“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

Consider with me that there twelve passions that lead to sin. If you willingly cherish on of them, that one passion will come to occupy the place of the other twelve.   - St. Mark the Ascetic

“O happy exchange!  The soul thus abandoned in the eyes of men, now possesses God instead of creatures.”   - St. Francis de Sales 

“Peace is worth more than all worldly possessions.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

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

Remember that you are never alone.  Christ is with you on your journey every day of your lives! -Pope St. John Paul II

We have Him so near in the Blessed Sacrament, where he is already glorified.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Book of Her Life - chapter 22 : 6

"Do not fear; I am with you." WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 129)

“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

“All gifts, virtues, and graces of the Holy Ghost are administered by the hands of Mary to whomever she desires, when she desires, and in the manner she desires, and to whatever degree she desires.”   - St. Bernardine of Siena

“There are two kinds of souls in the world; those who hide from God and those from whom God hides.  But when God hides, He hides in order that he might be sought the more, as if to draw out a deeper love.  During the three days when the divine Child was lost, the Blessed Mother became the mother of sinners.  The essence of sin is the loss of God, and Mary lost God, not spiritually, but physically.  During those three days, she came to know something of the solitariness of the sinner, the loneliness of the guilty, and the aloneness of the frustrated.  Her divine Son, 21 years later, would feel it for Himself on the cross, when He would ask why God had abandoned Him.  Let no sinner ever despair of Divine mercy, because Mary understands the tortures of the heart, but above all, because she knows where to find Christ.  She also knows how to bring the sinner to her Divine Son.  As the Madonna of the Empty Arms, she awaits your embrace.”  Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The Fifteen Mysteries)

“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)

“Shall I show thee what God is? No one finds peace apart from Him.”   -St. Catherine of Genoa

“If God is the center of your life, no words will be needed. Your mere presence will touch their hearts.”   - St. Vincent de Paul

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

“Humility, obedience, meekness, and love are the virtues that shine through the Cross and the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. O my Jesus, help me imitate you!”   -St. Antony Mary Claret

“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”   -St. Teresa of Calcutta

Now the Church consists of both her earthly and heavenly parts, for the Son of God came to earth and became man that He might lead man into heaven and make him once again a citizen of Paradise, returning to him his original state of sinlessness and wholeness and uniting him unto Himself.
This is accomplished by the action of Divine grace grated through the Church, but man’s effort is also required. God saves His fallen creature by His own love for him, but man’s love for his Creator is also necessary; without it he cannot by saved. Striving towards God and cleaving unto the Lord by its humble love, the human soul obtains power to cleanse itself from sin and to strengthen itself for the struggle to complete victory over sin.   - St. John the Wonderworker of Shanghai and San Francisco, “The Church as the Body of Christ.”

Enrich your soul in the great goodness of God: The Father is your table, the Son is your food, and the Holy Spirit waits on you and then makes His dwelling in you.   – Saint Catherine of Siena

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.   - St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

“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)

It seems to me that only one such gentle glance toward souls that You posses as Yours is enough reward for many years of service.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   Soliloquies - chapter 14 : 1

“ The darkness that sometimes surrounds the heaven of your soul is light. Because of this you think you are in the dark, and you have the impression of being in the center of a burning bush. In fact when the bush burns, the air around it is filled with smoke clouds and the bewildered soul is afraid of not seeing, of no longer understanding anything. But it is then that God speaks and is present to the soul: who hears, understands, loves and trembles. Therefore, do not wait for Tabor to see God when you already contemplate Him on Sinai!”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

The next day, after Communion, I heard the voice saying, My daughter, look into the abyss of My mercy and give praise and glory to this mercy of Mine. Do it in this way: Gather all sinners from the entire world and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. I want to give Myself to souls; I yearn for souls, My daughter. On the day of My feast, the Feast of Mercy, you will go through the whole world and bring fainting souls to the spring of My mercy. I shall heal and strengthen them.   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 206)

