Jesus taught a new sacrifice which the Church received from the Apostles and offers the whole world.   - St. Irenaeus

"He remains among us until the end of the world."   - St. Maximilian Kolbe

Ruth, whose name means “seeing and hastening,” was a figure of Mary. For Mary, seeing our miseries, mercifully hastens to help us!    - St. Bonaventure

“Let us never do anything that does not give glory to God; to that end, let us trample underfoot human respect and self-interest.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer.    Pope St. John Paul II

"God gave me a father and mother more worthy of heaven than of earth."    - Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

The Name of Mary is second in blessings only to the Most Sacred Name of Jesus. There is no other name in heaven or on earth that brings such grace, and hope, and sweetness to the devout.    - St. Alphonsus Liguori

"I throw myself at the foot of the Tabernacle like a dog at the foot of his Master."   - St. John Vianney

Be exercising yourselves in these little trials, you will come to be able  to suffer other greater ones.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 26 : 8

“See how much scorn and sacrilege is committed by the sons of men towards the most holy humanity of his Son in the Sacrament of love?... It is up to us to defend the honor of this meek Lamb who is always concerned when the case of souls is in question, but always silent where his own case is concerned.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

On one occasion, the Lord said to me, Why are you fearful and why do you tremble when you are united to Me? I am displeased when a soul yields to vain terror. Who will dare to touch you when you are with Me? Most dear to Me is the soul that strongly believes in My goodness and has complete trust in Me. I heap My confidence upon it and give it all it asks.   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 453)

“It seems unbelievable that a man should perish in whose favor Christ said to His Mother: ‘Behold thy son,’ provided that he has not turned a deaf ear to the words, which Christ addressed to him: ‘Behold thy Mother.’”   - St. Robert Bellarmine

“Peter thought, if He was the Son of God, why should He suffer?  Satan on the mount of temptation tempted Him from His cross by promising popularity through giving bread, working scientific marvels, or becoming a dictator.  Satan did no confess the Divinity of Christ, since he prefaced each temptation with an ‘if’ thou art the Son of God.  To the credit of Peter, he did confess Divinity.  But along with this difference, there was this likeness: both Peter and satan tempted Christ from His Cross and therefore from redemption.  Not to redeem was satan’s mind; to have the crown without the Cross was satan’s spirit.  But, it was also Peter’s.  Therefore, Our Lord called him satan.   Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Life of Christ)

“We should read good and useful books, and abstain from reading those that only gratify our curiosity.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

The Name of Mary is second in blessings only to the Most Sacred Name of Jesus. There is no other name in heaven or on earth that brings such grace, and hope, and sweetness to the devout.    - St. Alphonsus Liguori

"God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform."    - St John of the Cross  

“For it is manifest that all Christ's murderers, i.e., the Jews, are expelled from that city. That which had in it them that were fierce against Christ, has now them that adore Christ. Therefore do these men hate it, because Christians are in it.”   - St. Augustine

In the hours when you feel only oppression and lassitude, you will please God even more if you faithfully believe that He is still working, that He is loving you just the same, and even more: because His love is free and that is how He wants to be magnified in you.    - St Elizabeth of the Trinity

Freedom exists for the sake of love.  Pope St. John Paul II

Strive to center the mind upon the one to whom the words are addressed. So, be patient and strive to make a habit out of something that is so necessary.    St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 24 : 6

“ In these sad times when faith is dead and wickedness is triumphant; when we are surrounded by those who have perpetual hatred in their hearts and blasphemy on their lips, the surest way of remaining immune from the pestiferous disease which surrounds us is to strengthen ourselves with Eucharistic food. This cannot be achieved by those who, month after month, live without satiating themselves with the Immaculate Flesh of the Divine Lamb.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"Souls who spread the honor of My mercy I shield through their entire lives as a tender mother her infant, and at the hour of death I will not be a Judge for them, but the Merciful Savior."   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 1075)

”We may seek graces, but shall never find them without the intercession of Mary.”   - St. Cajetan

“Christ says to Saul: Why persecutest thou Me?  Precisely, the Church is Christ and Christ is the Church – such is the Divine equation.  Saul learned a lesson which he afterwards taught as Paul: The Church is the body of Christ.  This new body, sometimes called the mystical body, is to be understood after the analogy of the human body which is made up of many members performing different functions and yet all cooperating toward the harmony of the whole.  The hand is not the foot, the eye is not the ear, the heart is not the lung.  So, too, the priest is not the layman, the apostle is not the disciple, the Vicar of Christ is not the deacon – and yet all are one in the same spirit.”     Archbishop Fulton Sheen

“Let us work to become very humble, very patient, very mortified, and very charitable. That is the only way to be highly esteemed.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

Since the Redeemer preexisted, there had to be someone to be saved so that He would not come in vain. As a consequence, we find Mary, the obedient Virgin, saying: “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.”    - St. Irenaeus

Pray and learn to pray! Deepen your knowledge of the Word of the Living God by reading and meditating on the Scriptures.   Pope St. John Paul II

The Mother of God contained the infinite God under her Heart, the God Whom no space can contain. Through her, the Trinity is adored, demons are vanquished, Satan is cast out of heaven, and our fallen nature is assumed into heaven. —St. Cyril of Alexandria

“The Virgin Mary… being obedient to His word, received from an angel the glad tidings that she would bear God.”    St. Irenaeus

"May a profound silence grow in the soul of my Guite, an echo of that being the sung in the Trinity. May her prayer never cease, since she possesses what will one day be its Vision, its Beatitude!"    - St Elizabeth of the Trinity

I want you to understand that it is good for you, if you are to recite the “Our Father” well, to remain at the side of the Master.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 24 : 5

“You must always have prudence and love. Prudence has the eyes, love the legs. Love that has the legs would like to run to God, but its impulse to rush towards Him is blind, and might sometimes stumble if it was not guided by prudence which has the eyes. When prudence sees that love should be restrained, it lends its eyes.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

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

"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

"The affection a human heart bears for another lessens as it multiplies the objects of its love, just as a river loses its fullness the more it divides itself into little streams. But with God there is no decrease of love with the increase of objects loved, any more than a voice loses its strength because a thousand ears hear it. Each human heart can break His Sacred Heart all over again; each soul has within itself the potentiality of another crucifixion. No one can love as much as Our Lord; no one therefore can suffer as much."     Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen  (Justice and Charity)

“We should spend at least as much time in thanking God for His favors as we have in asking them.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“Let us remember that love lives through sacrifice and is nourished by giving. Without sacrifice, there is no love.”    St. Maximilian Kolbe

“prayer is the source of all virtue; it is the channel through which flow to us all Christ’s graces and all divine gifts; it is the best and most indispensable means of advancing in virtue.”    St. John Climacus

The Mother of God contained the infinite God under her Heart, the God Whom no space can contain. Through her, the Trinity is adored, demons are vanquished, Satan is cast out of heaven, and our fallen nature is assumed into heaven. —St. Cyril of Alexandria

It is better to be burdened and in company with the strong than to be unburdened and with the weak. When you are burdened you are close to God, your strength, who abides with the afflicted. When you are relieved of the burden you are close to yourself, your own weakness; for virtue and strength of soul grow and are confirmed in the trials of patience.    - St. John of the Cross

Around the world, we can see the results of exploitation which destroys much without taking future generations into account. Today, all men have a duty to show themselves worthy of the mission given them by the Creator by ensuring the safekeeping of that creation.   Pope St. John Paul II

