Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire!

(Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) What God expects of us, above all else, is a serious application to conquering our passions…[in order to obtain Christian perfection] you must resolve on a perpetual war with yourself…begin by providing yourself with four weapons, without which it is impossible to gain the victory in this spiritual combat.  These four things are: distrust of one's self; confidence in God; proper use of the faculties of body and mind; and the duty of prayer. Dom Lorenzo Scupoli

Oh, how painful it is to Me that souls so seldom unite themselves with me in Holy Communion. I wait for souls, and they are indifferent toward Me. I love them tenderly and sincerely, and they distrust Me. I want to lavish My graces on them and they do not want to accept them.   They treat Me as a dead object, whereas My Heart is full of love and mercy. (Jesus to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska)