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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. 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 about Patience

Do you struggle with impatience? Many of us are impulsive, wanting results right now! The saints are people who persevered and patiently waited for God’s help during good times and bad times.

The following quotes will help us to reflect before acting in small and big events of our lives.

1. Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is ‘timing’. It waits on the right time to act for the right principles and in the right way.

Ven. Fullton Sheen

Venerable Bishop Vulton Sheen

2. Have patience with all things, but first with yourself. Never confuse your mistakes, with your value as a human being.

St. Francis de Sales

St. Francis de Sales

3. The reward of patience is patience.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine

4. Let us be glad and bear with patience everything the world throws at us, secure in the knowledge that it is then that we are most in the mind of God.

St. Basil the Great

St. Basil the Great

5. The best penance is to have patience with the sorrows God permits. A very good penance is to dedicate oneself to fulfill the duties of everyday with exactitude and to study and work, with all our strength.

St. Peter Damian

St. Peter Damian

6. It is patience that reveals every grace to you and it is through patience that the saints received all that was promised to them.

St. Pachomius the Great

St. Pachomius the Great

7. Be not perplexed. Be not afraid. Everything passes. God does not change. Patience wins all things. He who has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila
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8. The wicked exist in the wotld either to be converted or that through them the good man exercise patience.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine

9. Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.

St. Francis de Sales

10. What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.

St. France de Sales

St. Francis de Sales

11. Be patient because the weaknesses of the body are given to us in this world by God for the salvation of the soul, so they are of great merit when they are borne patiently.

St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi
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12. We should take as a maxim never to be surprised at current difficulties, no more than at a a passing breeze, because with a little patience we shall see them disappear. Time changes everything.

St. Vincent de Paul

St. Vincent de Paul
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13. There is still time for endurance, time for patience, time for healing, time for change. Have you slipped? Rise up. Have you sinned? Cease. Do not stand among sinners, but leap aside.

St. Basil the Great

St. Basil the Great

14. For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be time that cannot be forced; nine months must go by for the birth of a human child; to write a book or compose music often years must be dedicated to patient research. To find the mystery there must be patience, interior purification, silence, waiting.

St. John Paul II

St. John Paul the Great

15. O Loving Jesus, increase my patience according as my sufferngs increase.

St. Rita

16. There is no sin or wrong that gives man a foretaste of Hell in this life as anger and impatience.

St. Catherine Siena

St. Catherine of Siena

17. When the night is darkest and thy burden feel too heavy,, hold on to patience, for the dawn is surely coming soon.

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila
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18. Be humble and patient, and the Lord Jesus will give you the will and the means.

St. John Bosco

St. John Bosco

19. As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are hmiliations the path that leads to humility.

St. Bernard Clairvieux

St. Bernard Clairvaux
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20. Do not seek to escape your cross too quickly, for it is through the patient carrying of it that we find true grace.

St. Therese of Lisieux

St. Therese of Lisieux

21. Let your patience be a shield against the arrows of despair that seek to pierce the heart and the faithful believer.

St. Ignatius of Loyola

St. Ignatius of Loyola

22. Lord, give me patience in tribulation.

St. Thomas More, Martyr

St. Thomas More
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23. Charity is the bond which unites brothers, the cement of peace, the cross beam which gives solidity to unity…Only take patience from it, however, and it will remain desolate; take from it the sap of suffering and of resignation and it will lose its roots and its vigor.

St. Cyprian

St. Cyprian

24. Fight all error, but do it with good humor, patience, kindness and love. Harshness will damage your own soul and spoil the best cause.

St. John Cantius

St. John Cantius

25. Gracious and Holy Father, give us the wisdom to discover You, the intelligence to understand You, the patience to wait for You, a heart to meditate upon You, Eyes to Behold You, a life to proclaim You, through the power of the Spirit of Jesus, Our Lord. Amen

St. Benedict

St. Benedict
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Inspired by Grace: Quotes of the Saints

Grace is a wonderful gift from God. It is not earned but given to us in love. When we become aware that God is with us, guiding us…everything changes. Grace is the present of God’ presence! God is not a distant God. He created us and loves us.

Let’s turn to the saints to find out how they felt about grace.

1. Let us not be afraid to suffer for the truth; for if we suffer for the truth, we shall find grace.

St. Hyacinth

St. Hyacinth of Poland

2. Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggle increases.