“To continue my spiritual prescription: grind all your sufferings in the mill of patience and silence; knead them with the balm of Our Saviour's Passion into a little pill; swallow it with faith and love, and let the heat of charity digest it.”    St. Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)

Even though we do not hear Him, He speaks well to the heart when we beseech Him from the heart.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila    The Way of Perfection - chapter24 : 5

“ Don't refuse in any way or for any reason to act charitably to all without exception. Go out of your way to do this when you get the chance. The Lord desires it and you must make an effort to do it.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

Proclaim that mercy is the greatest attribute of God. All the works of My hands are crowned with mercy.   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary 301)

“Jesus is the Mediator of Justice; Mary obtains for us grace; for… it is the will of God to dispense through the hands of Mary whatever graces He is pleased to bestow upon us. With God, the prayers of the saints are the prayers of His friends, but the prayers of Mary are the prayers of His Mother."   - St. Alphonsus Liguori

“The air is full of plans, and of pacts and proposals.  Every wind that blows through press and air carries patterns for new leagues, Federal Unions, Spheres of Influence, and Hemisphere Controls, each of which is spread out on the bargain counter of the world, and offered at a price so cheap as to require only a little manipulation of politics and economics-but never a change of heart.  Are we not still suffering from a mental “hangover” from the days of liberalism and the doctrine of the natural goodness of men?  Does not the enthusiastic and fulsome praise we give to every three-hundred-word generalization prove that all we think the world needs is a few structural changes?”     Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Seven Pillars of Peace)

“Gently and imperceptibly, the angels inspire us to do good and then leave us perfectly free to do it or not.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“The good Lord has granted us the privilege of sharing in this, the greatest, most divine and chief of all names, so that, honoured by the name of Christ, we are called ‘Christians.’ So then we must ensure that in us are seen all the meanings of the name of Christ, so that our title is not false and meaningless but is borne out by our lives.”    - St. Gregory of Nyssa, Bishop, A Treatise on Christian Perfection

“An evil thought is preceded by passion. The passion is caused by the senses, but the misuse of the senses is clearly the fault of the intellect.”   St. Thalassios the Libyan

"...love is like a fire which always rises upwards as though longing to be engulfed in its center."    -St. John of the Cross

Come, let us throw ourselves at the feet of this good Mother. Let us cling to them and not leave them, until she blesses us and takes us for her children.    - St. Bernard

“Dear Lord! To win my heart, from heaven Thou didst come; for me Thy blood didst shed, O King adored! and on our altars makest Thy home. So, if I may not here behold Thy Face, or catch the heavenly music of Thy Voice, I still can live, each moment, by Thy grace, and in Thy Sacred Heart I can rest.”   St. Therese of Lisieux (1873.-1897)

Even if the forces of darkness appear to prevail, those who believe in God know that evil and death do not have the final say.   - Pope  St. John Paul II

Jesus teaches that it be recited in solitude. This is what He always did when He prayed, and not out of any need of His own but for our instruction.     St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 24 : 4 27

“Each holy Mass heard with devotion, produces marvellous effects in our souls, spiritual and material graces, that we ourselves do not know. For such purposes do not spend your money uselessly, make a sacrifice of it and come here to hear holy Mass.  It would be easier for the earth to exist without the sun than without the holy sacrifice of the Mass.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

“My daughter, write down that I am more generous toward sinners than towards the just. It was for their sake that I came down from heaven; it was for their sake that My Blood was spilled. Let them not fear to approach Me; they are most in need of My mercy.”   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA    (Diary, 1275)

“The way we judge others is very often the judgment we pronounce on ourselves. Every dramatist, scriptwriter, novelist, and essayist who attacks the moral law has already lived against it in his own life. These men may not know it, but in their writings they are penning their own autobiography.”    Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Guide to Contentment)

“Let your heart consume itself more and more in the sanctuary of the Heart of Jesus, and let the ashes of the victim fall into the boundless ocean of divine charity.”   - St. Paul of the Cross

“A charitable word is all that is sometimes necessary to convert an obdurate heart. In like manner one bitter word is capable of afflicting a soul and plunging it into a sadness that may be most injurious.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

A man shows himself a true disciple of Christ by carrying the cross in his turn every day in the activity that he is called to perform.   Pope St. John Paul II

“The more a person loves God, the more reason he has to hope in Him. This hope produces in the Saints an unutterable peace, which they preserve even in adversity, because as they love God, and know how beautiful He is to those who love Him, they place all their confidence and find all their repose in Him alone.”    -Saint Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori

Nothing is sweeter after having received Jesus than to give and spread everywhere the fragrance of his virtues.    -  St. Francis de Sales.

You need have no fear. Just the raising of our eyes in remembrance of Him will have its reward.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 23 : 3

On one occasion, Jesus gave me to know that when I pray for intentions which people are wont to entrust to me, He is always ready to grant His graces, but souls do not always want to accept them: My Heart overflows with great mercy for souls, and especially for poor sinners. If only they could understand that I am the best of Fathers to them and that it is for them that the Blood and Water flowed from My Heart as from a fount overflowing with mercy. For them I dwell in the tabernacle as King of Mercy. I desire to bestow My graces upon souls, but they do not want to accept them. You, at least, come to Me as often as possible and take these graces they do not want to accept. In this way you will console My Heart. Oh, how indifferent are souls to so much goodness, to so many proofs of love! My Heart drinks only of the ingratitude and forgetfulness of souls living in the world. They have time for everything, but they have no time to come to Me for graces.   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary 366)

“ When assisting at holy Mass, renew your faith and meditate on the Victim who immolates Himself for you, to placate Divine Justice, and renders it propitious. Do not leave the altar without first shedding tears of sorrow and love for Jesus, crucified for your eternal salvation.
When you are well you hear Mass, when you are ill and cannot assist, you say Mass.   “St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"O Mary of the Rosary, keep me recollected when I say these prayers of yours; bind me forever, with your Rosary, to Jesus of the Blessed Sacrament. Blessed be Jesus, my love; Blessed be the Immaculate Virgin Mary."   - Pope St. John XXlll

“The power of rejoicing is always a fair test of a man’s moral condition. No man can be happy on the outside who is already unhappy on the inside… As sorrow is attendant of sin, so joy is the companion of holiness.    Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Way to happiness)

“When God allows you to be praised, do not become boastful on account of this divine providence, lest you then fall into dishonor.”   St. Mark the Ascetic (5th c.)

