Achieve true prayer…
If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not divine.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
Choosing our Lord…
We can prove we love our Lord only by choosing Him in preference to anything else.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
For better things…
Our Lord did not ask us to give up the things of earth, but to exchange them for better things.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Examine yourself to see…
Examine yourself, then, to see whether worldly cares may still have a hold on you; whether you are very preoccupied with feeding and clothing your body, and with your other pursuits and your recreation, as though your own power kept you alive, and you were obliged to make provision for yourself, when you have been commanded to have no anxiety whatever concerning yourself.
–Pseudo-Macarius (Fourth- Fifth Century)
Grace looks to…
Grace looks to eternal things and does not cling to those which are temporal, being neither disturbed at loss nor angered by hard words, because she has placed her treasure and joy in heaven where nothing is lost.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
Be humble and…
Be humble and you will never be disturbed. It is very difficult in practice because we all want to see the result of our work. Leave it to Jesus.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
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