Meister Eckhart (1260-1328), Page: Quotes, Prayer (how), Quote Author, Quote Topic
The most powerful prayer, one well-nigh omnipotent, and the worthiest work of all is the outcome of a quiet mind. The quieter it is the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is. To the quiet mind all things are possible. What is a quiet mind? A quiet mind is one which nothing weighs on, nothing worries, which, free from ties and from all self-seeking, is wholly merged into the will of God and dead to its own.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Struggle (with Sin)
Arm yourself with prayer rather than a sword; wear humility rather than fine clothes.
–Saint Dominic de Guzman (1170-1221)
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), Detachment, Page: Quotes, Possessions, Quote Author
Suppose you saw a starving man inhaling great deep breaths, filling his cheeks with wind to stay his hunger; would you not call him mad? And it is just as mad to think that blowing yourself out with earthly goods can satisfy your hunger.
–Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Adversity, Cross (your), Discipleship, Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Our Lord never asks sacrifices from us beyond our strength. At times, it is true this Divine Savior makes us feel all the bitterness of the chalice that He is offering our soul. When He asks the sacrifice of all that is precious in this world, it is impossible, without a very special grace, not to cry out like Him in the garden of agony… It is very consoling to think that Jesus, the Strong God, knew our weaknesses.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Abandonment (of self), Acceptance, Grace, Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
No doubt, it is a grace to receive the sacraments. When God does not permit it, it is good too! Everything is grace! When I shall have arrived at port, I will teach you how to travel…on the stormy sea of the world: with surrender and the love of a child who knows his Father loves him and cannot leave him alone in the hour of danger…The way of simple love and confidence is really made for you.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Confession, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Struggle (with Sin)
The Eight Benefits of Frequent Confession
(1) genuine self-knowledge is increased
(2) Christian humility grows
(3) bad habits are corrected
(4) spiritual neglect and tepidity (lukewarmness) are resisted
(5) the conscience is purified
(6) the will strengthened
(7) a salutary self-control is attained
(8) and grace is increased in virtue of the Sacrament itself.
–Pope Pius XII (1876-1958)
