ἀγάπη

Live authentic Love; and you will live in Joy and Peace

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Altar of the Seven Sorrows

[saintquotes]

“The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.”

— St. Thomas Aquinas

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St. John of the Cross Francisco de Zurbarán —1656

[twocrowns]

Humility is to the various virtues what the chain is in a rosary. Take away the chain and the beads are scattered; remove humility and all virtues vanish.

St. Jean Vianney, the Cure of Ars. (via twocrowns)

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Gallery: Institutions or Congregations of the Catholic Church

[c0ntemplations]

My heart swings back and forth between the need for routine and the urge to run.

note to self (via c0ntemplations)

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there are two ways of mercy: give and forgive. Give the good you have and forgive the evil that is received.

St. Augustine (via burning-lampstand)

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Picture taken after Vigils at Christ in the Desert Monastery in Chama Canyon wilderness, New Mexico

[tblaberge]

I saw you with tears in your eyes, I saw you with laughter in your heart, and I loved you all the more because of who you are. Just as I love the you that is cloaked in the beauty of the day and the you that is covered in the unknowns of the night, I love you with all that is in me. I love not a thought, I love you, and all the things that make you, you. Time will make strangers of us all, but I know that we shall be together, remembering the warmth that comes with our kisses and the reassurance that we are walking hand and hand toward something lasting and good.

T.B. LaBerge // I love you and I miss you (via tblaberge)

[twocrowns]

No one can live without delight, and that is why a man deprived of spiritual joy goes over to carnal pleasure.

St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, II-II, Q. 35, Art. 4, ad. 2. (via twocrowns)

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God is more anxious to bestow His blessings on us than we are to receive them.

St. Augustine (via twocrowns)

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Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.

St. John of the Cross (via twocrowns)

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Whoever is near us and needing us must be our “neighbor”; it does not matter whether he is related to us or not, whether he is morally worthy of our help or not. The love of Christ knows no limits. It never ends; it does not shrink from ugliness and filth.

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (via hiseveningstar)