Perseverance will prove…
Be firm in your purposes and unswerving in your resolutions. Perseverance will prove whether you are sincerely sacrificing yourself to God and dedicating yourself to living a devout life.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
No retired apostles…
There are no retired apostles, only apostles who may change their means of working to suit their changing strength and ability.
–Francois-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuân (1928-2002)
Jesus should be everything…
Jesus should be everything to you: the object of all your desires, the reason behind all of your decisions, the motivation of all your emotions, and the model for all your actions.
–Francois-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuân (1928-2002)
We must suffer…
If someone said to you, “I would like to become rich; what must I do?” you would answer him, “You must labor.” Well, in order to get to Heaven, we must suffer.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Continue to walk…
Don’t philosophize about your trouble – don’t argue with it. Quite simply, continue to walk straight on. God would not allow you to be lost while you live according to your resolutions so as not to lose him. If the whole world turns topsy-turvy, if all around is darkness and smoke and din, yet God is still with us. So, if we know that God lives in the darkness and on Mount Sinai which is full of smoke and surrounded with the roar of thunder and lightning, shall not all be well with us as long as we remain close to him? So, live wholly in God, and do not fear. Jesus in his goodness is all ours; let us be all his. Let us cling to him with courage
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
A saint who limps…
Make sure not to be a saint who limps after Christ, but so order your life that you may follow him both outwardly and in your heart.
–Francisco de Osuna (1497-1541)
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