Top 80 Alphonsus Liguori Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “A person may be Baptized, and yet not born again to grace, in consequence of not having the necessary dispositions at Baptism.”

— Alphonsus Liguori

52. “What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love.”

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53. “The sovereigns of the earth do not always grant audience readily; on the contrary, the King of Heaven, hidden under the eucharistic veils, is ready to receive anyone...”

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54. “Mary being destined to negotiate peace between God and man, it was not proper that she should be an accomplice in the disobedience of Adam.”

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55. “He who suffers in patience, surfers less and saves his soul. He who suffers impatiently, suffers more and loses his soul.”

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56. “What does it cost us to say: “My God help me! Have mercy on me!” Is there anything easier than this? And this little will suffice to save us if we be diligent in doing it.”

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57. “He who embraces the cross and bears it with patience lightens the weight of the cross. Indeed, the weight itself becomes a consolation; for God abounds with grace to all those who carry the cross with good will in order to please him.”

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58. “In temptations against chastity, the spiritual masters advise us, not so much to contend with the bad thought, as to turn the mind to some spiritual, or, at least, indifferent object. It is useful to combat other bad thoughts face to face, but not thoughts of impurity.”

— Alphonsus Liguori

59. “Love tends to union with the object loved. Now Jesus Christ loves a soul that is in a state of grace with immense love; He ardently desires to unite Himself with it. That is what Holy Communion does.”

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60. “The means for maintaining perfect love is to accomplish frequent acts of love. Fire is kindled by the wood we cast into it and love is enkindled by acts of love.”

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61. “A soul who loves Jesus Christ desires to be treated the way Christ was treated-desires to be poor, despised, and humiliated.”

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62. “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.””

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63. “If you wish to strengthen your confidence in God still more, often recall the loving way in which He has acted toward you, and how mercifully He has tried to bring you out of your sinful life, to break your attachment to the things of earth and draw you to His love.”

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64. “Not only is there no need of an intermediary through whom He would want you to speak to Him, but He finds His delight in having you treat with Him personally and in all confidence.”

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65. “You may be sure that of all the moments of your life, the time you spend before the divine Sacrament will be that which will give you more strength during life and more consolation at the hour of your death and during eternity.”

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66. “St. Jerome declares that he holds for certain, and has learned from experience, that he will never make a good end who has led a bad life to the very last: ‘This I hold, this I have learned by much experience, that his will be an evil end who has always led an evil life.’”

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67. “The way to Heaven is straight and narrow: they who wish to arrive at that place of bliss by walking in the paths of pleasure shall be disappointed; and therefore few reach it, because few are willing to use violence to themselves in resisting temptations.”

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68. “How beautiful she is, Our Lady of compassion! How dear! How utterly unselfish! How filled with joy for Him – and us – in the depths of her own agony and desolation!”

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69. “The saved are few, but we must live with the few if we would be saved with the few. O God, too few indeed they are: yet amongst those few I wish to be!”

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70. “The principal means of acquiring an ardent love of Christ are mental prayer, Communion, mortification, retirement.”

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71. “As all our wickedness consists in turning away from our Creator, so all our goodness consists in uniting ourselves with Him.”

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72. “By the law of nature, there is no pleasure in suffering; but divine love, when it reigns in a heart, makes it take delight in its sufferings.”

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73. “It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and craven slave trembling with fright before his master.”

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74. “With such thoughts in your mind, now that you have resolved to love Him and please Him with all your strength, your only fear should be to fear God too much and to place too little confidence in Him.”

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75. “Woe to him who neglects to recommend himself to Mary, and thus closes the channel of grace!”

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76. “Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness.”

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77. “God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.”

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78. “Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love.”

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79. “Let us read the lives of the saints; let us consider the penances which they performed, and blush to be so effeminate and so fearful of mortifying our flesh.”

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80. “Yet you should practice the greatest possible love and confidence in treating with Him.”

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81. “Many, however, gives themselves to God, but preserve still in their hearts some attachment to creatures, which prevents them from belonging entirely to God.”

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82. “How, then, shall God give himself entirely to that one who, besides his God, loves creatures still?”

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83. “Such is the compassion, such the love which Mary bears us, that she is never tired of praying for us.”

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84. “No, he can never be lost who recommends himself to thee, O Mary.”

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85. “So great is the compassion excited in Mary by our misery, and such is the love that she bears us, that she prays constantly, and relaxes not her efforts in our behalf.”

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86. “To be silent when we are impelled to utter words injurious to God or to our neighbour, is an act of virtue; but, to be silent in confessing our sins, is the ruin of the soul.”

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87. “A dancer differeth from a madman only in length of time; one is mad so long as he liveth, the other while he danceth.”

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88. “If we should be saved and become saints, we ought always to stand at the gates of the Divine mercy to beg and pray for, as an alms, all that we need.”

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