Lawrence of the Resurrection

“ I engaged in a religious life only for the love of God, and I have endeavored to act only for Hint; whatever becomes of me, whether I be lost or saved, I will always continue to act purely for the love of God, I shall have this good at least, that till death I shall have done all that is in me to love Him. ”

“ That all possible kinds of mortification, if they were void of the love of God, could not efface a single sin. That we ought, without anxiety, to expect the pardon of our sins from the blood of Jesus Christ, only endeavoring to love Him with all our hearts. ”

“ That he had placed his sins betwixt him and God, as it were, to tell Him that he did not deserve His favors, but that God still continued to bestow them in abundance. That in order to form a habit of conversing with God continually, and referring all we do to Him, we must at first apply to Him with some diligence; but that after a little care we should find His love inwardly excite us to it without any difficulty. ”