“This light becomes fuller and deeper still, if it illumines not only the senses and the imagination, not only the higher faculties of memory, intellect and will, but the soul itself… Although that mystical union surpasses by far the intellectual contemplation of God as Creator and Provider by way of abstraction, still it remains for …
Jesus said to his disciples:“Be watchful! Be alert!You do not know when the time will come.It is like a man traveling abroad.He leaves home and places his servants in charge,each with his own work,and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch.Watch, therefore;you do not know when the Lord of the house is coming,whether in …
“Don’t live in a haphazard way. In your activities think that God sees you, but people do too. In your activities do remember not to let intimate love for God and people fail. Live in the awareness of living in God’s presence. Keep in mind ever more clearly its basis, not only in faith, but …
Jesus said to his disciples:“Beware that your hearts do not become drowsyfrom carousing and drunkennessand the anxieties of daily life,and that day catch you by surprise like a trap.For that day will assault everyonewho lives on the face of the earth.Be vigilant at all timesand pray that you have the strengthto escape the tribulations that …
“We can look for God with our eyes. God can also act so overwhelmingly that we have to see him. He can determine our gaze. If we use our intellect to full advantage and do not remain hanging back at the mere surface of things, then we shall ascend from the finite to the Infinite… …
Jesus told his disciples a parable.“Consider the fig tree and all the other trees.When their buds burst open,you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near;in the same way, when you see these things happening,know that the Kingdom of God is near.Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass awayuntil all …
“We must indeed go out of ourselves, we must do all we can to go out to meet him, but it is He who comes. The person who does not withdraw himself from his embrace, by constantly wandering among earthly things and not opening his heart to him, will finally experience his love, his superabundant …
Jesus said to his disciples:“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies,know that its desolation is at hand.Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.Let those within the city escape from it,and let those in the countryside not enter the city,for these days are the time of punishmentwhen all the Scriptures are fulfilled.Woe to pregnant …
“They (Teresa of Avila and Jan van Ruusbroec) are both masters of the spiritual life, who did not in the first place express what made them write, although both concede that now and then it was this force from within that made them do so. They wrote especially so that others would know the ways …
Jesus said to the crowd:“They will seize and persecute you,they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons,and they will have you led before kings and governorsbecause of my name.It will lead to your giving testimony.Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand,for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speakingthat …