"O soul steeped in darkness, do not despair. All is not yet lost. Come and confide in your God, who is love and mercy."  St. Faustina ( Diary, 1486)

“Let us acknowledge before God that the poor are our lords and masters and that we are unworthy of rendering them our little services.  – St. Vincent de Paul

“O Jesus, my Love, may my heart be consumed in loving Thee; make me humble and holy; give me childlike simplicity; transform me into thy holy love. O Jesus, life of my life, joy of my soul, God of my heart, accept my heart as an altar, on which I will sacrifice to Thee the gold of ardent charity, the incense of continual, humble and fervent prayer, and the myrrh of constant sacrifices! Amen.” (St. Paul of the Cross)

"The trials to which the Lord subjects you and will subject you are all signs of divine love and are jewels for the soul. Winter will pass and the never – ending spring will come, all the more rich in beauty as violent were the storms. " St. Pio of Pietrelcina  Consigli – Esortazioni, 27)

"He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent."  Saint Augustine

"To live by the day and to watch each step is the true pilgrimage method for there is nothing little if God requires it." Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The Worlds First Love)

“The holy will of God has assigned to us our present employment. We should perform our work with the fidelity of an ambassador executing the orders of his sovereign.”
– St. Louise de Marillac

" Know that as often as you come to Me, humbling yourself and asking My forgiveness, I pour out a superabundance of graces on your soul, and your imperfection vanishes before My eyes, and I see only your love and your humility. You lose nothing but gain much..." St. Faustina Diary (293)

"What you see in reality, these souls see through faith. Oh, how pleasing to Me is their great faith! You see, although there appears to be no trace of life in Me, in reality it is present in its fullness in each and every Host. But for Me to be able to act upon a soul, the soul must have faith. O how pleasing to Me is living faith!"  St Faustina (Diary 1420)

“Have foresight when tending your patients; anticipate their needs.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

“I tell you, charity to our neighbors for God’s sake is the fire that cleanses the soul.” (St. Catherine of Siena)

"Walk cheerfully and with a sincere and open heart as much as you can, and when you cannot always maintain this holy joy, at least do not lose heart or your trust in God."   St.  Pio of Pietrelcina  (Letters IV, p. 490)

"Mother of the Word, oh tell me your mystery. After the moment of the Incarnation, Tell me how you spent your life buried in adoration."  Bl Elizabeth of the Trinity

"A vocation is so very sacred that one does not like to speak of it…Always associated with that sense of the gift of a treasure was the frailty of the earthenware pot which was to house it. I would often drive it out of my mind, only to have it come back again. For the most part, the religious vocation is rather a silent but insistent whisper, yet one that demands a response; no violent shaking of bedposts or loud noises in the night. Just "you are called to be a priest." Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Treasure in Clay)

"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship."  - St. Thomas Aquinas

"When a man is freed from a temptation or any other distress, let him take great care to show fitting gratitude to God for the benefit he has received."  St. Philip Neri (1515-1595)

“How obvious it is that God loves you, since He gives you so many opportunities of serving Him.”  – St. Louise de Marillac

“We must redouble our efforts and our ordinary duties on certain occasions when the service of God requires it; then, God will not fail to increase also our strength and our courage.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

“The world which is so bent on power never seems thoroughly to grasp the paradox that only the humble of heart ever find the greatness of God. The world misses the lesson because it confuses littleness with weakness, childlikeness with childishness, and humility with an inferiority complex. It thinks of power only in terms of physical force, and wisdom only in terms of the vain knowledge of the spirit of the day. It forgets that great moral strength may be hidden in physical weakness.” Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The Eternal Galilean)

'Were any one to ask me, no matter at what moment, "Of what are you thinking?" it seems to me I could reply, "God alone occupies my mind."' St. Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)

“Since grace enhances our human nature and glory adds a still greater perfection to grace, it is certain that our Lord remains in heaven just as much the Son of Mary as he was on earth. Consequently he has retained the submissiveness and obedience of the most perfect of all children towards the best of all mothers.” (St. Louis Marie de Montfort; True Devotion to Mary, #27)

“The greater my unworthiness, the more abundant is his mercy.”  – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

“If there are any among us who think they are in the mission to evangelize the poor people but not to alleviate their sufferings, to take of their spiritual needs but not their temporal ones, I reply that we have to help them and have them assisted in every way, by us and by others.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