“Kindness has converted more people than zeal, science, or eloquence.” St. Teresa of Calcutta

“People devoted to the assistance of their neighbor are using all their energy and alms to snatch the poor from the jaws of death and poor girls from occasions of sin.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

Little things done out of love are those that charm the heart of Christ.   - St. Therese of Lisieux

Who can say that it is wrong, when we begin to recite the Hours or the Rosary, to consider whom we are going to speak with, and who we are, so as to know how to speak with Him ?   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 22 : 3

"Today, the Lord said to me, My daughter, look into My Merciful Heart and reflect its compassion in your own heart and in your deeds, so that you, who proclaim My mercy to the world, may yourself be aflame with it."   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 1688)

“Jesus alone can understand what I suffer when the painful scene of Calvary is put before me. It is equally incomprehensible how Jesus can be consoled not merely by those who sympathize with his torments, but when He finds a soul, who, for love of Him, asks no consolations and only wants to be allowed to share in his sufferings.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady."   - J.R.R. Tolkien

“The revealing act of Herod is his treatment of John the Baptist.  He had invited John the Baptist into his palace not to hear the truth of his preaching but to enjoy the thrill of his oratory.  There are so many in the world that way: they do not want to be better; they want only to feel better.  But John was not the type of preacher who toned down his Gospel to suit the paganism of his hearers.  Because he condemned Herod’s second marriage, he lost his head.  Everyone in the world at one time loses his head, but it is better to lose one’s head John’s way in the defense of truth, rather than Harod’s way, to wine and passion.”     Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation (Characters of Passion)

“Blessed Guardians– be watchful. Help us to use well the grace of the moment in the care and instruction of the little ones under our charge. Watch over them with us.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“I am about to speak of the creation of heaven and earth, which was not spontaneous, as some have imagined, but drew its origin from God... Those who were too ignorant to rise to a knowledge of a God, could not allow that an intelligent cause presided at the birth of the Universe; a primary error that involved them in sad consequences. Some had recourse to material principles and attributed the origin of the Universe to the elements of the world. Others imagined ... atoms reuniting or separating, produce births and deaths and the most durable bodies only owe their consistency to the strength of their mutual adhesion... You will finally discover that the world was not conceived by chance and without reason, but for an useful end and for the great advantage of all beings, since it is really the school where reasonable souls exercise themselves, the training ground where they learn to know God; since by the sight of visible and sensible things the mind is led, as by a hand, to the contemplation of invisible things.”   - St. Basil the Great

The nine choirs of Angels offer Mary millions of times each day the Angelic Salutation: Hail Mary! In doing so, they ask her to honor them with one of her commands.    - St. Louis Grignion de Montfort

"What does Jesus Christ represent, dear brethren, when He is carried around the church in the procession?  He is like a good and gracious king in the midst of His subjects, a kind father surrounded by His children, and a good shepherd gathering His sheep."   St. John Vianney

The Eucharist is a priceless treasure: by not only celebrating it but also by praying before it outside of Mass we are enabled to make contact with the very wellspring of grace.  Pope. St. John Paul II

Try to preserve a pure conscience, humility, and contempt for all worldly things; believe firmly what Holy Mother Church holds, and you can be sure you will be walking along good path.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 21 : 10

“My daughter, write down that I am more generous toward sinners than towards the just. It was for their sake that I came down from heaven; it was for their sake that My Blood was spilled. Let them not fear to approach Me; they are most in need of My mercy.”   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 1275)

“Do not be discouraged if you do not succeed in doing everything as you desire, force yourself to do what you have to do and see to it that you never fall short of anything in this respect, taking no account of whether you feel comfort or tediousness and boredom. Let your intention be always upright.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

”Jesus honored her before all ages, and will honor her for all ages. No one comes to Him, nor even near Him, no one is saved or sanctified, if he too will not honor her. This is the lot of Angels and of men.”   - St. Maximilian Kolbe

“The world’s greatest need is someone who will understand that there is no greater conquest than victory over oneself; someone who will realize that real worth is achieved not so much by activity, as by silence, who will, like a lightning flash, burn away the bonds of feeble interest which tie down our energies to the world; who with a fearless voice, like John the Baptist, will arouse our enfeebled nature out of the sleek dream of un-heroic response; someone who will gain victories not by stepping down from the Cross and compromising with the world, but who will suffer in order to conquer the world.”    Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Moods and Truths)

“I hope that God in his goodness will draw strength from these weaknesses and His glory from our miseries.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“But if you live the time that no man will give you good counsel, nor no man will give you good example, when you shall see virtue punished and vice rewarded, if you will then stand fast and firmly stick to God, upon pain of my life, though you be but half good, God will allow you for whole good.”   - St.  Thomas More

“O Jesus, I would rather die a thousand deaths than be unfaithful to you!”   - St. Bernadette Soubirous (1844 - 1879)

Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.    -St. Therese of  Lisieux

Behold, these are not the times to believe everyone; believe only those who you see are walking in conformity with Christ's life.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 21 : 10

"Father, why do you cry when you receive Jesus in Holy Communion?" Reply: "If the Church can utter the words: 'You did not disdain the womb of the Virgin,' speaking of the incarnation of the Word in the womb of the Immaculate Virgin, what should be said of us miserable creatures? But Jesus said to us: 'He who does not eat my Flesh and does not drink my Blood will not have life everlasting,' so then let us approach Holy Communion with great love and fear. Let the whole day be a preparation and thanksgiving for Holy Communion."   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

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)

“Whoever you are that perceive yourself during this mortal existence to be rather drifting in treacherous waters, at the mercy of the winds and the waves, than walking on firm ground, turn not away your eyes from the splendor of this guiding star, unless thou wish to be submerged by the storm. ... Look at the star, call upon Mary. ... With her for guide, you shall not go astray, while invoking her, you shall never lose heart ... if she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.”   - St. Bernard of Clairvaux

The cockroach, which according to one’s measurement has remained unchanged for more than fifty million years, has seen many things evolve under his very eye.  He has perhaps even seen bug-dynasties and flea kingdoms rise and fall, but the cockroach in all that fifty million years has never formulated even the simplest explanation of evolution that a man might formulate in an hour.  It is that power to contain within his mind the infinitely great cosmos, and the infinitely little atom, and the infinite variety between the two, and to think of them all in the one thought-Order-that makes man the beauty of the world and the paragon of animals.”     Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Old Errors and New Labels)

“We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.”   St. Francis de Sales

O holy Mary, into your safe keeping I entrust my soul and body, this day, every day, and on the day of my death. Through your holy intercession, may all my actions be ordered according to your will and that of your Divine Son.    - St. Aloysius Gonzaga

Confidently open your most intimate aspirations to the Love of Christ who waits for you in the Eucharist. You will receive the answer to all your worries and you will see with joy that the consistency of your life which He asks of you is the door to fulfill the noblest dreams of your youth.  - Pope St. John Paul II

"In dangers, in doubts, in difficulties,
think of Mary, call upon Mary.
Let not her name depart from your lips,
never suffer it to leave your heart.
And that you may obtain the assistance of her prayer,
neglect not to walk in her footsteps.
With her for guide, you shall never go astray;
while invoking her, you shall never lose heart;
so long as she is in your mind,
you are safe from deception;
while she holds your hand, you cannot fall;
under her protection you have nothing to fear;
if she walks before you, you shall not grow weary;
if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal."
 -Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

I have always been fond of the words of the Gospels and found more recollection in them than in very cleverly written books.    St Teresa of Jesus of Avila    The Way of Perfection - chapter 21 : 4

"Oh, how much I am hurt by a soul's distrust! Such a soul professes that I am Holy and Just, but does not believe that I am Mercy and does not trust in My Goodness. Even the devils glorify My Justice but do not believe in My Goodness."   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 300)

“ May your heart always be a temple of the Holy Spirit.
May Jesus always be the helmsman of your little spiritual ship
.May Mary be the star which shines on your path and may she show you the safe way to reach the Heavenly Father. Amen.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"The Virgin Mary, being obedient to His word, received from an angel the glad tidings that she would bear God."   - St. Irenaeus

"A little boy who had been to Sunday School told his father that he learned that God the Father and Son were equal. The father said: “That is ridiculous. I am your father; you are my son. I existed a long time before you.” “No,” said the boy, “you did not begin to be a father until I began to be a son.”
At Christmas, He Who was eternally generated by the Father is generated in time, in the womb of a virgin Mary. The Son of God then becomes the Son of Man. As the word which I speak to you is not different because I give it breath and sound, so neither is the Word of the Son of God changed because He takes on a human nature like ours in all things except sin, “The Word became flesh and dwelt amongst us.”   Archbishop Fulton Sheen

"Fly from bad companions as from the bite of a poisonous snake."    -Saint John Bosco

The Eucharist is a priceless treasure: by not only celebrating it but also by praying before it outside of Mass we are enabled to make contact with the very wellspring of grace.  Pope St. John Paul II

“God be praised that you are ready to do His Will in all things and everywhere and to go to live and die wherever He chooses to call you.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“The Holy Eucharist very often invigorates and strengthens even the body. O infinite mercy of our sovereign Good! this marvellous effect proceeds from the great vigor which the bread of angels communicates to the soul, and which reacts on the body.”    St. Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)

It is the nature of Jesus Christ to lead us surely to the Father. In the same way, it is the nature of the Blessed Virgin to lead us surely to Jesus.    - St. Louis Grignion de Montfort

“Our time is short.”   - St. John Climacus (525 – 606)

"Better to pray one psalm with devotion and compunction than a hundred with distraction."    - St. Romuald

For the love of God I beg you that your conversation always be directed towards bringing some good to the other；with whom you are speaking, for your prayer must be for the benefit of souls.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 20 : 3

"My Daughter, Look At My Merciful Heart."   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 177)

“ My Jesus, my sweetness, how can I love without You? Come always, my Jesus, come; You alone take possession of my heart.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"That one woman is both mother and virgin, not in spirit only, but even in body. In spirit she is mother, not of our head, who is our Savior himself—of whom all, even she herself, are rightly called children of the bridegroom—but plainly she is the mother of us who are his members, because by love she has cooperated so that the faithful, who are the members of that head, might be born in the Church. In body, indeed, she is the Mother of that very head."   - St. Augustine 

“The Visitation.  The Gospel tells us, “In the days that followed, Mary rose up and went with all haste to a city of Judea, in the hill country, where Zachary dwelt; and there entering in she gave Elizabeth greeting.  No sooner had Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, than the child leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth herself was filled with the Holy Ghost; so that she cried out with a loud voice, ‘Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb’ (Luke 1:39-42).
The first miracle worked by our Lord on earth was performed while He was still in His Mother’s womb.  He stirred the unborn John and brought consciousness of His presence to Elizabeth, the cousin of His Mother.  Thus, long before Cana, our Lord shows that it is through His Mother that He works His unseen wonders in the heart and through her that He is brought into the souls of men.
The joy of the second Joyful Mystery is that of the Old Testament meeting the New, and of the young maiden greeting the old woman, as Mary burst into the most revolutionary song that was ever sung, the Magnificat, foretelling the day when the mighty would be unseated from their thrones, and the poor would be exalted.
Yet at that moment, when Elizabeth is the first to call her the Mother of God, even before our Lord is born, Mary answers in her song that her greatness is due to Him, and that she was chosen because she was lowly.  It may very well be that Mary was chosen to be the Mother of God after she had in her vow renounced the honor.  Though greater than Elizabeth, she visits her in her hour of need.  Only as we become little do we ever become great in the eyes of God.”     Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The Fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary)

“Good work, sooner or later speak a much more favorable language than anything done for one’s own ostentation and show.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

Mary is not only called the Mother of Mercy. She is the Mother of Mercy. And she proved that she is by the loving tenderness with which she helps us all.    - St. Alphonsus Liguori

Oh! how happy I would be if my Master also wanted me to pour out my blood for Him! But what I ask of Him especially is that martyrdom of love that consumed my holy Mother Teresa, whom the Church proclaims a “victim of charity”; and since the Truth has said that the greatest proof of love is to give one’s life for one’s beloved, I am giving Him mine; it has been His for a long time, so He can do with it whatever He wishes, and if I am not a martyr by blood, I want to be one by love!   - St. Elizabeth of the Trinity   Letter 287 to her mother, 19 June 1906

Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.   Pope St. John Paul II

Use those gifts that you have received, & pass on the love that has been given to you.    - St Therese of Lusieux

Certainly, this prayer “Our Father” contained so many deep secrets; for now you have seen the entire spiritual way.    St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter42 : 5

See, I have left My heavenly throne to become united with you. What you see is just a tiny part and already your soul swoons with love. How amazed will your heart be when you see Me in all My glory.  WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 1810)

“ My children, we can never prepare ourselves too much for Holy Communion.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"As soon as she [Mary] had the use of reason, that is, from the first moment of her immaculate conception in the womb of St. Anne, from that time she began with all her powers to love her God; and thus she continued to do, ever advancing more in perfection and love through her whole life. All her thoughts, her desires, her affections, were wholly given to God; not a word, not a motion, not a glance of the eye, not a breath of hers that was not for God and for his glory, never departing one step, nor separating herself for one moment from the divine love."   - St. Alphonsus Maria de Ligouri 

"The affection a human heart bears for another lessens as it multiplies the objects of its love, just as a river loses its fullness the more it divides itself into little streams. But with God there is no decrease of love with the increase of objects loved, any more than a voice loses its strength because a thousand ears hear it. Each human heart can break His Sacred Heart all over again; each soul has within itself the potentiality of another crucifixion. No one can love as much as Our Lord; no one therefore can suffer as much."    Archbishop Fulton Sheen  (Justice and Charity)

“We can say that this war will be the cause of the damnation of many persons but that God will also make use of it for the grace, the justification, and the glory of many persons.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

"Yes, even if I had on my conscience every possible crime I should lose none of my confidence. My heart breaking with sorry, I should go and throw myself into the arms of my savior."   -St. Therese of Lisieux

Do you wish to know the most intimate perfections of Jesus and the most hidden attractions of His love? Then seek them in the Heart of Mary!    - St. Peter Eymard

“Materiality in the case of a house consists of furnishings and food. Materiality in the case of the intellect is self-esteem and sensual pleasure.”    - St. Mark the Ascetic (5th c.)

Here you see, friends, what it means to pray vocally with perfection. It means that you be aware of and understand whom you are asking, who it is that is asking, and what you are asking for.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 42 : 4

“My Jesus, my sweetness, how can I live without You? Come always, my Jesus, come; You alone take possession of my heart.”   St. Pio of  Pietrelcina

"Once the Lord said to me, Act like a beggar who does not back away when he gets more alms [than he asked for], but offers thanks the more fervently. You too, should not back away and say that you are not worthy of receiving greater graces when I give them to you. I know you are unworthy, but rejoice all the more and take as many treasures from My Heart as you can carry, for then you will please Me more. And I will tell you one more thing — take these graces not only for yourself, but also for others; that is, encourage the souls with whom you come in contact to trust in My infinite mercy. Oh, how I love those souls who have complete confidence in Me — I will do everything for them."   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 294)

"Let us not imagine that we obscure the glory of the Son by the great praise we lavish on the Mother; for the more she is honored, the greater is the glory of her Son. There can be no doubt that whatever we say in praise of the Mother gives equal praise to the Son."   - St. Bernard of Clairvaux

“As His Incarnation was made up of a visible and an invisible element, a human and Divine, so too His continued Incarnation in His Church is made up of two elements, human and Divine.  The human element in it is poor weak humanity, and the Divine element is the life of God.  He is doing with the new body three things, as He did three things with His physical body: With it He teaches, He governs, and He sanctifies.”     Archbishop Fulton Sheen

“Human rights are not a privelige conferred by government. They are every human being’s entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life does not depend, and must not be declared to be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or a sovereign.”    -St. Teresa of Calcutta

“God’s Divine Goodness asks that we never do good in any place to make ourselves look important.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

We have only one thing that we must do—that is, pray to the Blessed Virgin. Ask her for the grace to love our Lord as she loves Him and to remain faithful to Him in life and in death. —St. Bernadette

“St. Bernard teaches that many souls are lost through want of fortitude. Take courage, then, and trust in the power and goodness of God: strong resolutions overcome all difficulties.”   St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (1696-1787)

"Sin makes man a coward; but a life in the Truth of Christ makes him bold."    - St. John Chrysostom.

This prayer is something supernatural, something we cannot procure through our own efforts. In it the soul enters into peace or, better, the Lord puts it at peace by His presence.    St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 31 : 2

My daughter, encourage souls to say the chaplet which I have given to you. It pleases Me to grant everything they ask of Me by saying the chaplet. When hardened sinners say it, I will fill their souls with peace, and the hour of their death will be a happy one.

Write this for the benefit of distressed souls; when a soul sees and realized the gravity of its sins, when the whole abyss of the misery into which it immersed itself is displayed before its eyes, let it not despair, but with trust let it throw itself into the arms of My mercy, as a child into the arms of its beloved mother. These souls have a right of priority to My compassionate Heart, they have first access to My mercy. Tell them that no soul that has called upon My mercy has been disappointed or brought to shame. I delight particularly in a soul which has placed its trust in My goodness. Write that when they say this chaplet in the presence of the dying, I will stand between My Father and the dying person, not as the just Judge but as the merciful Savior.   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 1541)

“ The Heart of our divine Master has no law more lovable than that of gentleness, humility and charity.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

“Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.”   - Saint Jerome

“They do not really hate the Church.  They hate only what they mistakenly believe to be the Church.  If I had heard the same lies about the Church they have heard, and if I had been taught the same historical perversions as they, with my own peculiar character and temperament, I would hate the Church ten times more than they do.”     Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Seven Words of Jesus and Mary)

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

"Listen to me for one moment and you will see that only the service of God will console us and make us happy in the midst of all the miseries of life. To accomplish it, you do not need to leave either your belongings, or your parents, or even your friends, unless they are leading you to sin. You have no need to go and spend the rest of your lives in the desert to weep there for your sins. If that were necessary for us, indeed, we should be very happy to have such a remedy for our ills. But no, a father and a mother of a family can serve God by living with their children and bringing them up in a Christian way. A servant can very easily serve God and his master, with nothing to stop him.

No, my dear brethren, the way of life which means serving God changes nothing in all that we have to do. On the contrary, we simply do better all the things we must do."    - St John Vianney.

"One word or a pleasing smile is enough to raise up a saddened and wounded soul."   St. Therese of Lisieux

“We should not serve the poor like they were Jesus. We should serve the poor because they are Jesus.”   -St. Teresa of Calcutta

“What punishment will not that servant bring upon himself who knows the will of his Master and does not do it?”    St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690)

This is the hour of great mercy for the whole world. I will allow you to enter into My mortal sorrow. In this hour, I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of me in virtue of My Passion"   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTNA    (Diary, 1320)

Experience perpetual peace and a wonderful inner satisfaction that comes from seeing that everyone hallows and praises the Lord   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 30 : 5

“ During the rioting of the passions and adverse events, keep in mind the dear hope of his unlimited mercy. Let us run with confidence to the tribunal of penance, where He waits for us at all times with the anxiety of a father; and although we are conscious of our debt towards Him, let us not doubt the solemn pardon of our sins. Let us bury them as our Lord has done.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

“As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary."   - Saint Thomas Aquinas

“Man who is finite, owes an infinite debt.  But how can a man who owes a million pay the debt with a cent?  How can the human atone to the divine?  How can justice and mercy be reconciled?  If satisfaction is ever to be made for the fall of man, the finite and the infinite, the human and the divine, God and man must in some way be linked together.”    Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The Divine Romance)

“Gently and imperceptibly, the angels inspire us to do good and then leave us perfectly free to do it or not.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

Be assured that mortification of the senses is far more profitable than wearing even sharp chains or hair shirts.    – St. Francis de Sales

America you are beautiful . . . and blessed . . . . The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being, but especially the weakest and most defenseless. If you want equal justice for all and true freedom and lasting peace, then America, defend life.   -Pope St. John Paul II

"Love and fear...Love will make us quicken our steps, while fear will make us look where we are setting our feet so that we shall not fall."   St. Gaspar Bertoni

It is a powerful lesson for raising one's desires to pure faith.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Book of Her Life - chapter 38 : 18

“Even if you had committed all the sins of the world, Jesus says to you: "Many sins have been forgiven you, because you have loved much.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"Before I come as the just Judge, I am coming first as the King of Mercy. Before the day of justice arrives, there will be given to people a sign in the heavens of this sort: All light in the heavens will be extinguished, and there will be great darkness over the whole earth. Then the sign of the cross will be seen in the sky, and from the openings where the hands and the feet of the Savior were nailed will come forth great lights which will light up the earth for a period of time. This will take place shortly before the last day."    WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary 83)

"The world being unworthy to receive the Son of God directly from the hands of the Father, He gave his Son to Mary for the world to receive Him from her."   - Saint Augustine 

“From all eternity, God the Eternal Thinker had an Eternal Thought or Word. This Thought or Word is distinct from, but not separated from the One Who thought it, as our thoughts are distinct, but not separated from our mind.
But this Thought or Word of God has another name. He is also called a Son. But why Son? Go into your own mind for the answer. Where did you get the thought of “relation” or “fortitude” or “hope”? These do not exist as such in the visible experimental World. These thoughts were generated by your mind in the course of time. Now God “generated” a Thought or a Word.
But that Word was not generated in time, as our thoughts or words. As the reflection in the mirror and the face that looks into it are instantaneous, so are the Thinker and the Word co-eternal. Because eternally generated, God Who Thinks is called the Father or the principle of Generation, and the Word, Who eternally thought or conceived, is called a Son -- the Son of God.”    Archbishop Fulton Sheen

"Do everything calmly and peacefully. Do as much as you can as well as you can. Strive to see God in all things without exception, and consent to His will joyously. Do everything for God, uniting yourself to him in word and deed. Walk very simply with the Cross of the Lord and be at peace with yourself."   - St. Francis de Sales

Mary is both the Mother of the Shepherd and the Mother of the Lamb. That is why she is all our confidence and all our hope! —St. Germanus

If you really wish to follow Christ, if you want your love for him to grow and last, then you must be faithful to prayer. It is the key to the vitality of your life in Christ. Without prayer, your faith and love will die. If you are constant in daily prayer and in the Sunday celebration of Mass, your love for Jesus will increase. And your heart will know deep joy and peace, such as the world could never give.   - Pope St. John Paul II

“God accepts the undertakings of one who presents things frankly just as they are.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“Perseverance in the face of adversity dissolves evil, while unremitting patience destroys it utterly.”   - St. Thalassios the Libyan

"Have faith! Everything will be alright! Faith! Faith!"   -St. Leopold Mandic

Merely to look toward heaven recollects the soul.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 38 : 6

