What might the heart…
If seeds in the black earth can turn into such beautiful roses, what might the heart of man become in its journey toward the stars.
— GK Chesterton (1874-1936)
The hound that…
The hound that runs after the hare only because he sees the other hounds running will rest when he is tired, or go home again. But if he runs because he’s seen the hare, he won’t stop, however tired he gets, until he has caught it.
–Walter Hilton (1340-1396)
Sacred scripture…
For this reason I enter into the pleasant garden of Sacred Scripture, to pick the most brilliant green herbs of sacred verses: I devour them by reading,I repeat them by ruminating, and gathering them at last into the high repose of memory,I taste in this way your sweetness.
–John of Fécamp (d. 1079)
Holy scripture flows…
The stream of holy Scripture flows not from human research but from revelation by God… From him, through his Son Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit flows into us; and through the Holy Spirit, giving, at will, different gifts to different people, comes the gift of faith, and through faith Jesus Christ has his dwelling in our hearts.
–Saint Bonaventure (1221-1274)
The stronger our faith…
So the stronger and the more vehement our faith in God is, and the more reverently and persistently it is offered up to God, the more surely, the more abundantly and the quicker what we hoped for will be accomplished and obtained.
— Saint Albert the Great (c. 1206-1280)
Those who love God….
Those who love God expect nothing in return. If they did, they would love that prize instead of God.
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
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