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Alphonsus Liguori, born on September 27, 1696, in Naples, Italy, and died on August 1, 1787. He was a prominent Italian writer, theologian, composer, and Catholic saint. Liguori is known for his moral theology and religious writings, which have had a profound impact on posterity.

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“Saint Teresa, as the Roman Rota attests, never fell into any mortal sin; but still Our Lord showed her the place prepared for her in Hell; not because she deserved Hell, but because, had she not risen from the state of lukewarmness in which she lived, she would in the end have lost the grace of God and been damned.”

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Author:Alphonsus Liguori

“Do not allow your daughters to be taught letters by a man, though he be a St. Paul or St. Francis of Assissium. The saints are in Heaven.”

Men Heaven Teaching Taught Daughter Letters Saint Our Daughter Your Daughter

Author:Alphonsus Liguori

“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 of His friends, but the prayers of Mary are the prayers of His mother.”

Hands Mother Jesus Justice Prayer Grace Saint Gods Will Mary Mediators

Book:The Saint Alphonsus de Liguori Collection [30 Books]

Source: The Saint Alphonsus de Liguori Collection [30 Books]

“The more a person loves God, the more reason he has to hope in Him. This hope produces in the Saints an unutterable peace, which they preserve even in adversity, because as they love God, and know how beautiful He is to those who love Him, they place all their confidence and find all their repose in Him alone.”

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“All souls in hell are there because they did not pray. All the saints sanctified themselves by prayer.”

Soul Prayer Hell Praying Saint

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“If you embrace all things in this life as coming from the hands of God, and even embrace death to fulfill His holy will, assuredly you will die a saint.”

Ifs Hands Suffering Dies Holy All Things Embrace Saint This Life Hands Of God

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“We must show charity towards the sick, who are in greater need of help. Let us take them some small gift if they are poor, or, at least let us go and wait on them and comfort them.”

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Author:Alphonsus Liguori

“The means for maintaining perfect love is to accomplish frequent acts of love. Fire is kindled by the wood we cast into it and love is enkindled by acts of love.”

Mean Perfect Love Is Fire And Love Saint Casts Woods Accomplish Maintaining Serving Others Acts Of Love Perfect Love

Author:Alphonsus Liguori

“It would be the greatest delight of the seraphs to pile up sand on the seashore or to pull weeds in a garden for all eternity, if they found out such was God's will. Our Lord himself teaches us to ask to do the will of God on earth as the saints do it in heaven: "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."”

Ifs Done Would Be Earth Suffering Asks Found Heaven Lord Teach Garden Eternity Saint Delight Gods Will Sand Weed Our Lord Seashore Thy Will Be Done

Book:Uniformity with God's Will

Source: Uniformity with God's Will

“In obedience to humanity, the King of the universe come down from heaven! In obedience to humanity, he lives imprisoned on the altar! I shall not resist. He allows humans to keep him wherever they wish-in monstrance or tabernacle; to carry him in procession; to bring him into the homes of the sick and dying; to dispense him to all, whether saint or sinner. The gospel tells how marvelously he obeyed Mary and Joseph. Today he obeys every priest in the world.”

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“True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over.”

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“It is almost certain that excess in eating is the cause of almost all the diseases of the body, but its effects on the soul are even more disastrous.”

Soul Body Certain Causes Effects Disease Eating Saint Excess

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“He who desires nothing but God is rich and happy.”

Desire Rich Saint

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“He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts in God can do all things.”

Lost Can Do All Things Saint Trust In God

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“What does it cost us to say: "My God help me! Have mercy on me!" Is there anything easier than this? And this little will suffice to save us if we be diligent in doing it.”

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“The way to Heaven is straight and narrow: they who wish to arrive at that place of bliss by walking in the paths of pleasure shall be disappointed; and therefore few reach it, because few are willing to use violence to themselves in resisting temptations.”

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Author:Alphonsus Liguori

“"Happy he that knows Thee, even if he knows nothing else," says St. Augustine. If we knew all the sciences and knew not how to love Jesus Christ, our knowledge shall profit us nothing to eternal life. But if we know how to love Jesus Christ, we shall know all things, and shall be happy for eternity.”

Ifs Knows Jesus Christ Know How Eternal Jesus Christ All Things Eternity Saint Profit Thee Eternal Life How To Love Jesus Love Augustine

Book:Dignity and Duties of the Priest Or Selva

Source: Dignity and Duties of the Priest Or Selva

“A soul who loves Jesus Christ desires to be treated the way Christ was treated-desires to be poor, despised, and humiliated.”

Way Soul Desire Jesus Christ Poor Jesus Christ Saint Treated Despised Humiliated Jesus Love

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“In cold and heat, in rain and wind, the soul united to God says, "I want it to be warm, to be cold, windy, to rain, because God wills it."”

Want Soul United Wind Cold Rain Saint Warm Gods Will Heat Windy

Book:Uniformity with God's Will

Source: Uniformity with God's Will

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

Giving Lost Remains Saint Lost Time

Author:Alphonsus Liguori

“If we should be saved and become saints, we ought always to stand at the gates of the Divine mercy to beg and pray for, as an alms, all that we need.”

Ifs Needs Should Divine Ought Praying Mercy Saint Saved Gates Alms Divine Mercy

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“Let us read the lives of the saints; let us consider the penances which they performed, and blush to be so effeminate and so fearful of mortifying our flesh.”

Saint Flesh Attachment Fearful Penance

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About the Author

Born: September 27, 1696
Died: August 1, 1787
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 120

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How to Converse with GodRelated source material

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