“The clients of this most merciful Mother are very fortunate. She helps them both in this life and in the next, consoling them and sponsoring their cause in Purgatory. For the simple reason that the Souls in Purgatory need help so desperately, since they cannot help themselves, our Mother of Mercy does so much more to relieve them. She exercises over these Poor Souls, who are the spouses of Christ, particular dominion, with power to relieve them and even deliver them from their pains. See how important it is then to have devotion to this good Lady, because she never forgets her servants as long as they suffer in these flames. If she helps all the Poor Souls, she is especially indulgent and consoling to her own clients.”   - St. Alphonsus Maria de Ligouri 

“The swaddling clothes of an infant hid the Son of God in Bethlehem, and the appearance of bread and wine hides the Reality of Christ dying again on Calvary, in the Mass.  This concealment of Himself that God effects with us is operative in His use of the Now to hide His will beneath the aspect of very simple, everyday things.  We live our lives in dependence on such casual, common benefits as air and water; so Our Lord is pleased to receive from us in return the thousands of unimportant actions and the trifling details that make up our lives – provided that we see, even in our sorrows, ‘the shade of his hand outstretched caressingly.’  Here is the whole secret of sanctity; the method is available to everyone and deserves particular notice from those who ask: ‘What can I do?’  For many good souls are hungry to do great things for God.  They complain that they have no opportunities for heroic virtue, no chance at the apostolate.  They would be martyrs; but when a meal is late, or a bus is crowded, when the theater is filled, or the dance postponed, or the bacon overdone, they are upset for a whole day.  They miss their opportunities for loving God in the little things He asks of them.”  Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Lift Up Your Heart)

“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

“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)

“The works of God are not accomplished when we wish them, but whenever it pleases God.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“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

“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”   - St. Teresa of Calcutta

O blessed heavenly souls ! Help our misery and be our intercessors before the divine mercy.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   Soliloquies - chapter 13:1

  My daughter, know without doubt, and once and for all, that only mortal sin drives Me out of a soul, and nothing else.   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 1181)

“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 signed with our sins, which 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 offences 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

“I do not tremble when I see my weakness, for the treasures of a mother belong also to her child, and I am thy child, O dear Mother Mary.”   - St. Thérèse of Lisieux

“Evidently, the natural or carnal man was geared to receive Him as One Who came to give a moral code such as could be posted on church lawns; but to take Him for One coming into the world as a “ransom” for mankind required a higher wisdom.”   Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Life of Christ)

“Indiscreet zeal is not good– people often spoil good works by rushing ahead and by acting according to their own inclinations, which, contrary to common sense, make them think that the good they see to be done is feasible and timely, although this is not so; their error is recognized in the resulting lack of success.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

Humility is like a pair of scales: the lower one side falls, the higher rises the other. Let us humble ourselves like the Blessed Virgin and we shall be exalted.    -St. John Vianney

"The purest suffering produces the purest understanding."   - St. John of the Cross

“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

“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.”      - Pope St. John Paul II

O incomprehensible Wisdom! How necessary is all the love You have for creatures in order to endure so much madness and to wait for our cure.   St. Teresa of Jesus of Avila   Soliloquies - chapter 12:2

“ 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

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 administrator of My mercy. Tell the confessor that the Image is to be on view in the church and not within the enclosure in that convent. By means of this Image I shall be granting many graces to souls; so let every soul have access to it."   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary 570)

“We never give more honor to Jesus than when we honor his Mother, and we honor her simply and solely to honor him all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading to the goal we seek - Jesus, her Son."   - St. Louis Marie de Montfort

"The world may disagree with the Church, but the world knows very definitely with what it is disagreeing. In the future as in the past, the Church will be intolerant about the sanctity of marriage, for what God has joined together no man shall put asunder; she will be intolerant about her creed, and be ready to die for it, for she fears not those who kill the body, but rather those who have the power to cast body and soul into hell." Archbishop Fulton Sheen

He who seeks not the cross of Christ seeks not the glory of Christ.   - St. John of the Cross  - Maxims on Love

“God often delays the conclusion of a holy endeavor so that those involved in it might merit the grace by the length of the work, their patience and their prayers.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“It is without doubt very humiliating for the good God to come into our hearts, but it is to find there a soul that He loves, that He has bought at the cost of His Blood.”    -St. John Vianney

