The Farewell Discourses Quotes

“joy and sorrow, when they are both lived in God, signify fruitfulness for the apostolate.”
― Adrienne von Speyr, The Farewell Discourses: Meditations on John 13-17

“Without the Lord, the disciple no longer knows who he is.”
― Adrienne von Speyr, The Farewell Discourses: Meditations on John 13-17

“the Son is perfectly glorified by being perfectly abandoned by the Father.”
― Adrienne von Speyr, The Farewell Discourses: Meditations on John 13-17

“it is the Lord’s love that sends the Spirit, whose final duty is always to prepare mankind for love.”
― Adrienne von Speyr, The Farewell Discourses: Meditations on John 13-17

“the Son’s, love is greater than the sum of the world’s sin and how the Father cannot resist this love and lets love reign at the judgment in place of ordinary justice.”
― Adrienne von Speyr, The Farewell Discourses: Meditations on John 13-17

“The sending of the Holy Spirit depends on the Lord’s departure.”
― Adrienne von Speyr, The Farewell Discourses: Meditations on John 13-17

“The Lord does not simply wipe out their sorrow. He respects it; indeed, he welcomes it.”
― Adrienne von Speyr, The Farewell Discourses: Meditations on John 13-17

“They long for shelter and do not ask about boundless horizons. Otherwise they would find themselves going with him on his explosive path.”
― Adrienne von Speyr, The Farewell Discourses: Meditations on John 13-17

“The mystery of the child’s soul is hidden completely from the parents. It belongs to God alone, to whom life belongs.”
― Adrienne von Speyr, The Farewell Discourses: Meditations on John 13-17

“It is not as though God had no interest in our earthly concerns, but we ought to have even more interest in his.”
― Adrienne von Speyr, The Farewell Discourses: Meditations on John 13-17