Margaret Alacoque Quotes & Sayings

We must never be discouraged or give way to anxiety ... but ever have recourse to the adorable Heart of Jesus. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

Keep your heart in peace and let nothing trouble you, not even your faults. You must humble yourself and amend them peacefully, without being discouraged or cast down, for God's dwelling is in peace. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

He will take good care to provide what is necessary for our sanctification, provided we are careful to accept everything according to His designs. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

Have recourse trustfully to Gods loving kindness and He will not forsake you, for He longs to bestow His graces. Though you may have had the misfortune to offend Him, He is always ready to receive you, provided you return humbly to Him. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

the seventeenth-century saint, Margaret Marie Alacoque, a French nun of Parayle-Monial, who founded the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Margaret would deliberately eat cheese knowing that it made her vomit, and by her own admission she ate the vomit of sister nuns. — John Cornwell

Our universe, one could almost say, is actually built out of loneliness; and that fundamental loneliness persists upwards to haunt every one of its residents. — Paul Murray

People struggling with life in a fallen world often want explanations when what they really need is imagination. — Paul David Tripp

I was an only child. I did have kind of like a lonely existence. — Robin Williams

A man conducting a gee-whiz science show with fifty thousand dollars' worth of Frankenstein equipment is not doing anything scientific if he knows beforehand what the results of his efforts are going to be. A motorcycle mechanic, on the other hand, who honks the horn to see if the battery works is informally conducting a true scientific experiment. He is testing a hypothesis by putting the question to nature. — Robert M. Pirsig

Go courageously to God, along the way He has traced out for you, steadfastly embracing the means He offers you. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

My greatest happiness is to be before the Blessed Sacrament, where my heart is, as it were, in Its center. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

There were times that Tiercel thought that the Wild Magic had a far greater sense of humor than the Light-Priests had ever spoken of, considering that to help him oppose the forces of Darkness, it had made Harrier Gillain a Wildmage. — Mercedes Lackey

I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best. — Haile Gebrselassie

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. — Charles Dickens

Until we have acquired genuine prayer, we are like people teaching children to begin to walk. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

We need myths to get by. We need story; otherwise the tremendous randomness of experience overwhelms us. Story is what penetrates. — Robert Coover

One just soul can attain pardon for a thousand sinners. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

May faith be the torch which illuminates, animates, and sustains you. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

Let every knee bend before Thee, O greatness of my God, so supremely humbled in the Sacred Host. May every heart love Thee, every spirit adore Thee and every will be subject to Thee! — Margaret Mary Alacoque

I think He intends to try you like gold in the crucible, so as to number you amongst His most faithful servants. Therefore you must lovingly embrace all occasions of suffering, considering them as precious tokens of His love. To suffer in silence and without complaint is what He asks of you. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

Since God wishes it - there is nothing to be done ... Why should you thus torment yourself? Get rid of whatever He shows you to be an obstacle to His love, for His only desire is that you should live stripped of all that is not Himself. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

Let us begin in earnest to work out our salvation, for no one will do it for us, since even He Himself, Who made us without ourselves, will not save us without ourselves. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

Do not distress yourself on account of any distaste or dryness you experience in God's service. He wills that you should serve Him fervently and constantly it is true, but without any other help than simple faith, and thus your love will be more disinterested, and your service the more pleasing to Him. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

We must submit to the Will of God and kiss the hand that strikes us, for we know it is better to suffer in this life than in the next, since one moment of suffering willingly accepted for the love God, is worth an eternity of happiness. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

A question has the most power before we rush to answer it, when it is still making us think, still testing us. — Jacqueline Winspear

O my Saviour, who am I, that Thou shouldst have so long awaited my repentance! — Margaret Mary Alacoque

The difference between good and evil men is not found in the acts they are willing to commit - but merely in what name they are willing to commit them in. — Brandon Sanderson

I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of God. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

Do nothing through human respect and, when it assails you, say: I shall do neither more nor less for the eyes of creatures. O my God, since I wish to please Thee alone, it suffices that Thou seest me everywhere. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

I am your husband. When you feel lonely or afraid or unhappy, it is to me you must come. My arms are here for you, and my strength too for whatever it is worth. You will never be a burden to me. — Mary Balogh

Early identification of your God-given abilities helps you to become happier and successful earlier in life. — Maxine Phillips

Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Look upon yourself as a tree planted beside the water, which bears its fruit in due season; the more it is shaken by the wind, the deeper it strikes its roots into the ground. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

But above all preserve peace of heart. This is more valuable than any treasure. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

The cross is a precious treasure to be kept secret, lest we be robbed of it. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

Cling to God, and leave all the rest to Him: He will not let you perish. Your soul is very dear to Him, He wishes to save it. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

All for the Eucharist; nothing for me — Margaret Mary Alacoque

It is attachment to creatures and to self-satisfaction that weakens the blessings of love in your heart. You must die to all that, if you wish the pure love of God to reign therein. — Margaret Mary Alacoque

Crosses, contempt, sorrows and afflictions are the real treasures of the lovers of Jesus Christ crucified — Margaret Mary Alacoque