Alphonsus Liguori
Alphonsus Liguori
Saint Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, C.Ss.R., was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth27 September 1696
CountryItaly
apply aside asked duties god italian-clergyman lay mind
You are not asked to apply your mind continually to the thought of God and lay aside the fulfillment of your duties and your recreations.
giving saint lost
Let us make up for lost time. Let us give to God the time that remains to us.
eight water earth
In the Great Deluge in the days of Noah, nearly all mankind perished, eight persons alone being saved in the Ark. In our days a deluge, not of water but of sins, continually inundates the earth, and out of this deluge very few escape. Scarcely anyone is saved.
jesus believe love-you
My Lord Jesus Christ, who, for the love You bear to mankind, do remain night and day in this Sacrament, full of pity and love, awaiting, calling, and receiving all who come to visit You; I believe that You are present in the Sacrament of the Altar; I adore You from the depths of my own nothingness; I thank You for the many graces You have given me, and especially for having given me Yourself in this Sacrament...
religious redemption glory
Mary having co-operated in our redemption with so much glory to God and so much love for us, Our Lord ordained that no one shall obtain salvation except through her intercession.
mother religious jesus
After the love which we owe Jesus Christ, we must give the chief place in our heart to the love of His Mother Mary.
dance mad long
A dancer differeth from a madman only in length of time; one is mad so long as he liveth, the other while he danceth.
daughter teaching men
Do not allow your daughters to be taught letters by a man, though he be a St. Paul or St. Francis of Assissium. The saints are in Heaven.
christian heaven littles
Those who say the Rosary daily and wear the Brown Scapular and who do a little more, will go straight to Heaven.
beautiful compassion agony
How beautiful she is, Our Lady of compassion! How dear! How utterly unselfish! How filled with joy for Him - and us - in the depths of her own agony and desolation!
jesus numbers fire
I Love Jesus Christ and that is why I am on fire with the desire to give Him souls, first of all my own, and then an incalculable number of others.
mean perfect unions
Perfect love of God means the complete union of our will with God's.
compassion effort relax
So great is the compassion excited in Mary by our misery, and such is the love that she bears us, that she prays constantly, and relaxes not her efforts in our behalf.
jesus desire bread
My Jesus! What a lovable contrivance this holy Sacrament was - that You would hide under the appearance of bread to make Yourself loved and to be available for a visit by anyone who desires You!