He would be guilty of mortal sin, because he exposes himself to the danger of grievously offending God. Hence, before he acts… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
We must show charity towards the sick, who are in greater need of help. Let us take them some small gift if… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Let us, at any rate, give heed to suffer joyfully the crosses that God sends us, because they all, if we are… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Those who are seeking the true religion will never find it outside the Catholic Church alone, because, in every other religion, if… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
You will gain more by receiving scorn peacefully than if you fasted for a week on bread and water. It is good… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
What does it cost us to say: "My God help me! Have mercy on me!" Is there anything easier than this? And… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
"Happy he that knows Thee, even if he knows nothing else," says St. Augustine. If we knew all the sciences and knew… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
If, on a rare occasion, it is necessary to speak with some severity in order to make a grievous crime felt, we… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Whoever prays is certainly saved. He who does not is certainly damned. All the blessed have been saved by prayer. All the… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Mary obtains salvation for all who have recourse to her. Oh! If all sinners had recourse to Mary, who would ever be… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
It would be the greatest delight of the seraphs to pile up sand on the seashore or to pull weeds in a… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
If we should be saved and become saints, we ought always to stand at the gates of the Divine mercy to beg… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
If you embrace all things in this life as coming from the hands of God, and even embrace death to fulfill His… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
The saved are few, but we must live with the few if we would be saved with the few. O God, too… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
He would be guilty of mortal sin, because he exposes himself to the danger of grievously offending God. Hence, before he acts he must… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good. — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Assuredly, Loving Souls, you should go to God with all humility and respect, humbling yourselves in His presence, especially when you remember your past… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Let your constant practice be to offer yourself to God, that He may do with you what He pleases. — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Perfect love of God means the complete union of our will with God's. — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
How beautiful she is, Our Lady of compassion! How dear! How utterly unselfish! How filled with joy for Him - and us - in… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Let us make up for lost time. Let us give to God the time that remains to us. — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Jesus is the mediator of justice; Mary obtains for us grace; for, as St. Bernard, St. Bonaventure, St. Bernardine of Siena, St. Germanus, St.… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
The sovereigns of the earth do not always grant audience readily; on the contrary, the King of Heaven, hidden under the eucharistic veils, is… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Before the coming of Jesus Christ, men fled away from God and, being attached to the earth, refused to unite themselves to their Creator.… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Our Faith will never be true unless it is united to that of St. Peter and the Pontiff, his successors. — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
In the Great Deluge in the days of Noah, nearly all mankind perished, eight persons alone being saved in the Ark. In our days… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
