The Great Means of Salvation and of Perfection Quotes

“O maior fruto da oração mental é fazer-nos pedir a Deus as graças necessárias à perseverança e à salvação eterna.”
― Alfonso María de Liguori, A oração: O grande meio para alcançarmos de Deus a salvação e todas as graças que desejamos

“O my Jesus and my Judge! I do not desire to lose Thee, but to love Thee forever. I love Thee, my Lord, I love Thee; and thus I hope to be able to address Thee when I shall first behold Thee as my Judge. I now say to Thee: Lord, if Thou desirest to chastise me, as I have deserved, chastise me, but do not deprive me of Thy love; grant that I may always love Thee, and may be always loved by Thee, and then do with me what Thou wilt.”
― Alfonso María de Liguori, The Great Means of Salvation and of Perfection

“Todas cuantas cosas pidierais en la oración, tenéd viva fé de conseguirlas, y sin duda se os concederán sin falta.”
― San Alfonso María De Ligorio, El Gran medio de la oración

“Pongamos fin a este primer capítulo resumiendo todo lo dicho y dejando bien sentada esta afirmación: que el que reza se salva y el que no reza se condena. Si dejamos a un lado a los niños, todos los demás bienaventurados se salvaron porque rezaron, y los condenados se condenaron por qué no rezaron. Y ninguna otra cosa les producirá en el infierno más espantosa desesperación que pensar que les hubiera sido cosa muy fácil salvarse.”
― San Alfonso María De Ligorio, El Gran medio de la oración

“All love has a force of its own, and cannot be idle,” says St. Augustine”
― Alfonso María de Liguori, The Great Means of Salvation and of Perfection

“The Apostle writes that many run for the prize, but that he only receives it who runs till he wins: Know you not that they who run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize? So run that you may obtain. It is not, then, enough for salvation simply to pray; but we must pray always, that we may come to receive the crown which God promises, but promises only to those who are constant in prayer till the end.”
― Alfonso María de Liguori, The Great Means of Salvation and of Perfection

“San Antonio: Quien reza sin contar contigo es como quien pretende volar sin alas.”
― San Alfonso Maria de Ligorio, El gran medio de la oración