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Easter, Faith, Joy, Pentecost, Quote, Quotes of Saints

Twenty Five Quotes from the Saints about Joy

 Chritmas, Easter and Pentecost  are holy seasons of joy.   We are filled with the spirit of joy as we journey with Jesus and deepen our faith.

The tradition of the Church lists twelve Fruits of the Holy Spirit. 

The fruits of the Holy Spirit are charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, and chastity. Additionally, the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord

What words of wisdom have the saints given us about joy?
1. Joy is a net of love by which you catch souls!

St. Teresa of Calcutta

Bl. Teresa of Calcutta
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2.  Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say rejoice!

St. Paul the Apostle

St. Paul the Apostle
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3. Do not abandon yourself to despair.  We are the Easter people, and hallelujah is our song.

St John Paul II

St. John Paul II
4.  Joy, with peace, is the sister of charity.  Serve the Lord with laughter.

St. Padre Pio

St. Padre Pio
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5.  Christian joy is a gift of God flowing from a good conscience.

St. Philip Neri

St. Philip Neri
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6.  The Lord delights in every little step you take.

St. Francis de Sales

St. Francis de Sales
7.  Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him.  If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.

St. Teresa of Avilla

St. Teresa of Avila
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8.  Joy is the simplest form of Gratitude.

St. John Paul II

9.  The joy promised by the Beatitudes is the very Joy of Jesus himself, a joy sought and found in obedience to the Father, and in the gift of self to others.

St. John Paul II

St. John Paul II
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10.  If we wish to serve God and love our neighbor well, we must manifest our joy in the service we render to Him and them.  Let us open wide our hearts; it is joy which invites us.  Press forward and fear nothing.  

St. Katharine Drexel

St. Katharine Drexel
11.  God made us for joy.  God is joy and the joy of living reflects the ongoing joy that God felt in creating us.

St. John Paul II

12.  Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:  where there is hatred, let me sow love.
where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope.
where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.

  St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi
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13.  Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God.

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila
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14.  It is characteristic of God and His angels to bring to the soul, when they occupy if, true happiness and spiritual joy; and to drive from it the sadness and trials which the enemy incites in it. 

St. Ignatius of Loyola

St. Ignatius of Loyla
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15.  Let nothing else please us and cause us delight except our Creator Redeemer and Saviour, the only true God.

St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi
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16.  The world promises us pleasure, but it is only in Jeus that we find joy.

St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux…The Little Flower
17.  May we always live joyfully.  God is infinite joy.

St. Teresa of the Andes

St. Teresa of Los Andes
18.  Jesus is happy to come with us, as truth is happy to be spoken, as life is to be lived, as light to be lit, as love is to be loved, as joy is to be given, as peace, to be spread.

St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi
19.  Do few things, but do them well, simple joys are holy.

St. Francis of Assisis

20.  No man truly has joy unless he lives in love.

St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas Aquinas
21 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; That, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding Joyl

St. Peter the Apostle

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22.  In the house of God there is a never ending festival;  the angel choir make eternal holiday.  The presence of God’s face gives joy that never fails. 

St. Augustine

23.  OH, God, to know you is life.  To serve You is freedom.  To praise you is the soul’s joy and delight.  Guard me with the power of Your grace here and in all places.  Now and at all times, forever. Amen.

St. Augustine

24.  To me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.

Therese of Lisieux

25.  We who are Christians have a further cause for joy; like Jesus, we know that we are loved by God our Father.  This love transforms our lives and fills us with joy!

St. John Paul II

Faith, Prayer, Spirituality

Acts of Faith, Hope and Love

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Faith, Hope and Love are three virtues which St. Paul in Corinthians tells us we must live by. We have three traditional prayers which we call Acts to help us. Whenever we need guidance and direction, praying one of these short Acts will help us.

We are also encouraged to pray without ceasing. Beginning your day with an Act oh faith, hope and love is one way to grow spiritually.

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Prayers, Quips and Quotes; St. Bernadette of Lourdes, Feast Day April 16

The Feast day of St. Bernadette of Lourdes is celebrated on April 16.

St. Bernadetta was born in 1833 in France. Our Lady first appeared to St. Bernadette in Lourdes.
France on Feb. 11, 1858. Bernadette was a poor shepherdess who was only 14 years old. Our Lady actually appeared to her eighteen times.

During the first vision Bernadette saw a bright light and a beautiful lady dressed in a brilliant white dress adorned with a blue ribbon. A long veil covered her body from her head to her feet. Her hands were clasped as if praying and she carried a white and gold rosary with a gold cross in her hands. Bernadette took her rosary out of her pocket and guided by Our Lady they prayed the rosary. After praying, the vision ended.

