’ And so, buoyed up by this confidence, it courageously undertakes to do all that is commanded.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
We are fastened…
We are fastened and bound (religati) to God by this bond of piety. It is from this that religion takes its name.
–Lucius Lactantius (c. 250 – c. 325)
God can work through anyone…
I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Friend or foe…
Whoever comes to you, friend or foe, thief or robber, let them be received with kindness.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
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