The closer, the happier…
If God is God – and so he is – the hierarchy of happiness begins with him, not from the other end. The closer we are to God, the happier we are. The further away from him, the poorer.
–Carlo Carretto (1910-1988)
Leave it with God…
And when night comes, and you look back over the day and see how fragmentary everything has been, and how much you planned that has gone undone, and all the reasons you have to be embarrassed and ashamed: just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God’s hands and leave it with Him.
— Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
The Lord knows best…
The Lord knows best what is needful for us. What He does, He does for our good. If we really knew just how much He loves us, we would always be willing to receive anything from His hand. We would receive the bitter and the sweet without distinction. Anything, yes everything would please us just because it came from Him.
–Frank Laubach (1884-1970)
Act of self-denial…
Believe me, the writing of pious books, the composing of the sublimest poetry; all that does not equal the smallest act of self-denial.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Growth is evidence…
Growth is the only evidence of life.
–Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
Offer yourselves to God…
Let your constant practice be to offer yourself to God, that He may do with you what He pleases.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
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