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
confidence practice possible-love
Yet you should practice the greatest possible love and confidence in treating with Him.
humble heart humble-heart
But You never reject a repentant and humble heart.
wicked wish doe
There is no one, however wicked, whom Mary does not save by her intercession when she wishes ... He who has recourse to Mary shall be saved.
salvation mary lost
Mary obtains salvation for all who have recourse to her. Oh! If all sinners had recourse to Mary, who would ever be lost? ... He who is protected by her will be saved; he who is not will be lost.
wickedness uniting goodness
As all our wickedness consists in turning away from our Creator, so all our goodness consists in uniting ourselves with Him.
thee lost mary
No, he can never be lost who recommends himself to thee, O Mary.
evil lasts bad-life
St. Jerome declares that he holds for certain, and has learned from experience, that he will never make a good end who has led a bad life to the very last: 'This I hold, this I have learned by much experience, that his will be an evil end who has always led an evil life.'
prayer temptation impossible
Without prayer it is impossible to resist temptations and to keep the commandments.
soul suffering surfer
He who suffers in patience, surfers less and saves his soul. He who suffers impatiently, suffers more and loses his soul.
prayer flower land
"The flowers have appeared in our land: the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land." When the soul, like the solitary turtle-dove, retires and recollects itself in meditation to converse with God, then the flowers, that is, good desires, appear; then comes the time of pruning, that is, the correction of faults that are discovered in mental prayer.
suffering our-love proof
The sufferings endured for God are the greatest proof of our love for Him.
people honor wish
When we hear people talk of riches, honors and amusements of the world, let us remember that all things have an end, and let us then say: My God, I wish for You alone and nothing more.
peter being-true united
Our Faith will never be true unless it is united to that of St. Peter and the Pontiff, his successors.
grace woe neglect
Woe to him who neglects to recommend himself to Mary, and thus closes the channel of grace!