“[Souls who love Me dearly] will be a marvel to Angels and men. Their number is very small. They are a defense for the world before the justice of the Heavenly Father and a means of obtaining mercy for the world. The love and sacrifice of these souls sustain the world in existence. The infidelity of a soul specially chosen by Me wounds My Heart most painfully. Such infidelities are swords which pierce My Heart.”    WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 367e)

“ I approve of your work for gaining souls for Jesus. By all means receive Holy Communion for the Holy Father's intentions.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

“O Virgin Mary, change my heart into a beautiful pure corporal, to receive that white Host in which our sweet Lamb hides Himself.”   - St. Thérèse of Lisieux

“Jesus Christ is God in the form of man. The eternal appears in time. The Eternal Word, by Whom all things in the world were made, is now rejected by the world He made: “There was no room in the inn.” The Bird Who built the nest of the universe is hatched therein: He Who made His mother, is born of His Mother. All the nations of the earth are made of one blood, and now the Son of God partakes and assumes that blood as the new Head of Humanity.
At Bethlehem, heaven and earth meet: God and Man look each other in the face. A Mother for the first time in the universe, as she holds the babe in her arms, now looks “down” to heaven.
Because nothing greater than this will ever happen in the world, the peace of the world is conditioned upon that great act being repeated, in a reduced measure, in each of us. As God took upon Himself a human nature through the free consent of a woman, so too He asks us, through our free consent to give Him our nature, as Mary gave Him one. Then Christ begins to rule our mind: then we put on the mind of Christ, the love of Christ, the Spirit of Christ. Not many are willing to do this.
“He came unto His own and His own received Him not.” That is why there are Christmas cards with sleighs and fat men. But there will always be some who will see and understand the meaning, and to all who received Him “He gave them the power to become the sons of God.” We cannot have the word Christmas without Christ: so neither can we be Merry on the inside without Him."   Archbishop Fulton Sheen

“All those things are nothing but exercises for your purgation, illumination, and perfection, and so that you can sympathize with those whom you see in similar dispositions. It is God’s plan that those who are to help others spiritually fall into the temptation of mind and body by which others can be tormented.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“So the souls in purgatory, being beloved by God, and confirmed in grace, have absolutely no impediment to prevent them from praying for us. . .we may piously believe that God makes our prayers known to them; and then they, full of charity as they are, most assuredly do not omit to pray for us. St. Catharine of Bologna, whenever she desire any favor, had recourse to the souls in purgatory, and was immediately heard. She even testified that by the intercession of the souls in purgatory she had obtained many graces which she had not been able to obtain by the intercession of the saints...”   - St. Alphonsus Liguori

"Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak."    - St. Anthony of Padua

“Oh most sweet Jesus, what riches dost Thou enclose in Thy Heart, and how easy is it for us to enrich ourselves, possessing as we do, in the adorable Eucharist, this infinite treasure.”    - St. Bernard

"But what should give us strength and consolation is the thought that we may have recourse to our dear Father in heaven, who will never allow us to be tempted beyond our strength, and who will always help those to victory who come to Him with confidence and prayer.  Watch and pray, therefore, and you will conquer.  Amen."  St. John Vianney, Sermon on The Enemies Of Our Salvation

I think, in coming to know our true country and realizing that we are pilgrims here below; it is a wonderful thing to see what is there and know where we shall live.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Book of Her Life - chapter 38 : 6

“May Jesus be your guide, your support and your life, always and in everything!”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"You are not living for yourself but for souls, and other souls will profit from your sufferings. Your prolonged suffering will give them the light and strength to accept My will."    WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 67)

“In that first ‘fusion’ with Jesus (holy communion), it was my Heavenly Mother again who accompanied me to the altar, for it was she herself who placed her Jesus into my soul.”   - Saint Therese of Lisieux

“It makes no difference what you believe; it’s how you act. It makes no difference whether you have any rules in football; it depends upon how you play.  It makes no difference whether you believe triangles have three sides; it depends on how you draw: Can we not see if we believe wrongly, we will act wrongly?”    Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Wartime Prayer Book)

“The person who in his actions shows that he prefers his body to his soul, and the world to God, is a pathetic creature.”   - St. Thalassios the Libyan

“All our trust must be in God and we must rest assured that nothing will happen to us that God does not allow.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“Do you desire to study to your advantage? Let devotion accompany all your studies and study less to make yourself learned than to become a saint.”   - St. Vincent Ferrer (1350. - 1419.)

“When I utter the name of Jesus, I see before me a man of meekness, humility, kindness, and mercy, Who at the same time is the Almighty God, who heals and strengthens me.”    -St. Bernard of Clairvaux

“Let thy first rule be to flee the conversation of every human being, in so far as it is simply conversation, except as deeds of charity may demand; but to love people very much, and talk with few of them. And know how to talk in moderation even with those whom thou lovest with spiritual love. . .”   - St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)

It is right for anyone who cares about heaven to have a continual solicitude about pleasung God and despising the world.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila    The Book of Her Life - chapter 37: 10

Today, in the course of a long conversation, the Lord said to me, How very much I desire the salvation of souls! My dearest secretary, write that I want to pour out My divine life into human souls and sanctify them, if only they were willing to accept My grace. The greatest sinners would achieve great sanctity, if only they would trust in My mercy. The very inner depths of My being are filled to overflowing with mercy, and it is being poured out upon all I have created. My delight is to act in a human soul and to fill it with My mercy and to justify it. My kingdom on earth is My life in the human soul. Write, My secretary, that I Myself am the spiritual guide of souls – and I guide them indirectly through the priest, and lead each one to sanctity by a road known to Me alone.   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 1784)

“ Jesus, I love You very much; it is useless to repeat it to You, I love You. My Love, my Love. Only You! Praise be to You alone.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

“Think of what the Saints have done for their neighbor because they loved God. But what Saint's love for God can match Mary's? She loved Him more in the first moment of her existence than all the Saints and angels ever loved Him or will love Him. Our Lady herself revealed to Sister Mary Crucified that the fire of her love was most extreme. If Heaven and earth were placed in it, they would be instantly consumed. And the ardors of the seraphim, compared with it, are like cool breezes. Just as there is not one among all the Blessed who loves God as Mary does, so there is no one, after God, who loves us as much as this most loving Mother does. Furthermore, if we heaped together all the love that mothers have for their children, all the love of husbands and wives, all the love of all the angels and Saints for their clients, it could never equal Mary's love for even a single soul.”   - Saint Alphonsus Ligouri 

Beauty in a woman and strength in a man are two of the most evident spurs to love. Physical beauty and vitality increase vigor in each other, but it is to be noticed that beauty in a woman and strength in a man are given by God to serve the purposes of allurement. They come at that age of life when men and women are urged to marry one another. They are not permanent possessions. They are something like the frosting on a cake, or like the electric starter of an automobile motor. If love were based only on the fact that she is a model and he is a fullback on a football team, marriage would never endure. But just as the frosting on the cake leads to the cake itself, so too do these allurements pass on to greater treasures.    Archbishop Fulton Sheen

“Roses are not gathered except in the midst of thorns, and heroic acts of virtue are accomplished only in weakness.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

"Through perseverance in its spiritual exercises without consolation or satisfaction, the soul practices the love of God."   -St. John of the Cross

Why should we defend ourselves when we are misunderstood and misjudged? Let us leave that aside. Let us not say anything. It is so sweet to let others judge us in any way they like. O blessed silence, which gives so much peace to the soul!   - St. Therese of Lisieux

When, my God, will I finally see my soul joined together in Your praise, so that all its faculties may enjoy You ?   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Book of Her Life - chapter 30: 16

