“A necessary condition for interior peace, then, is what we might call goodwill. We could also call it purity of heart. It is the stable and constant disposition of a person who is determined more than anything to love God,… — Jacques Philippe Copy Share Image
“no inquietarse jamás y no alterarse por nada; olvidar el pasado; vivir como si el futuro no existiera; vivir para Jesús en el momento… — Jacques Philippe Copy Share Image
“Mental prayer is the source of true happiness. Whoever practices it faithfully will not fail to “taste and see that the Lord is good” — Jacques Philippe Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, we can really forgive people only because Christ rose from the dead; his Resurrection is the guarantee that God can cure every wrong… — Jacques Philippe Copy Share Image
“Faith and hope are provisional; they exist only for this earth and will pass away. In heaven, faith will be replaced by sight, and… — Jacques Philippe Copy Share Image
“God acts in the peace of one’s soul. It is not by our own efforts that we succeed in liberating ourselves from sin; it… — Jacques Philippe Copy Share Image
“The more God is at the center of our lives, and the more we expect everything from him and him alone, the better chance… — Jacques Philippe Copy Share Image
“There are two things to be aware of if the fight against evil inclinations is to have any chance of success. First, our efforts will never be sufficient on their own. Only the grace of Christ can win us the victory. Therefore our chief weapons are prayer, patience, and hope. Second, one passion can only be cured by another -… — Jacques Philippe Copy Share
“our inability to love comes most often from our lack of faith and our lack of hope.” — Jacques Philippe Copy Share Image
“one passion can only be cured by another—a misplaced love by a greater love, wrong behavior by right behavior that makes provisions for the… — Jacques Philippe Copy Share Image
“There are many souls who think they do not have prayer, yet they have much; and, on the contrary, others who think they have… — Jacques Philippe Copy Share Image
“The sign of spiritual progress is not so much never falling as it is being able to lift oneself up quickly after one falls.” — Jacques Philippe Copy Share Image
“Learning to give and receive freely requires a long, laborious process of re-educating our minds, which have been conditioned by thousands of years of… — Jacques Philippe Copy Share Image
