God does not require of us more than we can deliver… He will not push you beyond your strength and capacity… We do our part and God does the rest. He will bless us with his grace and allow us to accomplish wonderful things we can’t even imagine.
–Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751)
A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
We live on the brink of disaster because we do not know how to let life alone. We do not respect the living and fruitful contradictions and paradoxes of which true life is full.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
The more desperate things seem, the more must we hope in God. When man’s aid fails, God’s is close at hand.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
He lives the blessed life who, so far as possible, has his mind continually fixed on God and God in his mind.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
After you have made a decision that is pleasing to God, the Devil may try to make you have second thoughts. Intensify your prayer time, meditation, and good deeds. For if Satan’s temptations merely cause you to increase your efforts to grow in holiness, he’ll have an incentive to leave you alone.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
