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Twenty Five Quotes from St. John Paul II

Karol Wojtyla was ordained a priest in Poland on All Saints Day 1946. On Divine Mercy Sunday 2014 the Church gave him the title of Saint John Paul the Great.

St. John Paul the Great was known as the patron of the youth. He began the tradition of having World Youth Days. The following quotes remind us of the powerful teachings of St. John Paul the Great.

1. The cross means there is no shipwreck without hope; there is no dark without down, nor storm without haven.

St. John Paul the Great

2. The most beautiful and stirring adventure that can happen to you is the personal meeting with Jesus, who is the only one who gives real meaning to our lives.

St. John Paul the Great

3. Do not be afraid of getting lost. The more we give of ourselves, the more we will find ourselves.

St. John Paul the Great

4. The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.

St. John Paul the Great

5. How to pray? This is a simple matter. I would say: Pray any way you like, so long as you do pray;

St. John Paul the Great

6. Future begins today, not tomorrow.

St. John Paul the Great

7. Darkness can only be scattered by light. Hatred can only be conquered by love.

8. Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.

St. John Paul the Great

9. Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.

St. John Paul the Great

10. Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

St. John Paul the Great

11. As the family goes, so goes the nation, and so goes the whole world in which we live.

St. John Paul the Great

12. Remember that you are never alone. Christ is with you on your journey every day of your lives.

St. John Paul the Great

13. In God’s plan, nothing happens by chance.

St. John Paul the Great

14. Confession is an act of honesty and courage–an act of entrusting ourselves beyond sin, to a loving and forgiving God.

St. John Paul the Great

15. We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures. We are the sum of the Father’s love for us.

St. John Paul the Great

16. From Mary we learn to trust when all hope seems gone.

St. John Paul the Great

17. It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you.

St. John Paul the Great

18. There is no evil to be to be faced that Christ does not face with us. There is no enemy that Christ has not already conquered. There is no cross to bear that Christ has not already borne for us and does not now bear with us.

19. If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much.

20. Let us remember the Past with Gratitude, Live the Present with Enthusiasm, and look forward to the Future with Confidence.

St. John Paul the Great

21. An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.

St. John Paul the Great

22. Let Jesus present in the Blessed Sacrament speak to your hearts. It is he who is the true answer of life that you seek.

23. Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and halleluiah is our song.

St. John Paul the Great

24. The worst prison would be a closed heart.

St. John Paul the Great

25. Freedom consist not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

St. John Paul the Great

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Twenty Five Quotes from St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila was a Spanish Carmelite nun and mystic. She was born in Avila Spain on March 28, 1515, one of ten children. Her mother died when Teresa was 15.

Invoked against bodily ills, headaches, and sickness, St. Teresa was canonized a Saint by Pope Gregory XV on March 12, 1622. The Feast Day of St. Teresa of Avila is celebrated on October 15.


Saint Teresa of Ávila was proclaimed Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI on 27 September 1970.


St. Teresa has written many books. These include: The Interior Castle, The Life of Teresa of Jesus, and The Way of Perfection. Her spirituality has led many to a much deeper prayer life.

Reflecting on the life of this Carmelite nun, let’s ponder her many quotes which reveal her spirituality.

1. Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. All things pass away. God never changes. Patience obtains all things. He who has God, finds he lacks nothing. God alone suffices.

St. Teresa of Avila

2. Leave it all to God and leave your interests in His hands. He knows what is fitting for us.

St. Teresa of Avila

3. Often, the Lord allows a fall so that the soul will be more humble, and when it returns to the right way of acting and grows in self-knowledge, it advances further in the service of our Lord, as we see among many saints.

St. Teresa of Avila

4. We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

St. Teresa of Avila

5. True humility consists in our being satisfied with what is given us.

St. Teresa of Avila

6. Tear your heart away from everything else, then seek God and you will surely find him.

St. Teresa of Avila

7. There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

St. Teresa of Avila

8. Hope, O my soul, Hope! You know neither the day, nor the hour. Watch carefully, for everything passes quickly, even though your impatience turns a very short time into a long one.

St. Teresa of Avila

9. The chief object of the devil’s work on earth is to fill us with pride.

St. Teresa of Avila

10. You pay God a great complement by asking great things of Him.

St. Teresa of Avila

11. Prayer is an act of Love, words are not needed.

St. Teresa of Avila

12. Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

St. Teresa of Avila

13. To have courage for whatever comes in life…everything lies in that.

St. Teresa of Avila

14. The measure in which you desire God, is the measure in which you will find Him!

St. Teresa of Avila

15. Remember, that you have only one soul: that you have only one death to die: that you have only one life…if you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.

St. Teresa of Avila

16. Truth suffers, but never dies.

17. It is love alone that gives worth to all things.

St. Teresa of Avila

18. When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.

St. Teresa of Avila

19. In this life our lot is not to enjoy God, but to do His Holy Will.

St. Teresa of Avila

20. Look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for all.

St. Teresa of Avila

21. The smallest thing when done for the love of God is priceless.

St. Teresa of Avila

22. Life is to live in such a way that we are not afraid to die.

St. Teresa of Avila

23. The feeling remains that God is on the journey too.

St. Teresa of Avila

24. Learn to suffer for Jesus Christ without letting others perceive it.

St. Teresa of Avila

25. Christ has no body on earth but yours. no hands but yours, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which the compassion of Christ looks out to the world. Yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good. Yours are the hands with which He is to bless others.

