Faith & Trust
Devotion is simply a spiritual activity and liveliness by means of which Divine Love works in us, and causes us to work briskly and lovingly.
One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
The difference between love and devotion is just that which exists between fire and flame.
So long as the power to refuse exists within the soul, we may be sure that Love, the life of the soul, is there.
My soul, you are made for God, woe be to you if you stop short in anything short of Him!
One Our Father said devoutly is worth more than many prayers hurried over.
Look to Heaven, and do not lose it for earth; look at Hell, and do not plunge therein for the sake of this passing life; look at Jesus Christ, and do not deny Him for the world’s sake.
Obey quietly, without answering again, promptly, without delay, cheerfully, without reluctance; and, above all, render a loving obedience for His Sake Who became obedient even to the death of the Cross for our sake.
Blessed indeed are the obedient, for God will never permit them to go astray.
Prayer opens the understanding to the brightness of Divine Light, and the will to the warmth of Heavenly Love—nothing can so effectually purify the mind from its many ignorances, or the will from its perverse affections. It is as a healing water which causes the roots of our good desires to send forth fresh shoots, which washes away the soul’s imperfections, and allays the thirst of passion.
God will not suffer our hearts to find any rest, like the dove going forth from Noah’s ark, until it returns to God, whence it came.
Woe to them that turn aside the creature from the Creator, and thrice blessed are they who turn all creation to their Creator’s Glory.
Just as the soul animates the whole body, and every member thereof, but abides especially in the heart, so God, while present everywhere, yet makes His special abode with our spirit.
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