While others amass the fortunes of this world, may my only fortune be Thy holy grace. - Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

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While others amass the fortunes of this world, may my only fortune be Thy holy grace.

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About Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, C.Ss.R. (September 27, 1696 – August 1, 1787), was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, scholastic philosopher and theologian, and founder of the Redemptorists, an influential religious congregation. He was canonized in 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI. Pope Pius IX proclaimed him a Doctor of the Church in 1871.

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Alternative Names: Alfonso Maria de', saint Liguori • Alfonso Maria de' Liguori • Alphonsus Mary Antony John Cosmas Damian Michael Gaspard de' Liguori Liguori • St. Alphonse Maria di Liguori • Alphonsus Liguori • Saint Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori
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My Jesus, I love Thee with my whole heart, and I desire to be always united with Thee. Since I cannot now receive Thee sacramentally, I receive Thee spiritually. Come, then, into my heart; I embrace Thee, and unite myself wholly to Thee, and I beg Thee not to permit me to be ever separated from Thee.
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Prayer must be humble: God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Here St. James tells us that God does not listen to the prayers of the proud, but resists them; while, on the other hand, he is always ready to hear the prayers of the humble.
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