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Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
St. Thomas Aquinas (via thatonecatholic)
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O my Jesus! I detest all those wicked pleasures which have cost Thee so much pain. Oh, how many years ought I not already to have been in the flames of hell! And why hast Thou so patiently awaited me until now? Thou hast borne with me, in order that at length, overcome by so many wiles of love, I...
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Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.
St. Theresa of Jesus (via ordocarmelitarum)
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Act of Desire
O Jesus surpassingly sweet, who hast said with Thine own gracious lips that Thy delights are to be with the children of men, my soul longeth for Thee, my heart yearneth now towards Thee. Wherefore I invite Thee to come unto me with all that devotion and that love wherewith any loving soul hath ever invited Thee to itself. Come, then, O most beloved Spouse of my soul; come O most beloved and only Love of my soul; come and turn aside while into the poor and wretched hovel of my heart.
O Thou, my only Love, I long for Thy coming with most eager desire, I await Thy coming with yearning love. O Thou fairest of the sons of men, O spring of inexhaustible sweetness, O Thou sweeter than all sweetest delights, come, oh, come unto me, and disdain not Thy poor and needy servant. Amen.
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"I know you want to keep on living. You do not want to die. And you want to pass from this life to another in such a way that you will not rise again as a dead man but fully alive and transformed. This is what you desire. This is the deepest human feeling; mysteriously, the soul itself wishes and instinctively desires it."
-St. Augustine, Sermons (via monsieurleprince)
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Prayer must never be an attempt to bend the will of God to our desires.
Fr. Emmerich Vogt, O.P. (via windowinthesky88)
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God at Eventide: October 9th: Overcome Desire
The listening ear —
Train the listening ear to hear Me.
The first step is to subdue earth’s desires and to want only My Will.
Desire as a control must be overcome.
Then follows the turning within to speak with Me.
Then the listening ear.
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God at Eventide: October 1 - Have Confidence
Nothing happens to you that is not the answer to your prayers, the fulfillment of your desire to do, and have, in all, My Will.
So go forward into each day unafraid.
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Go and learn what this means, `I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Matthew 9:13 (via wreckedsolitaryhere)
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
Galatians 5:22-26 (via wreckedsolitaryhere)
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God at Eventide: September 9 - Thy Heart's Desires
Pause upon the threshold of My House of plenty.
Pause in awe and in the joy of Worship.
He shall give thee thine heart’s desires. Give your desires themselves, conceived as they are in union with the Divine Spirit, and receive their fulfillment.
Know this and let your heart sing with the joy of this Wonder of Supply.
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If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (via enjoyingjoy)
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Mary, dear young people, knows your noblest and deepest aspirations. Above all, she well knows your great desire for love, with your need to love and to be loved. By looking at her, by following her docilely, you will discover the beauty of love; not a “disposable” love that is transient and deceptive, imprisoned in a selfish and materialistic mindset, but true, deep love.
Pope Benedict XVI (via fathershane)
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