St. Rose of Lima

3. How great it is to possess Divine Grace, How beautiful, how noble, how precious. How many riches it hides within itself, how many joys and delights!

St. Rose of Lima

St. Rose of Lima

4. The Grace of God does not find men fit for salvation, but makes them so.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine of Hippo

5. If only we would learn how great it is to possess Divine Grace and how many riches it has within itself, how many joys and delights. We would devote all our concern to winning for ourselves pains and aflictions in order to attain the unfathomable treasure of grace.

St. Rose of Lima

St. Rose of Lima

6. I am where God wills me to be. I have found rest and security. His wisdom governs me. His grace sanctifies me. His mercy encompasses me. His joy sustains me and all will be well with me.

St. Rose Phillippine Duchesne

St. Rose Phillippine Duchesne

7. The giver of every good and perfect gift has called upon us to mimic God’s giving, by grace, through faith and this is not of ourselves.

St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas

8. Be attentive to the voice of grace.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

9. Grace is like the sun. It shines on all, but only those who open their eyes and look up receive the light. The soul must be willing and awake, or the light passes by unnoticed.

St. Macarius of Egypt

St. Macarius of Egypt

10. In trial, God grants His grace to those who trust in Him.

St. Rita Cascia

St. Rita

11. Let every journey be a prayer, and every road a path of grace.

St. Bona of Pisa

St. Bona of Pisa

12. Lord, give me the grace to work for the things I pray for.

St. Thomas More

St. Thomas More

13. The greatest grace God can give someone is to send him a trial he cannot bear with his own powers…and then sustain him with His grace so he may endure to the end and be saved.

St. Justin Martyr

St. Justin Marty
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14. Without grace there is no hope, but with it there is no shortage.

St. Barnabas

St. Barnabas
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15. Rich is the mercy of our God, and abundantly does He bestow grace upon grace on those who love Him.

St. Elizabeth Schoenna

St. Elizabeth of Schoenna

16. What is true in the order of nature is true in the order of super-nature or grace. Only those who use the graces they are given are given more.

Venerable Fulton Sheen

Venerable Bishop Fulton Sheen

17. If I am in God’s good grace, may He.keep me there. If I am not, may He put me there.

St. Joan of Arc

St. Joan of Arc
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18. To receive the grace of God you must go to the desert and stay awhile.

St. Charles de Foucauld

Bl. Charles de Foucauld

19. Be good, love the Lord, pray for those who do not know Him. What a grace it is to know God!

St. Josephina Bakhita

St. Josephine Bakhita

20. He who knows how to forgive, prepares for himself many graces from God. As often as I look upon the cross, so often will I forgive with all my heart.

St. Faustina

St. Faustina
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21. Let us ask three graces of Jesus, to avoid Purgatory, to learn from Purgatory, to empty Purgatory.

Blessed James Alberione

Blessed James Alberione

22. What grace is meant to do, is to help good people, not to escape their sufferings, but to bear them with a stout heart, with a fortitude that finds it’s strength in faith.

St. Augustine

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I also understood that God’s love shows itself just as well in the simplest soul which puts up no resistance to His grace, as it does in the loftiest soul.

St. Therese of Lisieux

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24. The more I reflect on the graces I have received,the more they astonish me and make me tremble.

St. Rose Philippine Duchesne

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25. Take, O Lord and receive my liberty, my memory, my whole understanding and my whole will. All that I am and all that I possess You have given me. I surrender it all to You to be disposed acording to Your will. Give me only Your love and Your grace, with these I will be rich enough, and will desire nothing more.

St. Ignatius of Loyola

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Twenty Five Quotes From the Saints about Hate

Since the beginning of time, we have struggled with resentments and hate. When we refuse to hate, we refuse to be filled with this negative emotion. We turn it over to
God and let Him be the judge and jury.

The following 25 quotes help us to understand what the saints believed about hate.

1. You must oppose every form of hatred with the invincible power of Christ’s love.

St. John Paul II

St. John Paul II

2. We used to hate and destroy one another and refused to associate with people of another race or country. Now, because of Christ, we live together with such people and pray for our enemies.

