Spiritual Merit Quotes

Teachers and nurses get the best seats in Heaven.

The least grace is a better security for heaven than the greatest gifts or privileges whatsoever.

In the kingdom of heaven it is His work that will be crowned, not yours. Anything in you that He has not wrought Himself will count for nothing.

He who plants a tree is a servant of God.

America... Cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.

As long as you do things for God, you are a Hall of Famer in heaven's list.

There is no inconsistency in saying that God rewards good works, provided we understand that nevertheless men obtain eternal life gratuitously.

It is not he who begins well who is perfect. It is he who ends well who is approved in God's sight.

Just as one can make a lot of garlands from a heap of flowers, so man, subject to birth and death as he is, should make himself a lot of good karma.

The space of the bow of any one of you in Paradise is better than all that the sun rises upon.

If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.

God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.

If you go to Heaven without being naturally qualified for it you will not enjoy yourself there.

Our rewards in heaven are a result of God's crowning His own gifts.

If grace acts in us, grace, and not we who do the work, will be crowned.

What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?

The amount of grace I would expect from God should be equal to the amount of grace I can gather or earn. I get out what I put in.

As the blood of Christ is the fountain of all merit, so the Spirit of Christ is the fountain of all spiritual life; and until he quicken us and infuse the principle of the divine life into our souls, we can put forth no hand, or vital act of faith, to lay hold upon Jesus Christ.

A scavenger who works in His service shares equal distinction with a king who uses his gifts in His name and is a mere trustee.

I'm not running for canonisation.

I don't believe in asking God for anything. If I am worthy, He will give it to me. I think we should earn his blessings; I have never believed in mannats.

For as one star another far exceeds, So souls in heaven are placed by their deeds.

While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they do not proceed from God as their first principle, and by Him alone is our virtue real virtue.

A man who is good enough to go to heaven is good enough to be a clergyman.

The benediction of these covering heavens Fall on their heads like dew, for they are worthy To inlay heaven with stars.