During times of stress and turmoil, turning to God is comforting.  When surrounded by evil, meditating on the words of the saints can help us connect with God.  When evil surrounds us, let our faith strengthen us and give us courage. The following quotes may guide us.

1.  He that is kind is free, though he is a slave, he that is evil is a slave, though he is a king.

St. Augustine

2.  The devil does not bring sinners to hell with their eyes open; he first blinds them with the malice of their own sins.  Before we fall into sin, the enemy labors to blind us, that we may not see the evil we do and the ruin we bring upon ourselves by offending God.

St. Alphonsus Liguori

3.  Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin.  God commands you to pray, but he forbids you to worry.

St. Francis de Sales

4.  Anyone who wishes to frolic with the devil cannot rejoice with Christ.

St. Peter Canisius

5.  We have only one evil to fear and that is sin.

St. Alphonsus Liguori

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

St. Cathirine of Siena

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

St. Catherine of Siena

8.  Never let us fall asleep in a state of sin, lest the prince of wickedness gain power over us and snatch us away from the Kingdom of the Lord.

St. Barnabas, Apostle

9.  You must ask God to give you power to fight against the sin of pride which is your greatest enemy…the root of all that is evil and the failure of all that is evil and the failure of all that is good.  For God resists the proud.

St. Vincent de Paul

10.  The greatest sin of the century is the loss of the sense of sin.

St. John Paul II, Bishop of Rome

11.  The root of all evil is “I”, “ME”. “Mine”!

St. Padre Pio

12.  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

13.  Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on Him, because he cares for you.  Be sober minded, be watchful.  Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone t devour.

St. Peter, Apostle

14.  The devil is always discovering something novel against the truth.

St. Leo I, Bishop of Rome

15.  Just as every little fresh water is blown away by a storm of wind and dust, in like manner the good deeds that we think we do in this life are overwhelmed by the multitude of evils.

St. Basil

16.  Be ashamed when you sin, don’t be ashamed when you repent.  To repent means to have a change of heart and mind.  It is not simply a feeling of sorrow, but a psycho/spiritual growth away from evil/death and a turning to God/life.  Sin is the wound; repentance is the medicine.  Sin is followed by showing repentance, repentance is followed by boldness.  (Boldness means to beg God for undeserved mercy!  Satan has overturned this order and given boldness to sin and shame to repentance.

St. John Chrysostom

17.  Sin makes a man a coward…as life in the Truth of Christ makes him bold.

St John Chrysostom

18.  The devil tempts that he may ruin, God tests that he may crown.

St. Ambrose

19.  It is no fault of Christianity that a Hypocrite falls into sin.

St. Jerome

20.  An evil discovered, is half healed.

St. Jane Frances de Chantel

21.  The power of evil men lives on the cowardice of the good.

St. John Bosco

22.    Even if the forces of darkness appear to prevail, those who believe in God know that evil and death do not have the final say.

St. John Paul II

23.  The devil is afraid of us when we pray and make sacrifices.  He is also afraid when we are humble and good.  He is especially afraid when we love Jesus very much.  He runs away when we make the sign of the cross.

St. Anthony of Padua

24.There is nothing the devil fears so much, or so much tries to hinder so much as prayer.

St. Philip Neri

25.  Arise, soldiers of Christ,

throw away the works of darkness

and put on the amor of light!

St. Cecelia