St. Justin Martyr

St. Justin Marty
by Theophanes the Cretan

3. Anger is a tree; hate is a tree.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine of Hippo

4. Put aside your hatred and animosity. Take pains to refrain from sharp words. If they escape your lips, do not be ashamed to let your lips produce the remedy, since they have caused the wounds. Parden one another so that later on you will not remember the injury. The recollection of an injury is itself wrong. It adds to our anger, nurture our sin and hates what is good. It is a rusty arrow and poison for the soul. It puts all virtue to flight.

St. Francis of Paola

St. Francis Paola

5. Hate what the world seeks and seek what the world avoids.

St. Ignatius of Loyola

St. Ignatius Loyola

6. Hatred is not a creative force. Only Love is.

St. Maximilian Kolbe

St. Maximilian Kolbe

7. There are only two ways: either we love – and love in action is service – or we put hatred into action and destroy.

St. Teresa of Calcutta

St. Teresa of Calcutta
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8. Darkness can only be scattered by light; hatred can only be conquered by Love.

St. John Paul II, Pope

St. John Paul II, Pope

9. Sin is loving what God hates and hating what God loves.

St. Peter Chrysologus

St. Peter Chrysologus

10. Hate no one. God never comes where there is no love for our neighbors.

St. Philip Neri

St. Philip Neri

11. People hate the truth for the sake of whatever it is that they love more than the truth. They love truth when it shines warmly on them, and hate it when it rebukes them.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine of Hippo

12. Whosever loves Jesus Christ with true love, let him greatly rejoice when he sees himself treated by the world as Jesus Christ was treated. He was hated, scorned, and persecuted by the world. The world is altogether against Jesus Christ; and therefore, hating Jesus Christ, it hates all His servants.

St. Paul of the Cross

St. Pul of the Cross

13. The saints have no hatred, no bitterness, they forgive everything, and they think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.

St. John Vianney

St. John Vianney

14. Love forgives many mistakes, while hatred imagines mistakes even where they do not exist.

St. John Chrysostom

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15. Truth is intolerant of error; Love is intolerant of hate.

Venerable Fulton Sheen

Venerable Bishop Fulton Sheen

16. Let us not use bombs and guns to overcome the world. Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile – smile five times a day at someone you don’t really want to smile at – at all – do it for peace. So let us radiate peace…and extinguish in the World and in the hearts of all men all hatred and love for power.

St. Teresa of Calcutta

Bl. Teresa of Calcutta
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17. Thank God that I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.

St. Jerome

St. Jerome

18. As God illumines all people equally with the light of the sun, so do those who desire to imitate God let shine an equal ray of love on all people. For wherever love disappears, hatred immediately appears in its place. And if God is Love, then hatred is the devil. Therefore, as one who has love has God within himself, so he who has hatred within himself nurtures the devil within himself.

St. Basil

St. Basil the Great

19. Even as in heaven there will be most perfect charity, so in hell there will be the most perfect hate.

St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas Aquinas

20. That your enemies have been created is God’s doing; that they hate you and wish to ruin you is their own doing. What should you say about them in your mind? “Lord, be merciful to them, forgive them their sins, put the fear of God in them, change them!” You are loving in them not what they are, but what you would have them to become.

St. Augustine

St. Augustine of Hippo

21. What does God hate or punish except self-will? Let self-will cease, and there will be no hell. On what does that fire feed except on self-will?

St. Bernard of Clairveax

St. Bernard Clairvaux

22. No man hates God without first hating himself.

Venerable Fulton Sheen

Ven. Fulton Sheen

23. 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.

St. Francis of Alssisi

St. Francis of Assisi

24. The only reason for my being killed is that I have taught the doctrine of Christ. I thank God it is for this reason that I die. I believe that I am telling the truth before I die. I know you believe me and I want to say to you all once again-ask Christ to help yuou become happy. I obey Christ,. After Christ’s example, I forgive my persectors. I do not hate them. I ask God to have pity on all and I hope my blood will fall on my fellow men as a fruitful rain.

St. Paul Miki

St. Paul Miki and Companions

25. Looking at His disciples, he (Jesus) said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you and exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven, for that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.

Gospel of Luke 6:20 Jesus Christ- Sermon on the Plain

Luke the Evangelist

St. Luke the Evangelist
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Twenty Five Quotes from the Saints about Joy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Christmas, 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

St. Peter by Rubens
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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

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Twenty-Five Quotes on the Cross from the Saints

 

 

When we think about the cross, we usually think about the suffering and tribulations of life.

