Saint Quote: Saint Maria Mazzarello

Have love in your hearts but repress the tendency to appear devout.

-- St. Maria Mazzarello

Saint Quote by Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich

Blessed Anne Catherines thoughts on Purgatory

"The poor souls suffer inexpressibly."

"Many stay a long time in purgatory who, although not great sinners, have lived tepidly."

"The prayer most pleasing to God is that made for others and particularly for the poor souls. Pray for them, if you want your prayers to bring high interest."

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Saint Quote by St. Charles Borromeo

Be sure that you first preach by the way you live. If you do not, people will notice that you say one thing, but live otherwise, and your words will bring only cynical laughter and a derisive shake of the head.

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Saint Quote: Saint John of Damascus

The saints must be honored as friends of Christ and children and heirs of God. Let us carefully observe the manner of life of all the apostles, martyrs, ascetics, and just men who announced the coming of the Lord. And let us emulate their faith, charity, hope, zeal, life, patience under suffering, and perseverance unto death so that we may also share their crowns of glory.

--Saint John of Damascus

Saint Quote: St. Claude de la Colombiere

To prefer man to God: A strange and unhappy slavery is that of a man who seeks to please other men. I vow never to do anything nor to leave anything undone because of what people think. This will set up in me a great interior peace.

-- St. Claude de la Colombiere

Saint Quote: Saint Augustine of Hippo

I will not live an instant that I do not live in love. Whoever loves does all things without suffering, or, suffering, loves his suffering.

-- St. Augustine

Saint Quote: Saint Bridget of Sweden

The world would have peace if only men of politics would follow the Gospels.

-- St. Bridget of Sweden