God’s ways

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As high as the heavens are above the earth,
so high are my ways above your ways.
Isaiah 55:9
 


Thanks be to the good God for all things.
His ways, like all his works, are so deep, so divine.

 
Ven. Solanus Casey, 20th century

 
 
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I know the plans I have for you…
to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11
 


Christ will provide the way and the means
such as you could never have imagined.
Leave it all to him, let go of yourself.

 
St. Catherine of Siena, 14th century

 
 
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The Spirit helps us in our weakness.
Romans 8:26
 


The all merciful God never abandons any of us
while we remain in this life, but often visits us
with inspiration, by which we find ourselves aided.

 
St. Catherine of Genoa, 15th century

 
 
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I come to do your will.
Hebrews 10:9
 


Accepting whatever comes or happens as the will of God,
no matter what it costs, is the surest and quickest way
to a freedom of soul that surpasses all understanding.

 
Servant of God, Fr. Walter Ciszek, 20th century

 
 
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God is with us.
Matthew 1:23
 


God himself descended
to be near those who are saddened, 

to be with us in our tribulation.

 
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century

 
 
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Lord, rescue me from all my sins.
Psalm 39:8
 


If you should fall at times, don't become discouraged.
Even from this fall, God will draw out good.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century

 
 
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I have come to do your will.
Hebrew 10:9
 


Perfection consists in doing God’s will,
in being that which he wants us to be.

 
St. Therese of Lisieux, 19th century

 
 
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In fire gold is tested,
and worthy men in the crucible of humiliation.
Sirach 2:5
 


In the fire of suffering and under the weight of trials,
our souls receive the form that the Lord desires them to have.

 
St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, 19th century

 

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