If you prepare within your heart a fitting dwelling place,
Christ will come to you and console you.

 
'The Imitation of Christ'; Thomas a Kempis,15th century

Let us have recourse to Christ in all our uncertainties,
invoke this ready helper in all our labor,
and commit our souls to this trusty defender
in all our struggles.

 
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century

The road pointed out to you is not a long one;
you do not have to cross the seas or pierce the clouds
or climb mountains to meet your God.
Enter into your own soul and you will find him.

 
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century

God keeps watch over us when we are awake;
he keeps watch over us when we sleep.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

God is so close, in fact,
that he even hears the desires of our hearts.

 
St. Vincent Ferrer, 15th century

God is closer to us than our own soul,
for God is the foundation on which the soul stands.
Our soul is naturally rooted in God in endless love.

 
Julian of Norwich, 14th century

All things which are done in heaven and on earth
are before the eyes of God.

 
St. Peter Chrysologus, 5th century

God dwells within you,
and there you should dwell with him.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century