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Twenty Five Quotes from the Saints about the Rosary

The Feast Day of the Rosary is celebrated on October 7th. The Rosary was a devotion begun by St. Dominic after experiencing a vision. The following quotes reveal the power the rosary had on the lives of the saints.

1. The Rosary is a fortress against evil. It is a sign to satan that you belong to Our Lady.

St. Dominic

2. If you say the Holy Rosary every day, with a spirt of faith and love, Our Lady will make sure she leads you very far along her Son’s path.

St. Josemaria Esriva

3. Never will anyone who says his Rosary every day be led astray. This is a statement that I would gladly sign with my Blood.

St. Louis de Montfort

4. The Rosary is a school for learning true Christion perfection.

St. John XXIII

5. The Rosary is the weapon for these times.

St. Padre Pio

6. The Rosary is a prayer both so humble and simple and theologically rich in Biblical content. I beg you to pray it.

St. John Paul II

7. Say the Rosary every day to obtain peace for the World.

Our Lady of Fatima

8. The Rosary is a long chain that links heaven and earth. One end of it is in our hands and the other end is in the hands of the Holy Virgin. The Rosary prayer rises like incense to the feet of the Almighty.

St Therese of Lisieux

9. Where the Rosary is recited, there will be days of peace and tranquility.

St. John Bosco

10. The Holy Rosary is the best artillary against Demons and their followers.

St. Dominic

11. To recite the rosary is nothing other than to contemplate with Mary the face of Christ.

St. John Paul II

12. The Rosary is the book of the blind, where souls see and there enact the greatest drama of love the world has ever known.

Bl. Fulton Sheen

14. There is no surer path to Heaven than aiding the Holy Souls in Purgatory.

St. Alphonsus Liguori

15. The Rosary is the prayer which sustains and increases our faith.

St. Lucia of Fatima+

16. There is no problem I tell you, no matter how difficult it is that we cannot resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary.

St. Lucia of Fatima

17. In times of darkness, holding the Rosary beads is like holding your Blessed Mother’s hand. Pray the rosary everday, abandon yourself in the hands of Mary. She will take care of you.

St. Padre Pio

18. When people love and recite the Rosary the find it makes them better.

St. Anthony Mary Claret

19. Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world.

Blessed Pius IX

20. Among all the devotions approved by the Church none has been so favored by so many miracles as the devotion of the Most Holy Rosary.

Blessed Pius IX

21. When we say the Rosary, we are saying to the Holy Trinity, to the Incarnate Savior, to the Blessed Mothers. I love you, …I love you, I love you.

Blessed Fulton J. Sheen

22. So many rosaries means so many souls saved.

St. Maximillian Kolbe

23. The Rosary is my favorite prayer.

St. John Paul II

24. Blessed is the Rosary which gives us the knowledge of Our Blessed Lord by meditating on His life, death, passion, and glory.

St. Louis de Montfort

25. One day, through the Rosary and the Scapular, Our Lady will save the world.

St. Dominic

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Twenty Five Quotes from St. Therese of Lisieux

Marie Thérèse Martin was born at Alencon, France on Jan. 2, 1873. St Thérèse of Lisieux is the patron saint of florists, missionaries, pilots and against tuberculosis.

St. Thérèse felt called into the religious life at the age of 15.  She asked permission to enter the Carmel of Lisieux a Carmelite convent.  She took the name of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face.

St. Thérèse came down with tuberculosis and died after several years of suffering at the age of 24 on Sept. 30, 1897.  She was canonized in 1925. Her Feast Day is celebrated on October 1.

Popularly known as the Little Flower, Thérèse of Lisieux was canonized in 1925. On October 19, 1997, Pope John Paul II bestowed on her the title of Doctor of the Church.

The following quotes can inspire us to follow her “Little Way”.

1. Use the gifts you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.

St. Thérèseof Lisieux

2. When you are angry with someone, the way to find peace is to pray for that person and ask God to reward him or her for making you suffer.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

3. Let us not grow tired of prayer: Confidence works miarcles.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

4. Jesus help me to simplify my life by learning what You want me to be and becoming that person.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

5. He guides and inspires me every moment of the day. Just when I need it, a new light shines on my problem.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

6. Hoiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

7. I will spend my Heaven ding good upon earth. I will let fall a shower of roses.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

8. What pleases the good God in my little soul is to see me love my littleness and my poverty, it is seeing the blind trust that I have in His Mercy.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

9. I beseech Thee, my Jesus, to send me some humiliation every time that I shall attempt to put myself above others.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

10. Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

11. Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

12. I understand that without LOVE even the most brilliant deeds count as nothing. These gifts, which Our Lord lavished upon me, far from doing me any harm, drew me towards Him; I saw that He alone is unchangeable. He alone can fill the vast abyss of my desires.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

13. Only God can see what is in the bottom of our hearts; we are half-blind.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

14. God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so, in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.

15. I say an ‘Our Father’ or a ‘Halil Mary’ when I feel so spiritually barren that I cannot summon up a single worthwhie thought.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

16. Jesus has chosen to show me the only way which leads to the Divine Furnace of love; it is the way of childlike self-surrender, the way of a child who sleeps, afraid of nothing, in its father’s arms.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

17. Do not climb the difficult stairs of fear to God. Take the comfortable elevator of love.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

18. Everything is grace; everything is the direct effect of our Father’s love. Everything is grace because everything is God’s gift. Whatever be the character of life or its unexpected events-to the heart that loves, all is well.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

19. You returned to Your realm of light and still remain hidden here to nourish us, in our vale of tears, with Holy Communion.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

20. It isn’t enough to love: We must prove it.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

21. The Rosary is a long chain that links heaven and earth. One end of it is in our hand and the other end is in the hands of the Holy Virgin. The Rosary prayer rises like incense to the feet of the Almighty.

