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Angela of Foligno

(1248–1309) Nun

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Angela of Foligno was a nun, best known for Liber de vera fidelium experientia.

Quick Facts About Angela of Foligno

Born: January 1, 1248
Died: January 4, 1309
Profession: Nun
Notable works: Liber de vera fidelium experientia

About Angela of Foligno

Angela of Foligno was an Italian Franciscan tertiary who became known as a mystic from her extensive writings about her mystical revelations. Due to the respect those writings engendered in the Catholic Church she became known as Theologorum Magistra, as first used by Maximilian Sandaeus, later cited by Bollandus in the Acta Sanctorum.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Angela of Foligno

... God cometh sometimes unto the soul when it hath neither called, nor prayed unto, nor summoned Him. And He doth instil…

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Companionship

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By virtue of love is the lover transformed in the beloved and the beloved transformed in the lover.

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Beloved

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Without humility of heart all the other virtues by which one runs toward God seem - and are - absolutely worthless.

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Character

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Humility exists only in those who are poor enough to see that they possess nothing of their own.

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Enough

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The Sacrament [of the Holy Eucharist] is the Gift of gifts, and the Grace of graces. When the almighty and eternal God…

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Almighty

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Our condition is most noble, being so beloved of the Most High God that He was willing to die for our sake-…

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Beloved

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It is the Sacrament of Love that excites the soul to ardent prayer. It stirs up the virtue of impetration and, as…

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Abyss

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So great was my joy in God that I took no heed of looking at the angels and the saints, because all…

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Angel

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If we but paused for a moment to consider attentively what takes place in this Sacrament, I am sure that the thought…

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Blessed sacrament

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Our perfection certainly consists in knowing God and ourselves.

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Excellence

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There is neither father, nor mother, nor son, nor any other person whatsoever who can embrace the object beloved with so great…

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Beloved

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Holy Scripture is so exalted that there is no one in the world ... wise enough to understand it so fully that…

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Bible

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O my soul, how can you refrain from plunging yourself ever deeper and deeper into the love of Christ, who did not…

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Christ

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This whole world is full of God!

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God

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No one can be saved without divine light. Divine light causes us to begin and to make progress, and it leads us…

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Causes

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In that time and by God's will there died my mother, who was a great hindrance unto me in following the way…

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Children

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This Sacrament really contains You, O my God, You whom the Angels adore, in whose presence the Spirits and mighty Powers tremble.…

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Adore

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