When one devotes all his thoughts
to the praise and 
service of the Lord,
he proclaims God's greatness.

 
Venerable Bede, 8th century

Request the gift of God himself.

 
St. Augustine of Hippo, 5th century

Lord, our God, grant us the grace to desire you
with our whole 
heart, so that in desiring,
we may seek and find you;
and so finding you, 
we may love you.

 
St. Anselm of Canterbury, 11th century

If we love God we ourselves become divinized.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

Nothing is sweeter than the calm of conscience,
nothing safer than purity of soul.

 
St. Columbanus, 7th century

Love God, not for your sake, but for his sake,
because he is the highest good, and worthy to be loved.

 
St. Catherine of Siena, 14th century

Intimacy with the Lord
is not a matter of physical kinship;
rather, it is achieved by cheerful readiness
to do the will of God.

 
St. Basil, 4th century

Try to gather more frequently
to celebrate God's Eucharist and to 
praise him.
For when you meet with frequency,
Satan's powers are overthrown.

 
St. Ignatius of Antioch, 1st century)