Quotes

Make no decision…

Make no decision about anything when the mind is biased either by affection or by great dejection. Put it off till the anxiety has disappeared, so that you may do what mature reason, not impulse, dictates.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)

Be slow to speak…

Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent.
— Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)

The good spirit…

It is characteristic of the good spirit to give courage and strength, consolation, tears, inspiration, and peace, making things easy and removing all obstacles so that the soul may make further progress in good works.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)

Thirst for the Cross…

Here is the difference between the joys of the world and the cross of Jesus Christ: after having tasted the first, one is disgusted with them; and on the contrary, the more one partakes of the cross, the greater the thirst for it.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)

Deny your desires…

Deny your desires and you will find what your heart longs for.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)

Faith and love…

Faith and love are like the blind man’s guides. They will lead you along a path unknown to you, to the place where God is hidden.
— Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)

Cleanse your soul…

If you desire that devotion be born in your spirit and that the love of God and the desire for divine things increase, cleanse your soul of every desire, attachment, and ambition in such a way that you have no concern about anything.
— Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)

Deny oneself for Christ…

This path to God does not consist in having a multitude of meditations or particular practices, nor in having ecstasies… but rather in the one thing necessary… earnestly to deny oneself interiorly as well as exteriorly, and for Christ’s sake to be ready to suffer and die to self in every respect.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)

Pray in secret…

In order to find Him you should forget all your possessions and all creatures and hide in the interior, secret chamber of your spirit. And there, closing the door behind you, you should pray to your Father in secret. Remaining hidden with Him, you will experience Him in hiding, and love and enjoy Him in hiding.
— Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)

Everyone knows this truth…

Everyone knows this truth but not everyone manages to bring it home to themselves.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Life is a journey…

This life is only a journey to the happy life to come. We must march on as a band of brothers and sisters, companions united in meekness, peace and love.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Resemption is….

Redemption is a hundred times better than innocence.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

One who seeks only God…

He who lives but for God seeks only God, and since God is with him in adversity as well as in prosperity, he dwells in peace in the midst of tribulation.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Compassion, sympathy, commiseration or pity is…

Compassion, sympathy, commiseration or pity is simply an affection that makes us share the sufferings and sorrows of ones we love and draws the misery that they endure into our own hearts.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Perseverance is most…

Perseverance is the most desirable gift we can hope for in this life. It is in our power to persevere. Of course, I do not mean that our perseverance takes its origin from our power. On the contrary, I know that it springs from God’s mercy, whose most precious gift it is.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Devotion is spiritual…

Devotion is true spiritual sugar for it removes discontent from the poor, anxiety from the rich, grief from the oppressed, pride from the exalted, melancholy from the solitary and exhausting from those in society. It serves with equal benefit as fire in winter and dew in summer.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Faith is unconditional acceptance…

Faith is the unconditional acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and the determination to live and die with him.
–Francois-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuân (1928-2002)

Examine your conscience…

After you have examined your conscience, what should you do? You must weep over your sins like Peter, lay yourself at his feet like Mary Magdalene, resolve to reform with the resolution of Zacchaeus and the zeal of Paul. Only in this way will you advance with hope.
–Francois-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuân (1928-2002)

Keep going forward…

Along this road you are traveling, you will encounter thorns and brambles, tigers and other wild animals, as well as fragrant roses and beautiful views. There will be kind friends and treacherous enemies, times of soft rainfall and times of scorching sun. Be ready for both the pleasant and the unpleasant. Whatever comes, keep going forward, filled with the spirit of the Lord like Cyril and Athanasius: do not stop, do not hesitate for fear of criticism, do not search for praise.
–Francois-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuân (1928-2002)

The kingdom is within…

Now the Greeks leave home and traverse the sea in order to gain an education, but there is no need to go abroad on account of the Kingdom of Heaven, nor to cross the sea for virtue. For the Lord has told us before, ‘the kingdom of God is within you.’
–Saint Anthony of Egypt (c. 251-356)

The Ways of the Lord…

The ways of the Lord are many, though he is himself the way. When he speaks of himself he calls himself the way and shows us the reason why he called himself the way: ‘No one can come to the Father except through me.’ We must ask for these many ways, we must travel along these many ways, to find the one that is good. That is, we shall find the one way of eternal life through the guidance of many teachers. These ways are found in the law, in the prophets, in the gospels, in the writings of the apostles, in the different good works by which we fulfill the commandments. Blessed are those who walk these ways in the fear of the Lord.
–Saint Hilary of Poitiers (c. 300-368)