“The purpose of marriage is to help married people sanctify themselves and others. For this reason they receive a special grace in the sacrament which Jesus Christ instituted. Those who are called to the married state will, with the grace of God, find within their state everything they need to be holy, to identify themselves each day more with Jesus Christ, and to lead those with whom they live to God.” (St. Josemaría Escrivá, Conversations, 91)

"When disturbed by passions and misfortunes, may the sweet hope of His inexhaustible mercy sustain us. Let us hasten confidently to the tribunal of penance where He awaits us at every instant with the anxiety of a father; and even though we are aware of our inability to repay Him, let us have no doubts about the solemn pardon pronounced over our errors. Let us place a tombstone over them, just as the Lord has done!"  St.  Pio of Pietrelcina  (G. Festa, Tra i misteri della scienza e le luci della fede, 171

“The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.” 
― Saint Pope John Paul II

“The power to sin greatly increases our merit, if we abstain from offending God.”
– St. Louise de Marillac

“Temptations, discouragement and unrest are the wares offered by the enemy. Remember this: if the devil makes noise, it is a sign that he is still outside and not yet within. That which must terrify us is his peace and concord with the human soul. That which comes from Satan begins with calmness and ends in storm, indifference and apathy.” (St. Pio of Pietrelcina)

“Let’s work, let’s work! Let’s go to the assistance of the poor country people who are waiting for us.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

"In our thoughts and at confession we must not dwell on sins that have been already confessed. Because of our contrition Jesus has forgiven them at the tribunal of penance. There He faced us and our miseries like a creditor in front of a debtor. With a gesture of infinite generosity He tore up and destroyed the bills we could certainly not have paid without the help of his divine clemency. To go back to these sins, to bring them up again just to have them forgiven again, because of doubt that they were really and abundantly remitted, would this not be considered a lack of trust in the goodness which He proved by his tearing up every document of debt contracted through sin?…. Dwell on them, if it is a source of comfort for your soul. By all means think of the offenses against justice, wisdom and the infinite mercy of God, but only for the purpose of weeping redemptive tears of repentance and love."   St.  Pio  of Pietrelcina (G. Festa, Tra i misteri della scienza e le luci della fede, 169)

“The modern world, which denies personal guilt and admits only social crimes, which has no place for personal repentance but only public reforms, has divorced Christ from His Cross; the Bridegroom and Bride have been pulled apart. What God hath joined together, men have torn asunder. As a result, to the left is the Cross; to the right is Christ. Each has awaited new partners who will pick them up in a kind of second and adulterous union. Communism comes along and picks up the meaningless Cross; Western post-Christian civilization chooses the unscarred Christ.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Life of Christ)

"You should not pay so much attention to or dwell on certain gifts, but rather go to the Divine Source whence they proceed."  St. Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)

“Take every day as a ring which you must engrave, adorn and embellish with your actions, to be offered up in the evening at the altar of God.”  – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

“The love of Christ, which has blessed and sanctified the union of husband and wife, is able to sustain their love and to renew it when, humanly speaking, it becomes lost, wounded or worn out. The love of Christ can restore to spouses the joy of journeying together. This is what marriage is all about: man and woman walking together, wherein the husband helps his wife to become ever more a woman, and wherein the woman has the task of helping her husband to become ever more a man.” (Pope Francis—Homily September 14, 2014)

 I am your strength, I will help you in your struggle. JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA ( DIARY 1485)

“The night Our Saviour was betrayed and all who were with Him fled, there was one who followed, though he was not with Him in the Garden. As the soldiers came out on the public road, an obscure young man did what others feared to do – took a few steps in the company of Our Lord. When the soldiers laid hold of him and pulled the garment from his body, he fled naked into the night. Whether Mark’s interest for having spot news began that particular night we do not know, but it is very clear that he was a follower of Peter, and from Peter derived most of the information in his Gospel. It is very fitting that Mark who was so much concerned with details in his reporting, should now be buried in one of the most detailed and beautiful churches of Christendom, St. Mark’s of Venice.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen

"He who practices perfect obedience is dead to himself in order to live for God; he is not tossed here and there by his passions, but resembles a calm sea, unruffled by the tempest." St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491.-1556.)

“Instead of measuring your difficulties with your strength you must measure them with the powerful help you have a right to expect from God.”  – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

"I would undergo death an infinite number of times rather than deliberately offend the Lord." St. Pio  of Pietrelcina (Letters I, p.910)

“Jesus, You have allowed me to know and understand in what a soul’s greatness consists: not in great deeds but in great love. Love has its worth, and it confers greatness on all our deeds. Although our actions are small and ordinary in themselves, because of love they become great and powerful before God”   (Saint Faustina's Diary 889)

“Condescension in evil or dangerous matters is not a virtue; it is a weakness and a disorder.”  - St. Vincent de Paul

"If you succeed in overcoming temptation it has the effect of soap on dirty linen." St.  Pio of Pietrelcina (A. Del Fante, Per la Storia, 158)

"You will be consoled according to the greatness of your sorrow and affliction; the greater the suffering, the greater will be the reward." 
-St. Mary Magdalen de'Pazzi 

“The Lord gave me much light to know His attributes. The first attribute that the Lord revealed to me is to know is His holiness. His holiness is so great that all the Powers and Virtues tremble before Him. The holiness of God is poured out upon the Church of God and upon every living soul, but not in the same degree. There are souls who are completely penetrated by God, and there are those who are barely alive. The second form of knowledge that the Lord granted me concerns His justice. His justice is so great and penetrating that it reaches deep into the heart of things, and all things stand before Him in naked truth.
The third attribute He revealed is His love and mercy. And I understood that this is the greatest attribute. It unites the creature with the Creator. This immense love and abyss of mercy are made known in the Incarnation of the Word and in the Redemption [of humanity], and it is here that I saw this as the greatest of all God’s attributes”
(Saint Faustina's Diary 180).

“God will not do what we can very well do for ourselves; he will not make a harvest grow without our planting the seed. But there must be the preparation for God’s help through the asking, the seeking, and the knocking. Millions of favors are hanging from Heaven on silken cords-prayer is the sword that will cut them.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Lift up Your Heart)

“Our dear Savior was never in extremes.”  – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

“God does not consider the outcome of the good work undertaken but the charity that accompanied it.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

“Jesus, You have allowed me to know and understand in what a soul’s greatness consists: not in great deeds but in great love. Love has its worth, and it confers greatness on all our deeds. Although our actions are small and ordinary in themselves, because of love they become great and powerful before God”   (Saint Faustina's Diary 889).

“Extend your mercy towards others, so that there can be no one in need whom you meet without helping. For what hope is there for us if God should withdraw His Mercy from us?” (St. Vincent de Paul)

"Our enemy who plots against us plucks up courage when dealing with the weak, but when anyone takes up a weapon and faces him; he becomes a coward." St. Pio of  Pietrelcina (Letters II, p.85)

“In contemplating Christ’s face, we confront the most paradoxical aspect of his mystery, as it emerges in his last hour on the Cross. More than an experience of physical pain, his passion was an agonizing suffering of the soul…
The Church pauses in contemplation of this bleeding Face, which conceals the life of God. But her contemplation of Christ’s Face cannot stop at the image of the Crucified One. It is the Risen Christ to whom the Church now looks! Gazing on the Face of Christ, the Bride contemplates her treasure and her joy, and sets out once more on her journey to proclaim Christ to the world!”
St John Paul II

"He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagined. Leave it all to Him, let go of yourself, lose yourself on the Cross, and you will find yourself entirely."
St. Catherine of Siena

"In happier days, philosophers discussed the problem of man, now they discuss man as a problem.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Go to Heaven)

“Do not have any anxiety about the future. Leave everything in God’s hands for he will take care of you.” St. John the Baptist de La Salle (1651-1719)

“God does not consider the outcome of the good work undertaken but the charity that accompanied it.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

“No man is delivered or preserved from the world-wide snares of Satan save through Mary; and God grants His graces to no one except through her alone.” 
- Saint Germanus

“Religion does not limit the powers of the affections, for our Blessed Savior sanctifies and approves in us all the endearing ties and connections of our existence. Religion alone can bind the cord over which neither circumstances, time, nor death have any power.”
– St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

” Are we not in the hands of God? Why give so much trouble? When we have done everything possible, the rest will certainly do our Lord … Let’s try to do everything for Jesus to become his brides. “  Blessed Teresa Mary of the Cross (Apr. 23)

“How fortunate we are to honor the poor family of Our Lord by the poverty and lowliness of our own.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

“Seek union with God and buoy yourself up with hope—that sure virtue!—because Jesus will illuminate the way for you with the light of his mercy, even in the darkest night.” (St. Josemaría Escrivá; The Forge)

"One of the greatest tragedies in the world is wasted pain. Pain without relation to the cross is like an unsigned check - without value. But once we have it countersigned with the Signature of the Saviour on the Cross, it takes on an infinite value." Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen (About Crosses)

"A ship with a good navigator comes safely to port, God willing. A soul with a good shepherd climbs easily heavenward, even if it has earlier done much wrong." St. John Climacus (525 – 606)

"He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagined. Leave it all to Him, let go of yourself, lose yourself on the Cross, and you will find yourself entirely."
St. Catherine of Siena

+Today Jesus said to me, I desire that you know more profoundly thelove that burns in My Heart for souls, and you will understand this when you meditate upon My Passion. Call upon My mercy on behalf of sinners; I desire their salvation.
When you say this prayer, with a contrite heart and with faith on behalf of some sinner, I will give him the grace of conversion. This is the prayer:
 “O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of Mercy for us, I trust in You.” St. Faustina Diary (

186;187)

“Believe me, there is no more powerful means to obtain God’s grace than to employ the intercessions of the Holy Virgin.”   - Saint Philip Neri

“Prayer is powerful beyond limits when we turn to the Immaculata who is queen even of God’s heart.” » Saint Maximilian Kolbe

“Among the various supplications with which we successfully appeal to the Virgin Mother of God, the Holy Rosary without doubt occupies a special and distinct place. This prayer, which some call the Psalter of the Virgin or Breviary of the Gospel and of Christian life, was described and recommended by Our Predecessor of happy memory, Leo XIII” -Pope Pius XI

“My Secretary, write that I am more generous towards sinners than toward the just. It was for their sake that I came down from heaven; it was for their sake that My Blood was spilled. Let them not fear to approach Me; they are most in need of My mercy.”  (Saint Faustina's Diary)

“It is very difficult to do any good without conflict.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

“The devotions we practice in honor of the glorious Virgin Mary, however trifling they may be, are very pleasing to Her Divine Son, and He rewards them with eternal glory.” 
- Saint Teresa of Avila

“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” (St. Augustine of Hippo)

"Class hatred is the Dead Sea fruit of the irrelevance of Charity; dishonesty in politics is the sad heritage of the irrelevance of Justice; Communism in national life is the result of the irrelevance of Redemption and Brotherly Love.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen

All this I created for you, My spouse; and know that all this beauty is nothing compared to what I have prepared for you in eternity. St. Faustina Diary (158)

"The devil is like a raging dog on a chain; outside the limit of the chain he can bite no-one. So keep your distance. If you get too close, you will be caught."   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"Sufferings well received will prove our passport to eternity."  - St. Louise de Marillac

“Every ward of a hospital is a chapel wherein Jesus resides.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

“When you reflect upon what I tell you in the depths of your heart, you profit more than if you had read many books. Oh, if souls would only want to listen to My voice when I am speaking in the depths of their hearts, they would reach the peak of holiness in a short time 
(St. Faustina's Diary 584).”

"It is best to learn to silence the faculties and to cause them to be still, so that God may speak." ~St. John of the Cross

“Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother.”  St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"The devil has only one door through which to enter our soul; the will. There are no secret doors. There is no sin if it has not been committed willfully. When the will does not consent, there is no sin but human weakness." St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"I seek and desire souls like yours but they are few. Your great trust in Me forces Me to continuously grant you graces"   ~ Diary of St.Faustina, (718)

“Our complex modern society is directed to the creation of mass pleasure rather than individual pleasure. Movies, television, advertising are geared to the masses, and generally to their lowest common denominator. Their aim is to satisfy what men have in common, rather than what they have individually.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Way to Inner Peace)

"There is no place for selfishness—and no place for fear! Do not be afraid, then, when love makes demands. Do not be afraid when love requires sacrifice." St. Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)

“Every step we take all day long is a step of nature or a step of grace.”  – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

“The spirit of Our Lord will be your rule.”– St. Vincent de Paul

“If anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his Mother, he will not have Christ for his Brother.”
- Saint Maximilian Kolbe

"In peace, Sweet Jesus, I want to wait for your return, Without ever ceasing My canticles of love.  No, nothing worries me. Nothing can trouble me. My soul knows how to fly Higher than the lark.  Above the clouds The sky is always blue. One touches the shores Where God reigns. I await on peace the glory Of that Heavenly abode, For I find in the Ciborium The sweet Fruit of Love! " St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church  (from Abandonment is the Sweet Fruit of Love, 1897)

My daughter, try your best to make the Stations of the Cross in this hour, provided that your duties permit it; and if you are not able to make the Stations of the Cross, then at least step into the chapel for a moment and adore, in the Blessed Sacrament, My Heart, which is full of mercy; and should you be unable to step into the chapel, immerse yourself in prayer there where you happen to be, if only for a very brief instant. OUR LORD JESUS  to St. Faustina   (directions for the three o'clock hour -- Diary 1572)

"Confession which is purification of the soul should be made no later than every eight days; I cannot bear to keep souls away from confession for more than eight days."  St. Pio of Pietrelcina

“Do not have any anxiety about the future. Leave everything in God’s hands for he will take care of you.”  – St. John the Baptist de La Salle

"When my soul is in anguish, I think only in this way: Jesus is good and full of mercy, and even if the ground were to give way under my feet, I would not cease to trust in Him."  St Faustina (Diary 1192)

"Most people are followers not leaders. In fact, the more rapid the methods of communication the more numerous will be the imitators. As Tovnbee has said, the great masses are generally uncreative. Marxism uses them as means of exploitation to put their leaders in power. The great inspirations of society come from the creative minority; it has been so since Pentecost when there were only 120 followers ready to receive the Spirit of redemption." Archbishop Fulton Sheen

"God's way in dealing with those whom He intends to admit soonest after this life into the possession of His everlasting glory, is to purify them in this world by the greatest afflictions and trials."  St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491.-1556.)

“That peace which is the portion of the chosen servants of God is seldom unmixed with interior struggles.”  – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

“May I give you some advice for you to put into practice daily? When your heart makes you feel those low cravings, say slowly to the Immaculate Virgin: Look on me with compassion. Don’t abandon me. Don’t abandon me, my Mother! – And recommend this prayer to others.”  St. Josemaria Escriva

"So often today man does not know what is within him, in the depths of his mind and heart. So often he is uncertain about the meaning of his life on this earth. He is assailed by doubt, a doubt which turns into despair. We ask you therefore, we beg you with humility and trust, let Christ speak to man. He alone has words of life, yes, of eternal life." - St. John Paul II‪  

“We should believe that our peace and glory lie in virtue, and our virtue is a resemblance to Jesus Christ.”
– St. Vincent de Paul

“Jesus Christ meets the man of every age, including our own, with the same words: ‘You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.’ These words contain both a fundamental requirement and a warning: the requirement of an honest relationship with regard to truth as a condition for authentic freedom, and the warning to avoid every kind of illusory freedom, every superficial unilateral freedom, every freedom that fails to enter into the whole truth about man and the world.” (Pope St. John Paul II, Encyclical Redemptor Hominis, 1979)

"Walk with simplicity in the ways of the Lord and do not torment your spirit. You must hate your faults, but with a quiet hate, not troublesome or restless. We must be patient with them and gain from them through holy humility. Without that patience, instead of diminishing, your imperfections will increase constantly, as there that nourishes our defects like restlessness, and the haste to drive them away."  St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"And of what should we be afraid? Our captain on this battlefield is Christ Jesus. We have discovered what we have to do. Christ has bound our enemies for us and weakened them that they cannot overcome us unless we so choose to let them. So we must fight courageously and mark ourselves with the sign of the most Holy Cross."  – St. Catherine of Sienna

"O Lord, though I cannot comprehend You and do not understand Your ways, I nonetheless trust in Your mercy. If it is Your will, Lord, that I live always in such darkness, may You be blessed. I ask You only one thing, Jesus: do not allow me to offend You in any way."  St. Faustina  (Diary 73)

“The devotions we practice in honor of the glorious Virgin Mary, however trifling they may be, are very pleasing to Her Divine Son, and He rewards them with eternal glory.” ~ Saint Teresa of Avila

“All the poetry of love is a cry and a moan, and the more pure it is, the more it pleads; the more elevated it is above the earth, the more it laments. If a cry of joy interrupts this pleading, it is to celebrate the ravishing of an hour, and then to fall back into the immensity of desire. That is why our nature is fortified by the immensity of desire. That is why our nature is fortified by the imagination which puts before us the thoughts of the beautiful, so that when earthly beauty has faded from our eyes, we might revive the ideal more beautifully still in our imagination.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The Hymn of the Conquered)

"Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you." Saint Jerome (347-420)

“Teach poor girls as much as you possibly can, and remember that the most necessary thing of all is whatever concerns the knowledge of God and his love.”  – St. Louise de Marillac

At three o'clock, implore My mercy, especially for sinners; and, if only for a brief moment, immerse yourself in My Passion, particularly in My abandonment at the moment of agony. This is the hour of great mercy . Diary of St. Faustina  (1320)

"Oh what joy is in spiritual battles! It suffices to know how to fight in order to be certain of victory." St. Pio of Pietrelcina

St. Faustina Diary (186)+Today Jesus said to me, I desire that you know more profoundly the love that burns in My Heart for souls, and you will understand this when you meditate upon My Passion. Call upon My mercy on behalf of sinners; I desire their salvation.St. Faustina Diary (93)
When you say this prayer, with a contrite heart and with faith on behalf of some sinner, I will give him the grace of conversion. This is the prayer:
St. Faustina Diary (187) “O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of Mercy for us , I trust in You.”

“What a joy to remember that she [Mary] is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?”  - St. Thérèse of Lisieux

“For her part, Mary did not fail to live up to her station as the Mother of Christ. When the apostles fled, she stood before the Cross and gazed tenderly on the wounds of her Son, because she was waiting, not for her Son’s death, but for the salvation of the world.” (St. Ambrose of Milan, Bishop and Doctor of the Church)

"Be careful never to become discouraged when you see yourself surrounded by spiritual infirmities. If God lets you fall into some weakness, it is not to abandon you, but only to establish in you humility and make you more careful in the future." St. Pio of  Pietrelcina

"You will find that the reading of sacred scripture is a great and powerful remedy against bodily suffering and depression of mind. In my opinion, there is no other writing, no matter how eloquent and stylish it may be, that can bring such peace to our minds and so thoroughly dissolve our cares as sacred scripture can."

"I speak from personal experience: for there have been times when I was beset with anxieties, the worst of which came from the experience of my own weakness, and if on such occasions I sought relief in the scriptures, the hopes and desires that led me there were never disappointed. The word of scripture proved to be a solid bulwark against my anxieties and a relief to my troubled spirit."
Blessed Baptist Spagnoli of Mantua
Treatise on Patience
(L. 3, c. 32: Opera Omnia, 1576, 4, f. 170r-171r)

"A ship with a good navigator comes safely to port, God willing. A soul with a good shepherd climbs easily heavenward, even if it has earlier done much wrong."

-- Saint John Climacus

"Mary, give me your Heart: so beautiful, so pure, so immaculate; your Heart so full of love and humility that I may be able to receive Jesus in the Bread of Life and love Him as you love Him and serve Him in the distressing guise of the poor." ~ Blessed Mother Teresa

“The ills of man can be reduced to three – physical: such as sickness and disease; mental: doubts, mental retardation, skepticism, atheism, etc.; moral: sin and guilt.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The hymn of the Conquered)

Another time St. Faustina was praying a novena to Our Lady for her confessor's intention. St. Faustina writes, "Toward the end of the novena I saw the Mother of God with the Infant Jesus in Her arms, and I also saw my confessor kneeling at Her feet and talking with Her. I did not understand what he was saying to Her, because I was busy talking with the Infant Jesus, who came down from His Mother's arms and approached me. I could not stop wondering at His beauty. I heard a few of the words that the Mother of God spoke to him [i.e., my confessor] but not everything. The words were: I am not only the Queen of Heaven, but also the Mother of Mercy and your Mother. And at that moment She stretched out her right hand, in which She was clasping her mantle, and She covered the priest with it. At that moment, the vision vanished (Diary, 330)

“God made the interests of the afflicted His own.”  – St. Louise de Marillac

"O powerful Fiat! O Fiat to be venerated above every other fiat! For with a fiat, God created life, heaven, earth; but with Mary's fiat, God became man."  - St. Thomas of Villanova

Our Lady once appeared to St. Faustina in her room since she was unable to attend Mass on the Feast of the Assumption. Our Lady said to her, "My daughter, what I demand from you is prayer, prayer, and once again prayer, for the world and especially for your country. For nine days receive Holy Communion in atonement and unite yourself closely to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. During these nine days you will stand before God as an offering; always and everywhere, at all times and places, day or night, whenever you wake up, pray in the spirit. In spirit, one can always remain in prayer"  Diary of St. Faustina (325)