“Oh, how indifferent are souls to so much goodness, to so many proofs of love! My Heart drinks only of the ingratitude and forgetfulness of souls living in the world. They have time for everything, but they have no time to come to Me for graces.”    WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 367b)

“My Jesus, my sweetness, my love, love which sustains me.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"Mary seeks for those who approach her devoutly and with reverence, for such she loves, nourishes, and adopts as her children."   - Saint Bonaventure

“One in essence, distinction of persons, such is the mystery of the Trinity, such is the inner life of God.  The three angles of a triangle do not make three triangles but one; as the heat, power, and light of the sun do not make three suns but one; as water, air, and steam are all manifestations of the one substance; as the form, color, and perfume of the rose do not make three roses, but one; as our soul, our intellect, and our will do not make three substances, but one; as one times one times one times one does not equal three, but one, so too in some much more mysterious way, there are three Persons in God and yet only one God.”    - Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The Divine Romance)

“Grace has its moments. Let us abandon ourselves to the providence of God and be very careful not to run ahead of it.”    – St. Vincent de Paul

“Abortion and euthanasia have become preeminent threats to human dignity because they directly attack life itself, the most fundamental human good and the condition for all others. They are committed against those who are weakest and most defenseless, those who are genuinely ‘the poorest of the poor.’ They are endorsed increasingly without the veil of euphemism, as supporters of abortion and euthanasia freely concede these are killing even as they promote them...”    - Living the Gospel of Life: A Challenge to American Catholics, U.S. Bishops, 1998

“To know who to avoid is a great means of saving our souls.”    - St. Thomas Acquinas

Everything that the Son asks of the Father is granted. Likewise, everything that the Mother asks of her Son is also granted.    - St. John Vianney

“We believe also in the holy Church, that is, the Catholic Church; for heretics violate the faith itself by a false opinion about God; schismatics, however, withdraw from fraternal love by hostile separations, although they believe the same things we do. Consequently, neither heretics nor schismatics belong to the Catholic Church; not heretics, because the Church loves God; and not schismatics, because the Church loves neighbor.”   - St. Augustine

In order to be right, let us leave the giving to His will since we have already given Him our own. His name be forever hallowed in heaven and on earth, and may His will be always done in me.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila.  The Way of Perfection -chapter 42 : 4 11

"During Adoration, I heard a voice in my soul: These efforts of yours, My daughter, are pleasing to Me; they are the delight of My Heart. I see every movement of your heart with which you worship Me."   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 1176)

“ Oh, if I had an infinite number of hearts, all the hearts in Heaven and earth, your Mother's heart, Jesus, I would offer them all, every one of them to You!”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"All true children of God have God for their father and Mary for their mother; anyone who does not have Mary for his mother, does not have God for his father. This is why the reprobate, such as heretics and schismatics, who hate, despise or ignore the Blessed Virgin, do not have God for their father though they arrogantly claim they have, because they do not have Mary for their mother. Indeed if they had her for their mother they would love and honour her as good and true children naturally love and honour the mother who gave them life."   - Saint Louis Marie de Montfort

"I am worried about America! I am not so much worried about its politics and economics, important though they be: I am worried about its soul. After all, politics and economics are determined by the sense of values which underlies them."    Archbishop Fulton Sheen

THE DAILY PRAYER THAT OUR LADY USED TO PRAY
Revelation to Sr Maria of Agreda
( From the Mystical City of God)

I prostrate myself in your Presence Oh God Most High and I give You Thanks and Praise for your Immutable Being, for your Infinite Perfections, and for having created me out of nothing.

I acknowledge myself as your creature and as the work of your hands. I bless you and I adore You. I give you Honour, Magnificence and Divinity as the Supreme Lord and Creator of myself and of all that exists.

I raise up my Spirit to place it into your hands. I offer myself with profound humility and resignation to You and I ask you to dispose of Me according to your Holy Will during this day and during all the days of my life, and I ask You to teach me to fulfill whatever would be to your greater pleasure.

“Even if the whole world should rise up to destroy us, nothing will happen except what God, in whom we have put our hope, will allow.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

"Consuming Fire, Spirit of Love, 'come upon me', and create in my soul a kind of incarnation of the Word"    - St Elisabeth of the Trinity

The incomparable Mother of God is the purest golden censer. In her our prayers are offered to the Eternal God.   - St. Ephrem

“In vain will our sacred discourses strike the external ear, unless God by a spiritual gift opens the hearing of the interior man.”   St. Fulgentius of Ruspe (468 - 533)

Our Guardian Angels are our most faithful friends!   - St.John Vianney

He wants us to desire sublime and great things; we, here below, desire base and earthly things. He would want us to desire only what is secure; we, here below, love the dubious.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 42 : 4

In the same way that a powerful medicine cures an illness, so illness itself is a medicine to cure passion. And there is much profit of soul in bearing illness quietly and giving thanks to God.    St. Syncletica of Alexandria

Write this: before I come as the just Judge, I am coming first as the King of Mercy. Before the day of justice arrives, there will be given to people a sign in the heavens of this sort: All light in the heavens will be extinguished, and there will be great darkness over the whole earth. Then the sign of the cross will be seen in the sky, and from the openings where the hands and the feet of the Savior were nailed will come forth great lights which will light up the earth for a period of time. This will take place shortly before the last day.   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 83)

“ Let us remember that the Heart of Jesus has called us not only our own sanctification, but also for that of other souls. He wants to be helped in the salvation of souls.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"Christian wife! Follow in the footsteps of the ideal of all womanhood, the Blessed Mother of God; in joy and in sorrow, she will be your advocate at the throne of her Son."   - St. John Vianney

One of the most beautiful moments in history was that when pregnancy met pregnancy when child-bearers became the first heralds of the King of Kings. All pagan religions begin with the teachings of adults, but Christianity begins with the birth of a Child. From that day to this, Christians have ever been the defenders of the family and the love of generation. If we ever sat down to write out what we would expect the Infinite God to do, certainly the last thing we would expect would be to see Him imprisoned in a carnal ciborium for nine months; and the next to last thing we would expect is that the "greatest man ever born of woman" while yet in his mother's womb, would salute the yet imprisoned God-man. But this is precisely what took place in the Visitation.    Archbishop Fulton Sheen (World’s First Love)

“Be watchful that nothing in your use be damaged or spoiled.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“The crown of victory is promised only to those who engage in the struggle.”   - St. Augustine; The Spiritual Combat

Deepen you knowledge of Jesus which ends loneliness, overcomes sadness and uncertainty, gives real meaning to life, curbs passions, exalts ideals, expands energies in charity, brings light into decisive choices. Let Christ be for you the Way, the Truth, and the Life.   Pope St. John Paul II

“In this adorable Heart, we find all the weapons necessary for our defence, all the remedies suited to the cure of our diseases, all the most powerful aids against the assaults of our enemies, all the sweetest consolations to alleviate our sufferings, all the purest delights to fill our souls with joy. Cor Christi cœleste gazophilacium et erarium est.”    -St. Peter Damian

“If you are sinful, repent so that you can communicate often. If you are imperfect, go often to Communion that you may amend your faults.”   - St. Claude de la Colombiere (1641 - 1682)

“Has the tender love of a father or the liberality of a king toward his subjects ever reached as far as the love of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist!? ...O, the good fortune of the Christian, how little it is appreciated! No, dear brethren, His love could have done no more than to give Himself to us; for when we receive Him we receive Him with all His riches!"    - St. John Vianney.