“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

“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)

In the face of so many enemies it's not possible for us to sit with our hands folded.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   Meditations on the Song of Songs -chapter 2 : 2

"God's desire to save you is greater than that of your enemy to destroy you"    - St Nicodemos

"During prayer I heard these words within me: The two rays denote Blood and Water. The pale ray stands for the Water which makes souls righteous. The red ray stands for the Blood which is the life of souls...
These two rays issued forth from the very depths of My tender mercy when My agonized Heart was opened by a lance on the Cross.
These rays shield souls from the wrath of My Father. Happy is the one who will dwell in their shelter, for the just hand of God shall not lay hold of him. I desire that the first Sunday after Easter be the Feast of Mercy."   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary 299)

“ 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 Pietrelcina    ( G. Festa, Tra i misteri della scienza e le luci della fede, 169)

"The Immaculate alone has from God the promise of victory over Satan. She seeks souls that will consecrate themselves entirely to her, that will become in her hands forceful instruments for the defeat of Satan and the spread of God's kingdom."   - St. Maximilian Kolbe

“How do we meet this challenge of a mood which makes society evil and the person guiltless? The answer must be: the courage of the few.  “If the trumpets give an uncertain sound who will prepare for battle?”  Courage is to some extent the foundation of all virtue for without it there is no security for preserving any other virtue.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen

“In order to acquire a solid habit of any virtue, it is necessary to form good resolutions on the particular acts of this virtue and be faithful in executing them.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

"Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love."   - St.Therese of Lisieux

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

“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.)

"What then will a Catholic Christian do, if a small portion of the Church have cut itself off from the communion of the universal faith? What, surely, but prefer the soundness of the whole body to the unsoundness of a pestilent and corrupt member? What, if some novel contagion seek to infect not merely an insignificant portion of the Church, but the whole? Then it will be his care to cleave to antiquity (Tradition), which at this day cannot possibly be seduced by any fraud of novelty".   - St. Vincent of Lerins

“Most high, omnipotent, good Lord, to thee,
All glory, honor, praise, and blessing be.
Thou only art deserving of the same;
No man is worthy to pronounce thy name.”   -St. Francis of Assisi, Deacon, from The Canticle of the Sun

"My spirit has become dry because it forgets to feed on You."    - St. John of the Cross  

Many remain at the foot of the mount who could ascent to the top ?.... I repeat and ask that you always have courageous thoughts. As a result of them, the Lord will give you grace for courageous deeds.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   Meditations on the Song of Songs -chapter 2 : 17

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

Jesus said, "Your misery has disappeared in the depths of My mercy...You will give me pleasure if you hand over to Me all your troubles and griefs. I shall heap upon you the treasures of My grace...Come close to My wounds and draw from the fountain of Life whatever your heart desires...Look at the splendors of My mercy and do not fear the enemies of your salvation. Glorify My mercy."   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA     (Diary 1485)

“Let us ask Our Lady to be with us. Let us ask her to give us her heart so beautiful, so pure, so immaculate – her heart so full of love and humility that we may be able to receive Jesus as the bread of life, that we may love Him as she loved Him and serve Him in the distressing disguise of the poor."   - St. Teresa of Calcutta

“ If you succeed in overcoming temptation it has the effect of soap on dirty linen.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

“Let us ask Our Lady to be with us. Let us ask her to give us her heart so beautiful, so pure, so immaculate – her heart so full of love and humility that we may be able to receive Jesus as the bread of life, that we may love Him as she loved Him and serve Him in the distressing disguise of the poor."   - St. Teresa of Calcutta

“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

“It is a good thing, during the week that follows our communion-day, to do something more than usual; for example, to say five Our Fathers and Hail Maries with our arms extended, or an extra rosary.”    St. Philip Neri (1515-1595)

“We take our temperament with us wherever we go.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

"To serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there, and to live under her commands is more than to govern."    - Saint John Vianney

We know that Moses set up three cities of refuge for anyone who inadvertently killed his neighbor. Now the Lord has established a refuge of mercy, Mary, even for those who deliberately commit evil. Mary provides shelter and strength for the sinner.”    - Saint Anthony of Padua