St. Therese of Lisieux

22. My little way is the way of spiritual childhood, the way of trust and absolute self-surrender.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

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

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

24. Kneeling before the tabernacle, I can think of only one thing to say to Our Lord: My God, You know that I love You! And I feel that my prayer does not weary Jesus; knowing my weakness He is satisfied with my Good Will.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

25. You cannot be Half a Saint; You must be a whole saint or no saint at all.

St. Therese of Lisieux

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Twenty Five Quotes from St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis is the patron saint of the environment, peace, poverty and animals. The Feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi is celebrated on October 4 because that day marks the anniversary of his passing in 1226. 

On September 14, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Francis experienced a vision of a seraph with six fiery wings, which bore the image of the crucified Christ. After the vision he received the stigmata, which is the five wounds of Christ. The Feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis is celebrated on September 17.

The following 25 quotes of St. Francis enlighten us to his spirituality.

1. Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

St. Francis of Assisi

2. I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, He can work through anyone

3. All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

St. Francis of Assisi

12. When I think of the happiness that is in store for me, my sorrow, every pain becomes dear to me.

St. Francis of Assisi

4. Remember, when you leave this earth, you can take nothing with you which you have received, only that which you have been given; a heart full, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage.

St. Francis Assisi

5. I am as I am in the eyes of God. Nothing more, nothing less.

St. Francis of Assisi

6. Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary, use words.

St. Francis of Assisi

7. Where there is Charity and Wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.

St. Francis of Assisi

8. Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.

St. Francis of Assisi

9. A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.

St. Francis of Assisi

10. We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.

St. Francis of Assisi

11. The deeds you do may be the only sermon some person will hear today.

St. Francis of Assisi

12. I beg you, Lord, let the fiery gentle power of your love take possession of my soul, and snatch it away from everything under heaven, that I may die for love of your love as you saw fit to die for love of mine.

St. Francis of Assisi

13. Jesus is happy to come with us, as Faith is happy to be spoken, as life to be lived, as light to be lit, as love is to be loved, as joy to be given, as Peace to be spread.

St. Francis of Assisi

14. While you are proclaiming peace with your lips be careful to have it even more fully in your hearts.

St. Francis of Assisi

15. Let your way of life among the people be such that whoever sees or hears you will glorify and praise our Heavenly Father.

St. Francis of Assisi

16. Nor did demons crucify Him; it is you who have crucified Him and crucify Him still, when you delight in your vices and sins.

St. Francis of Assisi

17. Lord, make me a channel 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, hop. Where there is darkness light, and where there is sadness, joy.

St. Francis of Assisi

18. O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console to be understood as to understand, to be loved, as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning, that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

St. Francis of Assisi

19. Lord, help me to live this day, quietly easily, to lean upon thy great strength, trustfully, restfully, to wait for the unfolding of Thy will, patiently, serenely. To meet others, peacefully, joyously. To face tomorrow confidently, courageously

St. Francis of Assisi

20. It was easy to love God in all that was beautiful. The lessons of deeper knowledge, they instructed me to embrace God in all things.

St. Francis of Assisi

21. Most high glorious God, enlighten the darkness of my heart. Give me right faith, sure hope and perfect charity. Fill me with understanding and knowledge that I may fulfill Your command.

St. Francis of Assisi

22. The only thing ever achieved in life without effort is failure.

St. Francis of
Assisi

23. By the anxieties and worries of this life, Satan tries to dull man’s heart and make a dwelling for himself there.

St. Francis of Assisi

24. Your God is of your flesh, He lives in your nearest neighbor, in every man.

St. Francis of Assisi

25. Be praise, my Lord, through those who forgive for love of You; through those who endure sickness and trial. Happy are those who endure in peace, for by You, Most High they will be crowned.

St. Francis of Assisi

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Twenty Five Quotes from Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Soon, Archbishop Fulton Sheen will be given the title of Blessed. On September 24, 2026. he will be beatified at 2 pm Central time at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis. This means there is only one more step until he is officially a Saint.

Fulton John Sheen (born Peter John Sheen, May 8, 1895 – December 9, 1979) was an American archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio.

He became known as a trailblazer for television evangelization with his Emmy-winning show “Life Is Worth Living.” The show aired on television from 1952 until 1957, discussing morality and Catholicism.

Patron of missions and Media

As we celebrate the event of his beatification, let’s reflect on his many quotes which made him loved by many.

1. You must remember to love people and use things, rather than to love things and use people.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

2. Before the sin, Satan assures us that it is of no consequence; after the sin, he persuades us that it is unforgiveable.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

3. It is not man who is on the quest for God. It is God who is on the quest for man.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

4. God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

5. It’s impossible to lose your footing when you’re on your knees.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

6. When you are getting kicked from the rear it means you are in front.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

7. Very few people believe in the devil these days, which suits the devil very well. He is always helping to circulate the news of his own death. The essence of God is existence, and He defines Himself as ‘I am Who am’. The essence of the devil is the lie, and he defines himself as: ‘I am who am not.’ Satan has very little trouble with those who do not believe in him; they are already on his side.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

8. Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

9. A Catholic may sin, and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his sins forgiven – not excused or sublimated.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

10. Ever since the days of Adam, man has been hiding from God and saying, ‘God is hard to find’.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

11. Satan always tempts the pure – the others are already his.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

12. There are two ways of waking up in the morning. One is to say, ‘Good morning, God!’ and the other is to say, ‘Good God, morning!’

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

13. Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

14. When we die to something…something comes alive within us. If we die to self, charity come alive; if we die to pride, service comes alive; if we die to lust, reverence for personality comes alive; if we die to anger, love comes alive.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

15. Most of us do not like to look inside ourselves for the same reason we don’t like to open a letter that has bad news.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

16. Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

17. Skeptics always want miracles such as stepping down from the Cross, but never the greater miracle of forgiveness.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

18. Souls generally do not fall away from Christ because of the Creed; they first have difficulty with the commandments.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

19. In vocal prayer we go to God on foot. In meditation we go to God on horseback. In contemplation we go to God in a jet.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

20. Grace does not work like a penny in a slot machine. Grace will move you only when you want it to move you, and only when you let it move you. The supernatural order supposes the freedom of the natural order, but it does not destroy it.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

21. God, who made the sun, also made the moon. The moon does not take away from the brilliance of the sun. All its light is reflected from the sun. So Mary reflects her Divine Son; without Him she is nothing. With Him, she is the mother of men.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

22. The only difference between a sinner and a saint is found in their attitude toward their sins-the one persisting in them; the other weeping bitterly.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

23. Heaven is a city on a hill; hence, we cannot coast into it, we have to climb.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

24. Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

25. If I were not a Catholic…and were looking for the true Church in the world today, I would look for the one Church which did not get along well with the world; in other words, I would look for the Church which the world hated.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Fulton Sheen
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Twenty Five Quotes from the Saints about Gratitude

As Thanksgiving approaches, we reflect on our blessings and give thanks to God for all He has done for us. Even during times of tribulation, sorrow and stress, if we look for the silver lining…we will find it!

The Saints were always grateful to God. Even during suffering they gave God glory and praise.

The following quotes help us on our journey of faith to always turn to God in gratitude and trust…asking God to lead us.

1. Remember the past with gratitude. Live the present with enthusiasm. Look forward to the future with confidence.

St. John Paul II

St. John Paul the Great

2. Jesus does not demand great action from us but simply surrender and gratitude.

St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux

3. A single “Blessed be God” in adversity is worth more than a thousand acts of thanksgiving in prosperity.

St. John of Avila

St. John of Avila

4. Prayer is an aspiration of the heart. It is a simple glance directed to heaven. It is a way of gratitude and love in the midst of trial as well as joy.

St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux

5. I ought to die of shame to think I have not already died of gratitude to my good God.

St. Julia Billiart

St. Julia Billiart

6. If the only prayer, you said in your life was “thank you”, that would suffice.

St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi

7. “Make it a habit to raise your heart to God, in acts of thanksgiving, many times a day. Because He gives you this and that… Because someone has despised you… Because you don’t have what you need, or because you do have it. And because He made His Mother, who is also your Mother, so beautiful. Because He created the sun and the moon and this animal or that plant. Because He made that man eloquent and you He left slow of speech… Thank Him for everything, because everything is good.”

St. Josemaria Escriva

St. Josemaria Escriva

8. Joy is prayer; joy is strength, joy is love. God loves a cheerful giver. The best way we can show gratitude to God and the people is to accept everything with joy.

St. Teresa of Calcutta

St. Teresa of Calcutta

9. Obedience shows whether you are grateful.

St. Catherine of Siena

St. Catherine of Siena

10. When you lie down on your bed to sleep, remember with thanksgiving the blessings and the providence of God.

St. Anthony the Great

St. Anthony the Great

11. I thank God for this illness and these physical discomforts, because I have the time to converse with the Lord Jesus.

St. Faustina

St. Faustina

12, Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward and learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.

St. John Chrysostom

St. John Chrysostom

13. I give thanks to God, who has granted me unshaken faith and fervent courage in times of adversity.

St. Patrick

St. Patrick of Ireland

14. Gratitude for suffering is a precious jewel for our heavenly crown. Man, should always firmly believe, that God sends just that trial which is most beneficial for him.

St. Gertrude the Great

St. Gertrude the Great

15. For me, prayer means launching out of the heart toward God; a cry of grateful love from the crest of joy or the trough of despair; it is a vast supernatural force that opens out my heart, and binds me close to Jesus.

St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux

16. My prayers are just an outpouring of gratitude for the assurance of that most completely desired Will of God, which will seem all the more desireable in all that is ahead.

St. Rose Duchesne

St. Rose Phillippine Duchesne

17. To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch heaven.

St. John Bosco

St. John Bosco

18. Let your whole life be spent in self-surrender, in prayer, in work, in humility, in giving thanks to our good God.

St. Padre Pio

St. Padre Pio

19. Believe and adore. Believe that Jesus Christ is in this sacrament as truly as He was nine months in the womb of Mary, as real as He was nailed to the Cross. Adore in humility and gratitude.

St. john Vianney

St. John Vianney

20. Gratitude is the memory of the Heart.

St. Mary Euphrosa Pelletier

St. Mary Euphrosa Pelletie

21. Everything fades away, but not our gratitude.

St. John Bosco

St. John Bosco

22. Would that I exhaust myself in acts of thanksgiving and gratitude toward this Divine Heart, for the great favor He shows us, in deining to accept our help to make Him known, loved and honored. He reserves innfinite blessings for all those who devote themselves to this work.

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

23. Ingratitude is the soul’s enemy… Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

St. Bernard Clairvaux

24. O my God, let me remember with gratitude and confess to thee thy mercies toward me.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine of Hippo

25. Embracing gratitude in the face of adversity requires a heart open to grace.

St. Ignatius of Loyola

St. Ignatius of Loyola
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Twenty Five Quotes from the Saints on Suffering and Sorrow

Suffering comes in many forms. Pain, illness, loss, and death of a loved one all cause grief and sorrow. Turning to God during troubled times can be very difficult. Let the words of the Saints help you as you travel on your spiritual journey.

1. I’m suffering very much, but am I suffering very well?

St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux
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2. Love that does not know of suffering is not worthy of the name.

St. Clare of Assisi

St. Clare of Assisi
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3. I am prepared to suffer more. I know the Lord is with me. He has some plan for me. How can I requite His kindness.

St. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception

St. Alphonsa
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4. I will willingly abandon this miserable bed to hunger and suffering provided that my soul may have its ordinary nourishment.

St. Kateri Tekakwitha

St. Kateri
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5. O my Jesus, give me Your strength, when my weak nature rebels against the distress and sufferings of this life of exile, and enable me to accept everything with prosperity and peace.

With my whole strength, I cling to Your merits Your sufferings, Your atonement, and Your tears so that I may be able to cooperate with you in the work of Salvation.

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St. Padre Pio
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6. The Passion of Jesus is a sea of sorrows, but it is also an ocean of love. Ask the Lord to teach you to fish in this ocean. Dive into its depth. No matter how deep you go, you will never reach the bottom

St. Paul of the Cross

St. Paul of the Cross
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7. Mary’s sorrow was less when she saw her only Son crucified, than it is now at the sight of man offending Him by sin.

St. Ignatius of Loyola

St. Ignatius Loyola
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8. The virgin may suitably be called a blooming rose. Just as the gentle rose is placed among thorns, so the gentle Virgin was surrounded by sorrow.

St. Brigid of Ireland

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9. Suffering gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.

St. Therese Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux
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10. Suffering is the greatest treasure on earth; it purifies the soul. In suffering, we learn who our true friend is.

St. Faustina

St. Faustina

11. Sorrow for sin is indeed necessary, but it should not be an endless preoccupation. You must dwell also on the glad remembrance of God’s loving kindness; otherwise, sadness will harden the heart and lead it more deeply into despair.

St. Bernard of Clairveaux

St. Bernard Clairvaux
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12. In every disappointment, great or small, let your heart fly directly to your dear Savior, throwing yourself against every pain and sorrow, Jesus will never leave you or forsake you.

St. Elizabeth Seton

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
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13. Learn to suffer a little for the love of God without telling everyone about it.

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila
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14. Suffering, no matter how difficult it may be, when compared to the good that is accomplished, makes every pain a joy for the soul.

St. Padre Pio

St. Padre Pio
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15. Love without suffering does not exist.

St. Bernadette

St. Bernadette of Lourdes

16. He will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations.

St. Francis de Sales

St. Francis de Sales

17. In suffering God gives strength, but in action and in joy the soul does but show its own weakness and imperfection. And in suffering the soul practices and acquires virtue and becomes pure, wiser and more cautious.

St John of the Cross

St. John of the Cross

18. When sorrows and misfortunes, physical or spiritual, afflict you, turn to your Guardian Angel with strong trust and he will help you.

St. John Bosco

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19. Pain, suffering and sorrow are but the kiss of Jesus-a sign that you have come so close to Him that He can kiss you.

St. Teresa of Calcutta

Bl. Teresa of Calcutta
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20. All the science of the saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.

St. Francis de Sales

St. Francis de Sales

21. We should strive to keep our hearts open to the suffering and wretchedness of other people, pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the Spirit of God.

St. Vincent de Paul

St. Vincent de Paul
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22. To suffer and be happy through suffering, to have ones feet on the earth, to walk on the dirty and rough path of this earth and yet to be enthroned with Christ at the Father’s right hand, to laugh and cry with the children of this world and ceaselessly sing the praises of God with the choirs of angels–this is the life of the Christian until the morning of eternity breaks forth.

St. Edith Stein

St. Edith Stein
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23. Those who pray and suffer, leaving action for others, will not shine here on earth; but what a radiant crown they will wear in the Kingdom of Life! Blessed be the “apostolic of suffering!”

