#interior freedom

[iknowmyworth]

[thebluehoursofmorning]

"Faith and hope are provisional; they exist only for this earth and will pass away. In heaven, faith will be replaced by sight, and hope by possession; only love will never pass away. It will never be replaced by anything else, because it is the goal of all. On this earth, love is the fullest participation in the life of heaven, and faith and hope exist for its sake." - Father Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom (Section III, Part 7)

[faithofthefountain]

[resilientnaju-blog]

The freedom to be sinners doesn’t mean we are free to sin without worrying about the consequences—that would not be freedom but irresponsibility. It means we are not crushed by the fact of being sinners—we have a sort of “right” to be poor, the right to be what we are.

-Fr. Jacques Philippe

[resilientnaju-blog]

“We should have the humility to recognize that we cannot change ourselves by our own efforts, but that all progress in the spiritual life, every victory over ourselves, is a gift of God’s grace.”

Fr. Jacques Philippe

[resilientnaju-blog]

We must accept ourselves just as we are, if the Holy Spirit is to change us for the better

Fr. Jacques Philippe

[sensei-hugot]

"First of all, the most important thing in our lives is not so much what we can do as leaving room for what God can do. Yet one of the most essential conditions for God’s grace to act in our lives is saying yes to what we are and to the situations in which we find ourselves.”

Fr. Jacques Philippe

[franciscanqotd]

Great interior freedom They do all the good they can. They receive what their neighbor may do for them with joy and gratitude, but in great freedom, because their support is in God alone.