Saint Quote-Bl. Bishop Clemens August von Galen

(A speech against Euthanasia in Nazi Germany)

But those who persist in inciting the anger of God, who revile our Faith, who hate His commandments, who associate with those who alienate our young men from their religion, who rob and drive out our monks and nuns, who condemn to death our innocent brothers and sisters, our fellow human beings, we shun absolutely so as to remain undefiled by their blasphemous way of life, which would lay us open to that just punishment which God must and will inflict upon all....O my God, grant to us all now on this very day, before it is too late, a true realization of the things that are for peace. O Sacred Heart of Jesus, oppressed even unto tears by the blindness and sins of men, help us by Thy grace to seek always what is pleasing to Thee and reject what is displeasing, so that we may dwell in Thy Love and find rest in our souls.

Amen.

~Blessed Clemens August von Galen

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Saint Quote-St John Chrysostom

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts.

~ St John Chrysostom

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Saint Quote - Saint Bernardine of Siena

There is a general rule concerning all special graces granted to any human being. Whenever the divine favor chooses someone to receive a special grace, or to accept a lofty vocation, God adorns the person chosen with all the gifts of the Spirit needed to fulfill the task at hand.

- Saint Bernardine of Siena (from a sermon on Saint Joseph)

Saint Quote-St Edith Stein

As for what concerns our relations with our fellow men, the anguish in our neighbor's soul must break all precept. All that we do is a means to an end, but love is an end in itself, because God is love.

~ St. Edith Stein

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Saint Quote - 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 Quote - Saint Colette

If there be a true way that leads to the Everlasting Kingdom, it is most certainly that of suffering, patiently endured.

- Saint Colette

Saint Quote - Saint Gregory of Nyssa

Even the death on the Cross was sublime: for it was the culminating and necessary point in that scheme of Love in which death was to be followed by blessed resurrection for the whole "lump" of humanity: and the Cross itself has a mystic meaning.

- Saint Gregory of Nyssa