Quotes About Grace

Wherefore we be not only His by His buying, but also by the courteous gift of His Father we be His bliss, we be His meed, we be His worship, we be His crown. (And this was a singular marvel and a full delectable beholding, that we be His crown!)

For the Goodness of God is the highest prayer, and it cometh down to the lowest part of our need. It quickeneth our soul and bringeth it on life, and maketh it for to waxen in grace and virtue. It is nearest in nature; and readiest in grace: for it is the same grace that the soul seeketh, and ever shall seek till we know verily that He hath us all in Himself enclosed.

And at the moment that our soul is breathed into our body, when we are created as sensory beings, mercy and grace at once begin to work, taking care of us and protecting us with pity and love; and during this process the Holy Spirit forms in our faith the hope that we shall rise up above again to our substance, into the virtue of Christ, increased and accomplished through the Holy Spirit.

everything that is good is God; whatever goodness we experience in this life is truly a taste of God, for it is God.

the goodness that each thing hath, it is He.

Our falling is frightful our falling is shameful and our dying is sorrowful but still in all this, the sweet eye of pity and of love never departs from us, and the working of mercy ceases not.

Never does love's compassionate eye turn from us.

But in God there may be no wrath, as to my sight: for our good Lord endlessly hath regard to His own worship and to the profit of all that shall be saved.

For we are now so blind and unwise that we never seek God till He of His goodness shew Himself to us. And when we aught see of Him graciously, then are we stirred by the same grace to seek with great desire to see Him more blissfully. And thus I saw Him, and sought Him; and I had Him, I wanted Him. And this is, and should be, our common working in this [life], as to my sight.

the beholding of Him, and generally of all His works. For they are full good; and all His doings are easy and sweet,

For we are His bliss: for in us He enjoyeth without end; and so shall we in Him, with His grace.

But life happens the way it happens, and there's no point wishing the past was any different. It will always be what it was, and there's not a damn thing we can

Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how you are inside.

Mister..." "Wrexion." Chase supplied with great dignity. "Mr.Hugh G. Wrexion.

I express my faith by being extremely generous to others, particularly those in need -- not censorious of myself, which I see as a kind of useless, tight-fisted vanity.

Barn swallows, like phoebes, are worth it. Watch swallows skim low over the lawn in the sidelight of a summer evening; watch a phoebe whirl out to snap up a passing crane fly, then fetch up on a dead branch, and then imagine the scene without their spark.

How could you not know?" His voice was full of wonderment. "You changed me utterly. You were like a...like a bright, wonderful bloom in a garden full of weeds. Like a graceful capital on a page of plain script, a letter decorated with the deepest, finest colors in all Erin. Like a flame, Caitrin. Like a song.

My feet will tread soft as a deer in the forest. My mind will be clear as water from the sacred well. My heart will be strong as a great oak. My spirit will spread an eagle's wings, and fly forth.

presente es un extraño y confuso futuro donde chicos con tricotas y muchachas de pelo suelto beben sus cafés crème y se acarician con una lenta gracia de gatos o de plantas.

Dadora de infinito, yo no sé tomar, perdoname.

what is elsewhere fragmentary here becomes systematic; what is instinct becomes conscious technique; the spiritual labrynth of those minds that achieve real elation through the workings of some "grace" (since it is only accidentally and by means of suggestions, fears, hopes, and raptures that they discover the right way) is replaced by a calm and uniform light, present even in abysmal depths, and by a method that has no need of external means.

We have so much to be thankful for when we remember our reasons for gratitude—the blessings we may take for granted, the blessings we would miss bitterly if they vanished.

An unforgiving heart robs one of all the blessings of the Lord as well as health and answers to prayers. Why? You placed these people in the bondage of judgment through your words of condemnation

In the months that follow you bend to the work, because it feels like hope, like grace--and because you know in your lying cheater's heart that sometimes a start is all we ever get.