What one should be…
One must not always think so much about what one should do; but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us, but we must ennoble our works.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
The love of Jesus…
The love of Jesus is at once avid and generous. All that He has, all that He is, He gives; all that we are, all that we have, He takes.
–Jan Van Ruysbroeck (1293-1381)
These make one good…
Hear now three things which constitute a good person. The first, which a good person must have, is a clean conscience without reproach of mortal sin…The second thing which pertains to a good person is that he must in all things be obedient to God, and to Holy Church, and to his own proper convictions… The third thing which behoves every good person is that in all his deeds he should have in mind, above all else, the glory of God… Behold, these three things, when they are possessed in this way, make one good.
–Blessed John Ruysbroeck (1293-1381)
Flee to our Lord…
Flee to our Lord, and we shall be strengthened. Touch him, and we shall be cleansed. Cling to him, and we shall be safe and sound from every danger. For it is the will of our courteous Lord that we should be as much at home with him as heart may think or soul desire.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
Decide which is better…
I leave it to your good sense to decide which is better: to say now to all that is earthly, ‘What does it profit a man?’ Or to cry in vain later on, ‘What did it profit?’
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
The path of virtue…
The path of virtue is painful to nature when left to itself; but nature, assisted by grace, finds it easy and agreeable.
–Blessed Louis de Granada (1505-1588)
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