Adrienne von speyr quotes about happiness

Adrienne von Speyr (20 September1902 – 17 September1967) was a Swiss Catholic medical doctor, the author of over 60 books of spirituality and theology, and a mystic.

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Book of All Saints (1966)

Trans. D.C. Schindler. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-58617-192-6

• [About Francis of Assisi] I saw St.

  Francis at first in his old age, at prayer and sickly, of an indescribable cheerfulness and purity and humility. Everything in him, everything that constituted his life, all his difficulties, are now transfigured and have become translucent.

  Adrienne von Speyr — 'joy and sorrow, when they are both lived in God, signify fruitfulness for the apostolate.'.

• Adrienne von Speyr — 'joy and sorrow, when they are both lived in God, signify fruitfulness for the apostolate.'.
• Christian love means two things at once: to recognize the Lord in one's neighbor and to recognize one's neighbor in the Lord.
• 11 quotes from Adrienne von Speyr: 'joy and sorrow, when they are both lived in God, signify fruitfulness for the apostolate.', 'Without the Lord, the di.
• Adrienne von Speyr (20 September – 17 September ) was a Swiss Catholic medical doctor, the author of over 60 books of spirituality and theology.
• True love always opens one up, both naturally and supernaturally; it prevents the relationship of the spouses from becoming a closed ellipse.

And this happened through prayer. The things that occupy him no longer contain anything at all that is purely personal, not a trace of annoyance or injury or resentment for the unjust things inflicted on him. God alone is left, as well as perfect service in the indescribable happiness of one who serves and in uninterrupted contemplation.

• [About Edith Stein] I see her groping, wonder-fi