St. Francis de Sales: Let us be who we are 1 comment
Let us be who we are, and be that well, so as to honor the Master Worker, whose handiwork we are.
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Let us be who we are, and be that well, so as to honor the Master Worker, whose handiwork we are.
Tags: St. Francis de Sales
He that sees another in error and endeavors not to correct it, testifies himself to be in error.
Tags: Pope Leo I
In a world where there is so much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a need for silent adoration of Jesus concealed in the Host. Be assiduous in the prayer of adoration and teach it to the faithful. It is a source of comfort and light, particularly to those who are suffering.
Tags: Pope Benedict XVI
There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning, they experience the charms of sweetness; in the middle, the contests of temptation; and in the end, the fullness of perfection.
Tags: Pope St. Gregory
May all Christians be found worthy of either the pure white crown of a holy life or the royal red crown of martyrdom.
Tags: St. Cyprian
If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and thus show ourselves to be worthy bearers of his name. For the quality of holiness is shown not by what we say but by what we do in life.
Tags: St. Gregory of Nyssa
When you happen to be entirely unoccupied with created things so that you seem to be thinking of nothing and desiring nothing, you should know that then your soul in unconsciously occupied with God and in God.
Tags: Father de Caussade
We should not accept in silence the benefactions of God, but return thanks for them.
Tags: St. Basil
If you want to know who I am,” he said, “Christian is my name, Catholic is my surname.
Tags: St. Pacian
Lord, if your people need me, I will not refuse the work. Your will be done.
Tags: St. Martin de Tours
By your work you show what you love and what you know.
Tags: St. Bruno
A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil.
Tags: St. Dominic Savio
If I do not become a saint when I am young, I shall never become one.
Tags: St. John Berchmans
I wish I could lose myself and never find myself except in God!
Tags: St. John Vianney
Lord, may I think what you want me to think. May I desire what you want me to desire. May I speak as you want me to speak. May I work as you want me to work.
Tags: Blessed Pedro Castroverde
Grace is nothing else but a certain beginning of glory within us.
Tags: St. Thomas Aquinas
Whenever you begin any good work you should first of all make a most pressing appeal to Christ our Lord to bring it to perfection.
Tags: St. Benedict of Nursia
We are unprofitable servants, we have done what we were obliged to do.
Tags: Luke 17:10
The devil is afraid of us when we pray and make sacrifices. He is also afraid when we are humble and good. He is especially afraid when we love Jesus very much. He runs away when we make the Sign of the Cross.
Tags: St. Anthony of the Desert
We are no longer able to hear God – There are too many frequencies filling our ears.
Tags: Pope Benedict XVI
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