Quotes about Divine
The most glorious city of God.
— St. Augustine
God does not give heed to the ambitiousness of our prayers, because he is always ready to give to us his light, not a visible light but an intellectual and spiritual one but we are not always ready to receive it when we turn aside and down to other things out of a desire for temporal things.
— St. Augustine
Nothing whatever pertaining to godliness and real holiness can be accomplished without grace.
— St. Augustine
Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.
— Francis de Sales
Make yourself familiar with the angels, and behold them frequently in spirit for without being seen, they are present with you.
— Francis de Sales
The Dark Night of the Soul.
— John of the Cross
O night that joinedBeloved and loverLover into beloved transformed
— John of the Cross
spiritual marriage is like rain falling from heaven into a river
— Teresa of Avila
When the Lord is pleased to withdraw, the soul is left in great loneliness; yet all the possible efforts that it might make to regain His companionship are of little avail, for the Lord gives this when He wills and it cannot be acquired. Sometimes again, companionship comes from a saint which is also a great help to us.
— Teresa of Avila
O saving Victim, opening wide. The gate of heaven to man below, Our foes press on from every side,Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us and God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
An angel can illume the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision.
— St. Thomas Aquinas