Quiet Moment

The Holy Eucharist is the perfect expression of the love of Jesus Christ for man. — St. Maria Goretti

When we are linked by the power of prayer, we hold each other’s hand, as it were, while we walk along a slippery path. — St. Gregory the Great

Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow. — St. Clare of Assisi

Peace and union are the most necessary of all things for men who live in common, and nothing serves so well to establish and maintain them as the forbearing charity whereby we put up with another’s defects. — St. Robert Bellarmine

When we pray, we pray not for one person, but for all, because we are all one. God, the master of peace and harmony, desires that we should pray for all even as he himself bore us all. — St. Cyprian

Teaching a Christian how he ought to live does not call so much for words as for daily example. — St. Basil the Great

Be proud that you are helping God bear the cross, and don’t grasp at comforts. It is only mercenaries who expect to be paid by the day. Serve him without pay. — St. Teresa of Ávila

Dost thou wish to be applauded? Applaud another. — St. John Chrysostom

The weapon of the second Eve and Mother of God is prayer. — St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

There is no one who during this mortal life can properly judge how far he is an obstacle and to what extent he resists the workings of God’s grace in his soul. – St. Ignatius of Loyola