“There are angels near you to guide you and protect you, if you would but invoke them. It is not later than we think, it is a bigger world than we think.” (Venerable Fulton J. Sheen)

“The human being is single, unique, and unrepeatable, someone thought of and chosen from eternity, someone called and identified by name”  Pope Saint John Paul II

"God asks little, but He gives much." St. John Chrysostom (347-407)

“Act like those good pilots who, finding themselves tossed about by the storm, redouble their courage and turn the prow of their ships against the most furious waves of the sea, which seem to rise to engulf them.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

“1. Our salvation was accomplished when Our Lord Jesus Christ by His passion and death rescued men from their ancient slavery to sin and gave them life and freedom as sons of God, coheirs of His own glory. As an additional benefit He has given them a means of expiating sin when by the weakness of their nature and their own wickedness they wretchedly abandon their excellent state as heirs of God. By giving to the Prince of the Apostles the power of forgiving sins together with the keys of the heavenly kingdom, He made it possible for sinners to be restored to their former righteousness and to receive the fruits of redemption. 2. Since this is the only way for sinners to recover divine grace and salvation, the successors of St. Peter have made it their chief concern to summon all men to this fountain of mercy. They have done this by offering the promise of forgiveness to the repentant and by encouraging sinners by every means to seek remission... We urge you to effect salvation for your souls by utilizing the aids which are available for your sanctification. We shall unlock all the riches of mercy proceeding from the blood of Christ which have been entrusted to Our dispensing. Moreover We shall open for you the rich store of satisfaction formed by the merits of the most holy mother of God and the apostles, by the blood of the martyrs and by the virtuous actions of all good men; this will render peace and forgiveness more accessible. For assuredly, as we are gathered together in the one body of the Church which is the Body of Christ, we are joined with the illustrious society and communion of the saints. All of us are cleansed and made alive by the blood of Christ, and we can benefit each other. For Christ has desired that His great love and mercy and the infinite force of His passion and merits should be made more resplendent by the addition of the other parts of His mystical body. In this way men should be helped both by reciprocal action among themselves and by the sharing of benefits flowing from that source of grace. Then God would be moved to show clemency to us for the sake of His Son's goodness and the infinite value of His blood, as well as by the merits of the saints and by prayerful petition.” Pope Clement XIV, Salutis Nostrae, April 30, 1774

“Some there are who seem astonished when they fancy that our good God has, in a certain sense, changed His mode of governing the world since the ancient times: for, in the latter He was wont to be called the God of armies, and He used to speak to the people out of clouds with bolts of thunder in His hands; for indeed, He punished crime with all the rigor of His justice. For one single adultery He put five-and-twenty thousand of the tribe of Benjamin to the sword. For an act of vainglory committed by David in making a census of his kingdom, He sent a terrible plague, which in a very short time swept off seventy thousand of the population. For one irreverent and incautious glance He slew fifty thousand of the Betsamites. And in these our times He tolerates not only vanities and frivolities, but adulteries the most sordid, scandals the most barefaced, nay, and the most frightful blasphemies which many Christians cast on His most holy Name. How then do we account for all this? Why this difference in His mode of governing? . . . The holy sacrifice of the Mass is the true and sole reason for such stupendous clemency, for in it we offer to the eternal father the great victim, Jesus Christ.” St. Leonard of Port Maurice, “The Hidden Treasure”

On his first trip to Poland in 1979, Pope John Paul II visited the shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa. He said, “The call of a son of Poland to the Cathedral of St. Peter contains an evident and strong link with this holy place, with this Shrine of great hope: Totus tuus (“I am all yours”), I had whispered in prayer so many times before this Image” (June 4, 1979). 

  "The Rosary mystically transports us to Mary's side as she is busy watching over the human growth of Christ in the home of Nazareth. This enables her to train us and to mold us with the same care."  Pope  St. John Paul II

"My God, how well you know my great need of your help. I trust in your infinite mercy, and I shall always do so, regardless of the spiritual state in which I might find myself. Always and everywhere I shall endeavor to recognize your will in all things, even though my eyes see only contradiction and uncertainty. I know that I cannot depend upon myself, and so I trust completely in you. "nothing shall separate me from the love of Christ", for in you, O Lord, I have hoped; I shall never be confounded."  St. Teresa Margaret Redi of the Sacred Heart

"Simplicity is a virtue, but up to a point, it must never be without prudence; on the other hand cunning and slyness are diabolical and do a lot of harm."  St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"A river must be happier than a swamp because it has banks and boundaries; a swamp is a valley of liberty that lost its shores and became liberal. Liberty is no heirloom. It requires the daily bread of self denial, the salt of law and, above all, the backbone of acknowledging responsibility for our deeds." Archbishop Fulton Sheen

"We must beware lest, when we use anger as an instrument of virtue, it overrule the mind, and go before it as its mistress, instead of following in reason's train, ever ready, as its handmaid, to obey."  Pope St. Gregory the Great (c. 540-604)

“The world sometimes censures us for not conforming to certain of its requirements; but it is edified when it discovers that we are influenced by principles of virtue, whilst it justly condemns those who are gained over by its false applause.”  – St. Louise de Marillac

“Here the misery of the soul meets the God of mercy. Tell souls that from this fount of mercy souls draw graces solely with the vessel of trust. If their trust is great, there is no limit to My generosity. The torrents of grace inundate humble souls. The proud remain always in poverty and misery, because My grace turns away from them to humble souls.”  WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA  (Diary, 1602b)

“It is an obligation for us to inconvenience ourselves for the service of the poor.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

Pope Adrian II, Epistle to King Lothar, 867 A.D.: “For Our Lord thrice commended to blessed Peter, Prince of the Apostles, His sheep, that is to say, the whole Church, yet as then redeemed by His precious blood, after the bonds of His Passion, after the wounds of His nails, and the derisions of the cross, as also the glory of the resurrection, saying: ‘Feed my sheep; feed my lambs.’ (Jn. 21.)”

“It is then our best course to bestow our greatest care upon the soul; so shall that which is the first and highest in dignity be not the lowest and last in consideration. Amongst us Christians, let that which is the first in order be the first cared for; let salvation, which is the chiefest profit, be our chiefest employment. Let the safeguard and the defense of this take up all our forces; let it be not only our chiefest, but our sole delight. As it surpasseth all other things in exellency, so let it in our care and consideration. Our supreme duty is that which we owe to God, and the next appertains to the soul. And yet these two are such loving correlates, that though every one of the is a duty of supreme consequence, and such as by no means we may presume to neglect or omit, yet cannot we possibly perform any one of them without the other. So that whosoever will serve God doth at the same time provide for his own soul; and he that is careful for his own soul doth at the same time serve God. So that the state of these two sovereign duties in man, is by a certain compendious dependency and co-intention rendered very easy, while the faithful performance of the one is a perfect consumation of both: for by the unspeakable tenderness and mercy of God, the good we do to our own souls is the most acceptable service and sacrifice that we can offer unto Him.” St. Eucherius of Lyons (“On Contempt for the World” by St. Eucherius of Lyons, pg. 3)

“You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with which we do them.” (St. Thérèse of Lisieux—of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church)

"Refer what good one sees in himself, not to self, but to God." St. Benedict (480 – 543)

"Rather now than tomorrow, and tomorrow than the day after!" -St. Joan of Arc 

“All badness is spoiled goodness. A bad apple is a good apple that became rotten. Because evil has no capital of its own, it is a parasite that feeds on goodness.”  —Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, from the book “Through the Year with Fulton Sheen”.

“Those who sought to discourage the Israelites from going up to the Promised Land, told them that it was ‘a land which eateth up the inhabitants thereof;’ that is, that the climate was so unhealthy that the inhabitants could not live long, and that the people thereof were ‘men of a great stature,’ who looked upon the new-comers as mere locusts to be devoured.
It is just so, my child, that the world runs down true devotion, painting devout people with gloomy, melancholy aspect, and affirming that religion makes them dismal and unpleasant. But even as Joshua and Caleb protested that not only was the Promised Land a fair and pleasant country, but that the Israelites would take an easy and peaceful possession thereof, so the Holy Spirit tells us through His Saints, and our Lord has told us with His Own Lips, that a devout life is very sweet, very happy and very loveable.”—St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Pt. I, Ch. II

"'You are uncommonly loved,' loved by that love of preference that the Master had here below for some and which brought them so far. He does not say to you as to Peter: 'do you love me more than these?' Mother, listen to what he tells you: 'Let yourself be loved more than these! That is, without fearing that any obstacle will be a hindrance to it, for I am free to pour out my love on whom I wish! 'Let yourself be loved more than these' is your vocation. It is in being faithful to it that you will make me happy for you will magnify the power of my love this love can rebuild what you have destroyed. Let yourself be loved more than these." --St Elizabeth of the Trinity to Mother Prioress Germaine, 'Let Yourself Be Loved' October 1906. From The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity Vol I

“Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted and ardent. If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. If you are blamed you will not be discouraged. If they call you a saint you will not put yourself on a pedestal.” (Saint Teresa of Calcutta)

"God enriches the soul that divests itself of everything."   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"To a great extent the world is what we make it. We get back what we give. If we sow hate, we reap hate; if we scatter love and gentleness we harvest love and happiness. Other people are like a mirror which reflects back on us the kind of image we cast. The kind person bears with the infirmities of others, never magnifies trifles, and avoids a spirit of fault finding." Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Way to Happiness)

“I have observed that any good resolutions or exercises begun at the recurring period of our birthday are more seriously impressed upon the mind, when we reflect that a birthday on earth more easily transfers our thoughts to the birthday of our future existence.”  – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

"Speak to the world about My mercy; let all mankind recognise My unfathomable mercy. It is a sign for the end times; after it will come the day of justice. While there is still time, let them have recourse to the fount of My mercy; let them profit from the Blood and Water which gushed forth for them".  WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA  (Diary 848)

“I cannot restrain myself and must tell you quite simply that this gives me renewed, greater desires to be able, in the midst of my petty infirmities, to go and finish my life near a bush, working in some village. I think I would be very happy to do so, if God were pleased to grant me this grace.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

"A child may forget a mother, but a mother never forgets a child. Mary is the Mother of all whom Jesus redeemed." -Ven. Fulton Sheen, excerpt taken from his book THE WORLD'S FIRST LOVE

"He who has God has everything, and he who has not God has nothing." St. Augustine (354.-430.)

"It would be useless to quote passages of Scripture against those who do not accept this authority." - St. Thomas Aquinas

“Peace is built on the foundation of justice.” (Pope St. John Paul II; Encyclical – Centesimus annus, §5, May 1, 1991)  

Pope St. Hormisdas being tempted to renounce his faith before his martyrdom: “If you thought that I should so easily be tempted to abandon the law of God, keep your fine present with your impiety.” (Quoted by Fr. Alban Butler in his “Lives of the Saints”, Vol. VIII, August, “August 8, St. Hormisdas, Martyr”)

St. John Francis Regis, S.J. converted several Huguenots, and many lewd women; and when told the repentance of these latter is seldom sincere, he answered: “If my labours hinder one sin they will be well bestowed.” (Quoted by Fr. Alban Butler in his “Lives of the Saint”, Volume VI, June 12, “St. John Francis Regis of the Society of Jesus, Confessor”)

"Do not be absorbed in your misery — you are still too weak to speak of it — but, rather, gaze on My Heart filled with goodness, and be imbued with My sentiments. Strive for meekness and humility; be merciful to others, as I am to you; and, when you feel your strength failing, if you come to the fountain of mercy to fortify your soul, you will not grow weary on your journey.   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA  (Diary 1486)

"At Jesus’ school I have learned that silence and hope are the fortress of the soul."   St.  Pio of Pietrelcina

“Just as Our Lord did not save John the Baptist from the cruelty of Herod, neither would He save Himself from that same Herod. The herald had suffered the lot of the One Whom he heralded; the messenger received violence because he had announced the message. And once again, the Mount of Calvary looked down, this time across the valleys to the foot of the Mount of the Transfiguration. Everything in His life told of His Cross, including the violent death of John.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Life Of Christ)

