François Palau y Quer citations (8 citations)

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François Palau y Quer: Citations en anglais

“When you feel restless, sad, sorrowful and embittered, look for the cause, and if it is not worth being sorry about (and nothing that does not offend God is worth being sorry about), get rid of your anxiety; if you do not see the causes but feel restless and dissatisfied all the same, put up with it, arm yourself with patience, let the storm pass, and your inner peace will return.
This union, my sister, demands a heart at peace, calm, unalterable, like some place in heaven, and we can and must acquire it fighting hard whatever threatens if from outside ourselves.”

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Francisco Palau

Letter to Juana Gratia (1857)

“God's great work in man takes place in the Interior.”

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Francisco Palau

Letter to Juana Gratia (1857)
Contexte: God's great work in man takes place in the Interior. The order that appears and is shown outside is the work and effect of the order inside.

“When you examine your conscience (attention to what I am going to tell you) do not go too far; look at it as we look at the seashore from the top of the Alps or the Pyrenees, lightly, without going into details. If you do not see anything clearly and certainly wrong, go ahead and be at peace with your God. Mind this, I repeat, and do tell me how you are faring, because the devil could trick you and do you serious hard with his false doctrine and suggestions. This union produces peace of mind; then search for peace. Let nothing disturb you, be it good or bad.”

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Francisco Palau

Letter to Juana Gratia (1857)

“God's great work in man takes place in the Interior. The order that appears and is shown outside is the work and effect of the order inside.”

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Francisco Palau

Letter to Juana Gratia (1857)

“Now for the other union. The first one sees God as infinitely lovable and beautiful; its aim is the contemplation of his attributes and perfections. The second union sees him as the creator, conserver, governor, redeemer, glorifier and vivifier of the whole world.”

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Francisco Palau

Letter to Juana Gratia (1857)
Contexte: Now for the other union. The first one sees God as infinitely lovable and beautiful; its aim is the contemplation of his attributes and perfections. The second union sees him as the creator, conserver, governor, redeemer, glorifier and vivifier of the whole world.
At certain moments, the spirit of the Lord will move and lead you towards this second union and you have to cooperate. He will be presented to you as the Lord, king and governor of the world, the Lord God of hosts, and wil take you to objects resembling this presence. Since the first union is not strengthened or prefected or completed except in the second, you need to start by this.

“I live and will live for the Church; I live and will die for her.”

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Francisco Palau

Vivo y viviré por la Iglesia; vívo y moriré por ella.
As quoted in "Father Francisco Palau y Quer A Passion for the Church" by Carmelite Missionaries, Rome, as translated by David Joseph Centner http://www.ourgardenofcarmel.org/palau.html