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St. Ignatius of Loyola—When you look at the crucifix …
When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then. When you look at the Sacred Host, you understand how much Jesus loves you now. — St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Teresa of Ávila—We always find that those who walked closest to Christ …
We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials. — St. Teresa of Ávila
Emmanuel d’Alzon—The more we study the Lord Jesus …
The more we study the Lord Jesus, the better we know him. The better we know him, the dearer we love him. The dearer we love him, the more we wish to imitate him. But in order to imitate him better, we study him again. And thus by the…
St. Teresa of Kolkata—There is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
There is a net of love by which you can catch souls. — St. Teresa of Kolkata
St. John Vianney—The way to overcome the devil …
The way to overcome the devil when he excites feelings of hatred for those who injure us is immediately to pray for their conversion. — St. John Vianney
Thomas á Kempis—Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself?
Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself? — Thomas á Kempis
Thomas Merton—This, then, is our desert …
This, then, is our desert; to live facing despair, but not to consent. To trample it down under hope in the cross. — Thomas Merton
St. Francis de Sales—Do not desire not to be what you are …
Do not desire not to be what you are, but desire to be very well what you are. — St. Francis de Sales
St. Gregory Nazianzen—Give something, however small …
Give something, however small, to the one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God, if we have given what we could. — St. Gregory Nazianzen
St. John Vianney—God is like a mother who carries her child in her arms by the edge of a…
God is like a mother who carries her child in her arms by the edge of a precipice. While she is seeking all the time to keep him from danger, he is doing his best to get into it. — St. John Vianney