Whoever doesn't give up prayer can't possibly continue to  offend God.

Stop entertaining those vain fears. Remember it is not feeling which constitutes guilt but the consent to such feelings. Only the free will is capable of good or evil. But when the will sighs under the trial of the tempter and does not will what is presented to it, there is not only no fault but there is virtue.

-- St. Pio of Pietrelcina

The covetous claim to be Christian, yet they have no trust in Christ. For they are always afraid of want in the time to come, no matter how much they have. 

-- St Thomas More

No one can live without delight, and that is why a man deprived of spiritual joy goes over to carnal pleasures.

Blessed is He who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.

What brings any Christians together is the revelation and acceptance of the truth....disobedience and protesting against the truth is what brought division of Christ's Church in the first place!

Let each one remember that he will make progress in all spiritual things only insofar as he rids himself of self-love, self-will, and self-interest.

-- St Ignatius of Loyola

I travel, work, suffer my weak health, meet with a thousand difficulties, but all these are nothing, for this world is so small. To me, space is an imperceptible object, as I am accustomed to dwell in eternity.

-- St Frances Xavier Cabrini

The acts of charity that you neglect to perform are so many injustices that you committ.

-- St Basil the Great

If we have any natural defect, either in mind or body, let us not grieve and be sorry for ourselves. Who is there that ever receives a gift and tries to make bargains about it? Let us, then, return thanks for whatever God has bestowed on us. Who can tell, if we had received a larger share of ability or stronger health, we would have possessed them to our destruction?

-- St. Alphonsus Liguori

Take good care for the aged, for in them you are caring for Christ Himself.

-- Bl. Jeanne Jugan

When you are excited to impatience, think for a moment how much more reason God has to be angry with you, than you can have for anger against any human being; and yet how constant is His patience and forbearance.

-- St Elizabeth Ann Seton

Those who choose their work because it fulfills a purpose they approve are the only ones who grow in stature by working. They alone can properly say, at the end of it, "It is finished!"

-- Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

It is better to be the child of God than king of the whole world.

-- St. Aloysius Gonzaga

I saw all the devil's traps set upon the earth, and groaned and said, " Who do you think can pass through them?" And I heard a voice saying, "Humility."

-- St Anthony the Great

The beginning of sanctity lies in my total abandonment to the Lord's will, even in little things.

-- Bl. John XXIII

This is the difference between us and those who do not know God: they, in adversity, complain and grumble; we , on the other hand, are not drawn away from virtue by the things that go against us but are strengthened in it, for we know even the hairs of our head are numbered.

-- St Cyprian

When the devil cannot turn a soul away from the love of virtue, he tries to urge it to excessive mortification, in order that it may thus become exhausted and loose vigor indespensible to its spiritual progress. Sadly great numbers of devout people have fallen into this snare.

Those who wage war against the truth are powerless to win; rather they wound themselves, like those who kick against spikes.

The reason why our times are so irreligious is on account of the unchristian families. Where the wrong was, there must be the remedy. All the authority of Church and State is useless if the family does not co-operate.

-- St John Vianney

We are well aware that it is not easy suddenly to change a mind possessed by ignorance, we intend to add a few things, for the sake of persuading those who love the truth, knowing that it is possible to put ignorance to flight by presenting the truth.

-- St Justin the Martyr

We are at Jesus' disposal. If he wants you to be sick in bed, if he wants you to proclaim His work in the street, if he wants you to clean the toilets all day, that's all right, everything is all right. We must say, "I belong to you. You can do whatever you like." And this ..is our strength, and this is the joy of the Lord.

-- Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

The Transfiguration is not only the revelation of Christ's glory but also a preparation for facing Christ's cross. It involves both "going up the mountain" and "coming down the mountain." The disciples who have enjoyed this intimacy with the Master, surrounded by the splendor of the Trinitarian life, "...are immediately brought back to daily reality, where they see 'Jesus only,' in the lowliness of his human nature."

-- Pope John Paul II