"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 more I hear of Your great marvels and consider that You can add to them, the more my faith is strengthened.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   Soliloquies - chapter 4:2

When I went for adoration, I heard these words: My beloved daughter, write down these words, that today My Heart has rested in this convent [the Cracow house]. Tell the world about My mercy and My love.
The flames of mercy are burning me. I desire to pour them out upon human souls. Oh, what pain they cause Me when they do not want to accept them!
My daughter, do whatever is within your power to spread devotion to My mercy. I will make up for what you lack. Tell aching mankind to snuggle close to My merciful Heart, and I will fill it -with peace.
Tell [all people], My daughter, that I am Love and Mercy itself. When a soul approaches Me with trust, I fill it with such an abundance of graces that it cannot contain them within itself, but radiates them to other souls.   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 1074)

“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

"In dangers, in doubts, in difficulties, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Don't let her name depart from your lips; never allow it to leave your heart. And that you may more surely obtain the assistance of her prayer, don't neglect to walk in her footsteps."   - Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

“A man can join any other movement, group, or cult without provoking hostile comment from his neighbors and friends; he can even found some esoteric sun cult of his own and be tolerated as a citizen exercising his legitimate freedom and satisfying his own religious needs.  But as soon as anyone joins the Catholic Church, hatred, opposition appear.”  Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Peace of Soul)

“Let us depend entirely on God, full of confidence that no matter what men may do or say, all will turn to our good. Yes, should the whole world unite for our destruction, nothing can happen to us but by the permission of God, in whom we have placed our whole trust.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“The most deadly poison of our times is indifference. And this happens, although the praise of God should know no limits. Let us strive, therefore, to praise Him to the greatest extent of our powers.”    - - St. Maximilian Kolbe

All the darkness in the world can’t extinguish the light from a single candle.   - St. Francis of Assisi

There is nothing more man needs than Divine Mercy   - Pope  St. John Paul II

“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)

My God and Lord! Blessed the soul You have raised up and is determined to please You always   St. Teresa of Jesus of Avila   Soliloquies - chapter 3:2

"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. .... this is meant for a great number of souls who will profit from it.   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 1142)

“My past, O Lord, to your Mercy; my present, to your Love; my future, to your Providence!”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

“Be not cast down because the persecutors of religion, having laid the Church, like its Founder, in the tomb, utter the boast: ‘Behold the place where we laid it.’  The law of progress of the Church is the reverse of the law of progress of the world.  We are most progressive when we are most hated.  It is only because the fires of its Truth are blinding evil eyes and convicting them of sin and judgement, that the world vainly tried to put them out.  And though the world is tearing up all the photographs and blueprints of a society and a family based on the moral law of God, be not disheartened.  The Church has kept the negatives.”  Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Lenten & Easter Inspirations)

“The devil writes down our sins--our Guardian Angel all our merits."    - St. John Vianney

“There are some persons who are content with everything and others who are scarcely content with anything. These latter need patience to bear with themselves.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

"Even when alone be cheerful, remembering always that you are in the sight of the angels."
   - St. Thérèse of Lisieux

“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

"Go through life like a little child, always trusting, happy in every circumstance."    -St. Faustina

And if in our days we look sorrowfully into the future, and if the enemy presses hard upon our mother, the Church, she too, will arise from the grave of oppression.  That this will be the case every century testifies; the deeper they dig her grave, the tighter they seal and close it, the more gloriously has she ever arisen from the grave, and the more victoriously does she unfurl her flag.  Her founder, who rose from the grave today, has said: "The gates of hell shall never prevail against her."  And this founder proclaims joyfully to the redeemed world today: "All hail, Conqueror of Golgotha, Conqueror like unto non other!  Alleluia!  St. John Vianney

The gain one can acquire or hope for from you, that is, to please God in all.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   Soliloquies - chapter 1:3

“ The devil has only one door through which to enter into 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

“Jesus said to me with kindness, ‘My daughter, speak to priests about this inconceivable mercy of Mine. The flames of mercy are burning Me – clamoring to be spent; I want to keep pouring them out upon souls; souls just do not want to believe in My goodness.’”    WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 177)

in the mouth, melody to the ear of Her devout clients!”    - St. Anthony of Padua

“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)

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

"Nothing is sweeter than to think well of others."    - St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"It is not surprising, then, that the devil should do everything possible to influence us to give up prayer or to pray badly, because he knows better than we do how terrible it is for hell and how impossible it is that God should refuse us what we ask Him for in prayer."   –Saint John Vianney

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

“Give up your own will and submit your judgment whenever you have the opportunity of so doing, for I think that this is very pleasing to God.”   St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690)

Lord, I want to forget myself and look only at how I can serve You and have no other desire than to do Your will.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   Meditations on the Song of Songs - chapter 4 : 12

"Through the Chaplet you will obtain everything, if what you ask for is compatible with My will".
"Say unceasingly the Chaplet that I have taught you. Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death. Priests will recommend it to sinners as their last hope of salvation. Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this Chaplet only once, he would receive the grace of My infinite mercy".
"At the hour of their death, I defend every soul that will say this Chaplet as I do My own glory. When this Chaplet is said by the bedside of a dying person, God's anger is placated and His unfathomable mercy envelops the soul"   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary 687, 811 & 1731)

"Mary has the authority over the angels and the blessed in heaven. As a reward for her great humility, God gave her the power and mission of assigning to saints the thrones made vacant by the apostate angels who fell away through pride. Such is the will of the almighty God who exalts the humble, that the powers of heaven, earth and hell, willingly or unwillingly, must obey the commands of the humble Virgin Mary. For God has made her queen of heaven and earth, leader of His armies, keeper of His treasure, dispenser of His graces, mediatrix on behalf of men, destroyer of His enemies, and faithful associate in His great works and triumphs."   - St. Louis Marie de Montfort

“ Confession which is the 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

“Our Blessed Savior revealed to Mary Magdalene the truth that He was no longer to be seen under the form of time and in the world of sensations, but only by the soul and in the world of eternity….This great truth needs to be stressed strongly on this new Easter Day when human beings no longer speak of eternity, but only of time; when they are more concerned about citizenship in the Kingdom of this world than citizenship in the Kingdom of Heaven; when their interests center more about passing questions of science, politics, economics, wealth, and power, instead of around the Risen Christ who sits eternally at the right hand of God.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Manifestations of Christ)

“The laborers of the Gospel are treasures who deserve to be well taken care of.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“The Lord’s triumph, on the day of the Resurrection, is final. Where are the soldiers the rulers posted there? Where are the seals that were fixed to the stone of the tomb? Where are those who condemned the Master? Where are those who crucified Jesus? He is victorious, and faced with his victory those poor wretches have all taken flight. Be filled with hope: Jesus Christ is always victorious.” (St. Josemaría Escrivá, The Forge, 660)

“‘Oh,  my children,’ Mary seems to say to us with these words, ‘when the enemy assails you, lift your eyes to me and behold me and take courage; for in me, who defends you, you will behold, at the same time, your victory.’” - St. Albert the Great

"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."    -Pope St. John Paul II (1920-2005)

"Yes, Mary is our great helper; she it is, who presents to her divine Son, all our prayers, our tears, and our sighs; she it is who obtains the graces for us which we need for our sanctification."   Saint John Vianney

Behold His wounds, Lord, and since He pardoned those who inflicted them, may You pardon us.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila    Soliloquies - chapter 11 : 3 

“ 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 and restless.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

I desire trust from My creatures. Encourage souls to place great trust in My fathomless mercy. Let the weak, sinful soul have no fear to approach Me, for even if it had more sins than there are grains of sand in the world, all would be drowned in the unmeasurable depths of My mercy    WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary,1059).

“Every step we take all day long is a step of nature or a step of grace.”

