“If God causes you to suffer much it is a sign that He has great designs for you and that He certainly intends to make you a saint. And if you wish to become a great saint, entreat Him yourself to give you much opportunity for suffering; for there is no wood better to kindle the fire of holy love than the wood of the cross, which Christ used for His own great sacrifice of boundless charity.” IfsGivingInspirationUsedSufferingFaithOpportunityWishCausesChristFireSacrificeDesignHolyCrossesCharitySaintWoodsChristian InspirationalBoundlessKindlesGreat DesignGreat Sacrifice Author:Ignatius of Loyola
“The holy heaven yearns to wound the earth, and yearning layeth hold on the earth to join in wedlock; the rain, fallen from the amorous heaven, impregnates the earth, and it bringeth forth for mankind the food of flocks and herds and Demeter's gifts; and from that moist marriage-rite the woods put on their bloom.” EarthHeavenMankindHolyRainWoodsWoundsFallenYearningHerdsFlocksRiteWedlockAmorousDemeter Book:Aeschylus Source: Aeschylus
“What I know of the divine sciences and Holy Scriptures, I learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.” KnowsLifeSpiritReligionSpiritualityNatureFieldsDivineMastersHolyWoodsScriptureOaksHoly Scriptures Author:Bernard of Clairvaux
“How glad I am to be able to roam in the wood and thicket, among trees and flowers and rocks ... in the country, every tree seems to speak to me, saying, "Holy! Holy", in the woods, there is enchantment which expresses all things.” CountrySeemsAbleFaithSpeakChristianityTreeRocksFlowerHolyAll ThingsWoodsGladEnchantmentThickets Author:Ludwig van Beethoven