“Let us accustom ourselves to entreat rather than command; to instruct more by example than by precept.”  – St. Louise de Marillac

" If we would only comprehend the fact that while the Eucharistic Species remain within us, Jesus is there and working in us inseparably with the Father and the Holy Spirit and therefore the whole Holy Trinity is there...,"   - St. Mary Magdalene de Pazz

“God always blesses humble beginnings more than those that make a big stir!”  – St. Vincent de Paul

“Modernists and their admirers should remember the proposition condemned by Pius IX: The method and principles which have served the doctors of scholasticism when treating of theology no longer correspond with the exigencies of our time or the progress of science (Syll. Prop. 13). They exercise all their ingenuity in diminishing the force and falsifying the character of tradition, so as to rob it of all its weight. But for Catholics, nothing will remove the authority of the Second Council of Nicaea, where it condemns those who dare, after the impious fashion of heretics to deride ecclesiastical traditions, to invent novelties of some kind or to endeavor by malice or craft to overthrow any one of the legitimate traditions of the Catholic Church.” Pope St. Pius X (1903-1914), Pascendi Dominici Gregis, September 8, 1907, Par. 42.

“Christian is my name, and Catholic my surname. The one designates me, while the other makes me specific. Thus am I attested and set apart... When we are called Catholics it is by this appellation that our people are kept apart from any heretical name.” Saint Pacian of Barcelona, Letter to Sympronian, 375 A.D.

“Our entire task in this life, dear brothers, consists in healing the eyes of the heart so that they may be able to see God.”  —Saint Augustine of Hippo, 

"In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear."  --St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church

"Bad times, hard times — this what people keep saying; but let us live well and times shall be good. We are the times. Such as we are, such are the times."  —Saint Augustine of Hippo

“Let us pine for the City where we are citizens… By pining, we are already there; we have already cast our hope, like an anchor, on that coast. I sing of somewhere else, not of here; for I sing with my heart, not my flesh. The citizens of Babylon hear the sound of the flesh, the Founder of Jerusalem hears the tune of the heart.”  —Saint Augustine of Hippo

"Do you know how to recognize the moments in which Our Lord visits your soul? A word read or heard, perhaps even by chance, an edifying example, an interior inspiration, a new light which makes you see your faults more clearly and opens new horizons of virtue and of good -- all are visits from Jesus. And you, how do you correspond? Is your soul sensitive to these lights, to these admonitions? Do you not sometimes turn your gaze away, fearing that the light you have glimpsed may ask you for sacrifices which are too painful for your self-love?" (Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene, ocd)
"I have sometimes placed my hopes in my own virtue, which was no virtue; and when I attempted to run, thinking I was very strong, I fell very quickly and went backward instead of forward. What I expected to reach, disappeared, and thus, O Lord, in various ways you have tested my powers. With light from You, I now see that I could not accomplish by myself the things that I wanted to do most. I said to myself: 'I shall do this, I shall finish that,' and I did not do either the one or the other. The will was there but not the power, and if the power was there the will was not; this because I had trusted in my own strength. Sustain me then, O Lord, for alone I can do nothing. However, when You are my stability, then it is true stability; but when I am my own stability, then it is weakness." St. Augustine, Bishop, Doctor of the Church.  (excerpts from Divine Intimacy #252, Baronius Press, 2013)

“Thou movest us to delight in praising Thee; for Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.” (St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions – Book I. Chapter I.)

"The Lord is a Father, the most tender and best of fathers. He cannot fail to be moved when His children appeal to Him."  St. Pio  of Pietrelcina

“Those who lose sight of the goal often concentrate on mere motion and try to derive pleasure from it. They delight in turning the pages of a book, but never finish the story; they pick up brushes, but never finish a picture; they travel the seas, but know no ports. Their zest is not in the achievement of a destiny but rather in gyration and action for the mere sake of movement.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Way to Happiness)

"Afflictions are the most certain proofs that God can give us of His love for us." St. Vincent de Paul 

“O Lord, keep us in thy way, direct us in thy paths, recall our wanderings, make us to hear thy voice with gladness and to rejoice in thy salvation.”  – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

"[all those] who will proclaim My great mercy, I shall protect them Myself at the hour of death, as My own glory. And even if the sins of soul are as dark as night, when the sinner turns to My mercy he gives Me the greatest praise and is the glory of My Passion. When a soul praises My goodness, Satan trembles before it and flees to the very bottom of hell."
   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary 378)

“You have enough to put up with from outsiders and from your duties without creating new trials within the community. These are the most distressing ones and would make of your house a little purgatory, whereas love will make of it a little paradise.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

“The mystery of Christ’s immense love for us is revealed with dazzling brilliance in the fact that the dying Saviour bequeathed His Mother to His disciple John in the memorable testament: ‘Behold thy son.’ Now in John, as the Church has constantly taught, Christ designated the whole human race, and in the first rank are they who are joined with Him by faith. It is in this sense that St. Anselm of Canterbury says: ‘What dignity, O Virgin, could be more highly prized than to be the Mother of those to whom Christ deigned to be Father and Brother!’ [St. Anselm, Orat, 47.] With a generous heart Mary undertook and discharged the duties of her high but laborious office, the beginnings of which were consecrated in the Cenacle. With wonderful care she nurtured the first Christians by her holy example, her authoritative counsel, her sweet consolation, her fruitful prayers. She was, in very truth, the Mother of the Church, the Teacher and Queen of the Apostles, to whom, besides, she confided no small part of the divine mysteries which she kept in her heart.” Pope Leo XIII, Adiutricem, September 5, 1895, Par. 6

“[May I obtain] through the most powerful intercession of Blessed Mary ever Virgin, the threefold grace—angelic purity, perseverance in the calling to which God has brought us, and a teachable disposition for performing its duties.” St. John Berchmans (Quoted in “The Pilgrim of Our Lady of Martyrs (LITTLE MESSENGER OF THE SACRED HEART).”, FOURTH YEAR— VOL. IV January — December, 1888., pg. 170, (August, 1888.) “OUR LADY IN AUGUST.”)

Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did and If anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his mother, he will not have Christ for his brother. ~St. Maximilian Kolbe

"The Holy Catholic faith is a gift from Almighty God and I will not let you pollute it"                 --Archbishop Fulton Sheen 

"In the light of faith you see things quite differently." -St. John Baptist de La Salle 

"Renew your faith by attending Holy Mass. Keep your mind focused on the mystery that is unfolding before your eyes. In your mind’s eye transport yourself to Calvary and meditate on the Victim who offers Himself to Divine Justice, paying the price of your redemption."  St  Pio of Pietrelcina

“I must not be ashamed if I am fearful and if my whole being shrinks in dread. What I must fear is my unwillingness to fulfill the will of God as revealed by the present circumstances of life. Not my will but Thine be done.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Wartime Prayer Book)

Today the Lord said to me, 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 confirmed in good. Whoever places his trust in My mercy will be filled with My divine peace at the hour of death.  WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA    (Diary, 520)

“When we meet with things very pleasing, before yielding to the joy they elicit, let us raise our hearts to God and thank His loving mercy which sends us the consolation.”  – St. Louise de Marillac

“The Lord has established a refuge of mercy, and her name is Mary.”  —St. Anthony of Padua

“I am worried by the Blessed Virgin’s messages to Lucy of Fatima. This persistence of Mary about the dangers which menace the Church is a divine warning against the suicide of altering the Faith in her liturgy...” Pope Pius XII (Quoted in “Pius XII, Devant L’Histoire” by Msgr. Georges Roche and Philippe Saint Germaine)

Our Lady of Fatima, 4th Apparition: “Pray, pray a lot and offer sacrifices for the sinners. You know that many souls go the hell because there is none who pray for them.”

“The worst kind of heretic is the one who, while teaching mostly true Catholic doctrine, add a word of heresy, like a drop of poison in a cup of water.” — Pope Leo XIII

Do not be afraid to be saints! -St. John Paul II

“The Church and the world have a great need of eucharistic worship. Jesus waits for us in this sacrament of love. Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Him in adoration and in contemplation that is full of faith and ready to make reparation for the great faults and crimes of the world. May our adoration never cease.” (Pope St. John Paul II, Dominicae Cenae, 1980)

"The Lord only allows me to recall those persons and things He wants me to remember. On several occasions, our merciful Lord has suggested to me people whom I have never known or even heard of, for the sole purpose of having me present them to Him and intercede for them, whereupon He never fails to answer my poor, feeble prayers. On the other hand, when Jesus doesn’t want to answer me, he makes me actually forget to pray for those persons for whom I had firmly decided and intended to pray."  St. Pio of Pietrelcina

“The family tree of earthly ancestors was really not important; what was important was the family tree of the children of God He planted on Calvary.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Life of Christ)

"The title of Mary as our mother is not merely symbolic. Mary is our mother in the most real and lofty sense, a sense which surpasses that of earthly maternity. She begot our life of grace for us because she offered up her entire being, body and soul, as the Mother of God."
- St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)

"Pray as much as you can for the dying. Obtain for them trust in My mercy, because they have most need of trust, and have it the least. Be assured that the grace of eternal salvation for certain souls in their final moment depends on your prayer".  WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA  (Diary 1777)

“The duty of daughters of Our Lord who live and serve Him together and have only one same intention of making themselves pleasing in the eyes of God, is to cherish, help, and bear with one another while showing mutual respect.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“At stake is the dignity of the human person, whose defense and promotion have been entrusted to us by the Creator.” (Pope St. John Paul II, Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, Encyclical, 1987)

"Moreover the strongest support is provided not only to protect the young from evil, but also to rouse them and attract them more easily and gently to the performance of good works. Like the twigs of plants, the young are easily influenced, as long as someone works to change their souls. But if they are allowed to grow hard, we know well that the possibility of one day bending them diminishes a great deal and is sometimes utterly lost."   - St. Joseph Calasanz

"When you have received Him, stir up your heart to do Him homage; speak to Him about your spiritual life, gazing upon Him in your soul where He is present for your happiness; welcome Him as warmly as possible, and behave outwardly in such a way that your actions may give proof to all of His Presence." - St. Francis de Sales

"Be at peace, My child. See, you are not alone. My Heart watches over you." WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA  (Diary, 799) 

"If God send thee adversity, receive it in patience and give thanks to our Saviour and bethink thee that thou hast deserved it, and that He will make it turn to thine advantage. If He send thee prosperity, then thank Him humbly, so that thou becomest not worse from pride or any other cause, when thou oughtest to be better. For we should not fight against God with his own gifts."  - St. Loius , King of France 

“3. Moreover, it seems that the Blessed Virgin Mary herself wished to confirm by some special sign the definition [of the Immaculate Conception], which the Vicar of her Divine Son on earth [Pius IX] had pronounced amidst the applause of the whole Church. For indeed four years had not yet elapsed when, in a French town at the foot of the Pyrenees, the Virgin Mother, youthful and benign in appearance, clothed in a shining white garment, covered with a white mantle and girded with a hanging blue cord, showed herself to a simple and innocent girl at the grotto of Massabielle. And to this same girl, earnestly inquiring the name of her with whose vision she was favored, with eyes raised to heaven and sweetly smiling, she replied: ‘I am the Immaculate Conception.’ 4. This was properly interpreted by the faithful, who from all nations, and almost countless in number, flocked in pious pilgrimage to the grotto of Lourdes, aroused their Faith, enkindled their devotion and strove to conform their lives to the Christian precept. There also miraculous favors were granted them, which excited the admiration of all, and confirmed that the Catholic religion is the only one given approval by God... 33. But where—as is the case in almost all dioceses, there exists a church in which the Virgin Mother of God is worshipped with more intense devotion, thither on stated days let pilgrims flock together in great numbers and publicly and in the open give glorious expression to their common Faith and their common love toward the Virgin Most Holy. We have no doubt that this will be done in an especial manner at the Grotto of Lourdes, where there is such ardent devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary conceived without stain of sin.” Pope Pius XII, Fulgens Corona, Sept. 8, 1953

