“Even in the natural order, all genuine love is a victory of weakness. Loving is not dominating or possessing, imposing oneself on the person loved. Loving means that one welcomes the other person without putting up any defenses. In return,… — 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… — Jacques Philippe Copy Share Image
“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
“Even in the natural order, all genuine love is a victory of weakness. Loving is not dominating or possessing, imposing oneself on the person… — Jacques Philippe Copy Share Image
“A necessary condition for interior peace, then, is what we might call goodwill. We could also call it purity of heart. It is the… — Jacques Philippe Copy Share Image
“Resentment attacks our vital forces and does us much harm. When someone has made us suffer, our tendency is to keep the memory of… — Jacques Philippe Copy Share Image
