For God so loved the world, as to give His only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in Him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting. – Saint John the Apostle

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Friday, October 31, 2014

Saint Ignatius of Loyola Quote

Saint Ignatius of Loyola


Idleness begets a life of discontent. It develops self-love, which is the cause of all our miseries, and renders us unworthy to receive the favors of divine love.

-- Saint Ignatius of Loyola


Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Quote

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux


Love is sufficient of itself; it gives pleasure by itself and because of itself. It is its own merit, its own reward. Love looks for no cause outside itself, no effect beyond itself. Its profit lies in the practice. Of all the movements, sensations and feelings of the soul, love is the only one in which the creature can respond to the Creator and make some sort of similar return however unequal though it be. For when God loves, all he desires is to be loved in return. The sole purpose of his love is to be loved, in the knowledge that those who love him are made happy by their love of him.

-- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux


Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Saint John of the Cross Quote

Saint John of the Cross


Conquering the tongue is better than fasting on bread and water!

-- Saint John of the Cross


Monday, October 27, 2014

Saint Jude the Apostle Quote

Saint Jude the Apostle


But you, my dearly beloved, be mindful of the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who told you, that in the last time there should come mockers, walking according to their own desires in ungodlinesses. These are they, who separate themselves, sensual men, having not the Spirit. But you, my beloved, building yourselves upon your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto life everlasting.

-- Saint Jude the Apostle from The Epistle of Jude 1: 17 - 21


Saint Anthony of Padua Quote

Saint Anthony of Padua


Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff when they begin a long journey.

-- Saint Anthony of Padua


Saturday, October 25, 2014

Saint Alfred the Great Quote

Saint Alfred the Great


We pray to you, O Lord, who are the surpeme Truth, and all truth is from you. We beseech you, O Lord, who are the highest Wisdom, and all the wise depend on you for their wisdom. You are the supreme Joy, and all who are happy owe it to you. You are the Light of minds, and all receive their understanding from you. We love, we love you above all. We seek you, we follow you, and we are ready to serve you. We desire to dwell under your power for you are the King of all. Amen.


-- Saint Alfred the Great

Friday, October 24, 2014

Saint Augustine of Hippo Quote

Saint Augustine of Hippo


O Catholic Church, true mother of Christians, you are right in teaching that God should be adored with an entirely chaste and pure heart. You unite all brothers and sisters to one another in a bond of religion that is stronger and closer than ties of blood.


-- Saint Augustine of Hippo

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Saint Luigi Guanella Quote

Saint Luigi Guanella


O my Jesus, draw me entirely to you. Draw me with all the love of my heart. If I knew that one fiber of my heart did not palpitate for you, I would tear it out at any cost. But I know that I could not speak without your help. Draw me, O my Jesus, draw me completely. I know it well, my heart cannot rest until it rests in your heart.

-- Saint Luigi Guanella


Saint John of Capistrano Quote

Saint John of Capistrano


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. They must completely remove from their lives the filth and uncleanness of vice. Their upright lives must make them like the salt of the earth for themselves and for the rest of mankind. The brightness of their wisdom must make them like the light of the world that brings light to others. They must learn from their eminent teacher, Jesus Christ, what he declared not only to his apostles and disciples, but also to all the priests and clerics who were to succeed them, when he said: You are the salt of the earth. But what if salt goes flat? How can you restore its flavor? Then it is good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.


-- Saint John of Capistrano

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Pope Saint John Paul II Quote



If the agony on the Cross had not happened, the truth that God is Love would have been unfounded. Yes! God is Love and precisely for this he gave his Son, to reveal himself completely as Love. Christ is the One who “loved…to the end.” (John 13.1) “To the end” means to the last breath.

-- Pope Saint John Paul II fromCrossing The Threshold of Hope



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Monday, October 20, 2014

Blessed Charles of Austria Quote

Blessed Charles of Austria


I strive always in all things to understand as clearly as possible and follow the will of God, and this in the most perfect way.

-- Blessed Charles of Austria


Saint Maria Bertilla Boscardin Quote

Saint Maria Bertilla Boscardin


Here I am, Lord, to do your will whatever comes.

-- Saint Maria Bertilla Boscardin from her diary


Sunday, October 19, 2014

Saint Paul of the Cross Quote

Saint Paul of the Cross


Therefore, be constant in practicing every virtue, and especially in imitating the patience of our dear Jesus, for this is the summit of pure love. Live in such a way that all may know that you bear outwardly as well as inwardly the image of Christ crucified, the model of all gentleness and mercy. For if a man is united inwardly with the Son of the living God, he also bears his likeness outwardly by his continual practice of heroic goodness, and especially through a patience reinforced by courage, which does not complain either secretly or in public. Conceal yourselves in Jesus crucified, and hope for nothing except that all men be thoroughly converted to his will.

-- Saint Paul of the Cross from a letter


Saturday, October 18, 2014

Saint Luke the Evangelist Quote

"Saint Luke" -- by James Tissot


Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a narration of the things that have been accomplished among us; According as they have delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word: It seemed good to me also, having diligently attained to all things from the beginning, to write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,That thou mayest know the verity of those words in which thou hast been instructed.

-- Saint Luke the Evangelist from the Gospel of Saint Luke 1: 1 - 4


Friday, October 17, 2014

Saint Ignatius of Antioch Quote

Saint Ignatius of Antioch


The prince of this world is determined to lay hold of me and to undermine my will which is intent on God. Let none of you here help him; instead show yourselves on my side, which is also God's side. Believe instead what I am now writing to you. For though I am alive as I write to you, still my real desire is to die. My love of this life has been crucified, and there is no yearning in me for any earthly thing. Rather within me is the living water which says deep inside me: "Come to the Father." I no longer take pleasure in perishable food or in the delights of this world I want only God's bread, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, formed from the seed of David, and for drink I crave his blood, which is love that cannot perish.

