Radiate God’s love…
Each time people come into contact with us, they must become different and better people because of having met us. We must radiate God’s love.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Happy is the spirit…
Happy is the spirit that attains to the perfect formlessness at the time of prayer. Happy is the spirit which, praying with distraction, goes on increasing its desire for God. Happy is the spirit that becomes free of all matter and is stripped of all at the time of prayer. Happy is the spirit that attains to complete unconsciousness of all sensible experience at the time of prayer.
–Evagrius Ponticus (345-399)
A pilgrim in this world…
Keep yourself as a pilgrim and a stranger here in this world, as one to whom the world’s business counts by little. Keep your heart free, and always lift it up to God.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
See yourself as God sees…
If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
Grace prepares you…
Bring to God a clean and open heart, if you wish to see how sweet the Lord is; though truly you will never attain this happiness unless His grace prepares you and draws you on so that you may forsake all things to be united with Jesus alone.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
The Lord who has called us…
We must also be firmly convinced from the start that, if we fight courageously and do not allow ourselves to be beaten, we shall get what we want, and there is no doubt that, however small our gains may be, they will make us very rich. Do not be afraid that the Lord Who has called us to drink of this spring will allow you to die of thirst.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
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