By our acceptance of the Cross…
The consolation is this and this our faith too: by our suffering and our failures, by our acceptance of the Cross, we unleash forces that help to overcome the evil in the world.
–Dorothy Day (1897-1980)
God still loves the world…
God still loves the world and He sends you and me to be His love and His compassion to the poor.
–Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) (attributed)
Never forget…
Never forget that you are His.
— Gabriela Papayannis (1897-1992)
Christian life is…
All Christian life is meant to be at the same time profoundly contemplative and rich in active work. It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of creating our own lives. In doing this, we act as co-workers with God.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
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)
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)
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