The heart is free…
The heart is free which is held by no love other than the love of God.
–Saint Bonaventure (1221-1274)
Sin arises when…
Sin arises when things that are a minor good are pursued as though they were the most important goals in life. If money or affection or power are sought in disproportionate, obsessive ways, then sin occurs. And that sin is magnified when, for these lesser goals, we fail to pursue the highest good and the finest goals. So when we ask ourselves why, in a given situation, we committed a sin, the answer is usually one of two things. Either we wanted to obtain something we didn’t have, or we feared losing something we had.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Greedy for money…
We should have no more use or regard for money in any of its forms than we have for dust. Those who think it is worth more, or who are greedy for it, expose themselves to the danger of being deceived by the Devil.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Being at home in the world…
The entirely comfortable being-at-home in the world, the satiety of pleasures that it offers, the demand for these pleasures and the matter-of-course consent to these demands – all of this that human nature considers bright daily life – all of this is darkness in God’s eyes and incompatible with the divine light. It has to be totally uprooted if room for God is to be made in the soul.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
Live a godly life…
It is impossible for you to live a godly life if you are in love with pleasure and money.
— Isidore the Priest (a Desert Father)
The sole happiness…
The sole happiness upon earth consists in hiding oneself and remaining in total ignorance of created things.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
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