The Lord is within…
Remember how important it is for you to have understood this truth — that the Lord is within us and that we should be there with Him.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-82)
God did not…
God did not seek sacrifices and holocausts, but faith, and obedience, and righteousness, for the sake of their salvation. As God said, teaching his will through Hosea the prophet, “What I want is love, not sacrifice; knowledge of God, not holocausts.” Our Lord taught the same, saying “If you had understood the meaning of the words: What I want is mercy, not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the blameless.”
— Saint Irenaeus (late 2nd Century)
Always have God…
Always have God before your eyes wherever you go. Whatever you were doing, have the testimony from holy Scripture to hand. Wherever you’re living, do not be in a hurry to move away. Observe these three and you will be saved.
— Saint Anthony of Egypt (c. 251-356)
The gift of love…
What the gift of love gives us is the chance to become in truth what we celebrate as a mystery in the sacrifice.
–Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe (Fifth — Sixth Century)
A Christian can never be sad…
And here the first word that I wish to say to you: joy! Do not be men and women of sadness: a Christian can never be sad! Never give way to discouragement! Ours is not a joy born of having many possessions, but of having encountered a Person: Jesus, in our midst.
–Pope Francis (1936-
Everything that happens…
Everything that happens is a message to me of God’s great love for my soul.
–Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880–1906)
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