Quotemeal for Thursday, July 9, 2009

"Obedience is the fruit of faith; patience, the bloom on the fruit."

— Rossetti

More Quotemeal

"To follow the Savior is to participate in salvation, to follow the light is to perceive the light."

— Irenaeus —

"Earth hath no sorrow that heaven cannot heal."

— Thomas Moore —

"A man who prays without ceasing, if he achieves something, knows why he achieved it, and can take no pride in it... for he cannot attribute it to his own..."

— Dorotheus of Gaza —

"Jesus hath many lovers of His heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of His Cross. He hath many desirous of consolation, but few of tribulation. Many love Jesus so....."

— Thomas à Kempis —