St. Josemaria Escriva

St. Josemaria Escriva
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24. Suffering is transformed and elevated when in these moments we become aware of God’s closeness and solidarity. This is the certainty that gives inner peace and spiritual joy to the person who suffers generously and offers his pain as a “living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God” (Romans 12.)

St. John Paul II

St. John Paul II the Great

25. My Lord Jesus Christ, two graces I beg of you before I die. The first is that in my lifetime I may feel in my soul and in my body, as far as possible, that sorrow which you, sweet Jesus, endured in the hour of your bitter passion. The second is that I may feel in my heart, as far as possible, that abundance of love with which you, Son of God, were inflamed, so as willing to endure so great a passion for us sinners.

St. Francis Assisi, Prayer for Holy Sorrow

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Twenty Five Quotes From the Saints on the Trinity

The Feast of the Holy Trinity is celebrated on the Sunday following Pentecost. On this day we reflect on our relationship with three persons in one God.

Which person in the Holy Trinity do you feel closest to. In what order did you come to know the Father, Son and Holy Spirit?

The following quotes from the saints share their spirituality regarding their love of the Trinity.

Let them lead us in our faith journey .

1. The Father loves not only the Son, but also himself and us, by the Holy Ghost.

St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas Aquinas

2. Worship the Trinity, which I call the only true devotion and saving doctrine.

St. Gregory Nazianzus

St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Bisop

3. Eternal Trinity…mystery deep as the sea, You could give me no greater gift than the gift of Yourself, for You are a fire ever burning and never consumed, which itself consumes all the selfish love that fills my being.

3. St. Catherine of Siena

4. O Trinity, eternal Trinity! Fire, abyss of love…was it necessary that You should give even the Holy Trinity as food for souls? You gave us not only Your Word through the Redemption and the Eucharist, but You gave Yourself in the fullness of Love for Your creature.

St. Catherine of Siena

St. Catherine of Siena

5. O Father Eternal God, grant me faith and courage; Son, wisdom of the Father, grant me light and make me wise; Holy Spirit, beloved of the Father and Son, inflame my heart and purify my soul, that I may approach this majestic Sacrament with faith and love.

St. Paschal Baylon

St. Paschal Baylon

6. I have not even begun to think of unity when the Trinity bathes me in its splendor. I have not even begun to think of the Trinity when unity grasps me.

St. Gregory of Nazianzus

St. Gregory of Nazianzus

7. Every divine action begins with the Father, proceeds through the Son, and is completed by the Holy Spirit.

St. Basil

St. Basil the Great

8. I vow and consecrate to God all that is in me: My memory and my actions to God the Father; My understanding and my works to the Son; My will and my thoughts to God the Holy Spirit.

St. Francis de Sales

St. Francis de Sales

9. O my God, Trinity whom I adore, help me to forget myself entirely so as to establish myself in You, unmovable and peaceful as if my soul were already in eternity.

St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

10. If you try to understand the Trinity, you will lose your mind; if you reject it, you will lose your soul.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine of Hippo
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11. Let all of us truly and humbly believe…and adore, serve, praise, bless, glorify, exalt…the Most High and Supreme Eternal God, Trinity and Unity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Wherever we are, in every place, at every hour, at every time, every day and continually.

St. Francis of Assisi

12. I arise today through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, through belief in the Threeness, through confession of the Oneness, of the Creator of creation.

St. Patrick

St. Patrick

13. O My God! Most Blessed Trinity, I desire to love You and make You loved, to work for the glory of Holy Church by saving souls on earth and liberating those suffering in purgatory. I desire to accomplish your will perfectly and to reach the degree of glory You have prepared for me in Your kingdom. I desire, in a word, to be a Saint, but I feel my helplessness and I beg You, O my God, to be Yourself my Sanctity!

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux
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14. Worship the Trinity, which I will call the only true devotion and saving doctrine.

St. Gregory of Nazianzus

St. Gregory of Nazianzus

15. The three persons are distinct from one another, a sublime knowledge is infused into the soul, embracing it with a certainty of the truth that the Three are of one substance, power and knowledge and are one God.

St. Theresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila

16. Eternal God, eternal Trinity, you are a mystery as deep as the sea, the more I search, the more I Find and the more I find the more I search for You.

St. Catherine of Siena

St. Catherine of Siena

17. When one of the Three Persons communicates with a soul, by the power of that one will, it finds itself united with the Three Persons and is inundated in the happiness flowing from the Most Holy Trinity, the same happiness that nourishes the saints. This same happiness streams from the Most Holy Trinity, makes all creation happy, from it springs that life which verifies and restores all life which takes its beginning from time.

St. Faustina

St. Faustina
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18. For to have the fruition of Gid the Trinity, after whose image we are made, is indeed the fullness of all our joy, than which there is no greater.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine of Hippo

19. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the live of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

St. Paul the Apostle

St. Paul the Apostle

20. You came into this land of exile, willing to suffer and to die, in order to carry away every single soul and plunge it into the very heart of the Trinity – Love’s eternal home.

