Frases de Francisco Palau y Quer

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De Dios, Alma

„Yo admiro en vosotras la obra de Dios.“

De Dios

„Que el amor a Cristo, a María y a la iglesia polaricen nuestra vida».“

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Cristo, De vida, De amor

„Vivo y viviré por la Iglesia; vivo y moriré por ella.“

Variante: Vivo y viviré por la Iglesia; vívo y moriré por ella.

„Que la soledad, la oración y el sacrificio sean la fuente de nuestro apostolado».“

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Soledad, De vejez

„Somos operarios de perfeccionar la raza humana».“

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De fe

„En ciertas estaciones me retiro a un islote, de una hora de circuito y de una elevación prodigiosa, que en crestas acolumnadas se levanta sobre el profundo del mar Mediterráneo. Vase la barca y yo me quedo allí solo por unos días, para unirme con Dios y su Iglesia, en fe, esperanza y amor.“

De Dios, De fe, De amor, De esperanza

„Si tú con tal ardor has buscado soledad, retiro, abstracción de criaturas, y si no has soñado más que desiertos, créelo, esta vocación procedía y procede de que tu pobrecita alma conoce, entiende, toca y palpa la necesidad que tiene de vivir unida a Dios, no de cualquier modo sino de la forma que Dios exige y quiere de ella… Adoremos los designios de Dios y de su providencia y respetémoslos… En la oración encontrarás la fe, la esperanza y el amor… tomando aliento en ese castillo interior combate tus tristezas y sus causas… Vive unida con Dios y cuida que nada, ni el hambre ni la sed, ni la espada, ni la adversidad, ni la fortuna, nada turbe tu corazón. Vive unida con Dios y todo lo demás es vapor y humo y sombras que se desvanecen.“

Soledad, De fe, De hambre, De tristeza

„No ignoraba yo el peligro apremiante a que me exponía… me comprometí sin embargo, con votos solemnes, a un estado cuyas reglas creía poder practicar hasta la muerte, independiente de todo humano acontecimiento… De ningún modo temía que las revueltas políticas de la sociedad me hubieran podido ser obstáculo para el cumplimiento de mis votos».“

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De muerte, De vejez

„Oh Dios, que por medio de tu Espíritu, enriqueciste al Beato Francisco, presbítero, con el don insigne de la oración y de la caridad apostólica; concédenos por su intercesión, que la amada Iglesia de Cristo, resplandeciente con la belleza de María, la Virgen Madre, sea más eficazmente sacramento universal de salvación. Amén.“

Cristo, De Dios, De belleza

„Que estemos siempre dispuestos a seguir a Cristo aunque nos cueste».“

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Cristo

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

Letter to Juana Gratia (1857)
Contexto: 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.

„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.“

Letter to Juana Gratia (1857)
Contexto: 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.

„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.“

Letter to Juana Gratia (1857)

„The soul looks to God under two aspects or forms: First as the object of all its affections, or as an infinitely good and lovable being, and this imagine robs the heart; and insofar as he is good, infinitely beautiful, this is, infinitely perfect, he captures our intellectual vision, our thoughts and meditations.
In this regard, the theological virtues and their gifts cause God and the soul to become on single thing through love and purity of thoughts. While this divine union takes place primarily and mainly in the soul, all the other virtues are like aids, attendants and armies of that guard, assist and protect this work. This is the love of God for the soul and the love of the soul for God.“

Letter to Juana Gratia (1857)

„The three theological virtues of faith, hope and charity, aided by the highest and most sublime gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as understanding, wisdom, knowledge, and counsel, unite the creature, the human spirit, with his God, the souls with the Word of God. It is this sacred union that you must seek, hold and possess; in it lie the spiritual life, health and strength, and from it originate all the other virtues.“

Letter to Juana Gratia (1857)

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