Alphonsus Liguori
Alphonsus Liguori
Saint Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, C.Ss.R., was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth27 September 1696
CountryItaly
wicked wish doe
There is no one, however wicked, whom Mary does not save by her intercession when she wishes ... He who has recourse to Mary shall be saved.
grace woe neglect
Woe to him who neglects to recommend himself to Mary, and thus closes the channel of grace!
confidence practice possible-love
Yet you should practice the greatest possible love and confidence in treating with Him.
heart men paradise
The heart of man is, so to speak, the paradise of God.
rain wind soul
In cold and heat, in rain and wind, the soul united to God says, "I want it to be warm, to be cold, windy, to rain, because God wills it."
jesus soul desire
A soul who loves Jesus Christ desires to be treated the way Christ was treated-desires to be poor, despised, and humiliated.
past grieving punishment
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.
sympathy heart law
By the law of nature, there is no pleasure in suffering; but divine love, when it reigns in a heart, makes it take delight in its sufferings.
prayer praying
He who prays most receives most.
blessed heaven suffering
The brightest ornaments in the crown of the blessed in heaven are the sufferings which they have borne patiently on earth.