Merits
Inspirational quotes on Merits
"The devil whites down our sins - our Guardian Angel all our merits." ~ St. Jean Vianney
"One merits more by devoutly assisting at a Holy Mass than by distributing all of his goods, to the poor and travelling all over the world on pilgrimage." ~ St Bernard of Clairvaux
"Therefore, let us love and embrace penance with all our heart, because while it is a just reparation for the past it is also a guard against falling again and a useful means to increase our merits before God." ~ St. Joseph Marello
"I travel slowly, one step at a time, because I am carrying two big suitcases. One of them contains my sins, and on the other, which is much heavier, are the infinite merits of Jesus. When I reach heaven I will open the suitcases and say to God: 'Eternal Father, now you can judge.' And to St. Peter: 'Close the door, because I'm staying." ~ St. Josephine Bakhito
"What value is there in faith without works? And what are they with if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?" ~ St. Teresa of Avila
"I understand that, each time we contemplate, with desire and devotion, the Host in which is hidden Christ's Eucharistic Body, we increase our merits in heaven and secure special joys to be ours later in the beatific vision of God.
"In the moments of despair I offer the merits of Our Lord which are more than sufficient to supply a poverty so extreme, an indigence so great and, in this way, the good God has given me the grace not to become discouraged." ~ St. Therese of Courdec
"The devil whites down our sins - our Guardian Angel all our merits." ~ St. Jean Vianney
"One merits more by devoutly assisting at a Holy Mass than by distributing all of his goods, to the poor and travelling all over the world on pilgrimage." ~ St Bernard of Clairvaux
"Therefore, let us love and embrace penance with all our heart, because while it is a just reparation for the past it is also a guard against falling again and a useful means to increase our merits before God." ~ St. Joseph Marello
"I travel slowly, one step at a time, because I am carrying two big suitcases. One of them contains my sins, and on the other, which is much heavier, are the infinite merits of Jesus. When I reach heaven I will open the suitcases and say to God: 'Eternal Father, now you can judge.' And to St. Peter: 'Close the door, because I'm staying." ~ St. Josephine Bakhito
"What value is there in faith without works? And what are they with if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?" ~ St. Teresa of Avila
"I understand that, each time we contemplate, with desire and devotion, the Host in which is hidden Christ's Eucharistic Body, we increase our merits in heaven and secure special joys to be ours later in the beatific vision of God.
"In the moments of despair I offer the merits of Our Lord which are more than sufficient to supply a poverty so extreme, an indigence so great and, in this way, the good God has given me the grace not to become discouraged." ~ St. Therese of Courdec