Author: Alphonsus Liguori

Quotes

Job was astonished at seeing Almighty God so intent on doing good to us that He seems to have nothing more at heart than to love us and to induce us to love Him in return.

Job was astonished at seeing Almighty God so intent on doing good to us that He seems to have nothing more at heart than to love us and to induce us to love Him in return.

- Alphonsus Liguori

Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.

Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.

- Alphonsus Liguori

Speak to Him often of your business, your plans, your troubles, your fears - of everything that concerns you.

Speak to Him often of your business, your plans, your troubles, your fears - of everything that concerns you.

- Alphonsus Liguori

Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love.

Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love.

- Alphonsus Liguori

It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and craven slave trembling with fright before his master.

It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and craven slave trembling with fright before his master.

- Alphonsus Liguori

God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.

God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.

- Alphonsus Liguori

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.

- Alphonsus Liguori

Since His delights are to be with you, let yours be found in Him.

Since His delights are to be with you, let yours be found in Him.

- Alphonsus Liguori

What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love.

What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love.

- Alphonsus Liguori

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