St.Bernadette of Lourdes

Bernadette asked the girls with her if they had seen anything and they said no. She told them not to say anything, but her sister told their mother who did not believe the story.

On Feb. 14, Bernadette returned to the Grotto where the vision had happened. She asked those with her to pray the rosary. When Our Lady appeared again, Bernadette’s face was transfigured. She sprinkled the holy water which had been given her and said, “If you come from God, come near us.” The holy water touched Our Lady, and she smiled and came closer. They began to pray the rosary together.

On Feb. 18, after Mass she was accompanied by a lady and a religious. When she began praying, Our Lady appeared again and they all prayed the rosary. Our Lady asked Bernadette to return for 15 consecutive days. Benadette promised she would do so. Our Lady said;

Bernadette went to the Grotto with a lit candle for the next 15 days. Hundreds of people began coming with her. On Feb. 21, Bernadette observed that Our Lady seemed sad. She asked her, “What is wrong? What can I do?” Our Lady said,

“Pray for sinners.”

“I also promise to make you happy, not in this world, but in the next.”

A doctor examined Bernadette and concluded there was northing wrong with her. Bernadette was ridiculed nonetheless.

On Feb. 23, Our Lady requested that a Sanctuary be built on the site. She told Bernadette to talk to the priest. When the priest asked her the name of the lady, Bernadeete did not know. The priest told her he needed a miracle and she shoul ask the lady for the rose bush to blossom.

On Feb 26, Our Lady revealed to Bernadette her name saying:

“I am the Immaculate Conception”

During one apparition people witnessed Bernadette praying for fifteen minutes with the candle flame burning through her fingers. She remained unharmed. The last apparition occurred on the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. Many miracles of healing have been attributed to the healing waters of Lourdes.

St. Bernadette joined the Sisters of Charity seeking God in the silence of the convent. St. Bernadette died on April 16, 1879.

The message of Our Lady Of Lourdes is timeless.

Pray for Sinners!

The incorrupt body of St. Bernadette of Lourdes may be viewed at St. Gildard Convent where it is kept uner glass. This is the Conven St. Bernadette spent the last nine years of her life in prayer with God.

Always stay very close to our Lord, present in the tabernacle. Be completely absorbed by devotion to Him there and never let go.

Quote of St. Bernadette

April is the Month of the Eucharist

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Prayers, Quips and Quotes: St. Faustina, Feast Day October 5




St. Faustina
St. Faustina

The feast day of St. Faustina is celebrated on October 5.  She is considered the Apostle of Mercy.

St. Faustina was baptized Helena Kowalska.   She was born into a very poor family of ten children  on August 25, 1905 in Glogowiec, Poland.  She lived on a farm receiving only three years of education.

St. Faustina worked as a housekeeper before joining the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in 1925 at the age of 20.  For 13 years she prayed in the convent and worked as a cook, gardener and porter.

St. Faustina grew in holiness.  She had a very mystical interior life.  She had the gifts of visions, prophecy, the stigmata , bi-location, the gift of reading hearts and mystical marriage.

The vision which impacted the world was a vision of Jesus.  She tells the story in her Diary.

“In the evening, when I was in my cell, I became aware of the Lord Jesus clothed in a white garment. One hand was raised in blessing, the other was touching the garment at the breast. From the opening of the garment at the breast there came forth two large rays, one red and the other pale. In silence I gazed intently at the Lord; my soul was overwhelmed with fear, but also with great joy. After a while Jesus said to me, ‘paint an image according to the pattern you see, with the inscription: Jesus, I trust in You.'”

Some time later, Our Lord again spoke to her:

“The pale ray stands for the Water which makes souls righteous; the red ray stands for the Blood which is the life of souls. These two rays issued forth from the depths of My most tender Mercy at that time when My agonizing Heart was opened by a lance on the cross….Fortunate is the one who will dwell in their shelter, for the just hand of God shall not lay hold of him.”

Divine Mercy
Divine Mercy

At the request of Jesus she willingly offered her sufferings in union with him to atone for the sins of others. He also asked her to remind the world of His Divine Mercy and He taught her a very special devotion to the Divine Mercy based on trust in Him.   She had a special devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Eucharist and the Sacrament of confession which strengthened her.

One of the vision she experienced was a visit to hell, which she shares in her diary.  She suffered greatly interiorly, however she only shared her suffering with her spiritual director.  At the request of Jesus and her confessors, St. Faustina kept a diary in which she shared her visions.

St. Faustina died of tuberculosis in Krakow, Poland at age 33 in 1938.  She was canonized by the first Polish Pope, Pope John Paul II on April 30, 2000

Divine Mercy Sunday is now celebrated every year on the first Sunday after Easter.

“Jesus, I Trust In You”
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October is the Month of the Most Holy Rosary

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