#god

Yes, God is the end of your work, but He is the beginning also. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#beginning #end #god #work #yes

Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#beloved #caress #child #entirely #feed

Job was astonished at seeing Almighty God so intent on doing good to us that He seems to have nothing more at heart than to love us and to induce us to love Him in return. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#almighty god #astonished #doing #doing good #god

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#alone #confidence #dearest #friends #god

God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#displeased #god #him #himself #love

Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#busy #else #even #god #love

True, He is infinite Majesty, but He is also infinite Goodness and infinite Love. There can be no greater Lord than God; neither can there be a more ardent lover than He. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#ardent #god #goodness #greater #infinite

What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#displeasure #given #god #grieves #i

With such thoughts in your mind, now that you have resolved to love Him and please Him with all your strength, your only fear should be to fear God too much and to place too little confidence in Him. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#fear #fear god #god #him #little

The heart of man is, so to speak, the paradise of God. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

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