Christian Mystic Quotes on Grace

St Catherine of Genoa Quote: I find in myself by the grace of God a satisfaction without nourishment, a love without fear.

God has many ways of drawing us to Himself.

Brother Lawrence (The Practice of The Presence of God - 12th Letter)

Each grace faithfully received brought many others.

Thérèse of Lisieux (Story of My Soul - Chapter V: Vocation of Thérèse, 1897)

I welcome all the creatures of the world with grace.

Hildegard of Bingen (Quoted in Meditations with Hildegard of Bingen, 1983)

When Thou didst regard me, thine eyes imprinted in me Thy grace.

John of the Cross (Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom, 1586)

Grace is from God, and works in the depth of the soul whose powers it employs.

Meister Eckhart (Sermons - Outward and Inward Morality))

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.

Jesus (The Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:9)

Brother Lawrence Christian Mystic Quote: The greater perfection a soul aspires after, the more...

The greater perfection a soul aspires after, the more dependent it is upon Divine Grace.

Brother Lawrence (The Practice of The Presence of God - 4th Conversation)

I find in myself by the grace of God a satisfaction without nourishment, a love without fear.

Catherine of Genoa (Ecstatic Confessions)

If you could be silent from all willing and thinking for one hour, you would hear God's inexpressible words.

Jakob Böhme (The Way to Christ, 1622)

We therefore need to know the gifts given us by God, so that we may use them, for by these we shall be saved.

Walter Hilton (The Ladder of Perfection - Book I: Chapter 41)

A human being is a vessel that God has built for himself and filled with his inspiration so that his works are perfected in it.

Hildegard of Bingen (Letter to Elisabeth of Schönau, 1152)

Cease but from thine own Activity, steadfastly fixing thine eye upon one point, and with a strong purpose relying upon the promised grace of God in Christ, to bring thee out of thy darkness into His marvellous light.

Jakob Böhme (The Supersensual Life, 1624)

When man humbles himself, God cannot restrain His mercy; He must come down and pour His grace into the humble man, and He gives Himself most of all, and all at once, to the least of all. It is essential to God to give, for His essence is His goodness and His goodness is His love.

Meister Eckhart (Sermons - Outward and Inward Morality))

The purpose of prayer is not to inform our Lord what you desire, for He knows all your needs. It is to render you able and ready to receive the grace which our Lord will freely give you. This grace cannot be experienced until you have been refined and purified by the fire of desire in devout prayer. For although prayer is not the cause for which our Lord gives grace, it is nevertheless the means by which grace, freely given, comes to the soul.

Walter Hilton (The Ladder of Perfection - Book I: Chapter 24)

If a man is to become as like God as a creature may, that must be by sanctification. It is this which draws men upward to glory, and from glory to unity, and from unity to impassibility, and effects a resemblance between God and men. The chief agent in this is grace, because grace draws men from the transitory and purifies them from the earthly. And thou shouldest know that to be empty of all creature's love is to be full of God, and to be full of creature-love is to be empty of God.

Meister Eckhart (Sermons - Sanctification)

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A Seeker's Thoughts on Grace
Grace is that which leads us back to the source of all existence, The Supreme Being. The Christian mystics were very much in tune with this beautiful dance and they rejoiced and surrendered to it whenever they caught a glimpse of grace at work in their own lives and the world around them.

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