Our nothingness…
The very moment God sees us fully convinced of our nothingness, He reaches out His hand to us.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Never let it rest…
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.
— Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
If we go with God…
If we will go with God upon the highway of love, we shall rest with Him eternally and without end: and thus we shall eternally go forth towards God and enter into Him and rest in Him.
–Blessed John Ruysbroeck (1293-1381)
Remedy for dryness…
The best remedy for dryness of spirit, is to picture ourselves as beggars in the presence of God and the Saints, and like a beggar, to go first to one saint, then to another, to ask a spiritual alms of them with the same earnestness as a poor fellow in the streets would ask an alms of us.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Mortify one passion…
To mortify one passion, no matter how small, is a greater help in the spiritual life than many abstinences, fasts, and disciplines.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Let God do the work…
Let your own motto be: Have patience, and let God do the work. For, when all is said, you can do no other. Yours is merely to say: I adore and resign myself; Fiat!
–Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751)
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