Page: Quotes, Spiritual (life)
Fast from hurting words and say kind words
Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude
Fast from anger and be filled with patience
Fast from pessimism and be filled with hope
Fast from worries and trust in God
Fast from complaints and contemplate simplicity
Fast from pressures and be prayerful
Fast from bitterness and fill your heart with joy
Faster from selfishness and be compassionate to others
Fast from grudges and be reconciled
Fast from words and be silent—so you can listen.
–Pope Francis (1936-
Abandonment (of self), Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
Occupy yourself less about yourself and more about God.
–Saint Mother Theodore Guerin (1798-1856)
Grace, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
If you ask how such things (mystical experiences) can occur, seek the answer in God’s grace, not in doctrine; in the longing of the will, not in the understanding; in the sighs of prayer, not in research; seek the bridegroom not the teacher; God and not man; darkness not daylight; and look not to the light but rather to the raging fire that carries the soul to God with intense fervour and glowing love.
–Saint Bonaventure (1090-1153)
Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
As one sees a river pass into the ocean, lose itself in it, its water for a time distinguished from that of the sea, till it gradually becomes transformed into the same sea, and possesses all its qualities; so was my soul lost in God, who communicated to it His qualities, having drawn it out of all that it had of its own. Its life is an inconceivable innocence, not known or comprehended of those who are still shut up in themselves or only live for themselves.
–Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717)
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If knowing answers to life’s questions is absolutely necessary to you, then forget the journey. You will never make it, for this is a journey of unknowables—of unanswered questions, enigmas, incomprehensibles, and most of all, things unfair.
–Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717)
Grace, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
For the salvation of our souls God in his goodness calls us to the joys of everlasting blessedness.
–Ambrosiaster (Fourth Century)
