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“When we grow careless of keeping our souls, then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses.”

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Book:The Bruised Reed

Source: The Bruised Reed

“Would that men might come at last to see that it is quite impossible to reach the thicket of the riches and wisdom of God except by first entering the thicket of much suffering, in such a way that the soul finds there its consolation and desire. The soul that longs for divine wisdom chooses first, and in truth, to enter the thicket of the cross.”

Men Way Firsts Soul Might Lasts Desire Suffering Impossible Divine Crosses Saint Riches Entering Consolation Thickets Divine Wisdom

Author:John of the Cross

“There is nothing more pleasing to God, than to see a soul who patiently and serenely bears whatever crosses it is sent; this is how love is made, by putting lover and loved one on the same level. . . A soul who loves Jesus Christ desires to be treated the way Christ was treated-desires to be poor, despised and humiliated.”

Way Made Soul Desire Suffering Jesus Christ Love Is Poor Levels Bears Lovers Jesus Christ Crosses Treated Loved Ones Despised Humiliated Jesus Love

Author:Alphonsus Liguori

“Look at the cross and you will know what one soul means to Jesus.”

Knows Looks Mean Soul Jesus Crosses Easter

Author:Mother Teresa

“Dost thou understand me, sinful soul? He wrestled with justice, that thou mightest have rest; He wept and mourned, that thou mightest laugh and rejoice; He was betrayed, that thou mightest go free; was apprehended, that thou mightest escape; He was condemned, that thou mightest be justified; and was killed, that thou mightest live; He wore a crown of thorns, that thou mightest wear a crown of glory; and was nailed to the cross, with His arms wide open, to show with what freeness all His merits shall be bestowed on the coming soul; and how heartily He will receive it into His bosom?”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of John Bunyan (Illustrated)

“There may be different channels of approach, yes. For not all peoples walked in the field when the wheat was ripe. Neither did all stand at the tomb when Lazarus was called forth. Neither were they all present when He walked on the water, nor when He fed the five thousand, nor when He hung on the Cross. Yet each experience answered, and does answer to something within each individual soul-entity. For each soul is a corpuscle in the body of God.”

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Author:Edgar Cayce

“Every spoken word double-crosses us. The written word is the only tolerable form of communication, as it isn't a stone in a bridge between souls but a ray of light between stars.”

Soul Light Form Stars Written Communication Stones Crosses Philosophical Bridges Rays Written Word Spoken Word Tolerable Rays Of Light

Author:Fernando Pessoa

“God is everywhere, in the very air I breathe, yes everywhere, but in His Sacrament of the Altar He is as present actually and really as my soul within my body; in His Sacrifice daily offered as really as once offered on the Cross”

Soul Body Sacrifice Air Crosses Breathe My Soul Sacraments Altars

Author:Elizabeth Ann Seton