Fear of the Lord…

But of the fear of the Lord this is what is written: ‘Come, my children, listen to me, I shall teach you the fear of the Lord.’ The fear of the Lord has then to be learned because it can be taught. It does not lie in terror, but in something that can be taught. It does not arise from the fearfulness of our nature; it has to be acquired by obedience to the commandments, by holiness of life and by knowledge of the truth.
–Saint Hilary of Poitiers (c. 300-368)

Hate destructive speech…

Blessed the one who loves good and fair words and hates base and destructive speech, because he will not become a prisoner of the Evil One.
–Saint Ephrem of Syria (c. 306-373)

Keeps the memory…

Blessed the one who always keeps the memory of God in himself, he will be wholly like an Angel from heaven upon earth, ministering to the Lord with fear and love.
–Saint Ephrem of Syria (c. 306-373)

To avoid scandal…

We should even go beyond doing what is required in order to avoid scandal.
–Saint Basil the Great (330-379)

Take refuge in the Lord…

Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body. You can at the same time be here and present to the Lord. Your soul must hold fast to him, you must follow after him in your thoughts, you must tread his ways by faith, not in outward show. You must take refuge in him. He is your refuge and your strength.
–Saint Ambrose of Milan (339-397)

Even if we have thousands of acts of great virtue to our credit, our confidence in being heard must be based on God’s mercy and His love for men. Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)

As we leave church…

We ought not, as soon as we leave church, to plunge into business unsuited to church, but as soon as we get home, we should take the Scriptures into our hands, and call our wife and children to join us in putting together what we have heard in church.
— Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)

Journey with Him…

It was not enough for God to give us his Son merely to point out the way. He made the Son himself the way, so that you might journey with him as guide, as he walks in his own way.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

Help ones closest to us…

We are to love everyone equally, but there’s no way we can help everyone. There are many people and the world is large. The ones we can do something for are the ones closest to us. It is almost as though they were chosen by lot.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

Remember the truths…

Every morning you put on your clothes to cover your nakedness and protect your body from inclement weather. Why don’t you also clothe your soul with the garment of faith? Remember each morning the truths of your creed, and look at yourself in the mirror of your faith. Otherwise, your soul will soon be naked with the nakedness of oblivion.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

Out of love…

If you are silent, be silent out of love. If you speak, speak out of love.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

Truth is like…

The truth is like a lion. You don’t have to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

Your thoughts shout…

For God does not hear us as humans hear. Unless you shout with your lungs and chest and lips, a mere man does not hear; whereas to God your very thoughts shout.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

Active and contemplative…

Now we are conscious of two powers in the human soul: the active and the contemplative; the former maps the way, the latter marks the journey’s end; in the former we toil so that our hearts may be purified for the vision of God, in the latter we are at rest and see God; the former calls for the practice of the commandments of this life that passes away, in the latter we drink in the teachings of the life that shall never pass away.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

Truth admits of…

Truth, which is simple and one, admits of no variety.
–Saint Leo the Great (c. 400-461)

Knowledge and firm faith…

If a man is treated with contempt by someone and yet does not react with anger in either word or thought, it shows he has acquired real knowledge and firm faith in the Lord.
–Saint Mark the Ascetic (Fifth Century)

Speak the truth…

Adorn yourself with truth, try to speak truth in all things; and do not support a lie, no matter who asks you. If you speak the truth and someone gets mad at you, don’t be upset, but take comfort in the words of the Lord: ‘Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of truth, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.’ (Matt. 5:10)
–Saint Gennadius of Constantinople (Fifth Century)

With Christ, our hearts receive…

Therefore, since each of us possesses God in his heart and is being transformed into his divine image, we also should cry out with joy: ‘It is good for us to be here‘ – here where all things shine with divine radiance, where there is joy and gladness and exultation; where there is nothing in our hearts but peace, serenity and stillness; where God is seen. For here, in our hearts, Christ takes up his abode together with the Father, saying as he enters: ‘Today salvation has come to this house.’ With Christ, our hearts receive all the wealth of his eternal blessings, and there where they are stored up for us in him, we see reflected as in a mirror both the first fruits and the whole of the world to come.
–Anastasius of Sinai (Seventh Century)

Sin is the…

Sin is the fruit of free will. There was a time when sin did not exist, and there will be a time when it will not exist.
–Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)

Simplicity brings faith…

Walk before God in simplicity, and not in subtleties of the mind. Simplicity brings faith; but subtle and intricate speculations bring conceit; and conceit brings withdrawal from God.
–Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)

