If you fall…
If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so that you will not fall too often.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
Do not delay…
Do not delay in coming to grace, but hasten, lest the robber outstrip you, lest the adulterer pass you by, lest the insatiate be satisfied before you, lest the murderer seize the blessing first, or the publican or the fornicator.
–Saint Gregory Nazianzen (329-c. 391)
God never tires of forgiving…
God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy.
–Pope Francis (1936-
Do not lose heart…
Therefore if you occasionally lapse into sin, do not lose heart and cease trying to advance, for God will draw good even out of our falls.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
They sin as easily as they…
And when I see the way people live — so many of them set in their ways and living in habitual mortal sin; not a day goes by that they do not add to the number of their sins. They sin as easily as they would take a glass of water; they commit iniquities as if it were a joke, for a laugh. They are really tragic figures, marching on their own two feet toward hell.
— Saint Anthony Claret (1807-1870)
God does not brood over…
It is only we who brood over our sins. God does not brood over them, God dumps them at the bottom of the sea.
–Saint Benedict (480-547)
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