The cross of Christ is the true ground and chief cause of Christian hope. — St. Leo the Great

If then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because he himself is the way. — St. Thomas Aquinas

Get in touch with God's love and healing power through this Lenten prayer exercise

Poverty is the true characteristic of a bishop. — St. Alphonsus Liguori

For this reason, I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control. — 2 Timothy 1:6–7

I even consider everything as a loss because of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. — St. Paul (Phil. 3:8)

Do not pay any attention to the kind of work you do, but rather to the honor that it brings to God, even though it may seem quite trivial. — St. Francis de Sales

God is more anxious to bestow his blessings on us than we are to receive them. — St. Augustine

I opened the Gospels at random, and the words my eyes fell on were these: “Then he went up on the mountainside and called to him those whom it pleased to call; so these came to him.” — St. Thérèse of Lisieux

O my children, how beautiful will that soul be in eternity, who makes frequent and good Communions! — St. John Vianney