Without temptation…

There is no man who will not be grieved at the time of his chastisement; and there is no man who will not endure a bitter time, when he must drink the poison of temptations. Without them, it is not possible to obtain a strong will. When he has often experienced the help of God in temptations, a man also obtains strong faith.
–Saint Isaac of Syria (Seventh Century)

Love is greater than prayer…

Visit the sick, console the distressed, and do not make your longing for prayer a pretext for turning away from anyone who asks for your help, for love is greater than prayer.
–Saint Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022)

Achieve salvation…

Provided they live a worthy life, both those who choose to dwell in the midst of noise and hubbub and those who dwell in monasteries, mountains and caves can achieve salvation. Solely because of their faith in Him God bestows great blessings on them. Hence those who because of their laziness have failed to attain salvation will have no excuse to offer on the day of judgment. For He who promised to grant us salvation simply on account of our faith in Him is not a liar.
–Saint Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022)

Spirit of discretion…

It is the custom of the Roman Church which I unworthily serve with the help of God, to tolerate some things, to turn a blind eye to some, following the spirit of discretion rather than the rigid letter of the law.
–Saint Gregory (VII) (c. 1020-1085)

Abandon yourself with God….

Abandon yourself for a little to God and rest for a little while in him. Enter into the inner chamber of your soul, shut out everything save God and what can be of help in your quest for him and having locked the door seek him out.
–Saint Anselm (1033-1109)

Have real mercy…

You will never have real mercy for the failings of another until you know and realize that you have the same failings in your soul.
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)

The name of Jesus…

Are you troubled? Think but of Jesus, speak but the name of Jesus, the clouds disperse, and peace descends anew from heaven. Have you fallen into sin? So that you fear death? invoke the name of Jesus, and you will soon feel life returning. No obduracy of the soul, no weakness, no coldness of heart can resist this holy name; there is no heart which will not soften and open in tears at this holy name.
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)

This is salvation…

This then is salvation – when we marvel at the beauty of created things and praise their beautiful Creator.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)

To find holiness…

To find holiness, do the next thing you have to do, do it with your whole heart and find delight in doing it.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)

In darkness one finds light…

Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)

The quieter the mind…

The quieter the mind, the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)

Truth is like…

If the truth is unpalatable for people, it is not truth’s fault. It is theirs. Truth is like a glaring light to eyes that of grown weak. Be careful not to make truth even more painful and disagreeable by neglecting to speak it lovingly.
–Guigo I (c. 1083-1136)

Without the music…

When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the words are the body and the music the spirit.
–Saint Hildegarde of Bingen (1098-1179)

Where there is…

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)

A moment of time…

We live inside a tiny moment of time. All of our time, compared with eternity, is nothing. It is a serious waste to let a day go by without allowing God to change us.
–Richard Rolle (c. 1300-1349)

Jesus will never let us…

A mother may sometimes let her child fall and suffer in various ways, so that it may learn by its mistakes. But she will never allow any real harm to come to the child because of her love. And though earthly mothers may not be able to prevent their children from dying, our heavenly mother Jesus will never let us, his children, see death. For he is all might, all wisdom, and all love. Blessed may he be!
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)

Into the arms of God…

Let us throw ourselves into the arms of God, and be sure that if He wishes anything of us, He will make us good for all He desires us to do for Him.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)

The Divine Will…

To be entirely conformed and resigned to the Divine Will, is truly a road in which we cannot get wrong, and is the only road which leads us to taste and enjoy that peace which sensual and earthly men know nothing of.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)

Make his home within…

The Church wants us to understand that as he came once into the world in the flesh, so now, if we remove all barriers, he is ready to come to us again at any minute or hour, to make his home spiritually within us in all his grace.
–Saint Charles Borromeo (1538-1584)

Protect and rouse…

Moreover the strongest support is provided not only to protect the young from evil, but also to rouse them and attract them more easily and gently to the performance of good works. Like the twigs of plants, the young are easily influenced, as long as someone works to change their souls. But if they are allowed to grow hard, we know well that the possibility of one day bending them diminishes a great deal and is sometimes utterly lost.
–Saint Joseph Calasanz (1556-1648)

This Spirit pours…

This Spirit, the dispenser of the treasures that are in the Father and keeper of the counsels that are between the Father and the Son, pours himself so sweetly into the soul that he is not perceived, and his greatness is understood by few.
–Saint Mary Magdalen de Pazzi (1566-1607)

Anxiety is a temptation

Anxiety is a temptation in itself and also the source from and by which other temptations come.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Have patience with…

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them — every day begin the task anew.
— Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Climb upward…

