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Unless you turn and become like children,
you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. |
| Jesus; Matthew 18:3 |
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Let us strive for purity of heart, poverty of spirit,
and for the character of little children,
and we will be threefold blessed.
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Bl. Peter Favre, 16th century
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| The kingdom of God is within you. |
| Jesus; Luke 17:21 |
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You must open the eyes of your soul on the light,
on this heaven within you, a vast horizen
stretching far beyond the realm of human activity,
an unexplored country to the majority of human beings.
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St. Vincent Ferrer, 14th century
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I am the handmaid of the Lord,
let it be done to me according to your word. |
| Mary; Luke 1:38 |
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When the ever blessed Virgin spoke her 'Fiat' (yes),
it was the beginning of the Kingdom of God on earth
and she was the first handmaid.
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St. Edith Stein, 20th century
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| I am the resurrection. |
| Jesus; John 11:25 |
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Christ, Himself,
is the resurrection because in him we rise again;
so also the Kingdom of God may be understood to be Christ,
because in him we shall reign.
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St. Cyprian of Carthage, 3rd century
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Let the children come to me,
for to such belong the kingdom of heaven. |
| Jesus; Matthew 19:14 |
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A child is a pledge of immortality,
for he bears upon him in figure those high
and eternal excellences in which the joy of heaven exists.
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Bl. John Henry Newman, 19th century
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