"Yet one of the most essential conditions for God’s grace to act in our lives is saying yes to what we are and to the situations in which we find ourselves."
~ Fr. Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom
"Hard as it is, we need to learn to forgive other people
for making us suffer or disappointing us, and even to accept the
problems they create for us as graces and blessings. The attitude is
neither spontaneous nor natural, but it is the only one by which to
achieve peace and interior freedom."
~ Fr. Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom
"By accepting the sufferings “offered” by life and allowed
by God for our progress and purification, we spare ourselves much
harder ones. We need to develop this kind of realism and, once and for
all, stop dreaming of a life without suffering or conflict. That is the
life of heaven, not earth. We must take up our cross and follow Christ
courageously every day; the bitterness of that cross will sooner or
later be transformed into sweetness."
~ Fr. Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom
