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
weed garden heaven
It would be the greatest delight of the seraphs to pile up sand on the seashore or to pull weeds in a garden for all eternity, if they found out such was God's will. Our Lord himself teaches us to ask to do the will of God on earth as the saints do it in heaven: "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
baptism grace may
A person may be Baptized, and yet not born again to grace, in consequence of not having the necessary dispositions at Baptism.
offering way divine-will
Obedience to a confessor is the most acceptable offering which we can make to God, and the most secure way of doing the divine will.
sins-not sin terrible
What is it that renders death terrible? Sin. We must therefore fear sin, not death.
loving-life attachment wish
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.
mary lost servant
A true servant of Mary cannot be lost.