A happy and blessed feast of All Saints to you all! Please visit the ever-trusty Fisheaters for customs and a reading for today's glorious feast.
A few nights ago I was discussing spiritual reading with an acquaintance (online, of course...), and I realized how many basic truths have been driven home to me by reading lives of the saints or their writings. Sometimes you just need another person's example to make things clear. So, in honor of this celebration of all saints, both known and forgotten, I have listed the saints from whom I've learned things with the lesson learned, put as simply and briefly as possible. (That was hard, by the way, especially for Therese and Teresa, on whom I probably could have expounded for multiple paragraphs. So if any of you want explanation or expounding, I will give it gladly.)
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Abandon yourself to God's Will.
St. Francis of Assisi
Truly live the Gospel.
St. Teresa of Ávila
Through grace, we can be elevated to complete union with God.
St. Catherine of Siena
"Be who God meant you to be, and you will set the world on fire."
St. Augustine of Hippo
No matter how great your sins have been, there is hope through repentance and amendment.
St. Thomas Aquinas
The greatest human achievements are as nothing compared to the majesty and glory of God.
These saints are so inspiring. I'll have to read up on all of them. :)
ReplyDeleteYou definitely should. :) Especially St. Teresa of Avila's autobiography...my goodness is that book powerful!
DeleteI loved every single one of these quotes. Lovely job putting this together!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Only one of them is a direct quote, though - St. Catherine's. The rest are just me paraphrasing the biggest thing I've learned from each of them.
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