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
Alphonsus Liguori quotes about
creatures dear divine grace italian-clergyman ourselves servants treasure vile
And divine grace is the inestimable treasure through which vile creatures and servants like ourselves become dear friends of our Creator.
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.
attachment flesh penance
Let us read the lives of the saints; let us consider the penances which they performed, and blush to be so effeminate and so fearful of mortifying our flesh.
attachment giving god-love
How, then, shall God give himself entirely to that one who, besides his God, loves creatures still?
errors imagination catholic
Those who are seeking the true religion will never find it outside the Catholic Church alone, because, in every other religion, if they trace it up to the author, they will find some impostor whose imagination furnished a mass of sophisms and errors
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.
practice purity-and-love looks
We must practice modesty, not only in our looks, but also in our whole deportment, and particularly in our dress, our walk, our conversation, and all similar actions.
teaching practice enough
To put into practice the teachings of our holy faith, it is not enough to convince ourselves that they are true; we must love them. Love united to faith makes us practice our religion.
numbers thank-god holy
Let us thank God for having called us to His holy faith. It is a great gift, and the number of those who thank God for it is small.
kings heaven veils
The sovereigns of the earth do not always grant audience readily; on the contrary, the King of Heaven, hidden under the eucharistic veils, is ready to receive anyone...
humble heart humble-heart
But You never reject a repentant and humble heart.
mistake slave masters
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.