Love tends to union with the object loved. Now Jesus Christ loves a soul that is in a state of grace with… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
After the love which we owe Jesus Christ, we must give the chief place in our heart to the love of His… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
I Love Jesus Christ and that is why I am on fire with the desire to give Him souls, first of all… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
A soul who loves Jesus Christ desires to be treated the way Christ was treated-desires to be poor, despised, and humiliated. — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
There is nothing more pleasing to God, than to see a soul who patiently and serenely bears whatever crosses it is sent;… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
My Lord Jesus Christ, who, for the love You bear to mankind, do remain night and day in this Sacrament, full of… — 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
St. Francis Borgia says that he who desires to consecrate himself to God must, in the first place, trample under his feet… — 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. But the loving God has drawn them to Himself by the bonds of love, as He promised by the prophet Osee [Hosea]: "I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bonds of love"… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share
Certainly amongst all devotions, after that of receiving the sacraments, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament holds first place, is… — 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 lay aside the doubt; and if he has not hitherto done so, he must confess it, at least, as it is before God. But the scrupulous, who have doubts about everything, must follow another rule: they… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share
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. Antoninus, and others say, it is the will of God to dispense through the hands of Mary whatever graces he is pleased to bestow upon us. With God, the prayers of the saints are the prayers… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share
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. But the loving God has drawn them to Himself by the bonds of love, as He promised by the prophet Osee [Hosea]: "I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bonds of love"… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share
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