– St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

"If there were any other exit from an empty tomb than through the door of the Cross, Our Lord would have passed through it; if there were any other way to have all things added to us than seeking first the Kingdom of God and His Justice, Our Lord would never have commanded it. We are merely scratching the surface of the world's ills, covering the world's prejudice with face powder, soothing national concerns with alcohol rubs, changing our title of property without uprooting selfishness. Very simply, unless man is reformed, the world will never be remade for there is no escaping the Easter lesson: Reform man and you re-make the world!"
Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The Two Revolutions)

“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

“Beg God to grant us a genuine spirit of mercy which is the spiritual characteristic of God.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“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.)

“We shall steer safely through every storm so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God.”   - St. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

"If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you."   -St. John Vianney

“ 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

On that day (Divine Mercy Sunday) all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that no mind, be it of man or of angel, will be able to fathom it throughout all eternity. Everything that exists has come forth from the very depths of My most tender mercy. Every soul in its relation to Me will contemplate My love and mercy throughout eternity. The Feast of Mercy emerged from My very depths of tenderness. ..Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy.    WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 699)

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

It seems to me the Holy Spirit must be a mediator between the Soul and God, the One who moves it with such ardent desires, for He enkindles it in avsupreme fire, which is so near.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   Meditations on the Song of Songs -chapter 5 : 5

"The Divine Mercy did not identify the traitor, for Our Lord hid from the others the identity of the betrayer. The practice of the world which loves to spread scandals, even those which are untrue, is here reversed in the hiding of what is true. When they saw Judas leave, the others assumed that he went on a mission of charity." Archbishop Fulton Sheen

“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

“God, heal your creature, that he not be ruled by the enemy.”   --St. Poemen

"God has no need of anyone to carry out his work of sanctification, but just as he allows a skillful gardener to raise rare and delicate plants, so does he wish to aided in sanctifying souls."   -St. Therese of Lisieux

“Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.”     - Saint Maximilian Kolbe

"A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil.”   - Saint Dominic

“Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.” » St. John Vianney

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

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

"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

Love turns work into rest.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   Soliloquies - chapter 5 : 2

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

"YES, THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER IS THE FEAST OF MERCY, but there must also be acts of mercy, and I demand the worship of My mercy through the solemn celebration of the Feast and through the veneration of the image which is painted. By means of this image I shall grant many graces to souls. It is to be a reminder of the demands of My mercy, because even the strongest faith is of no avail without works. O my Jesus, You yourself must help me in everything, because You see how very little I am, and so I depend solely on Your goodness, O God."   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST.  FAUSTINA   (Diary 742)

“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

“No one can ever pass on to another the comfort that God gives until he has himself felt it after a moment of trial and suffering.  Never seek true wisdom from a person who has never suffered.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Lenten & Easter Inspirations)

“O Death, where is your sting? O Hell, where is your victory? Christ is risen, and you are overthrown. Christ is risen, and the demons are fallen. Christ is risen, and the angels rejoice. Christ is risen, and life reigns. Christ is risen, and not one dead remains in the grave. For Christ, being risen from the dead, is become the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. To Him be glory and dominion unto ages of ages. Amen.” (St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, The Paschal Sermon)

“I place trust in God, in all things; I love Him with all my heart”   - St. Joan of Arc

O Mary, you give assistance to everyone endeavoring to rise to God!    - St. Bridget of Sweden

"There is still time for endurance, time for patience, time for healing, time for change. Have you slipped? Rise up. Have you sinned? Cease. Do not stand among sinners, but leap aside.”   - St.Basil

This is the wonderful truth, my dear friends: the Word, which became flesh two thousand years ago is present today in the Eucharist.   Pope St. John Paul II

“God is very good to tolerate me!”   – St. Vincent de Paul

Prayer is powerful beyond limits when we turn to the Immaculata who is queen even of God's heart.   - St. Maximilian Kolbe

“Devotion to you, O Blessed Virgin, is a means of salvation which God gives to those whom he wishes to save.”    - Saint John Damascene

"Softened and humbled by aridities and trials in which God exorcises the soul in the courses of this night, individuals become meek toward God and themselves, and also toward their neighbor."   -St. John of the Cross

After the love which we owe Jesus Christ, we must give the chief place in our heart to the love of His Mother Mary.    -St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

"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

Oh, hardness of human hearts ! May Your boundless compassion, my God, soften these hearts.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   Soliloquies - chapter 10 : 3

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

"I desire trust from My creatures. Encourage souls to place great trust in My fathomless mercy. Let the weak, sinful soul have no fear to approach Me, for even if it had more sins than there are grains of sand in the world, all would be drowned in the unmeasurable depths of My mercy."   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary,1059).

