Frederick William Faber Quotes About Heaven

Quotes about: Heaven

• Eternity will not be long enough to learn all he is, or to praise him for all he has done, but then, that matters not; for we shall be always with him, and we desire nothing more.

  Frederick William Faber

  Long, Heaven, Desire

  Frederick William Faber (1854). “All for Jesus; or, The easy ways of divine love”, p.2

• The Blessed Sacrament is the magnet of souls. There is a mutual attraction between Jesus and the souls of men. Mary drew Him down from heaven. Our nature attracted Him rather than the nature of angels. Our misery caused Him to stoop to our lowness. Even our sins had a sort of attraction for the abundance of His mercy and the predilection of His grace. Our repentance wins Him to us. Our love makes earth a paradise to Him; and our souls lure Him as gold lures the miser, with irresistible fascination

  Frederick William Faber

  Jesus, Blessed, Angel

  Frederick William Faber (1855). “The blessed sacrament: or, The works and ways of God”, p.510

• Ye Heavens, how sang they in your courts,
  How sang the angelic choir that day,
  When from his tomb the imprisoned God,
  Like the strong sunrise, broke away?

  Frederick William Faber

  Easter, Strong, Heaven

  Frederick William Faber (1875). “Hymns”, p.88

• Small things are best: Grief and unrest To rank and wealth are given; But little things On little wings Bear little souls to Heaven.

  Frederick William Faber

  Grief, Wings, Heaven

  Frederick William Faber (1857). “Poems ... Second edition”, p.198

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