The Way of the Cross is a powerful devotion in the church.  We meditate and ponder on the Stations of the Cross.  This devotion is often prayed in church on Fridays during lent.  It may also be prayed alone.    When praying the Way of the Cross privately, it is helpful to use a written form of the devotion with meditations.

The 14 Stations of the Cross represent events from Jesus’ passion and death. At each station we use our senses and our imagination to reflect prayerfully upon Jesus’ suffering, Death, and Resurrection.

1  Jesus Is Condemned to Death.
2. Jesus Takes Up His Cross.
3. Jesus Falls the First Time.
4. Jesus Meets His Sorrowful Mother.
5. Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross.
6. Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus.
7. Jesus Falls a Second Time.
8. Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem.
9. Jesus Falls the Third Time.
10. Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments.
.11. Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross.
12. Jesus Dies on the Cross.

13. Jesus Is Taken Down From the Cross.

14. Jesus Is Laid in the Tomb.

 

As we reflect on the stations of the cross,

perhaps the quotes of the saints will help us

as we meditate on the meaning of the cross.

 

  1.  The Cross is the school of love.

St. Maxamilian Kolbe

St. Maximilian Kolbe
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2.  Mount Calvary is the academy of Love. 

St. Francis de Sales

St. Francis de Sales

 

3.  The road is narrow.  He who wishes to travel it more easily must cast off all things and use the cross as his cane.  In other words, he must be truly resolved to suffer willingly for the love of God in all things.

St. John of the Cross.

St. John the Evangelist at the Cross

 

4.  For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

St. Paul the Apostle

St. Paul the Apostle
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5.  Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ, doesn’t seek the glory of Christ.

St. John of the Cross

St. John the Evangelist at the Cross

6.  Our greatest cross is the fear of crosses.

St. John Vianney

St. John Vianney

7.  With the sign of the Cross, I shall more certainly break through the ranks of the enemy than if armed with shield and sword.

St. Martin of Tours

St. Martin of Tours

8.  The Cross is the way to Paradise, but only when it is done willingly.

St. Paul of the Cross

St. Paul of the Cross
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9.  No type of cruelty can tear down the religion established by the mystery of Christs’ Cross.
St. Leo the Great

St. Leo the Great

10.  Apart from the Cross there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.

St. Rose of Lima

St. Rose of Lima
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11. Do everything for God, uniting yourself to Him by word and deed.  Walk very simply with the Cross of the Lord.  and be at peace with yourself.

St. Francis de Sales

St. Francis de Sales

12.  Remember that when your heart feels restless, when your heart feels hurt, when your heart feels like breaking… I am precious to Him.  He has called me by name.  I am His.  He loves me.  And to prove that love He died on the cross.

St. Teresa of Calcutta

Mother Teresa
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13.  You must accept your cross; if you bear it courageously, it will carry you to Heaven.

St. John Vianney

St. John Vianney

14.  The cross is the hope of Christians, the staff of the lame, the comfort of the poor, the destruction of all pride, the victory over devils, the guide of youth, the pilot of mariners, the refuge of those who are in danger, the counselor of the just, the rest of the afflicted, the physician of the sick the glory of Martyrs

St. John Chrysostom

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15.  The cross means there is no shipwreck without hope; there is no dark without dawn; nor storm without haven.  The worst prison would be a closed heart.
St. John Paul II

St. John Paul II
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16.  He who, when tempted, makes the Sign of the Cross with devotion, makes Hell tremble and Heaven rejoice.

St. John Vianney

St. John Vianney

17.  Beneath the cross, one learns to love.

St. Padre Pio

St. Padre Pio
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18.  The lukewarm do not embrace the cross; they merely drag it along.

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila
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19.  The cross is our trophy raised against the demons, our sword against sin and the sword of Christ used to pierce the serpent.

St. John Chrysostom

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20.  If you seek patience, you will find no better example than the cross.

St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas Aquinas

21.  If you wish to be like Christ, call or look always for the cross.

St. John of the Cross

St. John the Evangelist at the Cross

22.  The Christian’s motto is the Cross.  You will recognize God’s love by this sign, by the suffering he sends you.

St. Padre Pio

St. Padre Pio
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23. Suffering is a sign that you have come so close to Him that He can kiss you.

