This past week, all the quotes posted to social media (Facebook, Instagram, X) spoke of the time we are in: Holy Week and Easter.
Contemplation is paradise on earth, a crucified paradise. — Jacques Maritain
Contemplation is not anesthesia, imperturbability, deliverance from all that might agitate a person, an ascent to the Sea of Tranquility. Jesus’ contemplation is defined by his exultation at the sight of beauty and lowliness, and by the groan of Gethsemane. — Arturo Paoli
Jesus has given us a loving look, a tear-veiled look, and this look has become for us an ocean of suffering, but also an ocean of grace and love. — Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
There is something beautiful and deserving for the Catholic in contemplating the suffering of the Lord with heartfelt love and compassion, immersing himself in it and sharing in it as much as possible. — Saint Titus Brandsma
No precept could be more lovable. For this sacrament of the altar begets love and unity. Is it not the greatest proof of divine love that Christ gives himself as food? It is as though he were saying, “I love them so much, and them me, that I want to be within them, and they want to receive me so as to be one body with me.” — Saint Albert the Great
The infinite light of the Word shines in the heart of the suffering of Jesus. The peace of God, dominating the vicissitudes of time, lives in his heart… There where the eyes of flesh see only a dreadful tragedy, the eyes of faith contemplate a palatial mystery. — Charles Journet
One of the marvels accomplished by our Saviour is to have rendered fruitful what was most useless, that is, suffering. He glorified it by obedience and love. — Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
Humanity, after the fall, is much more fortunate than before, for through Jesus Christ, it acquired rights to all that is of God. All is at humanity’s disposal. It suffices to want it. That is why the Church sings, “O happy fault of Adam!” — Saint Clement Hofbauer
Contemplative in the Mud 