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St. John Henry Newman – Teach us, O Lord, and enable us to live the life of saints and angels!
Teach us, O Lord, and enable us to live the life of saints and angels! –St. John Henry Newman
St. Teresa of Kolkata – Holiness grows so fast where there is kindness. The world is lost for want…
Holiness grows so fast where there is kindness. The world is lost for want of sweetness and kindness. Do not forget we need each other. –St. Teresa of Kolkata
Pope Francis – The Beatitudes are the like the Christian’s identity card. So if anyone asks: “What…
The Beatitudes are the like the Christian’s identity card. So if anyone asks: “What must I do to be a good Christian?” The answer is clear. –Pope Francis
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – We know certainly that our God calls us to a holy life. We know that he…
We know certainly that our God calls us to a holy life. We know that he gives us every grace, every abundant grace; and though we are so weak of ourselves, this grace is able to carry us through every obstacle and difficulty. –St. Elizabeth…
St. Anselm – For I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to…
For I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. For this also I believe — that unless I believe, I should not understand. –St. Anselm
Proverbs 1:7 – Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline. –Proverbs 1:7
St. Augustine – The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light: although it passes among the…
The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light: although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted. –St. Augustine
St. Peter of Alcantara – Truly matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in…
Truly matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in earnest to reform ourselves, a really good beginning will have been made. –St. Peter of Alcantara
St. Anthony Mary Claret – She [St. Catherine of Siena] moves and touches me so deeply that every…
She moves and touches me so deeply that every time I read her life, I have to hold the book in one hand and a handkerchief in the other to staunch the tears that it makes me shed continually. –St. Anthony Mary Claret
St. John of Capistrano – Those who are called to the table of the Lord must glow with the brightness…
Those who are called to the table of the Lord must glow with the brightness that comes from the good example of a praiseworthy and blameless life. –St. John of Capistrano