"Be firmly convinced that the more the assaults of the enemy increase, the closer God is to the soul. Think of, and ponder well, this great and comforting truth."-St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"We are living in the days of the Apocalypse, the last days of our era. The two great forces – the Mystical Body of Christ and the Mystical Body of the anti-Christ – are beginning to draw battle lines for the catastrophic contest."--Venerable Fulton J. Sheen

“Christianity is not a highly complicated collection of so many dogmas that it is impossible for anyone to know them all; it is not something exclusively for academicians who can study these things, but it is something simple: God exists and God is close in Jesus Christ.” (Pope Benedict XVI, Questions and Answers, OSV 2008)

“No dictator could ever succeed in winning the masses unless he promised them liberty. He would use force, act like a tyrant, blot out all opposition, and purge minorities, but he was always careful to do it in the sacred name of liberty.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Freedom Under God)

”God guards with special protection a confiding client, and such an one may be sure no evil will betide him.” St. Vincent de Paul (1581.-1660.)

“Give some time every day, if it is only half an hour, to devotional reading, which is as necessary to the well-ordering of the mind as the hand of the gardener is to prevent the weeds from destroying your favorite plants.”  – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

"My daughter, I want to repose in your heart, because many souls have thrown Me out of their hearts today. I have experienced sorrow unto death." OUR LORD TO ST. FAUSTINA (Diary 886)

"From the Virgin Mary, life was born in person, and thus did Mary become the Mother of all living."  - St. Epiphanius

“We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures; we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of his Son.” (Pope St. John Paul II)

 O soul steeped in darkness, do not despair. All is not yet lost. Come and confide in your God, who is love and mercy.  OUR LORD TO ST. FAUSTINA (Diary1486)

"There is no place for selfishness—and no place for fear! Do not be afraid, then, when love makes demands. Do not be afraid when love requires sacrifice."  -Saint Pope John Paul II

”We must have confidence in God, Who is what He always has been, and we must not be disheartened because things turn out contrary to us.” St. Philip

"I therefore exhort you again to be trustful. A soul who trusts in her Lord and places all her hope in Him has nothing to fear. The enemy of our salvation is always around us to snatch from our hearts the anchor that is to lead us to salvation, by which I mean trust in God our Father. Let us keep a very firm hold on this anchor and not relinquish it for a single moment. Otherwise all would be lost." St.  Pio of PIetrelcina (Letters II, p 410)

“No man has need of religion who is self-righteous. Anarchists have no need of law; they are law unto themselves. Hitler had no need of God: in his own conceit he was a god. The man who never made a mistake has no need of an eraser; just so the man who has never done anything wrong has no need of a Redeemer.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Wartime Prayer Book)

“If we wish to give satisfaction to our good God, we must not stop to consider what we would like to do, but rather what he wishes us to do. Our Lord will know where to find you when he intends to give you other work to do.”  – St. Louise de Marillac

"I understand that temptations seem to stain rather than purify the soul, but this is not really the case. Let us see what the saints have to say about it. For you it suffices to know what the great Saint Francis de Sales says, namely that temptations are like the soap, which when spread on the laundry seems to soil, but in reality cleanses it."  St.  Pio  of Pietrelcina

“The good God does not need years to accomplish His work of love in a soul; one ray from His Heart can, in an instant, make His flower bloom for eternity.”
- St Therese of Lisieux

Those who are faithful to recite our Blessed Virgin Mary's Rosary, shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plenitude of His graces and will share in the merits of the blessed.  
“The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.”
– Saint Francis de Sales

“In the eyes of God there is nothing to be ashamed of when the soul clothes the body, but there is a great deal to be ashamed of when the body is put before the soul. That is why the body has to be covered and hidden; like a murderer concealing his victim, we try to hide our crime.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Life is Worth Living)

"A glance of love cast towards Jesus and the knowledge of our profound misery makes reparation for everything." St. Therese of the Child Jesus (1873.-1897

“Our love of God is always opposed by our self-love, our love of one another by the miserable pride and pretension which creates jealousy, rash judgment and the pitiful dislikes and impatience which so often trouble us and wound charity.”  – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

“Reflect on the worth of an individual animated by the Spirit of God.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“Seek God in all things. In all your actions submit your motives to this unerring test: will this be approved by his all-seeing eye?”  – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

"Because Mary was free from original sin, she found no obstacle in obeying God; she was like a wheel, which was easily turned by every inspiration of the Holy Spirit." 
- Saint Bonaventure

