Saint Peter Wu Gousheng Quote

Be loyal to the Lord, accept his will.

-- Saint Peter Wu Gousheng in a letter from prison to his wife

Saint Alphonsus Liguori Quote

We must above all show charity to our enemies. By this you may know that a man is a true Christian, if he seeks to do good to those who wish him evil.

-- Saint Alphonsus Liguori

Saint Dorotheus of Gaza Quote

It is impossible for anyone to get angry with his neighbor without initially raising himself above him, belittling him and then regarding himself higher than the neighbor.

-- Saint Dorotheus of Gaza

Saint Zechariah Quote

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,

for he has visited and brought redemption to his people.

He has raised up a horn for our salvation

within the house of David his servant,

even as he promised through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old:

salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,

to show mercy to our fathers

and to be mindful of his holy covenant,

and of the oath he swore to Abraham our father,

and to grant us that,

rescued from the hand of enemies,

without fear we might worship him

in holiness and righteousness

before him all our days.

And you, child, will be called prophet of the Most High,

for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

to give his people knowledge of salvation

through the forgiveness of their sins,

because of the tender mercy of our Gods

by which the daybreak from on high will visit us

to shine on those who sit in darkness and death’s shadow,

to guide our feet into the path of peace.

-- Saint Zechariah from Luke 1: 68 - 79

Saint Charles Borromeo Quote

We must meditate before, during and after everything we do. The prophet says: "I will pray, and then I will understand."

-- Saint Charles Borromeo

Saint Martin de Porres Quote

Compassion, my dear Brother, is preferable to cleanliness.

-- Saint Martin de Porres after being criticized by a fellow Dominican brother for bringing an ulcer covered beggar to his room

Saint Ambrose of Milan Quote

We see that death is gain, life is loss. Paul says: For me life is Christ, and death a gain. What does “Christ” mean but to die in the body, and receive the breath of life? Let us then die with Christ, to live with Christ. We should have a daily familiarity with death, a daily desire for death. By this kind of detachment our soul must learn to free itself from the desires of the body. It must soar above earthly lusts to a place where they cannot come near, to hold it fast. It must take on the likeness of death, to avoid the punishment of death. The law of our fallen nature is at war with the law of our reason and subjects the law of reason to the law of error. What is the remedy? Who will set me free from this body of death? The grace of God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

-- Saint Ambrose of Milan