Baptism Quote by Alphonsus Liguori

“A person may be Baptized, and yet not born again to grace, in consequence of not having the necessary dispositions at Baptism.” quote by Alphonsus Liguori — Download Open image

“A person may be Baptized, and yet not born again to grace, in consequence of not having the necessary dispositions at Baptism.”

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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…

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Perfect love of God means the complete union of our will with God's.

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Let us make up for lost time. Let us give to God the time that remains to us.

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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…

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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"…

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