To remain stationary for a long time is impossible. The man who makes no gain loses the little he has gained. The man who does not climb upward goes down the ladder. The man who does not vanquish is himself vanquished. Our life is lived amid perilous battles. If we do not fight we perish, but we cannot resist without winning, nor can we win without a victory.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Prayer opens the…

Prayer opens the understanding to the brightness of Divine Light, and the will to the warmth of Heavenly Love – nothing can so effectually purify the mind from its many ignorances, or the will from its perverse affections. It is as a healing water which causes the roots of our good desires to send forth fresh shoots, which washes away the soul’s imperfections, and allays the thirst of passion.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Pray for the dead…

We maintain that we may pray for the faithful departed, and that the prayers and good works of the living greatly relieve them and are profitable to them for this reason: that all those who die in the grace of God – and consequently, in the number of the elect – do not go to Paradise at the very first moment, but many go to Purgatory…from which our prayers and good works can help and serve to deliver them.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Every moment is…

Every moment is crammed with infinite riches which are given us according to the extent of our faith and love.
–Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751)

Don’t fear temptations…

Don’t be afraid of temptations. God permits them to refine your humility and to lay deep foundations for the lofty spiritual edifice that He has planned to build in your soul.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)

Love holy modesty…

God permits that kind of temptation in order to impress you with a deeper sense of your own nothingness, and to convince you that, deprived of His grace, you would be capable of committing the most heinous crimes. Therefore act prudently, avoid all dangerous intercourse, watch over your eyes, your heart, and all your affections; be very modest, be circumspect in all your actions, by night as well as by day; love holy modesty.
— Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)

Nothing but self-will…

Nothing but self-will can separate us from God.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)

God wills your sanctification…

God wills only our good; God loves us more than anybody else can or does love us. His will is that no one should lose his soul, that everyone should save and sanctify his soul… “This is the will of God, your sanctification.” God has made the attainment of our happiness, his glory. Even chastisements come to us, not to crush us, but to make us mend our ways and save our souls.
— Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)

God’s will alone…

If we would completely rejoice the heart of God, let us strive in all things to conform ourselves to His divine will. Let us not only strive to conform ourselves, but also to unite ourselves to whatever dispositions God makes of us. Conformity signifies that we join our wills to the will of God. Uniformity means more. Uniformity means that we make one will of God’s will and our will. In this way we will only what God wills. God’s will alone is our will.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)

Learn from the saints…

During our sojourn in this world, we should learn from the saints now in heaven, how to love God. The pure and perfect love of God they enjoy there, consists in uniting themselves perfectly to his will. It would be the greatest delight of the seraphs to pile up sand on the seashore or to pull weeds in a garden for all eternity, if they found out such was God’s will. Our Lord himself teaches us to ask to do the will of God on earth as the saints do it in heaven: “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
— Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)

Meekness often subdues….

As fire is not extinguished by fire, so anger is not conquered by anger, but is made even more inflamed. But meekness often subdues even the most beastly enemies, softens them and pacifies them.
–Saint Tikhon (1724-1783)

The will of God…

I would cross the oceans, I would go to any part of the world, if I knew this to be the will of God.
–Saint Joan Antide-Thouret (1765-1826)

Die to yourself…

Are you ready to die to yourself, to live with Christ to the end of your life to rise with Him and enjoy Him eternally?
–Saint Joan Antide-Thouret (1765-1826)

Love Jesus Christ…

Let us love Jesus Christ, let us love Him to the end of our lives and we will be sure to possess Him forever in heaven.
–Saint Joan Antide-Thouret (1765-1826)

Meditate on Christ crucified…

If we meditate on Christ crucified we shall find strength enough. It is at the feet of Christ crucified that I draw all of my strength. It is for Him and my neighbor that I suffer.
–Saint Joan Antide-Thouret (1765-1826

Serve them always…

Remember to consider only Christ in the person of the poor. Serve them always as you would serve Christ himself that is to say with humility, respect, compassion and charity.
Our compassion for them has made us deprive ourselves even of the necessities of life
so as to meet their needs. Now, all we can do is weep with the poor. Serve Christ in the person of the poor.
–Saint Joan Antide-Thouret (1765-1826)

All my confidence…

It is in Him alone that I have placed all my confidence. Be brave always, prudent and confident in the omnipresence of God. He will give you the strength and grace that you need. We must suffer, we must humble ourselves, we must pray, we must hope and have perfect confidence in God. If God wants it, He will do it all. It is in Him that I have placed all my confidence and I have always experienced the effect of His help.
–Saint Joan Antide-Thouret (1765-1826)

Time and eternity…

We must often draw the comparison between time and eternity. This is the remedy of all our troubles. How small will the present moment appear when we enter that great ocean.
–Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821)

Will of God…

What was the first rule of our dear Savior’s life? You know if was to do his Father’s will. Well, then, the first purpose of our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he wills; and thirdly, to do it because it is his will.
–Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821)

We must expect temptation…

And even more, since the time of Adam, you will not find a saint who has not been tempted — some in one way, some in another — and the greatest saints are those who have been tempted the most. If Our Lord was tempted, it was in order to show us that we must be also. It follows, therefore, that we must expect temptation.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)

Who are most tempted?

