In books and prayers…
In books we seek God; in prayer we find him.
–Saint Pio (1887-1968)
The love of the Cross…
The love of the Cross in no way contradicts being a joyful child of God. Helping Christ carry His Cross fills one with a strong and pure joy, and those who may and can do so, the builders of God’s kingdom, are the most authentic children of God.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
Leave it to God…
God is there in these moments of rest and can give us in a single instant exactly what we need. Then the rest of the day can take its course, under the same effort and strain, perhaps, but in peace. And when night looks back and you see how fragmentary everything has been, and how much you planned that has gone undone, and all the reasons you have to be embarrassed and ashamed: just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God’s hands and leave it to Him – really rest – and start the next day as a new life.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
In receiving God…
Once you have surrendered yourself, you make yourself receptive. In receiving from God, you are perfected
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Accept joy or suffering…
I accept joy or suffering, praise or humiliation with the same disposition. I remember that one and the other are passing. What does it matter to me what people say about me: I have long ago given up everything that concerns my person.
–Saint Faustina (1905-1938)
To heal and liberate…
We are called to heal and to liberate. This healing power in us will not come from our capacities and our riches, but in and through our poverty. We are called to discover that God can bring peace, compassion, and love through our wounds.
–Jean Vanier (1928-
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