Pray for me that I may obtain my desire. I have not written to you as a mere man would, but as one who knows the mind of God.

-- Saint Ignatius of Antioch from his letter to the Romans


Thursday, October 16, 2014

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque Quote

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque


And He showed me that it was His great desire of being loved by men and of withdrawing them from the path of ruin that made Him form the design of manifesting His Heart to men, with all the treasures of love, of mercy, of grace, of sanctification and salvation which it contains, in order that those who desire to render Him and procure Him all the honour and love possible, might themselves be abundantly enriched with those divine treasures of which His heart is the source.


-- Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Saint Teresa of Avila Quote

Saint Teresa of Avila


If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.

-- Saint Teresa of Avila


Monday, October 13, 2014

Saint Justin Martyr Quote

Saint Justin Martyr


And this food is called among us Εὐχαριστία [the Eucharist] ... For not as common bread and common drink do we receive these; but in like manner as Jesus Christ our Saviour, having been made flesh by the Word of God, had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so likewise have we been taught that the food which is blessed by the prayer of His word, and from which our blood and flesh by transmutation are nourished, is the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh.

-- Saint Justin Martyr


Saint Agostina Petrantoni Quote

Saint Agostina Petrantoni


We will lie down for such a long time after death that it is worth while to keep standing while we are alive. Let us work now; one day we will rest.

-- Saint Agostina Petrantoni


Saturday, October 11, 2014

Saint Ephraem of Syria Quote

Saint Ephraem of Syria


What leper, when he has been healed, turns again and desires to have his leprosy back? You have put off your transgressions in Baptism....forsake them!


-- Saint Ephraem of Syria

Friday, October 10, 2014

Pope Saint John XXIII Quote

Pope Saint John XXIII


We also wish to ask you, Venerable Brethren, to recite Mary's rosary through the month of October with particular devotion, and to entreat the Virgin Mother of God in suppliant prayer, for another intention which is dear to Our heart: that the Roman Synod may bring many blessings and benefits upon this city; that the forthcoming Ecumenical Council, in which you will participate by your presence and your advice, will add wondrous growth to the universal Church; and that the renewed vigor of all the Christian virtues which We hope this Council will produce will also serve as an invitation and incentive to reunion for Our Brethren and children who are separated from this Apostolic See.

-- Pope Saint John XXIII from his EncyclicalGRATA RECORDATIO


Thursday, October 9, 2014

Saint Francis Borgia Quote

Saint Francis Borgia


I have great doubts about the salvation of those who do not have special devotion to Mary.


-- Saint Francis Borgia

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman Quote

Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman


We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

-- Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman


Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Saint Mary Magdalen de Pazzi Quote

Saint Mary Magdalen de Pazzi


You will be consoled according to the greatness of your sorrow and affliction; the greater the suffering, the greater will be the reward.


-- Saint Mary Magdalen de Pazzi

Monday, October 6, 2014

Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina Quote (On the Rosary)

Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina


Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother. Love the Madonna and pray the rosary, for her Rosary is the weapon against the evils of the world today. All graces given by God pass through the Blessed Mother.

-- Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina


Sunday, October 5, 2014

Saint Bruno Quote

Saint Bruno


Rejoice, my dearest brothers, because you are blessed and because of the bountiful hand of God’s grace upon you. Rejoice, because you have escaped the various dangers and shipwrecks of the stormy world. Rejoice because you have reached the quiet and safe anchorage of a secret harbor. Many wish to come into this port, and many make great efforts to do so, yet do not achieve it. Indeed many, after reaching it, have been thrust out, since it was not granted them from above. By your work you show what you love and what you know. When you observe true obedience with prudence and enthusiasm, it is clear that you wisely pick the most delightful and nourishing fruit of divine Scripture.

-- Saint Bruno from a letter


Saint Faustina Kowalska Quote

Saint Faustina Kowalska


Oh, how great is the goodness of God, greater than we can understand. There are moments and there are mysteries of the divine mercy over which the heavens are astounded. Let our judgment of souls cease, for God’s mercy upon them is extraordinary.


-- Saint Faustina Kowalska from her diary

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Saint Francis of Assisi Quote

Saint Francis of Assisi


It was through his archangel, Saint Gabriel, that the Father above made known to the the holy and glorious Virgin Mary that the worthy, holy and glorious Word of the Father would come from heaven and take from her womb the real flesh of our human frailty. Though he was wealthy beyond reckoning, he still willingly chose to be poor with his blessed mother. And shortly before his passion he celebrated the Passover with his disciples. Then he prayed to his Father saying: “Father, if it be possible, let this cup be taken from me.” Nevertheless, he reposed his will in the will of his Father. The Father willed that his blessed and glorious Son, whom he gave to us and who was born for us, should through his own blood offer himself as a sacrificial victim on the altar of the cross. This was to be done not for himself through whom all things were made, but for our sins. It was intended to leave us an example of how to follow in his footsteps. And he desires all of us to be saved through him, and to receive him with pure heart and chaste body.

-- Saint Francis of Assisi from a letter to all the faithful


Friday, October 3, 2014

Saint Francis de Sales Quote

Saint Francis de Sales


All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.

-- Saint Francis de Sales


Thursday, October 2, 2014

Saint Basil the Great Quote

Saint Basil the Great


With regard to doing the will of the Lord, even if someone should be scandalized by what we do, we must not let that hamper our freedom of action.

-- Saint Basil the Great