St. Therse of Lisieux

St. THÉRÈSE of Lisiuex

21. If you see Love…you see the Trinity.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine of Hippo
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22. Then they are brought by us where there is water and are reborn by the same manner of rebirth by which we ourselves were reborn; for they are then washed in the water, ‘in the name of God the Father, and master of all, and of our Savior Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit. ‘

St. Justin Martyr

St. Justin Marty
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23. I understand nothing else than the Holy Trinity to be meant; for the third is the Holy Spirit, and the Son is the second, by whom all things were made according to the Father.

St. Clement of Alexandria

St. Clement of Alexandria

24. Those holy angels come to the knowledge of God not by audible word, but by the presence to their souls of immutable truth, …of the only begotten Word of God, and they know this Word Himself, and the Father, and their Holy Spirit, and that this Trinity is indivisible, and that the three persons of it are one substance, and that there are not three Gods but one God, and this they so know that it is better understood by them than we are by ourselves.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine of Hippo

25. The whole Trinity has marked mankind with its likeness. With the memory it resembles the Father, with the understanding it resembles the Son; by love it resembles the Holy Ghost.

St. Anthony of Padua

St. Anthony of Padua

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Twenty-Five Quotes about the Eucharist from the Saints

The Sacrament of the Eucharist was instituted during Holy Week on Holy Thursday.

The Catholic Church has always believed in the Real Presence of the Jesus in the Eucharist.

As we contemplate the many things that happened during the last week of Jesus life, let’s take time to reflect on the quotes of the saints over the years on the meaning of the Eucharist.

1. There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.

St. John Vianncy

2. When we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelopes the soul as the flower envelopes the bee.

St. John Vianney

St. John Vianney
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3. The Eucharist bathes the tormented soul in light and love, then the soul appreciates these words, ‘Come all you who are sick, I will restore your health.

St. Bernedette Soubirouse

St. Bernedette Soubirouse

4. The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life.

St. John Paul II

St. John Paul II

5. It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do so without the Holy Mass.

St. Padre Pio

St. Padre Pio

6. Receive Communion often, very often…there you have the sole remedy, if you want to be cured. Jesus did not put this attraction in your heart for nothing.

S. Therese of Lisieux

7. The Eucharist is a fire that inflames us.

St. John Damascene

St. John Damascene

8. The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white host.

St. Fulton Sheen

St. Bishop Fulton Sheen

9. When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you. When you look at the Sacred Host, you understand how much Jesus loves you NOW.

St. Teresa of Calcutta

Bl. Teresa of Calcutta
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10. O sublime humility! O humble sublimity! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and Son of God, should humble Himself like this and hide under the form of a little bread for our salvation.

St. Francis Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi

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11. The saints all their lives long were like men rejoicing at a feast.

St. Athanatius

St. Athanasius of Alexandra

12. The Lord comes into us Sacramentally in order to live there Spiritually.

St. Peter Julian Eymard

St. Peter Julian Eymard
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13. If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home.

St. Lydia

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14. In the Blessed Sacrament a heavenly school is open to me, with the best teacher one can possibly imagine…Jesus Christ himself!

St. John XXIII

St. John XXIII
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15. If angels could be jealous of me, they would be so for this reason; Holy Communion.

St. Maximilian Kolbe

St. Maximilian Kolbe
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16. The Eucharist is the food of eternal life.

St.Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux

17. We do not go to communion because we are good. We go to communion to become good.

St. John Bosco

18. The Eucharist is a never ending sacrifice. It is the Sacrament of love, the Supreme love, the act of love.

St. Katherine Drexel

St. Katherin Drexel

19. Ask Jesus to make you a saint. After all, only He can do that. Go to confession regularly and to communion as often as you can.

St. Dominic Savio

20. At Communion we ought to ask for the remedy of the vice to which we feel ourselves inclined.

St. Philip Neri

St. Philip Neri
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21. I understand that each time we contemplate with desire and devotion the Host in which is hidden Christ’s Eucharistic Body, we increase our merits in heaven and secure special joys to be ours later on the beatific vision of God.

St. Gertrude the Great

St. Gertrude the Great

22. The Eucharist is the Sacrament of love. It signifies love,it produces love.

St. Thomas Aquinas

23. From the Eucharist comes the strength to live the christian life and to share that life with others

St. John paul II

24. Father, I am hungry. For the love of God give this soul her food in the Eucharist!

St. Catherine of Siena

St. Catherine of Siena

25. Jesus is my great friend and the Eucharist is my highway to heaven!

St. Carlos Acutis

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What is Intercessory prayer? Quotes from the saints about Mary.

                                                                                                     

Why do Catholics ask Mary to pray for them? What do the saints say about Mary?   The early church had great reverence for Mary, the Mother of God. Because she gave birth to Jesus, Mary was full of Grace…literally! Just as Adam and Eve were created without sin, it is believed that Mary also was created without the stain of original sin. Mary’s Heart was Immaculate….free from any stain of sin, both original sin and personal sin. Mary was not God, however. All worship goes to the Trinity…the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Mary was an instrument used by God to bring Jesus into the world. We know Jesus honored and loved His Mother. Are we not called to imitate Jesus? There are many prayers and quotes by the saints for us to learn about the beliefs of the early Church.

Intercessory prayer is a specific type of prayer. When we pray for someone in need, we intercede for them. We petition God to come to someone else’s aid. We can also petition Mary and the saints to pray for us or a special need.