Our Lady of Lourdes: “Je suis l’ Immaculèe Conception.” — “I am the Immaculate Conception.” (Quoted in “Our Lady of Lourdes” tr. by Rev. F. Ignatius Sisk, O.C., from the original French of Henry Lasserre, pub. 1872)

“Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make his spirit, his devotion, his affections, his desires and his disposition live and reign there. All our religious exercises should be directed to this end. It is the work which God has given us to do unceasingly.” (St. John Eudes)

"The Lord is a Father, the most tender and best of fathers. He cannot fail to be moved when His children appeal to Him." St. Pio of Pietrelcina

“Only He Who made your wound can heal it. The Love that tightened your bow-strings did so, not in hurt, but in love of music. Do not all lovers ask in doubt; Do you love me? Ask that of the Tremendous Lover and each scar will seem a kiss! God is not way up there. He is taking another body – your own to carry on the world’s redemption. Too few offer Him a human nature like Mary at the angel’s call. So He conscripts you, drafts you, inducts you into His army. Complain that your shoulders ache beneath your pack but see His own smarting under a cross beam. Complaint to God is dialogue, and dialogue is prayer. Not the ready-made packaged, memorized lip-service of the book and candle, but the encounter and the union that only lovers know!” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Lenten & Easter Inspirations)

“Let us mistrust desires for change. Who are we who seek to choose our path? Let us abandon ourselves to Divine guidance.”  – St. Louise de Marillac

Arch-Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne cites Pope Pius IX’s indult: “In fine, by an Indult of 2nd December, His Holiness Pius IX. grants, at the request of the Bishop of Grenoble, the permission to solemnize each year, on the 19th of September, the anniversary of the Apparition, (vel ipso apparittonis die) in all the Churches of the Diocese; or, to celebrate it on the follow ing Sunday, by a solemn Mass, and by singing the Vespers of the Blessed Virgin. In the same Indult His Holiness authorises the clergy, if they prefer it, to celebrate the memory of the Apparition, (memoriam hujus apparitionis recolkre,) by adopting the entire office, and celebrating the Mass of the Patronage of the Blessed Virgin, under solemn rite, as a Doable of the Second Class.” (Quoted in “The Holy Mountain of La Salette: a pilgrimage of the year 1854” by Bishop Ullathorne, pub. 1854, pg. 127)

Our Lady of La Salette to Maximian: “If the people persist in disregarding the laws which they are bound to observe [not working on Sunday; not blaspheming], they may sow their corn if they will, it will come to nothing, the worms and insects shall devour it in the blade, and the blight shall consume the little that falls into ear. The grapes shall rot and fall off; the nut trees shall be blasted. Then shall follow a famine, when convulsions shall seize upon the little children, and they shall die in the arms 0f their mothers and nurses.” (Quoted by Rev. Henry Formby in his work “Our Lady of La Salette” to Bishop Ullathorne, pub. 1857, pg. 14)

Nothing is impossible for God and Mary Help of Christians~St. John Bosco 

“You must look forward. At all events this life is worth possessing, if it were only because while we have it we are candidates for a better one.”  – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

"…with the burning desire that the message of God’s merciful love proclaimed by St. Faustina may be made known to all the peoples of the earth and fill their hearts with hope." -St. John Paul II 

"There are more people converted from mortal sin to grace than there are religious converted from good to better."   St. Bernard Clairvaux

“When we leave the holy banquet, we are as happy as the Wise Men would have been, if they could have carried away the Infant Jesus.” (St. Jean-Baptiste Marie Vianney, Cure d’Ars)

"God commands us to love Him, not as much as He deserves, because He knows our capabilities and therefore He does not ask us to do what we cannot do. But He asks us to love Him according to our strength, with all our soul, all our mind, and all our heart."   St.  Pio   of Pietrelcina

“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

The Lord said to me, My daughter, do not tire of proclaiming My mercy. In this way you will refresh this Heart of Mine, which burns with a flame of pity for sinners. Tell My priests that hardened sinners will repent on hearing their words when they speak about My unfathomable mercy, about the compassion I have for them in My Heart. To priests who proclaim and extol My mercy, I will give wondrous power; I will anoint their words and touch the hearts of those to whom they will speak   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA  (Diary, 1521).

“We should assist the poor in every way and do it both by ourselves and by enlisting the help of others… to do this is to preach the gospel by word and by work.”  – St. Vincent de Paul 

“Everyone is disheartened by sharp reprimands and by the most amiable corrections as well.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

“11. ...In the times and places in which, to the Church's grief, faith languished in lethargic indifference or was tormented by the baneful scourge of heresy, our great and gracious Lady in her kindness was ever ready with her aid and comfort. 12. Under her inspiration, strong with her might, great men were raised up-illustrious for their sanctity no less than for their apostolic spirit-to beat off the attacks of wicked adversaries and to lead souls back into the virtuous ways of Christian life, firing them with a consuming love of the things of God. One such man, an army in himself, was [St.] Dominic Guzman [founder of the Order of Preachers, the “Dominicans”]. Putting all his trust in our Lady’s Rosary, he set himself fearlessly to the accomplishment of both these tasks with happy results.” Pope Leo XIII, Adiutricem, September 5, 1895

Our Lady to St. Dominic, instituting the rosary: “Wonder not that until now you have obtained so little fruit by your labours [in converting the Albigenses]; you have spent them on a barren soil, not yet watered with the dew of Divine grace. When God willed to renew the face of the earth, He began by sending down on it the fertilizing rain of the Angelic Salutation. Therefore preach my Psalter, composed of 150 Angelic Salutations and 15 Our Fathers, and you will obtain an abundant harvest.” (Quoted by Blessed Alan de la Roche, Sermon on the Confraternity of the Rosary; see “The History of St. Dominic, Founder of the Friars Preachers” by Augusta Theodosia Drane, pub. 1891, pg. 122; the whole of Ch. X demonstrates the strong authorities confirming the tradition that Our Lady established the rosary to St. Dominic, including citing Popes Leo X., Pius V., Gregory XIII., Sixtus V., Clement VIII., Alexander VII., Innocent XI., of Clement XI., of Innocent XIII. , of Benedict XIII., Pius IX. and Leo XIII.)

