St. Michael, Defend us in Battle . . .
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Monday, May 4, 2015
Monday, November 8, 2010
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
St. Alphonsus Liguori from 'The True Spouse of Jesus Christ'
"St. Augustine says, that the love of God increases in proportion as self-love is diminished; and that the destruction of the latter is the perfection of the former. 'The diminution of cupidity,' says the holy doctor, 'is the nutriment of charity; but its total absence is the perfection of charity.' Charity is estimated, not by its tenderness, but by its strength. Ardent charity smooths every asperity and surmounts every obstacle. 'There is nothing,' says St. Augustine, 'so difficult, which the fire of love does not conquer.' In another place he ways 'In what we love there is no labor; or if there be, we love the very labor itself.' In a soul that loves God, torments endured for his sake excite no pain; or if they do, these pains are to her a source of happiness and delight.'"
The True Spouse of Jesus Christ, St. Alphonsus Liguori (Christianity: Catholic) Redemptorist Fathers, 1929
The True Spouse of Jesus Christ, St. Alphonsus Liguori (Christianity: Catholic) Redemptorist Fathers, 1929
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Rev. G. Vale Owen
"It is a mistake to think that Angels, even of such estate as those two who went and rescued that poor woman, are unable to suffer. They do suffer, and that frequently. And it is possible for the malicious ones to hurt them when they venture into their regions. Theretically I cannot see why the evil ones should not now and then prevail so as to get them into their power. So well, however, are the powers of light and good organized, and so watchful, that I have not heard that this catastrophe has ever been known to actually happen. But their fight is a real fight, and fatiguing also. That is the second point. Even these high Angels can become fatigued. But neither their suffering nor their fatigue do they mind. It may sound a paradox, but it is nevertheless true, that it is a joy to them to suffer when some poor struggling soul is to be helped."
Life Beyond the Veil, Lowlands of Heaven, Vol. 1 Rev. G. Vale Owen, The Greater World Association, UK, 1922
Monday, April 14, 2008
Osho on Chuang Tzu
"Chaung Tzu was one of the most natural men the world has seen. He has not given any discipline, he has not given any doctrine, he has not given any catechism. He has simply explained one thing: that if you can be natural and ordinary, just like the birds and trees, you will blossom, you will have your wings open in the vast sky."
The Spiritual Path, Buddha, Zen, Tao, Tantra, Osho, Tao Part III (Buddhism: Taoism, Words of Osho)
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Heaven and Hell of Emanuel Swedenborg
"In the other life, a person never suffers punishment because of inherited evil, because it does not belong to him. That is, he is not at fault for being what he is in this respect. Rather, he suffers punishment because of the realized evil that does belong to him - that is, the amount of inherited evil that he has made his own by his life activities."
Heaven & Hell, Chapter 37, No. 342, Paragraph 3, Page 258, (Christianity, Swedenborgianism, Author: Emanuel Swedenborg)
Heaven & Hell, Chapter 37, No. 342, Paragraph 3, Page 258, (Christianity, Swedenborgianism, Author: Emanuel Swedenborg)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)