Page: Quotes, Sainthood, Spiritual (life)
Let us live with God as with a Friend. Let us make our faith a living thing, so as to remain in communion with Him through everything. That is how saints are made. We carry our heaven within us, since He who completely satisfies every longing of the glorified souls in the light of the Beatific Vision, is giving Himself to us in faith and mystery. It is the same thing. It seems to me I have found my heaven on earth, since heaven is God and God is in my soul. The day I understood that, everything became clear to me, and I wish I could whisper this secret to those I love in order that they also might cling closely to God through everything.
–Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880-1906)
Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Page: Quotes, Prayer (how), Quote Author, Quote Topic, Sainthood
Choose some particular saints that you may enter more deeply into their spirit and imitate them, and have a special confidence in their intercession.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Acceptance, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Sainthood
If you embrace all things in this life as coming from the hands of God, and even embrace death to fulfill His holy will, assuredly you will die a saint.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Sainthood
No two saints are alike, just as no two stars in the sky are alike. Yet, all the saints are alike in one regard: they each reflect some aspect of the life of Jesus.
–Francois-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuân (1928-2002)
Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Sainthood, Suffering, Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
–Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Discipleship, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Sainthood
Make sure not to be a saint who limps after Christ, but so order your life that you may follow him both outwardly and in your heart.
–Francisco de Osuna (1497-1541)
