Yearning for God…
It is part of our human nature to desire God, and it is part of God’s nature to desire us. We can never stop yearning for God until we are possessed by God in the fulness of love.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342–1416)
Freedom of heart…
I loved freedom of heart very much, and worked and am working to achieve it fully. It does the soul so much good that every effort is nothing compared with this free condition of the heart.
–Saint Genoveva Torres Morales (1870-1956)
Do the will of God…
Intimacy with the Lord is not a matter of physical kinship; rather, it is achieved by cheerful readiness to do the will of God.
–Saint Basil the Great (329-379)
To think of Jesus…
It is sweet to think of Jesus; but it is sweeter to do His will.
–Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified (1846-1878)
Always fleeting pleasures…
Foolish is he who follows the pleasures of this world, because these are always fleeting and bring much pain. The only true pleasure is that which comes to us through faith.
–Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901-1925)
Finding God…
Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.
— Pedro Arrupe (1907-1991)
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