Meditating on the following quotes from the saints

 can lead us on our journey of faith.

1.  It is by faith that God dwells in our hearts, in our memory, our intellect and penetrates even into our imagination.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

2.  The Lord is always near to all who call upon his help with sincerity, true faith, sure hope, and perfect love.

St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan

3.  The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith.  What you long for will be given to you, what you love, will be yours forever.

St Leo the Great ,    Bishop of Rome

4.  Jesus saved the thief on the holy hill at Golgotha because of one hour’s faith, will he not save you too since you have believed?

St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop

5.  Faith is to believe what you do not see, the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Augustine of Hippo

6.   Faith lifts the soul.  Hope supports it.  Experience says it must, and love says let it be!

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

7.  Faith is a beam radiating from the face of God.

St. John Eudes

8.  Live in faith and hope, though it may 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

9.  We walk by faith and not by sight.

St. Paul the Apostle

10.  The most beautiful act of faith is the one made in darkness, in sacrifice, and with extreme effort.

Padre Pio

11.  Faith furnishes prayer with wings, without which it cannot soar to heaven.

St. John Climacus.

12.  Charity is the seed of faith, makes it alive, without love, faith dies.

St. Anthony of Padua

13.   For those with faith, no evidence is necessary, for those without it, no evidence will suffice.  

St. Thomas Aquinas

14.  May faith be the torch which illuminates, animates, and sustains you.

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

15.  Faith is like a bright ray of sunlight.    It enables us to see God in all things, as well as all things in God.

St. Francis de Sales

16.  Our door is faith. of it is strong enough, the entire house is safe.

St. Ambrose

17.  By itself, faith accomplishes nothing, for even the devil believes and trembles.  No, faith must be joined to an active love which is expressed in good works. 

St. Maximus the Confessor

18, Faith is the light which guides you through the darkness.

Venerable Bishop Sheen

19.  Your faith has saved you.  Go in peace.

St. Luke the Evangelist

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

St. John Paul II,    Bishop of Rome

21.  Your faith will help you realize that it is Jesus Himself who is present in the Blessed Sacrament, working working for you and calling you to spend one special hour with Hime each week. 

St. John Paul II,    Bishop of Rome

22.  If faith is lacking, it is because there is too much selfishness., too much concern for personal gain.  For faith to be true, it has to be genuine and loving.  Love and faith go together…they complete each other.  

 St. Teresa of Calcutta

23.   Among the many signs of a lively faith is the hope we have in eternal life.  One of the secrets is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord. 

St. Ignatius of Loyola

 

24.  Your soul must hold fast to Him.   You must follow after Him in your thoughts, you must tread His way, by faith, not in outward show.

St. Ambrose

25.  Faith fills a man with love for the beauty of its truth, with faith in the truth of its beauty.

St. Francis de Sales