Saint Ignatius of Antioch

I thank thee, O Lord, that Thou hast vouchsafed to honor me with a perfect love towards Thee, and hast made me to be bound with iron chains, like Thy Apostle Paul.

-- Saint Ignatius of Antioch

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque

Are you making no progress in prayer? Then you need only offer God the prayers which the Savior has poured out for us in the sacrament of the altar. Offer God his fervent love in reparation for your sluggishness. In the course of every activity pray as follows: "My God, I do this or I endure that in the heart of your Son and according to his holy counsels. I offer it to you in reparation for anything blameworthy or imperfect in my actions." Continue to do this in every circumstance of life. 

-- Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque

Saint Anthony of Padua

The life of the body is the soul; the life of the soul is God.

-- Saint Anthony of Padua

Saint Louise de Marillac

Be diligent in serving the poor. Love the poor, honor them, my children, as you would honor Christ Himself. 

-- Saint Louise de Marillac 

Saint Mary Joseph Rossello

Go to Jesus. He loves you and is waiting for you to give you many graces. He is on the altar surrounded by angels adoring and praying. Let them make some room for you and join them in doing what they do.

-- Saint Mary Joseph Rossello

Saint Polycarp of Smyrna

I praise you for all things, I bless you, I glorify you through the eternal priest of heaven, Jesus Christ, your beloved Son. Through him by glory to you, together with him and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen. 

                         
-- Saint Polycarp of Smyrna

Pope Blessed John XXIII

Christianity is the meeting-point of earth and heaven. It lays claim to the whole man, body and soul, intellect and will, inducing him to raise his mind above the changing conditions of this earthly existence and reach upwards for the eternal life of heaven, where one day he will find his unfailing happiness and peace.

-- Pope Blessed John XXIII