“A single ‘Blessed be God’ when things go wrong, is of more value than a thousand acts of thanksgiving when things are to our liking.” – Saint John of Avila The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. Job 1:21
desire nothing but what God desires Evening Meditations for all days of the year from texts of Saint Alphonsus of Liguori
“God does not desire that we should abound in knowledge, but that in all things we should submit ourselves to His will.” Blessed Henry Suso
“Always be dissatisfied with what you are, if you want to arrive at what you are not yet. – St. Augustine
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Those who love God are ever content because their whole pleasure lies in the accomplishment of the Divine Will, even in things that run counter to their own desires. Hence even afflictions bring them contentment, by the thought that in the acceptance ofafflictions they are giving pleasure to their Lord Whom they love: Whatsoever shall
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“O blessed penance, which has secured for me so glorious a reward.” – St. Peter of Alcantara
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“there is nothing which a prudent man must shun more carefully than living with a view to popularity.” St. Basil
Laurentius Surius (1522–1578), a Carthusian monk and writer of the lives of saints wrote about how “a certain blind man obtained the restoration of his sight by praying to St. Bedasto, bishop. Thinking the matter over, he prayed again to his heavenly patron, but this time with the purpose that if the possession of his
Is there anything better for us to have in our heart, or utter with our lips, or record with our pen, than “Thanks be unto God?. No other phrase is more easily spoken, and nothing more pleasant in sound, profound in significance, and profitable in practice. – from St. Augustine
“If the angels were capable of envy, they would envy us for two things: one is the receiving of Holy Communion, and the other is suffering… You will save more souls through prayer and suffering than will a missionary through his teachings and sermons alone.” – St. Faustian
