Saint Claude de la Colombiere was a Jesuit priest, confessor of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque. Together with her, he was the propagator of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Newsroom (February 16, 2022, 2:30 PM, Gaudium Press) St. Claude de La Colombiere. was born in France in 1641. He joined the Society of Jesus, where he deepened his studies to the point of teaching and became the superior of a Jesuit college.
Piously practicing his priestly service, he became confessor of the convent of Our Lady of the Visitation, where he met St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, who received countless apparitions from Our Lord Jesus Christ. Together with her, he became a great propagator of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Check below some phrases and thoughts of St. Claude de La Colombiere:
1 – “Among my devotions to the Blessed Virgin, I resolved never to ask God for anything in any prayer that was not through the intercession of Mary.”
2. “God’s plans are only realized at the cost of great sacrifices.”
3 – “Nothing is impossible for those who love God and are loved by Him”.
4 – “Love for God makes everything tender.”
5. “True virtue consists in suffering everything patiently, especially our own spiritual weaknesses, and in being in complete conformity with God’s will in everything that happens.”
6 – “Even if one has committed many faults, it is possible to profit from them by entrusting them to God’s forgiveness.”
7 – “Penance is a virtue that leads us to work to eliminate from our life everything that separates us from the love of God and the love of our neighbour”.
8 – “It is necessary to pray to obtain the apostolic virtues, it is necessary to pray to make them useful to our neighbour, it is necessary to pray not to lose them in the service of others.”
9 – “Many confuse penance exclusively with external acts of atonement; however, penance is a whole interior attitude.”
10 – “I wish I could write in every corner of your house, but especially in your heart, these three words: Patience, love, presence of God”. (EPC)
Compiled by Zephania Gangl
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