“The grace of perseverance is the most important of all; it crowns all other graces.”  St. Vincent de Paul (1581.-1660.)

“May the Heart of Jesus be the goal of all your inspirations.”  St. Pio of Pietrelcina

"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".  WORDS OF JESUS TO ST. FAUSTINA.  (Diary 669)

“When a thought lingers within a man, this indicates his attachment to it; but when it is quickly destroyed, this signifies his opposition and hostility to it.”  St. Mark the Ascetic (5th c.)

“When I stand up to talk, people listen to me; they will follow what I have to say.  Is it any power of mine?  Of course not.  St. Paul says: ‘What have you that you have not received and you who have received, why do you glory as if you had not?’  But the secret of my power is that I have never missed spending an hour in the presence of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.  That’s where the power comes from.  That’s where sermons are born.  That’s where every good thought is conceived.”  Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Through the Year with Fulton Sheen)

"Let the whole of mankind tremble, the whole world shake and the heavens exult when Christ, the Son of the living God, is on the altar in the hands of a priest."  Saint Francis of Assisi

“I hope Our Lord will give you a share in the patience He practiced, not only in enduring fatigue but in seeing Himself abandoned by many who began to follow Him, even by the apostles, through no fault of His but because of their heedlessness.”  – St. Vincent de Paul