Into God’s arms…
Throw yourself into God’s arms. He will carry you when the road is rough.
–Saint John Baptiste de la Salle (1651-1719)
God is waiting for you…
That is what He wants to do in you: at every moment, He wants you to go out of yourself, to leave all preoccupations, in order to withdraw into the solitude He has chosen for Himself in the depths of your heart. He is always there, even though you don’t feel it; He is waiting for you.
–Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880–1906)
Take an accounting…
Let every person take an accounting of the day’s and night’s doings, and if one has sinned, then one ought to stop sinning, and if one has not, then there should be no boasting of it . . . Let this observation be a safeguard against sinning: let us note and write down our actions and impulses of the soul as though we were to report them to each other.
–Saint Anthony of Egypt (c. 251-356)
Faith is a gift and a virtue…
Faith is at the same time a gift and a virtue. It is a gift of God, in so far as it is a light which God infuses into the soul, and it is also a virtue in so far as it is exercised by the soul. Hence faith is given us not only to serve as a rule of belief, but also of action.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
Each of us was once crooked…
Each one of us was once crooked; if we are no longer so, it is entirely due to the grace of Christ. Through his coming to our souls all our crooked ways have been straightened out.
–Origen (c. 184- c. 254)
The Spirit had restored me…
When I had drunk the spirit from Heaven, and the second birth had restored me so as to make me a new person, then immediately in a marvelous manner doubts began to be resolved, closed doors to be opened, dark places to be light; what before was difficult now seemed easy.
–Saint Cyprian of Carthage (c. 200-258)
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