So, you will ask me, who then are the people most tempted? They are these, my friends; note them carefully. The people most tempted are those who are ready, with the grace of God, to sacrifice everything for the salvation of their poor souls, who renounce all those things which most people eagerly seek. It is not one devil only who tempts them, but millions seek to entrap them.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)

See the face…

See the face of God in everyone.
–Saint Catherine L’aboure (1806-1876)

Go to church…

Further, one must go to church not inattentively. For, it is always possible that one may go to church not in a way worthy of praise but rather of condemnation, i.e., by going and not receiving any spiritual benefit. Approaching the church, you must leave every care and worry about your affairs at the threshold in order to enter with a serene mind. Entering the church, you must put on reverence like a garment, remembering to Whom we are coming and to Whom we intend to address our prayers. Having taken your place in the church (best of all, the same place each time), you should gather your thoughts and mentally stand before the face of the omnipresent God, offering Him reverent worship in body and spirit, with a contrite heart and in humble reverence. After this, you must follow, without wandering thoughts, everything that is going on — what is being sung and read in the church — all the way to the end of the service. That is all! In this way, we won’t be bored in church, looking here and there and starting conversations, and we won’t be wishing that the service be over soon. Instead, passing from one prayerful feeling to another and from one reverent thought to the next, we will be like those in a fragrant garden, moving from one group of flowers to another.
–Saint Theophan the Recluse (1815-1894)

Do God’s holy will…

I will attempt day by day to break my will into pieces. I want to do God’s Holy Will, not my own!
–Saint Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother (1838-1862)

The weakness of…

The weakness of human means is a source of strength. Jesus is the Master of the Impossible.
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)

Live for God…

As soon as I believed there was a God, I understood I could do nothing else but live for him, my religious vocation dates from the same moment as my faith: God is so great. There is such a difference between God and everything that is not.
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)

God calls all…

God calls all the souls he has created to love him with their whole being, here and thereafter, which means that he calls all of them to holiness, to perfection, to a close following of him and obedience to his will. But he does not ask all souls to show their love by the same works, to climb to heaven by the same ladder, to achieve goodness in the same way.
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)

The result of contemplative prayer…

Remember that the proper result of contemplative prayer is simplicity in the whole life; so that a contemplative is always doing the same thing all day and all night. He is praying, or having breakfast, or talking, or working, or amusing himself; but he is principally conscious that he is doing God’s will.
–John Chapman (1865-1933)

God knows…

God knows I am here. This is his will for me.
–Saint Jose Isabel Flores Varela (1866-1927)

Jose Isabel Flores Varela

Understand two thoughts…

Understand two thoughts, and fear them. One says, “You are a saint,” the other, “You won’t be saved.” Both of these thoughts are from the enemy, and there is no truth in them. But think this way: I am a great sinner, but the Lord is merciful. He loves people very much, and He will forgive my sins.
–Saint Silouan the Athonite (1866-1938)

Christian Worship

Christian worship… involves then, an adoring acknowledgement: first of God’s cosmic splendor and otherness, next of his redemptive and transfiguring action revealed in history, and last of his immanent guidance of life. Christian worship is never a solitary undertaking. Both on its visible and invisible sides, it has a thoroughly social and organic character. The worshiper, however lonely in appearance, comes before God as a member of a great family; part of the communion of saints, living and dead. His own small effort of adoration is offered “in and for all.”
–Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941)

Humility is bedrock…

Humility is to charity what the foundation is to a building. Digging the foundation is not building the house, yet it is the preliminary, indispensable work, the condition sine qua non. The deeper, and firmer it is, the better the house will be and the greater assurance of stability it will have… Humility is the firm bedrock upon which every Christian should build the edifice of his spiritual life….Humility forms the foundation of charity by emptying the soul of pride, arrogance, disordered love of self and of one’s own excellence, and by replacing them with the love of God and our neighbor.
–Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen (1893-1953)

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