St. Teresa of Calcutta

Mother Teresa
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24.  Contradictions put us at the feet of the Cross and the cross lifts us up to heaven.

St. John Vianney

St. John Vianney

25.  It is in loving the cross that we find true peace, not running from it.

St. John Vianney

St. John Vianney

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Messages of Hope from the Saints

 

Messages of Hope from the Saints

The following quotes are messages from the saints to encourage during times of trouble.

St. Faustina
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1.  Hope is the lifeline that connects us to God’s mercy and grace.
St. Faustina
St. Augustine
2.  There is no love without hope, no hope without love, and neither hope nor love without faith.
St. Augustine
3.  Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are Anger and Courage.  Anger at the way things are,  and courage to see that they do.
St. Augustine
4.  He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms it is far off nor is it he who says it is near, but rather he who, who whether it be far off or near, awaits with sincere faith, steadfast hope and fervent love.
St. Augustine
5.  For in our Hope we are saved.
St. Augustine
6.  Hope is the dream of a waking man.
St. Augustine
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
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7.  Hope is the gift that God bestows on those who seek Him with a sincere heart.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Padre Pio
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8.  Pray, hope and don’t worry!  Worry is useless.  God is merciful and will hear your prayer.
St. Padre Pio
9.  I feel a great desire to abandon myself with greater trust to the Divine Mercy and to place my hope in God alone.
St. Padre Pio
St. Francis of Assisi
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10.  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. and where there is sadness, joy.
St. Francis of Assisi
11.  Hope is the key that unlocks the door of possibilities.
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
12.  Faith lifts the soul.  Hope supports it.  Experience says it must and Love says, “Let it be?”
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
St. Ignatius Loyola
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13.  Hope is the sign of a soul that trusts in God’s promises.
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Leo the Great
14.  The cross of Christ is the true ground and chief cause of Christian hope.
St. Leo the Great
St. Bonaventure
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15.  Hope is the beacon that shines in the darkness reminding us of God’s love.
St. Bonaventure
St. Thomas Aquinas
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16.  Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you.
St. Thomas Aquinas  
17.  Hope is the anchor of the soul.
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Maria Goretti
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18.  He loves, he hopes, he waits.  Our Lord prefers to wait for the sinner for years rather than keep us waiting for an instant.
St. Maria Goretti
 
St. John of the CCross
19.  Live in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul.  Cast your care upon God for you are His and He will not forget you.  Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that would be to wrong Him.
St. John of the Cross
St. Therese of Lisieux
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20. God would never inspire me with dreams which cannot be realized!  So in spite of my littleness, I can Hope to be a saint.
St. Therese of Lisieux
St. Teresa of Avila
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21.  Hope is the virtue that sustains us in times of trial.
St. Teresa of Avila
St. Jane Frances de Chantal
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22.  Hope is the seed that grows into a flourishing garden of faith and love.
St. Jane Frances de Chantel
St. Jerome and the Angel
by Simon Vouet
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23.  Hope is the courage to trust in God’s plan, even when it seems uncertain.
St. Jerome
St. John Paul II
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24.  Although I have lived through much darkness, I have seen enough evidence to be unshakably convinced that no difficulty, no fear is so great that it can completely suffocate the hope that springs eternal in the hearts of the young…Do not let that hope die!  Stake your lives on it!  We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son.
St. John Paul III
25.  The cross means there is no shipwreck without hope.  There is no dark without dawn, no storm without haven.
St. John Paul II
26.  Apart from the mercy of God, there is no other source of hope for mankind.
St. John Paul II
27.  To humanity, which sometimes seems to be lost and dominated by the power of evil, selfishness and fear, the risen Lord gives the gift of His love which forgives, reconciles and reopens the soul to hope.
St. John Paul II
28.  Believers know that the presence of evil is always accompanied by the presence of good… by grace…Where evil grows, there the hope for good also grows…In the love that pours forth from the heart of Christ, we find hope for the future of the world.  Christ has redeemed the world.  By His wounds we are healed.  Isaiah 53:5
St. John Paul II
29.  I plead with you…never ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged.  Be not afraid.
St. John Paul II