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Elizabeth of Hungary
6 quotes
“Here before my eyes is our sweet Saviour crowned with thorns. My crown would mock Him if I dared kneel at His feet bedecked with gold and jewels.”
Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–1231) said by 1231 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Schmidt-Pauli (tr. Olga Marx, 1932), p. 65
“The Lord came all the way from heaven to earth for us, so we can surely go the short distance from the castle to Eisenach for Him! ... We must not sadden God with sullen looks. Whatever we do, we must do gladly.”
Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–1231) said by 1231 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Schmidt-Pauli (tr. Olga Marx, 1932), p. 109
“The last request of Christ was that we should love one another as He loved us. But are we obeying Him, dear Brother? The moment we own anything we want to increase our possessions by depriving some one else. And if we are asked to share what we own, we are unwilling to part with it. We are made loveless by our possessions.”
Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–1231) said by 1231 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Schmidt-Pauli (tr. Olga Marx, 1932), p. 139
“We women were allowed to stand at the Cross. We saw His wounds bleed and His eyes grow dim. As He was dying Jesus put His faith in us, we were to carry His love through the whole world and here we sit and have forgotten Him.”
Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–1231) said by 1231 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Schmidt-Pauli (tr. Olga Marx, 1932), p. 174
“Come posso osare di portare una corona così splendida davanti a un re con in capo una corona di spine?”
Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–1231) said by 1231 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Gigi Cappa Bava, Stefano Jacomuzzi, Del come riconoscere i Santi, SEI, Torino, 1989, p. 219. ISBN 88-05-05872-6 (in Italian).
Also quoted by: Elisabetta d'Ungheria (it)
“The ministering Saint, fresh from the poor of Christ.”
Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–1231) said by 1231 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Charles Kingsley, The Saint's Tragedy (1848), act 2, sc. 4 (Guta)