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20 quotes by Alphonsus Liguori

Ordination history of Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori Priestly ordination Date of ordination 21 December 1726 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Ferdinando Maria de Rossi Date of consecration 20 June 1762 Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, C.Ss.R. (27 September 1696 – 1 August 1787), was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, scholastic philosopher and theologian. He founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer...
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Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.

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Assuredly, Loving Souls, you should go to God with all humility and respect, humbling yourselves in His presence, especially when you remember your... →

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Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness... →

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Ask those who love Him with a sincere love, and they will tell you that they find no greater or prompter relief amid the troubles of their life than... →

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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... →

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With such thoughts in your mind, now that you have resolved to love Him and please Him with all your strength, your only fear should be to fear God... →

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Since His delights are to be with you, let yours be found in Him.

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Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of... →

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The heart of man is, so to speak, the paradise of God.

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God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.

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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... →

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Not only is there no need of an intermediary through whom He would want you to speak to Him, but He finds His delight in having you treat with Him... →

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Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you... →

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