"Humility drew the Son of God from Heaven to the womb of a Virgin, and by the same humility we can draw Him into our souls. The more the flower of humility blossoms in a soul, the greater is the good odor it imparts to her who possesses it, to those who behold her, and to those who are about her.”
-Saint Teresa of Avila

"We live for Jesus alone. Just as the angels in heaven incessantly sing His praises, so does a Carmelite echo those praises here on earth, whether near to the tabernacle where God who is Love lives imprisoned, or in the intimate depths of her soul’s heaven, where faith tells her God dwells. Our vocation’s objective is love, the greatest thing a human heart can possess. This love is a bonfire where the soul is consumed and made one with her God. That blazing fire permits nothing to stand in its path … How beautiful our vocation is..."  St. Teresa de los Andes (died on April 12, 1920)

“We should wait in silence for the gifts of the Spirit. Mary was in the upper room with the apostles. She kept silence while awaiting the descent of the Spirit.”  – St. Catherine Laboure

"The graces of My mercy are drawn by means of one vessel only, and that is - trust.
The more a soul trusts, the more it will receive." OUR LORD JESUS to St. Faustina (Diary 1578)

"Take heart and don’t fear the gloomy wrath of Lucifer. Always remember this, that it is a good sign when the enemy makes an uproar and roars around your will, as this shows he is not within you. Courage, my most beloved daughter, I offer you these words with great feeling and in Jesus; courage I say! There is no need to fear when we can say with determination, even if without feeling: 'Long live Jesus!'”  St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Letters III, p. 414).

"The Rosary is a prayer both so humble and simple and a theologically rich in Biblical content. I beg you to pray it." ~St. John Paul II

“Patience is not a spineless submission to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune; it is not a mere gritting of teeth or hanging on; it is rather the acceptance of what we would reject, the bearing of what we hate, a renewed decision, day after day to accept what we do not want, and to suffer without complaint what we cannot change.” Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen

"Sufferings well received will prove our passport to eternity."   - St. Louise de Marillac

 I have opened My Heart as a living fountain of mercy. Let all souls draw life from it.
Let them approach this sea of mercy with great trust. Sinners will attain justification,
and the just will be strengthened in goodness. St. Faustina Diary (1520)

June 4. "Today is the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. During Holy Mass, I was given the knowledge of the Heart of Jesus and of the nature of the fire of love with which He burns for us and of how He is an Ocean of Mercy. Then I heard a voice: Apostle of My mercy, proclaim to the whole world My unfathomable mercy. Do not be discouraged by the difficulties you encounter in proclaiming My mercy. These difficulties that affect you so painfully are needed for your sanctification and as evidence that this work is Mine. My daughter, be diligent in writing down every sentence I tell you concerning My mercy, because this is meant for a great number of souls who will profit from it. "
(Saint Faustina's Diary, 1142)

“You must make it understood that the poor are being damned for want of knowing the things necessary for salvation.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

“Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what You want me to be — and becoming that person.” (St. Thérèse of Lisieux — of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church)

"Temptations against faith and purity are the merchandise offered by the enemy, but do not fear him, despise him. As long as he makes an uproar it is a sign that he has not yet possessed the will. Don't be upset by what you experience through the work of this rebellious angel. Let your will always be contrary to his suggestions, and live tranquilly, because you are not at fault, but rather, you please God and gain progress for your soul."  St Pio  of Pietrelcina (Letters III, p. 246)

"Today, the Lord said to me, My daughter, I am told that there is much simplicity in you, so why do you not tell Me about everything that concerns you, even the smallest details? Tell Me about everything, and know that this will give Me great joy. I answered, “But You know about everything, Lord.” And Jesus replied to me, Yes, I do know; but you should not excuse yourself with the fact that I know, but with childlike simplicity talk to Me about everything, for My ears and heart are inclined towards you, and your words are dear to Me." Diary of St Faustina (276) February 6, [1937].

"Today those who do not have faith do not even know what they disbelieve. Having abandoned all certitudes they have no standards by which to judge even their own agnosticism.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The Seven Virtues)

"Provided He reigns, that suffices." - St. Louise de Marillac.

“The word of God tells us that the family is entrusted to a man, a woman and their children, so that they may become a communion of persons in the image of the union of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Begetting and raising children, for its part, mirrors God’s creative work. The family is called to join in daily prayer, to read the word of God and to share in Eucharistic communion, and thus to grow in love and become ever more fully a temple in which the Spirit dwells.” (Pope Francis, Apostolic Exhortation, Amoris Laetitia #29)