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Twenty Five Quotes From the Saints about Love

How does our love of God grow? If we spend time with God, we come to know Him better. We learn from our experiences. Our faith becomes stronger as we let Him lead us.

One of the fruits if the spirit us love. The Holy Spirit inflames our heart with love. Our doubts disappear and we are led by the Spirit of Love.

The Saints were on fire with the love of God. The following quotes enlighten us about their journey.

1. All things are possible for him who Believes, more to him who hopes, even more to him who loves.

St. Lawrence Brindisi

St. Lawrence Brindisi

2. Refuse God nothing…We must do all through love.

St. Jeanne Jugan

St. Jeanne Jugan
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3. The proof of love is in the works. Where live exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.

St. Gregory the Great

St. Gregory the Great

4. I have come to know only love is if any value; love is greatness. Nothing, no works can compare with a single act of pure love of God.

Diary of St. Faustina, 1092

St. Faustina
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5. Martyrdom is the heroic act of love.

St. Just Bretenie’res Korean Martyr

St. Just Bretenie’res

5. God loves each one of us as if there were only one of us.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine of Hippo

6. It is only by the path of love, which is charity, that God draws near to man, and man to God. But where charity is not found, God cannot dwell. If then, we possess charity, we possess God, for God is charity.

St. Albert the Great

St. Albert the Great

7. I love You, not because You have the power to give heaven or hell, but simply because You are You…my kin and my God.

St. Francis Xavier

St. Francis Xavier

St. Francis Xavier

8. Where there is no love, put love and you will find love.

St. John of the Cross

St. John of the Cross

9. Faith lifts the staggering soul on one side; Hope supports it on the other; Experience says it must be and Love says…Let it be.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

10. Remember, that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing of what you have received, but only what you have given; a heart full, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage.

St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi

11. Desire more and more to grow in the love of God. Holy desires are like wings which transport the soul to heaven.

Bl. Angel Trustzkowska

Bl. Angel Trustkowska

12. Faith and Love are like the blind man’s guides. They will lead you along a path unknown to you, to the place where God is hidden.

St. John of the Cross

St. John of the Cross

13. Beneath the cross one learns to love.

St. Padre Pio

St. Padre Pio

14. Heaven is full of love but Hell is full of loneliness.

St. Teresa of Calcutta

St.. Teresa of Calcutta
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15. Darkness can only be scattered by light. Hatred can only be conquered by Love.

St. John Paul II

St. John Paul II

16. May my life be a continual prayer, a long act of love.

St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

17. Kindness is my only guiding star. In its light, I sail a straight route. I have my motto written on my soul: ” To Live in Love.”

St Thérése of Lisieux

St. Thérèse of Lisiuex

18. Only one thing is needed to please God: to do even the smallest things out of great love. Love and always love.

St. Faustina

St. Faustina

19. Truly it us a blessed thing to Love on earth as we hope to live in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure forever there.

St. Francis de Sales

St. Francis de Sales

20. Prayer is an act of Love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts us from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to Love.

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila

21. Faith gives Love it’s strength; Love gives Faith it’s beauty.

St. Valentine

St. Valentine

22. Ponder the fact that you were loved before you ever loved. For God looked within Himself and fell in love with the beauty of His creature and so created us.

St. Catherine of Siena

St. Catherine of Siena

23. As I adore You, I ask for a love that knows no limits, a love like a flame that consumes me. O Christ, O Lord, one gift I ask if you: Love for You ever increasing, ever growing, ever active on Your behalf.

St. Kateri Tekakwitha

St. Kateri

24. It is not enough to love the young. They mustknow they are loved.

St. John Bosco

St. John Bosco

25. O Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of eternal life, Your Heart is a glowing furnace of Love. You are my refuge and my sanctuary. O my adorable and loving Savior, consume my heart with the burning fire with which Yours is inflamed. Pour down on my soul those graces which flow from Your Love. Let my heart be united with Yours. Let my will be conformed to Yours in all things. May Your Will be the rule of all my desires and actions.

St. Gertrude the Great

St. Gertrude the Great