These 5 Franciscan Saints Have Great Advice For You!
These 5 Franciscan Saints Have Great Advice For You!
Trying to figure out where God is calling you and what He is asking you to do is no easy process. You’ve probably asked your friends and family for advice, but have you thought about getting input from the saints? These five Franciscan saints have “been there, done that” and they just might have the words you need to hear to encourage you to take a step of faith.
5 Saint Quotes To Help You In Your Discernment Process
“A Christian’s treasure is not on earth. It is in heaven. Well, then! Our thoughts must go where our treasure is. Man has a fine function: to pray and to love. You pray, you love: that is man’s happiness on earth!”
St. John Vianney
“...nothing is accomplished unless it is accompanied by Divine aid. Divine help, however, comes to those who seek it from their hearts humbly and devoutly; and this means to sigh for it in this vale of tears, aided only by fervent prayer. Thus prayer is the mother and source of ascent in God...Therefore let us pray and say to the Lord our God, ‘Conduct me, O Lord, in Thy way, and I will walk in Thy truth; let my heart rejoice that it may fear Thy name’ [Ps., 85, 11].”
St. Bonaventure (Doctor of the Church)
“Father, the austerity of your Order does not frighten me. I hope, with God’s help, to overcome all the difficulties which will arise from my own weakness.”
St. Felix of Cantalice
“So the religious soul finds in the Heart of Jesus a secure refuge against the wiles and attacks of Satan, and a delightful retreat. But we must not rest merely at the entrance to the hole in the rock, we must penetrate its depths. At the mouth of the deep hollow, at the mouth of the wound in His side, we shall, indeed, find the precious blood which has redeemed us. This blood pleads for us and demands mercy for us. But the religious soul must not stay at the entrance. When she has heard, and understood, the voice of the Divine blood, she must hasten to the very source from which it springs, into the very innermost sanctuary of the heart of Jesus. There she will find light, peace, and ineffable consolations.”
St. Anthony (Doctor of the Church)
“In all your actions, seek in the first place the kingdom of God and his glory. Direct all you do purely to his honor. Persevere in brotherly charity, and practice first all that you desire to teach others. By this means the Holy Spirit will be your master, and will give you such wisdom and such a tongue that no adversary will be able to stand against you.”
St. Bernadine
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