Holiness is a gift…
Holiness is a gift from Jesus to his Church… There is not one path for becoming holy… The first rule of sanctity: It is necessary that Christ grows, and we become less.
–Pope Francis (1936-
Saints are close to us…
Many think that the saints are far from us. But they are far from those who distance themselves from them, and very close to those keep the commandments of Christ and have the grace of the Holy Spirit. In the heavens, all things are moved by the Holy Spirit. But the Holy Spirit is on earth too. He lives in our Church. He lives in the Mysteries. He is in the Holy Scriptures. He is in the souls of the faithful. The Holy Spirit unites all things, and therefore the saints are close to us. And when we pray to them, then the Holy Spirit hears our prayers, and our souls feel that they are praying for us.
–Saint Silouan the Athonite (1866-1938)
The heart-to-heart….
Prayer, the heart-to-heart, must never end.
–Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880–1906)
Without prayer…
If the body has breath, it lives; if breathing stops, life comes to an end. So it is with the spirit. If there is prayer, the soul lives; without prayer, there is no spiritual life.
–Saint Theophan the Recluse (1815-1894)
Most pleasing sacrifice…
The sacrifice most pleasing to God is contrition of heart.
–Saint Eulogius of Cordova (c. 819-859)
Cope with difficulties…
Let the soul be aware that, in order to pray and persevere in prayer, one must arm oneself with patience and cope bravely with exterior and interior difficulties. The interior difficulties are discouragement, dryness, heaviness of spirit and temptations. The exterior difficulties are human respect and time; one must create time set apart for prayer.
–Saint Faustina (1905-1938)
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