“There, too, I listen on my knees, great Queen of all the Angels! To that sweet canticle that flows in rapture from your soul; so do you teach me how to sing like heavenly, glad angels. And glorify my Jesus, who alone can make me whole.”   - St. Thérèse of Lisieux

“The only ones who suffer from the problem of identity are those who have no goal, no destiny, no eternal shore.  How do we know our identity?  By limits, by laws, by destinies, by God.  Once the Good Friday-Easter Sunday syndrome is made the rule of life, then one sees that only the Christ-fettered are free.”  Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Those Mysterious Priests)

“The rule of piety admits nothing new. All things are to be delivered to those who come after us with the same fidelity with which they were received by us. It is our duty to follow religion, not make religion follow us.”   St. Vincent of Lerins

“It is not possible, O Lady, that thou shouldst abandon him who has placed his hope in thee.”   -St. Bernard

Him whom the heavens cannot contain, the womb of one woman bore. She ruled our Ruler; she carried Him in whom we are; she gave milk to our Bread.    -St. Augustine

“Blessed the one who stands in the assembly and prays like an Angel from heaven, keeping his thoughts pure day by day, and has given no entrance to the Evil One to make his soul a prisoner, far from God his Saviour.”    -St. Ephrem of Syria

“I recommend to thee, my Brother, patience in all thy works, so that no matter what impediments thou meetest with either from the brethren or from others, even if they were to strike thee, thou shouldst receive it as a favour, and desire that and nothing else. And thou shouldst love those who act thus towards thee, and not wish them to be different until the Lord grants it for thy consolation—But thou must love them by desiring that they become better Christians.”   - St. Francis of Assisi

“But if these beings angels guard you, they do so because they have been summoned by your prayers.”   - St. Ambrose of Milan

“Always, the hand of God is outstretched for those who wish to clasp it.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

"Jesus, I smile through my own tears when I contemplate Your Sorrows"    - St. Therese of Lisieux

I give myself to you as a prey to be consumed; enclose yourself in me that I may be absorbed in you so as to contemplate in your light the abyss of your Splendor!   - St Elizabeth of the Trinity

I want to possess all, my God. May I enjoy peacefully so much beauty.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   Soliloquies - chapter 14 : 2

The souls that say this chaplet will be embraced by My mercy during their lifetime & especially at the hour of their death.”   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 754)

“ 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

"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

“I keep up the Holy Hour to grow more and more into his likeness. As Paul puts it: "We are transfigured into his likeness, from splendor to splendor." We become like that which we gaze upon. Looking into a sunset, the face takes on a golden glow. Looking at the Eucharistic Lord for an hour transforms the heart in a mysterious way as the face of Moses was transformed after his companionship with God on the mountain. Something happens to us similar to that which happened to the disciples at Emmaus. On Easter Sunday afternoon when the Lord met them, he asked why they were so gloomy. After spending some time in his presence, and hearing again the secret of spirituality - "The Son of Man must suffer to enter into his Glory" - their time with him ended and their "hearts were on fire." Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Treasure in Clay)

“Among all the devotions approved by the Church none has been so favored by so many miracles as the devotion of the Most Holy Rosary”    - Pope Blessed Pius IX

”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

“Like thrifty housekeepers, we should turn all things to real profit; let us not seek our consolation in creatures nor in self-gratifications, but let us go straight to God by the path of interior and exterior mortification, traced out for us by his Divine Son.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“It is, in fine, to this Sacred Heart we should continually strive to unite ours—no longer wishing to have other desires or sentiments than those of Jesus—and then we may be sure that His will and His Sacred Heart may, so to speak, merge into our heart, and that the two will be as one. Draw waters at leisure out of the Savior’s fountains: you will never exhaust them.”   - St. Peter Damian

