We will be judged…
At the end of life we will be judged on how much we have loved.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Give an account…
How can you venture to live without fear, seeing that you must appear before God to give an account of your lightest words and thoughts?
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Three kinds of love…
Three kinds of love: 1. the soul now loves God, not through itself but through Himself. 2. the soul is absorbed in the love of God and God surrenders Himself to the soul with great vehemence. 3. the soul loves Him for Who He is.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Being considerate…
We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Suffering and endurance…
We must often recall that our Lord has saved us by his suffering and endurance and that we must work out our salvation by sufferings and afflictions, enduring with all possible meekness the injuries, denials and discomforts we meet.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Rash judgment is…
How offensive to God is rash judgment. It is a kind of spiritual jaundice that causes all things to appear evil to the eyes of those infected with it… Rash judgments draw a conclusion from an action in order to condemn the other.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
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