Acceptance, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
We have to learn to live in the present moment. We have to ask God: What are you calling me to do now, in this present moment? Not yesterday, not tomorrow, but right now. God’s will is manifested to us in the duties and experiences of the present moment. We have only to accept them and try to be like Jesus in them.
–Mother Angelica (1923-2016)
Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
In front of the big ‘why’ of life we have two paths: to stay to watch gloomily the tombs of yesterday and of today, or to bring Jesus to our tombs…Yes, because each of us has a small tomb, some area that is a little bit dead inside the heart: a wound, an injury suffered or done (to us), a bitterness that does not let up, remorse that returns, a sin that you cannot overcome…Instead, invite Jesus; we are tempted to always look to ourselves, brooding and sinking in anguish, licking our wounds, rather than going to him, who says, ‘Come to me you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.’
–Pope Francis (1936-
Page: Quotes, Spiritual (life)
Lent is a favorable time to intensify spiritual life: may the practice of fasting be of help to you, in order to acquire greater mastery of yourselves; may prayer be the means to entrust your lives to God and to feel him always nearby; may the works of mercy help you to live open to the needs of brothers and sisters.
–Pope Francis (1936-
Grace, Page: Quotes, Spiritual (life)
Sometimes the soul finds rest in the deepest quietness, and joy and perfect peace in perfectly focused spiritual delight and ineffably deep repose. At other times the soul is stirred up by grace and taught lessons in ineffable wisdom and understanding and knowledge of the spirit, in ways that pass beyond all our ability to speak about them. . . . Manifold are the patterns of grace, and most varied are the ways it leads the soul. Sometimes, as God decides, grace gives rest to the soul. At other times it puts it to work.
–Saint Macarius the Great (295-392)
Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
Live a generous, noble, courteous, royal, just and reasonable heart.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
Let us be what we are, and be that well, in order that we may honor the Master Workman who has made us. Though we were the most excellent creatures under heaven, what would it avail us if we were not pleasing to the will of God?
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