He wants us to desire the eternal : we, here below, lean towards what comes to an end.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 42 : 4

Come, then, with trust to draw graces from this fountain. I never reject a contrite heart. Your misery has disappeared in the depths of My mercy. Do not argue with Me about your wretchedness. 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.   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 1485 )

“ Do not be at all surprised at your weakness, but acknowledge what you are, and blush at your infidelity towards God, then confide in Him and abandon yourself tranquilly in the arms of the heavenly Father, like a child in the arms of its mother.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

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

“Many men love truth less than others hate it.  This is a grave danger for democracy.  Hatred is rapidly becoming a stronger force than Love, or Truth, or Justice, or Righteousness.”    Archbishop Fulton Sheen

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

“Let us establish ourselves in total dependence on God, trusting that in so doing whatever men say or do against us will turn to the good.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

“A talkative, over-curious, and restless person is like an oven which is open and exposed on all sides, and which keeps no heat; you will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs.”    - St. Norbert, Bishop and Founder of the Norbertines

Mary is the sure way to go to Jesus and to find Him perfectly. It is through her that holy souls, who are to radiate holiness, must find Jesus!    - St. Louis Grignion de Montfort

“Sweetness of the Name of Mary During Life and at Death”: “Moreover, it is well known, and is daily experienced by the clients of Mary, that her powerful name gives the particular strength necessary to overcome temptations against purity. The same author in his commentary on the words of St. Luke, and the Virgin's name was Mary ("Et nomen Virginis Maria"--Luke i. 27), remarks that these two words, Mary and Virgin, are joined together by the Evangelist, to denote that the name of this most pure Virgin should always be coupled with the virtue of chastity" ("Nomini Mariae virginitas et sanctitas inseparabiliter sunt adjuncta"--Loco cit.). Hence St. Peter Chrysologus says, "that the name of Mary is an indication of chastity" ("Nomen hoc, indicium castitatis"--Serm. 146), meaning, that when we doubt as to whether we have consented to thoughts against this virtue, if we remember having invoked the name of Mary, we have a certain proof that we have not sinned.”   St. Alphonsus De Liguori,

“God desires from you the least degree of purity of conscience more than all the works you can perform.”   St. John of the Cross (1542-1591)

Everyone loves Him there, and the soul itself doesn't think about anything else than loving Him; nor can it cease loving Him, because it knows Him.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 30 : 5

“ When there is no time for both, meditation is to be preferred to vocal prayer, because it is more fruitful.”   St Pio of Pietrelcina

"Oh, how painful it is to Me that souls so seldom unite themselves to Me in Holy Communion. I wait for souls, and they are indifferent toward Me. I love them tenderly and sincerely, and they distrust Me. I want to lavish My graces on them, and they do not want to accept them. They treat Me as a dead object, whereas My Heart is full of love and mercy"   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 1447)

"If you ever feel distressed during your day — call upon our Lady — just say this simple prayer: 'Mary, Mother of Jesus, please be a mother to me now.' I must admit — this prayer has never failed me."   - St. Teresa of Calcutta

“One in essence, distinction of persons, such is the mystery of the Trinity, such is the inner life of God.  The three angles of a triangle do not make three triangles but one; as the heat, power, and light of the sun do not make three suns but one; as water, air, and steam are all manifestations of the one substance; as the form, color, and perfume of the rose do not make three roses, but one; as our soul, our intellect, and our will do not make three substances, but one; as one times one times one times one does not equal three, but one, so too in some much more mysterious way, there are three Persons in God and yet only one God.”    Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The Divine Romance)

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

"The more we are afflicted in this world, the greater is our assurance in the next; the more we sorrow in the present, the greater will be our joy in the future"   -  St. Isidore of Seville

"The love of our Lord’s Heart was in no way diminished by the treason of Judas, the flight of the apostles, and the persecution of his enemies. Jesus was only grieved at the harm they did themselves; his sufferings helped to assuage his grief because he saw in them a remedy for the sins committed by his enemies. The Sacred Heart was full of most tender love: there was no bitterness in it; no cruelty and injustice that he received moved it to feelings other than those of compassion and affection."   - St. Claude La Colombiere

“Afflictions bring blessing to man; self-esteem and sensual pleasure, evil.”    St. Mark the Ascetic (5th c.)

But the day will come—and that day is not far off—when all the righteous men and women who firmly believed in Him throughout their lives will see Him. And around Him in the heaven will gather all those who were baptized on earth in His name—not only with water, but also with the Spirit and Fire. And they will enter into His joy, which the Heavenly Father has prepared for all His chosen, and will inherit a joy that they have never known before.   St. Nikolai Velimirovic
Sermon on the Ascension of the Lord

The great good that it seems to me there will be in the kingdom of heaven, among many other blessings, is that one will no longer take any account of earthly things, but have a calmness and glory within, rejoice in the fact that all are rejoicing.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 30 : 5

“ What else can I say to you? May the grace and peace of the Holy Spirit always be at the center of your heart. Place your heart in the open side of the Savior and unite it with the King of our hearts who is within them as on a royal throne, in order that He might receive homage and obedience from all other hearts. He keeps his door open so that everybody can approach Him and gain an audience at all times. And when your heart speaks to Him, don't forget, my dearest daughter, to speak in favor of mine, so that his divine and cordial Majesty may render it good, obedient, faithful and less wretched than it is.”   St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"When I come to a human heart in Holy Communion,My hands are full of all kinds of graces which I want to give to the soul.''   WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 1385)

“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 Trinity is the answer to the questions of Plato.  If there is only one God, what does He think about?  He thinks an eternal thought, or about His Eternal Son.  If there is only one God, whom does He love?  He loves His Son, and that mutual love is the Holy Spirit.  I firmly believe that the great philosopher was fumbling about for the mystery of the Trinity, for his great mind seemed in some small way to suspect that an infinite being must have relations of thought and love, and that God cannot be conceived without thought and love.    But it was not until the word became Incarnate that man knew the secret of those relations and the inner life of God.”    Archbishop Fulton Sheen (The Divine Romance)

“We pray well when we remain in the presence of God, with no exertion of the understanding or will.”   – St. Vincent de Paul

"The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God."   - St. John Vianney

“Let us be neither dogs that do not bark nor silent onlookers nor paid servants who run away before the wolf. Instead let us be careful shepherds watching over Christ’s flock. Let us preach the whole of God’s plan to the powerful and to the humble, to rich and to poor, to men of every rank and age, as far as God gives us the strength, in season and out of season.”    - St. Boniface, Bishop and Martyr

“Whoever does not embrace the Catholic Christian faith is lost, like your false prophet Muhammad.”   -St. Peter Mavimenus

"I do not know your gods. Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, is my God. If you take my answer as an offense, cut off my tongue. Every part of my body is ready to suffer when God calls for this sacrifice."   -  St. Theodore Tiro

You are a King forever, my God; Your kingdom is not a borrowed one When in the Creed the words “ and His kingdom will have no end” are said, it is almost always a special delight.   St Teresa of Jesus of Avila   The Way of Perfection - chapter 22 : 1

“After some time, inner emptiness and dissatisfaction will come to [the soul’s] attention. Oh, if only she would turn to Me then; I would help her to cleanse her heart, and I would fulfill everything in her soul; but without her knowledge and consent, I cannot be the Master of her heart.”    WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA   (Diary, 1683b)