Peter of Alcantara famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Truly, matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in earnest to reform ourselves, a really good beginning will have been made.
-- Peter of Alcantara

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Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament has His hands full of graces, and He is ready to bestow them on anyone who asks for them
-- Peter of Alcantara

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The soul enjoys silence and peace, not by many reasonings, but by simply contemplating the truth.
-- Peter of Alcantara

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I have made a contract with my body. It has promised to accept harsh treatment from me on earth, and I have promised that it shall receive eternal rest in heaven.
-- Peter of Alcantara

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No tongue is able to declare the greatness of the love that Jesus bears to every soul: and therefore this Spouse, when he would leave this earth, in order that his absence might not cause us to forget him, left us as a memorial this Blessed Sacrament, in which he himself remained; for he would not that there should be any other pledge to keep alive our remembrance of him than he himself.
-- Peter of Alcantara

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The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.
-- Peter of Alcantara

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No tongue can express the greatness of the love which Jesus Christ bears to our souls. He did not wish that between Him and His servants there should be any other pledge than Himself, to keep alive the remembrance of Him.
-- Peter of Alcantara

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A divided heart loses both worlds.
I'm the world's expert on sterotypes held by academics about athletes and held by athletes about academics. To me, both of them are caricatures.
As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.
The selection of a book-plate is such a serious matter.
Funny... I still can't believe in God." "Does that matter now?"..."He believes in you.
Animals keep you company when you're really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend around who always likes you no matter what - it's harder to feel bad or down.
I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.
No matter what ailed you, you went to see the barber surgeon who wound up cupping you, bleeding you, purging you. And, oh yes, if you wanted, he would give you a haircut and pull your tooth while he was at it.
The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.
In reality, we've had more spending, more bureaucracy, more waste and higher costs but without necessary reform nor rising productivity.

Peter of Alcantara famous quotes

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