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Offline Emile

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Saint quotes
« on: February 16, 2021, 11:40:42 PM »
I was thinking that people could post short quotes by Saints here to help us keep our focus, especially now that it's Lent.

"If ever you have a fit of sadness or trouble, remember that it is because you are still attached to life, or health, or some comfort, or person, or thing that you ought to forget and despise, that you may desire Jesus Christ only." - St. Claude de la Colombiere
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Offline MaryJK

Re: Saint quotes
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2021, 03:40:54 AM »
My husband and I are texting each other this very thing you posted for Lent. Thank you. I will be sending him everything that gets posted here starting with yours.

"Accustom yourself in all that you do to act and speak gently and quietly, and you will see that in a short time you will completely control that abrupt impulsiveness." 
- Saint Francis de Sales
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Offline Ascetik

Re: Saint quotes
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2021, 06:43:26 AM »
St. John of the Cross - Ascent of Mt. Carmel.

"
In order to arrive at pleasure in everything
 Desire to have pleasure in nothing.
 In order to arrive at possessing everything,
 Desire to possess nothing.
 In order to arrive at being everything
 Desire to be nothing.
 In order to arrive at knowing everything,
 Desire to know nothing.
 In order to arrive at that wherein thou hast no pleasure,
 Thou must go by a way wherein thou hast no pleasure.
 In order to arrive at that which thou knowest not
 Thou must go by a way thou knowest not.
 In order to arrive at that which thou possest not,
 Thou must go by a way that thou possesst not.
 In order to arrive at that which thou art not,
 Thou must go through that which thou art not.
 When thy mind dwells upon anything,
 Thou art ceasing to cast thyself upon the All.
 For in order to pass from the all to the All,
 Thou hast to deny thyself wholly in all.
 And when thou comest to possess it wholly,
 Thou must possess it without desiring anything.
 For, if thou wilt have anything in having all,
 Thou hast not thy treasure purely in God."
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Offline shin

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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2021, 01:09:47 PM »
Some beautiful quotes just posted.

'Kiss the hands of God, crucified for you, the hands that have struck you and caused you to suffer. Repeat over and over again to Him His own words to His Father while He was suffering: Not my will but thine be done. In all that Thou wishest of me, today and for always, in heaven and on earth, let Thy will be done, but let it be done on earth as it is done in heaven.'

St. Claude de la Colombiere
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Offline trad123

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Re: Saint quotes
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2021, 03:17:17 PM »
http://www.catholicstoreroom.com/category/quotes/quote-author/philip-neri-1515-1595/page/8/


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Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to be tempted by the opposite vice. Therefore, look upon every temptation as an invitation to grow in a particular virtue and a promise by God that you will be successful, if only you stand fast.

 –Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)




The Spiritual Maxims of Père Grou, page 151

https://archive.org/details/TheSpiritualMaximsOfPereGrou/page/n159/mode/2up


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Do you dread trials? They are indispensably necessary for your admission to heaven. The willing acceptance of them will make them sweet. You do not appreciate the all-powerful operation of grace, and the wondrous changes which it brings to pass in the mind and heart. Yield yourself up to it, and have no uneasiness concerning your own infirmity. You will be weak only so far as you rely on yourself; but if you place your whole confidence in God, you will be able to say with S. Paul : "I can do all things through Christ Which strengtheneth me."



Flowers of the passion; thoughts of St. Paul of the Cross


https://archive.org/details/FlowersOfThePassion1893/page/n145/mode/2up?q=death

page 141
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Sufferings are the richest presents that Divine Majesty bestows on you.

page 144
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We must not serve God for the sake of His consolations, but because He is worthy of being served. God usually deprives His servants, for a time, of all consolation, that they may learn to serve Him through pure love, and become truly faithful servants. He deprives them of spiritual delights, even on the most solemn occasions, to test their faith and fidelity.
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