"It is better to be burdened and in company with the strong than to be unburdened and with the weak. When you are burdened you are close to God, your strength, who abides with the afflicted. When you are relieved of the burden you are close to yourself, your own weakness; for virtue and strength of soul grow and are confirmed in the trials of patience."

St John of the Cross, OCD - Doctor of the Church

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"The one thing necessary which Jesus spoke of to Martha and Mary consists in hearing the word of God and living by it."

R. Garrigou-Lagrange, OP

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"The essence of perfection is to embrace the will of God in all things, prosperous or adverse. In prosperity, even sinners find it easy to unite themselves to the divine will; but it takes saints to unite themselves to God's will when things go wrong and are painful to self-love. Our conduct in such instances is the measure of our love of God."

St Alphonsus de Liguori

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St Alphonsus de Liguori  (1696 - 1787)
 

PRAYER - The Great Means of Salvation and of Perfection (cont)
 

by St Alphonsus de Liguori

Part II: Which proves that the Grace of Prayer is given to all and which treats of the Ordinary Mode in which this Grace operates


Ch3. Exposition and confutation of Jansenius' system of 'delectation relatively victorious'