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Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
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| Psalm 143:10 |
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Let us see what is good and pleasing and acceptable
in the sight of our Maker.
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St. Clement of Rome, 2nd century
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| My eyes are ever toward the Lord. |
| Psalm 25:15 |
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O Lord, all our trouble comes to us
from not having our eyes fixed upon you.
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St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century
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Whom have I in heaven but You?
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
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| Psalm 73:25 |
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What do you possess if you possess not God?
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St. Augustine, 5th century
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Return to the Lord your God
and obey his voice in all that I command you. |
| Deuteronomy 30:2 |
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The whole principle on which the simple soul
bases its life is to do God’s will;
and a well disposed heart unites us to God’s will.
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Jean Pierre de Caussade, 18th century
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Lord,
give me the wisdom that comes from you. |
| Wisdom 9:4 |
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Give me, Lord, heavenly wisdom
that more than anything else,
I may learn to seek and to find you,
to taste and to love you above all things.
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'The Imitation of Christ; Thomas a Kempis, 15th century
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| Remember the Sabbath. |
| Exodus 20:8 |
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It would be utmost folly
for us to give up five or even six days to the business of this life,
and yet not to devote so much as one day,
or even one small part of a day, to spiritual things.
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St. John Chrysostom, 4th century
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Lord, may all who seek you rejoice
and be glad in you. |
| Psalm 40:16 |
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Love God not for your own sake,
for your own profit, but love him for his sake,
because he is the highest Good
and worthy to be loved.
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St. Catherine of Siena, 14th century
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Those who seek the Lord
lack no good thing.
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| Psalm 34:10 |
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Search with your heart for what is pleasing to God.
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St. Augustine, 5th century
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