"If you say the Rosary faithfully until death, I do assure you that, in spite of the gravity of your sins "you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory." Even ifyou are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as sorcerers do who practice black magic, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and save your soul, if - and mark well what I say - if you say the Rosary devoutly every day until death for the purpose of knowing the truth and obtaining contrition and pardon for your sins."  - St. Louis Marie de Montfort 

“When we serve the poor and the sick we serve Jesus. We must not fail to help our neighbors, because in them we serve Jesus.”  - St. Rose of Lima 

“If you persevere in reciting the Rosary, this will be a most probable sign of your eternal salvation.”  Blessed Alan de la Roche

"The Holy Rosary is a powerful weapon use it with confidence and you'll be amazed at the result." -St Josemaria Escriva.

“Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggles increase.” (St. Rose of Lima)

"Bless Him in all that He makes you suffer on this earth and rejoice in it, for each victory gained has a corresponding crown in paradise."  St. Pio of Pietrelcina

“Mockers, can you not see that they are defensive? Have you ever noticed how many of them are writing and talking and giving reasons why they do not believe in Christ’s Mystical Body? Nobody asked them for their reasons; nobody invited them to build their little house on the Rock; but they feel bound to tell you why they are not doing it. Nobody goes around telling people why they are not believers in a new Sun Cult or why ‘paint the barn week’ is a snare invented by a paint manufacturer. This is because people are not conscious of Sun Cults and barns. But all of a sudden, these people have become conscious that they do not have the faith, so they immediately proceed to justify their position. They never tell us what they believe, but what they do not believe. They never give a lecture on why they go to Rock Island, but they give profuse lectures on why they never go to the Rock.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The Rock Plunged into Eternity)

“Though truth and sincerity should ever guard our words, yet we should be careful never to offend others.”  – St. Louise de Marillac

No soul will be justified until it turns with confidence to My mercy, and this is why the first Sunday after Easter is to be the Feast of Mercy. On that day, priests are to tell everyone about My great and unfathomable mercy. I am making you the [dispenser] of My mercy WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA (Diary, 570).

“Charity is like a flame which soars aloft. When present in a soul, charity raises it aloft to God and draws God to it in such a way that if you could see the beauty of it, you would fall in love with it and be transported with astonishment.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

"Mary in Hebrew signifies lady or sovereign: and truly the authority of her Son, who is the Lord of the world, constituted her Queen, both in fact and in name, from her very birth."
- (St. Peter Chrysologus, Doctor of the Church)

"Certainly she who performed the role of the Creator's handmaid and Mother is truly and in
perfect reality God's Mother, and Lady and Queen over all creation."  - (St. John Damascene, Doctor of the Church, c. 8th century A.D.)

"Because the virgin Mary was raised to such a lofty dignity as to be the mother of the King of kings, it is deservedly and by every right that the Church has honored her with the title of 'Queen'."  - (St. Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor of the Church)

"Be enthroned, Lady, for it is fitting that you should sit in an exalted place since you are a Queen and glorious above all kings."  - (St. Germanus)

“Our thoughts turn also to Christian families. to ask them to remain faithful to their vital mission in society. May they consecrate themselves in this jubilee year to the Immaculate Heart of Mary! For married couples this act of piety will be a valuable aid in performing their conjugal duties of chastity and faithfulness. It will keep pure the atmosphere in which their children grow up. Even more, it will make the family, inspired by its devotion to Mary, a living center of social rebirth and apostolic influence.” Pope Pius XII, Le Pelerinage De Lourdes, JULY 2, 1957, Par. 53

“I tell myself: A Son of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is a man on fire with love, who spreads its flames wherever he goes. He desires mightily and strives by all means possible to set the whole world on fire with God's love. Nothing daunts him; he delights in privations, welcomes work, embraces sacrifices, smiles at slander, and rejoices in suffering. His only concern is how he can best follow Jesus Christ and imitate Him in working, suffering, and striving constantly and single-mindedly for the greater glory of God and the salvation of souls.” St. Anthony Mary Claret (pg. 84 from the autobiography of St. Anthony Mary Claret)

"[The Queen] is always vigilant to intercede with the king whom she bore."
- (Pope Sixtus IV)

"I love You, O my God, and my only desire is to love You until the last breath of my life. I love You, O my infinitely lovable God, and I would rather die loving You, than live without loving You. I love You, Lord and the only grace I ask is to love You eternally....My God, if my tongue cannot say in every moment that I love You, I want my heart to repeat it to You as often as I draw breath."  - Saint John Vianney. 

“Let the entire body of the faithful pour forth persevering prayer to the Mother of God and Mother of men. Let them implore that she who aided the beginnings of the Church by her prayers may now, exalted as she is in heaven above all the saints and angels, intercede with her Son in the fellowship of all the saints. May she do so until all the peoples of the human family, whether they are honored with the name of Christian or whether they still do not know their Savior, are happily gathered together in peace and harmony into the one People of God, for the glory of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity”  - (Vatican II, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church , 69).

All the Darkness of the World cannot extinguish the light of the small Candle. St Francis of Assisi.

“When we were little, we kept close to our mother in a dark alley or if dogs barked at us. Now, when we feel temptations of the flesh, we should run to the side of Our Mother in Heaven, by realizing how close she is to us, and by means of aspirations. She will defend us and lead us to the light.” (St. Josemaría Escrivá)

"Prayer is the best weapon we possess. It is the key that opens the heart of God."  St.  Pio of Pietrelcina

“Mary is not only mother of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, but she is also our mother, and this is not by a title of courtesy, not by legal fiction, not by a mere figure of speech, but by the right of bringing us forth in sorrow at the foot of the cross…Mary, by sacrifice and obedience, regained for us the title, Mother of the living. What a destiny to have the Mother of God as my Mother and Jesus as my brother.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen

“One of the first rules of my happiness is to be satisfied with good in whatever degree I can attain it.”  – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

 Jesus: My daughter, do you think you have written enough about My mercy? What you have written is but a drop compared to the ocean. I am Love and Mercy Itself. There is no misery that could be a match for My mercy, neither will misery exhaust it, because as it is being granted – it increases. The soul that trusts in My mercy is most fortunate, because I Myself take care of it.   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA  (Diary,1273)

"Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! And transform your entire being into the image of the Godhead Itself through contemplation."
St Clare of Assisi

“Liberal Christianity which thinks God solely as a God of sentimental love – such love as a doting modern mother might have for her erring son who could do no wrong, and even when he did it, must be forgiven, for he did not mean it.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The Divine Verdict)

"You should humble yourself before God instead of becoming dejected if He reserves for you the sufferings of his Son and wants you to feel your weakness; you must pray to Him with resignation and hope when you fail through weakness and thank Him for the many benefits with which He enriches you."  St.  Pio of Pietrelcina

“In many ways the nineteenth century was to become, after the turmoil of the Revolution, a century of Marian favors. To mention but a single instance, everyone is familiar today with the ‘miraculous medal.’ This medal, with its image of ‘Mary conceived without sin,’ was revealed to a humble daughter of Saint Vincent de Paul whom We had the joy of inscribing in the catalogue of Saints, and it has spread its spiritual and material wonders everywhere.”
Pope Pius XII, LE PELERINAGE DE LOURDES, July 2, 1957, Par. 9

St. Catherine Labouré recounting Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal’s message: “While occupied in contemplating this vision, the Blessed Virgin cast her eyes upon me, and a voice said in the depths of my heart: ‘The globe that you see represents the entire world, and particularly France, and each person in particular.’ . . . And the Blessed Virgin added: ‘Behold the symbol of the graces I shed upon those who ask me for them,’ thus making me understand how generous she is to all who implore her intercession. . . . There now formed around the Blessed Virgin a frame slightly oval, upon which appeared, in golden letters, these words: ‘O Mary! conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee!’ Then I heard a voice which said: ‘Have a medal struck upon this model; persons who wear it indulgenced will receive many graces, especially if they wear it around the neck; graces will be abundantly bestowed upon those who have confidence.’” (Quoted in “The Sacramentals of the Holy Catholic Church” by Rev. A. A. Lambing, LL.D., Nihil Obstat: D. J. McMAHON, D.D., Censor Librorum., Imprimatur: +Michael Augustine, Archbishop of New York; New York, September 1, 1892., CH. XIV.— THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL., pg. 181)

"Whoever bears the mark of devotion to Mary, God recognizes as His own."- Saint Alphonsus Liguori 

“The Rosary is the most beautiful and the most rich in graces of all prayers, it is the prayer that touches most the Heart of the Mother of God … and if you wish peace to reign in your homes, recite the family Rosary.” (Pope St. Pius X)

"Looking into a sunset the face takes on a golden glow. Looking at the Eucharistic Lord for an hour transforms the heart." Archbishop Fulton Sheen

'We cannot with all our heart forgive someone who does us wrong unless we possess real knowledge. For this knowledge shows us that we deserve all we experience.' St. Mark the Ascetic (5th c.)

“Abandon yourself to God’s paternal embrace in the hope that He Himself will accomplish in you what He expects of you and will bless whatever you do for Him. Therefore keep your heart ready to receive peace and joy of the Holy Spirit.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

The Lord said to me, "The loss of each soul plunges Me into mortal sadness. You always console Me when you pray for sinners. The prayer most pleasing to Me is prayer for the conversion of sinners. Know, My daughter, that this prayer is always heard and answered."

WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA  (Diary 1397)

"Let us run to her, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence."   -St. Francis de Sales

In his bull Non est equidem (May 25, 1754), Pope Benedict XIV named the Virgin of Guadalupe patroness and exclaimed, Non fecit taliter omni nationi (“She hath not done this for any other nation”)!

Our Lady of Guadalupe to Juan Diego: “Return,” said the Virgin, “and say that it is I, the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, who sends thee.” ...She now commanded him to climb to the top of the barren rock of Tepeyac, to gather the roses which he should find there, and to bring them to her. The humble messenger obeyed, though well knowing, that on that spot were neither flowers nor any trace of vegetation. Nevertheless, he found the roses, which he gathered and brought to the Virgin Mary, who, throwing them into his tilma, said, “Return, show these to the bishop, and tell him that these are the credentials of thy mission.” (Quoted by Calderín de la Baxca in “LIFE IN MEXICO, DURING A RESIDENCE OF TWO YEARS” (1839-1841), LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 186, STRAND., pub. 1843, pg. 61)

"Peace is built on the foundation of justice.” (Saint John Paul II; Encyclical – Centesimus annus, §5, May 1, 1991)

"Serene in our faith and tranquil in our soul, let us pray and continue to pray, because intense and fervent prayer pierces the heavens and is backed up by a Divine guarantee."  St. Pio of Pietrelcina

“The justification for cutting corners, taking bribes and other forms of dishonesty is twofold. First is everybody’s doing it. The assumption here is that right and wrong are questions merely of mob judgment, rather than of standards. It forgets that right is right if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Guide to Contentment)

“Your patients need a share of your joy.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

"If we but paused for a moment to consider attentively what takes place in this Sacrament, I am sure that the thought of Christ's love for us would transform the coldness of our hearts into a fire of love and gratitude."  ~ St. Angela of Foligno

“I do not want to curse anybody, nor take vengeance, I want to be good towards everyone.”
~ Blessed Georg Häfner, OCDS

“When we leave the holy banquet, we are as happy as the Wise Men would have been, if they could have carried away the Infant Jesus.” (St. Jean-Baptiste Marie Vianney, Cure d’Ars)

“If you are inclined toward evil you know that God is incomparably more inclined to do good and to do it even in and through you.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

The Holy Roman General Inquisition under Paul V on 20 January, 1613, in a Decree to the following effect: “It is permitted to the Carmelite Fathers to preach that the Christian people may piously believe in the help which the souls of brothers and members, who have departed this life in charity, have worn in life the scapular, have ever observed chastity, have recited the Little Hours [of the Blessed Virgin], or, if they cannot read, have observed the fast days of the Church, and have abstained from flesh meat on Wednesdays and Saturdays (except when Christmas falls on such days), may derive after death — especially on Saturdays, the day consecrated by the Church to the Blessed Virgin — through the unceasing intercession of Mary, her pious petitions, her merits, and her special protection.” (Quoted by Joseph Hilgers. “Sabbatine Privilege.” The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912)

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel to St. Simon Stock: “Take, beloved son this scapular of thy order as a badge of my confraternity and for thee and all Carmelites a special sign of grace; whoever dies in this garment, will not suffer everlasting fire. It is the sign of salvation, a safeguard in dangers, a pledge of peace and of the covenant.” (Quoted by Joseph Hilgers. “Scapular.” The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912)

“Act, and God will act” -St. Joan of Arc

Let Your mercy shine upon Evil that has so increased!  ~St. Teresa of Avila

"In one day the Eucharist will make you produce more for the glory of God than a whole lifetime without it."  - St. Peter Julian Eymard 

" Abandon yourself into the hands of Mary. She will take care of you." St. Padre Pio...

