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
giving saint lost
Let us make up for lost time. Let us give to God the time that remains to us.
giving may moments
You may be sure that of all the moments of your life, the time you spend before the divine Sacrament will be that which will give you more strength during life and more consolation at the hour of your death and during eternity
heart attachment giving
Many, however, gives themselves to God, but preserve still in their hearts some attachment to creatures, which prevents them from belonging entirely to God.
heart attachment giving
It is just that he should act with reserve towards those who act with reserve towards him. On the contrary, he gives himself entirely to those souls, who, driving from their hearts everything that is not God, and does not lead them to his love, and giving themselves to him without reserve, truly say to him: My God and my all.
attachment giving god-love
How, then, shall God give himself entirely to that one who, besides his God, loves creatures still?
prayer order giving
Let us remember the devil labors hard to disturb us at the time of recollection in order to make us abandon it. Let him then who omits mental prayer on account of distractions be persuaded that he gives delight to the devil.
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.
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.