"Look at His adorable Face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes, look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us."    - ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX

"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."   -Pope St. John Paul II

O love that loves me more than I can love myself or understand !   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   Soliloquies - chapter 17:1

"On one occasion, I heard these words: My daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy. The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. On that day all the divine floodgates through which grace flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that no mind, be it of man or of angel, will be able to fathom it throughout all eternity. Everything that exists has come forth from the very depths of My most tender mercy. Every soul in its relation to Me will contemplate My love and mercy throughout eternity. The Feast of Mercy emerged from My very depths of tenderness. It is My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy."   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary 699)

“ 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 St. 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

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

"The Western World puts a far greater emphasis on freedom than the Eastern World. Our Western concept of liberty has its roots in two master ideas: one, the fact that man has a soul; and the other, that man has the right to own private property. Both these ideas are related one to the other. Man is free on the inside because he can call his soul his own; he is free on the outside because he can call property his own. Property is the economic guarantee of human freedom as the soul is its spiritual guarantee of liberty."  Archbishop Fulton Sheen

What is necessary, daughters, is that we be content with little.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   Meditations on the Song of Songs -chapter 2 : 10

“Perseverance is needed on the narrow path on which we have entered.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

"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)

“When you see the storm coming, if you seek safety in that firm refuge which is Mary, there will be no danger of your wavering or going down.”   -St. Josemaria Escriva

“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

“In God we should chant the divine praises; we should do all things in God.” St. Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)

“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.” - St. Teresa of Calcutta

If only they would learn something, from the humility of the most Blessed Virgin Mary.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila    Meditations on the Song of Songs -chapter 6 : 7

“By means of this Image I shall be granting many graces to souls; so, let every soul have access to it”   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA    (Diary, 570).

“Rest assured that the more a soul is pleasing to God, the more it must be tried. Therefore, courage, and go forward always.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"Jesus Christ, after having given us all He could give, that is to say, the merit of His toils, His sufferings, and bitter death; after having given us His adorable body and blood to be the food of our souls, willed also to give us the most precious thing He had left, which was His holy Mother."   - St. John Vianney

"If a man is ever to enjoy communion with Christ, so as to have the blood of God running in his veins and the spirit of God throbbing in his soul, he must die to the lower life of the flesh.  He must be born again. And hence the law of Calvary is the law of every Christian: unless there is a Cross there will never be the resurrection, unless there is the defeat of Calvary there will never be the victory of Easter, unless there are the nails there will never be the glorious wounds, unless there is the garment of scorn, there will never be the robes blazing like the sun, unless there is the crown of thorns there will never be the halo of light for the law laid down at the beginning of time which shall be effective until time shall be no more, is that no one shall be crowned unless he has struggled and overcome.”  Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The Moral Universe)

"If you invoke the blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you."   - Saint John Vianney

“Small negligences create the greatest useless expense.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“I feel that I shall die happy if during life I entertain a great love for the Most Blessed Sacrament and for the Blessed Virgin, my Mother.”   - St. Peter Julian Eymard

"The measure of love is love without measure"   - St. Bernard of Clairvaux

"The Son of God became man for our salvation but only in Mary and through Mary."   - Saint Louis Marie de Montfort

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

However if the Cross is loved, it is easy to bear; this is certain.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila    Meditations on the Song of Songs -chapter 2 : 26

My gaze from this image is like My gaze from the cross.   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary,326)

“ Temptations against faith and purity are the merchandise offered by the enemy, but do not fear him, rather, 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

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

“The Cross had asked the questions; the Resurrection had answered them….The Cross had asked: why does God permit evil and sin to nail Justice to a tree? The Resurrection answered: That sin having done its worst might exhaust itself and thus be overcome by Love that is stronger than either sin or death.  Thus there emerges the Easter lesson that the power of evil and the chaos of any one moment can be defied and conquered for the basis of our hope is not in any construct of human power but in the power of God who has given to the evil of this earth its one mortal wound – an open tomb, a gaping sepulcher, and empty grave.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Cross-Ways)

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