"In the first place, let our prayers be directed towards disarming Divine wrath with regard to our own country. This land also has many accounts to settle with God. May she learn at least from the misfortunes of others, especially from those of her sister country, France, how harmful it is for the nation to draw away from God, and let her intone in due course the Miserere."  St.  Pio  of Pietrelcina

“The readiness to believe evil about others is in a large part ammunition for a thousand scandals in our own hearts. But by finding black spots in others, they believe they distract attention from their own miserable state. The good conscience, on the contrary, finds good in others even when there is some discontent with self.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The World’s First Love)

“God communicates himself more fully to the soul deprived of human consolation.”
– St. Louise de Marillac

My daughter, consider the life of God which is found in the Church for the salvation and the sanctification of your soul. Consider the use that you make of these treasures of grace, of these efforts of My love    WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA (Diary, 1758)

"Mary, mother of our Redeemer… through you, God’s holy people, His Church on earth, appeals for light and strength in this pilgrimage of faith. You have gone before us on the same journey and are now glorified in heaven. Be for us who are still on that journey of faith a true Star of the Sea, leading us to the presence of your Son where He sits at the right hand of the Father, enthroned in glory.”  - Pope St. John Paul II

“The difference between LOVE and DEVOTION is just that which exists between fire and flame;—love being a spiritual fire which becomes devotion when it is fanned into a flame;—and what devotion adds to the fire of love is that flame which makes it eager, energetic and diligent, not merely in obeying God’s Commandments, but in fulfilling His Divine Counsels and inspirations.”—St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Pt. I, Ch. 1

“It suffices that God sees our hearts.”  – St. Vincent de Paul

Under Pope Innocent XIII, approved by the Sacred Congregation of Rites on the 7th of August, 1723, the following narrative: “According to ancient and pious tradition, St. James the Greater, led by Providence into Spain, spent some time at Saragossa. (Then called Cæsar- Augusta.) He there received a signal favour from the Blessed Virgin. As he was praying with his disciples one night, upon the banks of the Ebro, as the same tradition informs us, the Mother of God, who still lived, appeared to him, and commanded him to erect an oratory in that place. The apostle delayed not to obey this injunction, and with the assistance of his disciples soon constructed a small chapel. In the course of time a larger church was built and dedicated, which, with the dedication of St. Saviour’s, is kept as a festival in the city and diocese of Saragossa on the 4th of October.” (Quoted in “LEGENDS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN” by J. COLLIN DE PLANCY. LONDON 1852, Approbation P. Dupanloup, Vicar-General. By order of His Grace the Archbishop of Paris. P. Cruice, Secretary to the Commission., pg. 261-262)

Our Lady of the Pillar to St. James the Greater: “Build me a Church in this place,” said Our Lady, “I know that this part of Spain will be particularly devout to me, and from this moment I take it under my patronage.” (Cited in “Church of Our Lady of Esperanza” by THE REV. CRESCENT ARMANET, A.A.; Permissu Superiorum, NIHIL OBSTAT: ARTHUR SCANLAN, S.T.D. Censor Librorum., Imprimatur: +PATRICK J. HAYES, D.D. Archbishop of New York; New York, May 14, 1921, pg. 137) [There is a well established tradition that Our Lady while still living bilocated to St. James while he was evangelizing in Spain to encourage him in his endeavors there. St. James was martyred in Spain after establishing the Catholic religion there in circa 40-44 A.D., this is considered the first Marian apparition of sorts.]

"Happy is the soul that knows how to find Jesus in the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in all things!,"   - St. Peter Julian Eymard

“One word or a pleasing smile is often enough to raise up a saddened and wounded soul.” -St. Therese

" Dear Jesus, help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Thine. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Thy presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus. Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others. Amen."  -St. Teresa  of Calcutta

“Know, O beautiful soul, that you are the image of God.” -St. Ambrose of Milan 

“Thou movest us to delight in praising Thee; for Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.” (St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions – Book I. Chapter I.)

"The pain caused by this wound which He inflicts on me and the sweetness which accompanies it are so intense that I cannot even begin to describe it. However. . . this pain and this sweetness are completely spiritual, although it is also true that they are shared by the body to a high degree."  St. Pio of Pietrelcina

“To pass from sadness to joy requires a birth, a moment of travail and labor, for no one ever mounts to a higher level of life without death to the lower.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The World’s First Love)

“This union of my soul with God is my wealth in poverty and joy in deepest afflictions.”
– St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

What Lucifer lost by pride Mary won by humility. What Eve ruined and lost by disobedience Mary saved by obedience. By obeying the serpent, Eve ruined her children as well as herself and delivered them up to him. Mary by her perfect fidelity to God saved her children with herself and consecrated them to his divine majesty.   - True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis De Montfort.

"Have confidence. Return. Invoke our Lady and you'll be faithful."  - St. Josemaría Escrivá

Pope St. Adeodatus I (or Pope St. Deusdedit), papal bull seal: “Deusdedit Papæ” [The obverse of his seal shows Christ the Good Shepherd with the inscription] “A　Ω” [Alpha and Omega]. (Leo A. Kelly in his article on Pope St. Deusdedit, printed in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908.)

St. Longinus: “Indeed this was the Son of God.” (Matthew 27:54)