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Saint Francisco Marto - “I don’t want to be anything. I want to die and go to Heaven.”

I love you, Saint Joseph of Cupertino 🤍

Ephesians 5:15-17, “So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.”

Song - St. Catherine of Sienna by Hallowed

-Canticle of Brother Sun and Sister Moon, St. Francis of Assisi

“Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?” - Saint Gerard Majella

- Philokalia, Vol. 2, St. Maximos-First Century of Various Texts, p. 170, 73

“As life is, so will its end be.”

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away.”

St. Alphonsus (c. 1750): “This reflection, that with death all ends, caused St. Francis Borgia to resolve to give himself wholly to God.  The Saint had to accompany the body of the Empress Isabella to Granada.  When the coffin was opened, every one fled from the horrible sight and odor; but St. Francis, touched by Divine light, remained to contemplate in that corpse the vanity of the world; and gazing on it, exclaimed: ‘Art thou, then, my empress?’… Thus then, he concluded within himself… I will therefore from this day forth serve a master that can never die.” (Preparation For Death, pp. 13-14)

- St. Alphonsus di Liguori

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you.” (1 Peter 5:6)

“Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.”

“Even while they live, they are not without bitterness, distrust, and fear of losing those pleasures which they possess; for these very things from which they derive their greatest enjoyment often repay them with unhappiness. And it is just that this is so; that inasmuch as they seek delight in inordinate pleasures, they should not find full satisfaction without confusion and bitterness.” - Imitation of Christ, Book 3, Chapter 12