Quench your thirst…
Feed yourself on Jesus. Drink his Precious Blood. Quench your thirst from the chalice of Jesus. Yet, the more you drink, the more you will thirst.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
Possibilities born…
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
It is easier…
It is easier to renounce worldly possessions than it is to renounce the love of them.
–Walter Hilton (1340-1396)
In detachment…
In detachment the spirit finds quiet and repose, for coveting nothing, nothing wearies it by elation, and nothing oppresses it by dejection, because it stands in the center of its own humility.
–Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941)
Discernment is…
Discernment is — and is recognized to be — a solid understanding of the will of God in all times, in all places, in all things; and is found only among those who are pure of heart, and body and in speech.
— Saint John Climacus (c. 525-606)
When you intend…
When you intend to do something then see that your thought is perturbed, and if, after invoking God’s Name, it remains perturbed even buy a hair’s breadth, know from this that the action you mean to commit is from the evil one, and refrain from committing it.
–Saint Barsanuphius the Great (Sixth Century)
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