Saint Quote of the Day : Saint Louise de Marillac

 

 

Certainly it is the great secret of the spiritual life to abandon to God all that we love by abandoning ourselves to all that He wills.

-- Saint Louise de Marillac

Saint Quote of the Day : Saint Louis IX

 

 

If the Lord has permitted you to have some trial, bear it willingly and with gratitude, considering that it has happened for your good and that perhaps you well deserved it. If the Lord bestows upon you any kind of prosperity, thank him humbly and see that you become no worse for it, either through vain pride or anything else, because you ought not to oppose God or offend him in the matter of his gifts.

-- Saint Louis IX from a spiritual testament to his son

Saint Quote of the Day : Saint Agostina Petrantoni

 

 

All is too little for the Lord.

-- Saint Agostina Petrantoni

Saint Quote of the Day : Saint Isidore of Seville

 

 

If a man wants to be always in God's company, he must pray regularly and read regularly. When we pray, we talk to God; when we read, God talks to us.

-- Saint Isidore of Seville

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne

 

We cultivate a very small field for Christ, but we love it, knowing that God does not require great achievements but a heart that holds back nothing for self.

-- Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne

Saint Quote of the Day : Saint John Vianney

Prayer is nothing else but union with God. In this intimate union, God and the soul are fused together like two bits of wax that no one can ever pull apart. This union of God with a tiny creature is a lovely thing. It is a happiness beyond understanding.

 --Saint John Vianney

Saint Quote of the Day : Saint Gregory of Nyssa

 

 

Sick, our nature demanded to be healed; fallen, to be raised up; dead, to rise again. We had lost the possession of the good; it was necessary for it to be given back to us. Closed in the darkness, it was necessary to bring us the light; captives, we awaited a Savior; prisoners, help; slaves, a liberator. Are these things minor or insignificant? Did they not move God to descend to human nature and visit it, since humanity was in so miserable and unhappy a state?

-- Saint Gregory of Nyssa