When the saints pray together for something it is a very powerful prayer. When a family prays together the prayer becomes stronger. The power of prayer also grows when we pray together with family, friends, and the communion of saints.

Our Lady of Lourdes

PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES

Oh ever immaculate Virgin, Mother of Mercy, Health of the Sick, Refuge of Sinners, Comforter of the Afflicted, you know my wants, my troubles, my sufferings. Look upon me with mercy. When you appeared in the grotto of Lourdes, you made it a privileged sanctuary where you dispense your favors, and where many sufferers have obtained the cure of their infirmities, both spiritual and corporal I come, therefore, with unbounded confidence to implore your maternal intercession. My loving Mother, obtain my request. I will try to imitate your virtues so that I may one day share your company and bless you in eternity. Amen.

Purer than heaven’s purest angels, brighter than its brightest seraph; Mary, after her Creator, God, made her and gave her all, the most perfect of beings, the masterpiece of Infinite Wisdom, Almighty Power and Eternal Love. To such a being we cannot reasonably suppose that a perfection was denied her which had been already gratuitously bestowed on inferior creatures; on the angelic spirits

St. John N. Neumann

Virgin Mary, Mother of God
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The Most Holy Virgin places herself between her Son and us. The greater sinners we are, the more tenderness and compassion does she feel for us. The child that has cost its mother the most tears is the dearest to her heart.

St. John Vianney

Our Lady of Sorrows
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Our Lady is rest for those who work, consolation for those who weep medicine for the sick, a harbour for those assailed by tempests, pardon for sinners, sweet relief for the sad, succour for those who implore.

St. John Damascene    

Mary, Queen of Saints

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve.
To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.


Turn, then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.


O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ

Bl. Herman (likely author) English translation

Immaculate Heart of Mary

Why should we be astonished if the God who could work marvels in the scripture and through His saints should choose to reveal Himself even more marvelous by means of His Mother?

St. Bernard (Feast Day August 20)  

Most Holy Virgin Mary…Sanctuary of the Holy Spirit, Lily of purity, Rose of patience, Paradise of delight, Mirror of chastity, Model if innocence…intercede for this poor banished pilgrim.

St. Peter of Alcantara (Feast day (October 19)

Our Lady of the Streets

Memorare

Remember, O most loving virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, we fly unto you, O virgin of virgins, our mother. To you we come, before you we stand, sinful and sorrowful, O mother of the Word incarnate, despise not our petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Mary, Mother of God

 

The Virgin Mother’s heart remained perpetually inflamed with the holy love which she received of her Son.

St. Francis de Sales (Feast Day January 24)  

Blessed is he for whom Mary prays.

St. Peter Julian Eymard (Feast Day August 1)

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Quotes from the Saints on Discipleship

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Sacred Heart of Jesus
Sacred Heart of Jesus

 

What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus Christ? A disciple is someone who believes in and follows Jesus. Jesus calls each one of us in a different way. Each of us has a unique gift to offer him.

When we love someone, we want to spend time with them. The same is true if we love Jesus. Spending time with Him by studying scripture and in prayer will help our relationship with Him to grow.

The Saints of the Catholic Church are role models for us on our pilgrimage on earth. Each one of them loved Jesus with all there heart and soul.

The following quotes give us a glimpse of how they loved and followed Jesus. May we also get to know Jesus and seek to do His will always.

 

St. Teresa of Avila 

 

St. Teresa of Avila

If obedience sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans and that He will keep you in inward tasks and in outward ones too.

St. Teresa of Avila

Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns and so it is with man’s mind.

St. Teresa of Avila

You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Catherine of Siena 

 

St. Catherine of Siena

Enough of all this soft soap! All it does is cause the members of Christ’s Spouse to stink!

St. Catherine of Siena

Nothing unites us so intimately to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ as does the cross.

St. Catherine of Siena

To sin is human, but to persist in sin is devilish.

St. Catherine of Siena

Charity is the sweet holy bond that binds the soul with the Creator.

St. Catherine of Siena

St. Francis of Assisi 

 

St. Francis of Assisi

Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.

St. Francis of Assisi

Put away all worry and anxiety and receive the Holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ fervently…in memory of Him.

St. Francis of Assisi

St. John Vianney
You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.

St. John Vianney

Bl. Titus Brandsma
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They who want to win the world for Christ must have the courage to come into conflict with it.

Bl. Titus Brandsma

St. Irenaeus of Lyons 

God did not tell us to follow Him because He needed our help, but because He knew that loving Him would make us whole.

St. Irenaeus

St. Clare of Assisi 

Love Him totally who gave Himself totally for your love.

St. Clare of Assisi

St. Edith Stein
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St. Edith Stein

Learn to live at God’s hands.

St. Edith Stein Feast day Aug. 9

For the Christian there is no such thing as a “stranger”, there is only the neighbor…the person near us and needing us.

St. Edith Stein

If we place our hands into the hands of the divine Child, if we say “Yes” to the “Follow me”, then we are His, and the way is free for His divine life to flow into us.

St. Edith Stein

St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas Aquinas

O Lord my God, make me submissive without protest, poor without discouragement, chaste without regret, patient without complaint, humble without posturing, cheerful without frivolity, mature without gloom, and quick witted without flippancy.

St. Thomas Aquinas

 

 

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