“The Sacrament of the Body of the Lord puts the demons to flight, defends us against the incentives to vice and to concupiscence, cleanses the soul from sin, quiets the anger of God, enlightens the understanding to know God, inflames the will and the affections with the love of God, fills the memory with spiritual sweetness, confirms the entire man in good, frees us from eternal death, multiplies the merits of a good life, leads us to our everlasting home, and re-animates the body to eternal life” KnowsMenSoulHomeBodySpiritualUnderstandingMemoriesSinLordEternalAffectionVicesFlightGod LoveMeritDemonGood LifeSacramentsSweetnessEverlastingIncentivesKnowing GodEnlighteningEternal Life Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Superstitions, and especially the early cultivation of religion, with its "fear of the Lord" and of unknown mysterious agencies, are especially potent in the development of the instinct of fear. Even the early cultivation of morality and conscientiousness, with their fears of right and wrong, often causes psychoneurotic states in later life. Religious, social, and moral taboos and superstitions, associated with apprehension of threatening impending evil, based on the fear instinct, form the germs of psychopathic affections.” StatesFormEvilSocialCausesReligiousMoralLordDevelopmentMoralityInstinctAffectionMysteriousAgencySuperstitionsThreateningTabooApprehensionGermsCultivationPsychopathicConscientiousness Book:The Causation and Treatment of Psychopathic Diseases Source: The Causation and Treatment of Psychopathic Diseases
“We must look upon the world, with all its delights and all its attractions, with suspicion and reserve. We who love our Lord and whose affections are set on Heavenly things voluntarily and gladly lay aside the things that charm and ravish the world, that our hearts may be ravished with the things of Heaven; that our whole being may be poured forth in constant and unreserved devotion in the service of the Lord who died to save us.” WorldLooksHeartMayWholeHeavenLordDiedLaysConstantAffectionDelightAttractionDevotionCharmLook UpHeavenlySuspicionReservesOur Lord Author:Amy Carmichael
“David knew that the very quality of his worship was not based on his own volition but on the object of his worship - the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Though our affections for God may wax and wane, His character is unchanging! We even see David speaking to his own soul, demanding of it, "Bless the Lord!"” MaySoulCharacterSpiritFatherQualityLordObjectsSonHolyWorshipAffectionHoly SpiritBlessFather SonUnchangingVolition Author:Laura Story
“When you choose to follow Christ, you choose to be changed. Men and women changed for Christ will be captained by Christ. Their will is swallowed up in His will. They do always those things that please the Lord. Not only would they die for the Lord, but more important they want to live for Him. They stand as witnesses of God at all times, and in all things, and in all places. They have Christ on their minds, as they look unto Him in every thought. They have Christ in their hearts as their affections are placed on Him forever.” MenWantMindLooksHeartImportantDiesChristLordForeverChangedPleaseMen And WomenAll ThingsAffectionAll TimeWitnessYou Choose Author:Ezra Taft Benson
“If we verily bear the cross we shall be neither controlled nor influenced by soulical affection but shall be fit to love in the power of the Holy Spirit. Even so did the Lord Jesus love His family while on earth.” IfsEarthSpiritJesusLordBearsFitHolyCrossesAffectionHoly SpiritControlledJesus Love Book:The Spiritual Man Source: The Spiritual Man