Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Quotes from Saints of Old

The way of God is a daily cross. No one has ascended into heaven through an easy life.--
St. Isaac of Syria

That you may love God, let him dwell in you and love himself through you.--
St. Augustine

Be not anxious about what you have, but rather about what you are--
St. Gregory the Great

He became what we are not that we might become what he is.--
Athanasius

He cannot have God for his father who does not have the church for his mother--
St. Augustine

The greatest honor we can give to God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love--
Julian of Norwich

The love of worldly possesions entangles the soul and prevents it from flying to God.--
St. Augustine

Our courteous Lord does not want his servants to despair because they fall often and grievously; for our falling does not hinder him in loving us.--
St Julian of Norwich

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