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)
The Holy Virgin…
Believe me, there is no more powerful means to obtain God’s grace than to employ the intercessions of the Holy Virgin.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Persevere in coming to church…
Persons who live in the world should persevere in coming to church to hear sermons, and remember to read spiritual books, especially the Lives of the Saints.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Disaffected to things…
To make ourselves disaffected to the things of the world, it is a good thing to think seriously of the end of them, saying to ourselves, “And then? And then?”
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Remedy for dryness…
The best remedy for dryness of spirit, is to picture ourselves as beggars in the presence of God and the Saints, and like a beggar, to go first to one saint, then to another, to ask a spiritual alms of them with the same earnestness as a poor fellow in the streets would ask an alms of us.
–Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
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