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
grace woe neglect
Woe to him who neglects to recommend himself to Mary, and thus closes the channel of grace!
mean grace impossible
To obtain salvation we must tremble at the thought of being lost, and tremble not so much at the thought of hell, as of sin, which alone can send us thither. He who dreads sin avoids dangerous occasions, frequently recommends himself to God, and has recourse to the means of keeping himself in the state of grace. He who acts thus will be saved; but for him who lives not in this manner it is morally impossible to be saved.
grace saint sin
Saint Teresa, as the Roman Rota attests, never fell into any mortal sin; but still Our Lord showed her the place prepared for her in Hell; not because she deserved Hell, but because, had she not risen from the state of lukewarmness in which she lived, she would in the end have lost the grace of God and been damned.
baptism grace may
A person may be Baptized, and yet not born again to grace, in consequence of not having the necessary dispositions at Baptism.
order grace weight
He who embraces the cross and bears it with patience lightens the weight of the cross. Indeed, the weight itself becomes a consolation; for God abounds with grace to all those who carry the cross with good will in order to please him.
jesus grace soul
Love tends to union with the object loved. Now Jesus Christ loves a soul that is in a state of grace with immense love; He ardently desires to unite Himself with it. That is what Holy Communion does
creatures dear divine grace italian-clergyman ourselves servants treasure vile
And divine grace is the inestimable treasure through which vile creatures and servants like ourselves become dear friends of our Creator.
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.