Uniformity with God's Will Quotes

“Sickness is the acid test of spirituality, because it discloses whether our virtue is real or sham. If the soul is not agitated, does not break out in lamentations, is not feverishly restless in seeking a cure, but instead is submissive to the doctors and to superiors, is serene and tranquil, completely resigned to God's will, it is a sign that that soul is well-grounded in virtue.”
― Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Uniformity with God's Will

“How many on account of physical beauty or robust health have plunged headlong into a life of debauchery!”
― Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Uniformity with God's Will

“Alphonsus the Great, King of Aragon, being asked one day whom he considered the happiest person in the world, answered: “He who abandons himself to the will of God and accepts all things, prosperous and adverse, as coming from his hands.”
― Alfonso María de Liguori, Uniformity with God's Will

“Uniformity
with
God’s Will”
― Alfonso María de Liguori, Uniformity with God's Will

“Conformémonos con la voluntad de Dios, sí; pero después que hayamos hecho por nuestra parte todo lo que podamos para que las cosas sucedan de la forma más favorable para el bien de las almas.”
― Alfonso María de Liguori, Conformidad con la voluntad de Dios: Toda nuestra perfección está cifrada en amar a nuestro amabilísimo Dios.

“He said: “It is so because I want whatever kind of weather God wants, and because I do, he gives me the harvests I want.”13 If souls resigned to God’s will are humiliated, says Salvian,14 they want to be humiliated; if they are poor, they want to be poor; in short, whatever happens is acceptable to them, hence they are truly at peace in this life. In cold and heat, in rain and wind, the soul united to God says: “I want it to be warm, to be cold, windy, to rain, because God wills it.”
― Alfonso María de Liguori, Uniformity with God's Will

“How impervious to things spiritual, my heart!" cries a St. Bernard. "No savor in pious reading, no pleasure in meditation nor in prayer!”
― Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Uniformity with God's Will