Christ does not force our will; He only takes what we give him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
~ St. Teresa of Avila
Until we have acquired genuine prayer, we are like people teaching children to walk.~ St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Before prayer, endeavor to realize whose Presence you are approaching, and to whom you are about to speak. We can never fully understand how we ought to behave towards God, before whom the angels tremble.~St. Teresa of Avila
If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
~Francis of Assisi
"This life is full of obstacles, difficulties for one whose purpose is the close following of Christ. O how few start on this road of the following of Christ! And for this reason it may sometimes appear that the true Christian life is something excessive. Our poor human nature may even call it at times a stupidity to despise a pleasure for God. It is as if somebody said to us: 'How stupid you are to deny yoursevles all innocent pleasures which others enjoy without scruple of conscience. Do you only want to go to Heaven? O what a dry, uninteresting form of existence!' To such whisperings of the devil, you must never pay attention."~Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos
I am a very little soul, who can offer only very little things to the Lord.
~ St. Therese the Little Flower
Tell sinners that I am always waiting for them, that I listen intently to the beating of their heart...My heart rejoices when they return to me." (Jesus to St. Faustina - Notebook VI, 1728)
Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.
~Francis of Assisi
"What a paradise it is for a soul when the heart knows itself to be so loved by God" (St. Faustina - Notebook VI, 1756)
O Jesus, my Love, my vocation, at last I have found it ... my vocation is Love!
~ St. Therese the Little Flower
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