“If the soul would know the merit which one acquires in temptations suffered in patience and conquered, it would be tempted to say: "Lord, send me temptations."” IfsKnowsSoulWould BeSufferingLordTemptationMeritAcquireTempted Author:Pio of Pietrelcina
“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
“It is as the father of the Encyclopedia that Denis Diderot merits eternal recognition. Guilty as he was in almost every relation of life towards the individual, for mankind, in the teeth of danger and of infidelity, at the ill-paid sacrifice of the best years of his exuberant life, he produced that book which first levelled a free path to knowledge and enfranchised the soul of his generation.” YearsFirstsBookSoulFatherIndividualPathGenerationsSacrificeMankindDangerEternalRelationPaidIllTeethGuiltyRecognitionMeritInfidelityBest YearEncyclopedia Author:Evelyn Beatrice Hall
“Every soul... comes into the world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of its' previous life. Its' place in this world as a vessel appointed to honor or dishonor, is determined by its' previous merits or demerits. Its' work in this world determines its' place in the world which is to follow this.” WorldSoulThis WorldVictoryHonorDefeatDetermineDeterminedKarmaMeritVesselPlaces In The WorldDishonorPrevious Life Author:Origen