Author: Alphonsus Liguori

Quotes

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

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

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

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

The heart of man is, so to speak, the paradise of God.

The heart of man is, so to speak, the paradise of God.

- Alphonsus Liguori

True, He is infinite Majesty, but He is also infinite Goodness and infinite Love. There can be no greater Lord than God; neither can there be a more ardent lover than He.

True, He is infinite Majesty, but He is also infinite Goodness and infinite Love. There can be no greater Lord than God; neither can there be a more ardent lover than He.

- 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

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

Yet you should practice the greatest possible love and confidence in treating with Him.

Yet you should practice the greatest possible love and confidence in treating with Him.

- Alphonsus Liguori

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