With Christ Quotes

“My soul is sorrowful even unto death”: Tristis est anima mea usque ad mortem. This is not forbidden; but to be ever craving from creatures what they are unable to give us, leaves us weak and restless; while there is no light and strength that we cannot find in Christ Jesus.”
― Columba Marmion, With Christ: An Anthology of the Writings of Blessed Columba Marmion

“We shall, however, succeed in it by no other means than those employed by our Divine Head. Let us be thoroughly convinced that we shall do more work for the good of the Church, the salvation of souls, the glory of our Heavenly Father, in seeking first of all to remain united to God by a life of love and faith of which He is alone the object, than by a devouring and feverish activity which leaves us no leisure to find God again in solitude, recollection, prayer, and self-detachment.”
― Columba Marmion, With Christ: An Anthology of the Writings of Blessed Columba Marmion

“Enter more and more into the great silence. Silence: (a) of the tongue; (b) of the movements of the passions; (c) of reasons and reflections on the manner in which others act. Leave that to our Heavenly Father. I am finding great peace of soul now that I do not allow myself to be concerned with the doings of others, as far as my duty as abbot permits. I speak of these things to the Heavenly Father, as the Psalmist constantly does. Then that becomes a prayer which makes peace and silence only the more profound.”
― Columba Marmion, With Christ: An Anthology of the Writings of Blessed Columba Marmion

“I rejoice that you have quite decided to refuse nothing to our Lord Who, certainly, is calling you to great union with Him. To arrive at this union, we must pass through many sorrows and trials and, above all, that of feeling how weak we are in ourselves.”
― Columba Marmion, With Christ: An Anthology of the Writings of Blessed Columba Marmion

“We shall truly only bear fruit outwardly according to the measure of the supernatural intensity of our inner life.”
― Columba Marmion, With Christ: An Anthology of the Writings of Blessed Columba Marmion

“It is in the depths of the heart that the true intensity of the Christian life lies, it is there that God dwells, adored and served by faith, recollection, humility, obedience, simplicity, labour, and love.”
― Columba Marmion, With Christ: An Anthology of the Writings of Blessed Columba Marmion

“The most precious talents, the most sublime thoughts, the most generous and splendid actions are without merit for eternal life if not vivified by sanctifying grace. The passing world may admire and applaud them; eternal life neither accepts them nor holds them of account.”
― Columba Marmion, With Christ: An Anthology of the Writings of Blessed Columba Marmion