Francis of Assisi (1181–1226), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Spiritual (life)
Let us all love the Lord God with all our heart, all our soul, with all our mind and all our strength and with fortitude and total understanding, with all of our powers, with every effort, every affection, every emotion, every desire, and every wish. He has given and gives to each one of us our whole body, our whole soul, and our whole life. He created us and redeemed us, and will save us by his mercy alone. He did and does every good thing for us who are miserable and wretched, rotten and foul-smelling, ungrateful and evil.
Therefore let us desire nothing else let us wish for nothing else, let nothing else please us and cause us delight except our Creator and Redeemer and Savior, the one true God…Therefore, let nothing hinder us, nothing separate us or nothing come between us. Let all of us wherever we are, in every place, at every hour, at every time of day, everyday and continually believe truly and humbly and keep in our heart, and love, honor, adore, serve, praise and bless, glorify and exalt, magnify and give thanks to the most high and supreme eternal God, Trinity and Unity: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
— Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Spiritual (life)
Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace.
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Page: Quotes, Spiritual (life), Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
May today there be peace within. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content knowing that you are a child of God. Let this presence settle into our bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and everyone of you.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Page: Quotes, Spiritual (life)
God’s will is like the sun whose rays are like his will for each one of us. Each of us walks along a ray, distinct from the ray of the person next to us, but always along a ray of the sun. The closer the rays get to the sun, the closer they get to each other. For us too, the closer we come to God, by carrying out the divine will, more and more, the closer we draw to each other.
–Chiara Lubich (1920–2008)
Page: Quotes, Spiritual (life)
The ultimate goal of fasting is to help each one of us to make a complete gift of self to God.
–Pope Benedict XVI (1927-
Augustine (354-430), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Spiritual (life)
He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
— Saint Augustine (354-430)
