Italian - Clergyman | September 27, 1696 - August 1, 1787
What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love.
Alphonsus Liguori
LoveGodPastMeYouLoving
True, He is infinite Majesty, but He is also infinite Goodness and infinite Love. There can be no greater Lord than God; neither can there be a more ardent lover than He.
LoveGodGoodnessInfiniteTrueHe
Ask those who love Him with a sincere love, and they will tell you that they find no greater or prompter relief amid the troubles of their life than in loving conversation with their Divine Friend.
LifeLoveFriendFaithYouLoving
Since His delights are to be with you, let yours be found in Him.
GodYouHimDelightsYoursFound
Who is there that ever receives a gift and tries to make bargains about it? Let us, then, return thanks for what He has bestowed on us. Who can tell whether, if we had had a larger share of ability or stronger health, we should not have possessed them to our destruction.
HealthGiftStrongerAbilityThanks
Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.
LoveConfidenceGodAloneHabitYou
Assuredly, Loving Souls, you should go to God with all humility and respect, humbling yourselves in His presence, especially when you remember your past ingratitude and sins.
GodRespectPastHumilityRemember
But You never reject a repentant and humble heart.
HeartHumbleYouNeverReject
God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.
LoveGodHimWhoWhomHe
If you wish to strengthen your confidence in God still more, often recall the loving way in which He has acted toward you, and how mercifully He has tried to bring you out of your sinful life, to break your attachment to the things of earth and draw you to His love.
LifeLoveConfidenceGodWishYou
It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and craven slave trembling with fright before his master.
GreatMistakeHimAfraidMasterAct
Job was astonished at seeing Almighty God so intent on doing good to us that He seems to have nothing more at heart than to love us and to induce us to love Him in return.
LoveGoodGodHeartJobDoing
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Alphonsus Liguori quotes