Saint Stephen of Hungary

Be merciful to all who are suffering violence, keeping always in your heart the example of the Lord who said, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice."

-- Saint Stephen of Hungary

Saint John Climacus

A servant of the Lord stands bodily before men, but mentally he is knocking at the gates of heaven with prayer. 

-- Saint John Climacus 

Saint Mary Magdalen de Pazzi

Never utter in your neighbor's absence what you would not say in their presence.

-- Saint Mary Magdalen de Pazzi

Saint Alphonsus Liguori

Suppose that our Lord, Jesus Christ, would be present in only one church in the whole world . . . . What a beautiful tabernacle would be built! What lighting would be placed there! With what immense respect would respond all who succeeded to get close! Well, Jesus is now in every Catholic Church where there are consecrated hosts!

-- Saint Alphonsus Liguori

Saint Ignatius of Loyola

To give, and not to count the cost
to fight, and not to heed the wounds,
to toil, and not to seek for rest,
to labor, and not to ask for any reward,
save that of knowing that we do thy will.

-- Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Saint Francis of Assisi

 

 

Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perseverance in prayer.

-- Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

God must be loved first, in order that one's neighbor, too, may be loved in God.

-- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux