- Nov 07, 2020
God Quotes
On faith, prayer and finding strength each day.
These devotional quotes speak to prayer, trust and the comfort of believing God supplies the strength needed for hard seasons rather than a life free of pain altogether. For more, see our Faith quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.
- Plan
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Ignatius understood that God did not wish him to remain at Jerusalem, he began to consider what he should do. The plan he approved and adopted was to enter upon a course of study in order to be better fitted to save souls.
- Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Little by little he came to recognize the difference between the spirits that agitated him, one from the enemy and one from God.
- Fervent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Experience proves that in this life peace and satisfaction are had, not by the listless but by those who are fervent in God's service. And rightly so. For in their effort to overcome themselves and to rid themselves of self-love, they rid themselves of the roots of all passion and unrest.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not the soul alone that should be healthy; if the mind is healthy in a healthy body, all will be healthy and much better prepared to give God greater service.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God's honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
- Patience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will - that is, the good will to serve Him and our neighbor in Him. His providence allows us other devotions only insofar as He sees that they are useful to us.
- Prayer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man was created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord and in this way to save his soul. The other things on Earth were created for man's use, to help him reach the end for which he was created.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can love a person in this life only insofar as he tries to advance in the praise and service of God our Lord; for the man who loves anything for itself and not for the sake of God, does not love God with his whole heart.
- Faithfully
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- Nov 07, 2020
We esteem, honor, and love the apostles more than the other saints, because they served God more faithfully and because they loved Him more perfectly.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020