The breadth of charity widens the narrow heart of the sinner.
ANTHONY OF PADUA
ANTHONY OF PADUA
Anthony of Padua on charity
Anthony of Padua19 quotes“The breadth of charity widens the narrow heart of the sinner.”
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Anthony of PaduaAnthony of Padua Draw us forth from the mire, Lord Jesus, with the hook of your Cross; so that we may run, not to your sweetness, but to the bitterness of your Passion.
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Anthony of PaduaAnthony of Padua The life of the body is the soul, the life of the soul is Christ.
Anthony of PaduaAnthony of Padua Charity is the soul of faith, makes it alive; without love, faith dies.
Anthony of PaduaAnthony of Padua The Lord breathes the breath of life, contrition of heart, into the face of the soul when he impresses upon it his own image and likeness, which has been soiled by sin, and renews it.
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Anthony of PaduaAnthony of Padua He who lives in eternity dwells in the heart of the humble and in the soul of the penitent!
Anthony of PaduaAnthony of Padua Do you want to have God always in your mind? Be just as he made you to be. Do not go seeking another “you”.
Anthony of PaduaAnthony of Padua The creator of the heavens obeys a carpenter; the God of eternal glory listens to a poor virgin. Has anyone ever witnessed anything comparable to this?
Anthony of PaduaAnthony of Padua Nothing so humbles the proud sinner as the humility of Jesus Christ’s humanity.
Anthony of PaduaAnthony of Padua He prays best who does not know that he is praying.
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Anthony of PaduaAnthony of Padua The religious soul finds in the heart of Jesus a secure refuge.
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