There is nothing which edifies others so much as charity and kindness, by which, as by the oil in our lamp, the flame of good example is kept alive.

-- St. Francis de Sales

Nothing can come but that that God wills. And I make me very sure that whatsoever that be, seem it never so bad in sight, it shall indeed be the best.

-- St. Thomas More to his daughter

Thy lightnings enlightened the world: the earth shook and trembled.

-- Ps. lxxvi. 19

Take a moment to think of everything you're proud of about yourself and your life. Then ask yourself if you would have any of this without God's permission and aid? Give credit where credit is due; praise and thank Him, not yourself.

-- St. Francis of Assisi

O most sweet Jesus, who came into this world to give to all souls the life of your grace, and who, to preserve and increase it in them, willed to be the daily remedy of their weakness and the food for each day, we humbly beseech you, by your heart so burning with love for us, to pour your divine Spirit upon all souls in order that those who have the misfortune to be in the state of mortal sin may, returning to you, find the life of grace that they have lost. Through this same Holy Spirit, may those who are already living by this divine life devoutly approach your divine table every day when it is possible, sot that, receiving each day in Holy Communion the antidote of their daily venial sins and each day sustaining in themselves the life of your grace and thus ever purifying themselves the more, they may finaly come to a happy life with you. Amen.

-- Pope St. Pius X

When it's God speaking.....the proper way to behave is to imitate someone who has an irresistable curiosity and who listens at keyholes. You must listen to everything God says at the keyhole of your heart.

-- St. John Vianney

The Lord measures our perfection neither by the multitude nor the magnitude of our deeds, but by the manner in which we perform them.

-- St. John of the Cross

Prayer brings about the perfect absorption of the food of our good actions, and distributes them into all the members of the soul.

-- St Bernard

We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend on material success, but on Jesus alone.

-- St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Once the eye of the soul has been purified by such considerations we no longer abide within our own spirit in a sense of sorrow, but abide rather in the Spirit of God with great delight. No longer do we consider what is the will God for us, but rather what it is in itself. For our life is in his will.

-- St Bernard

Reason can but ascertain the profound difficulties of our condition, it connot remove them.

-- John Cardinal Newman

The denial of personal guilt makes men ready to surrender their liberty. Better it is for a man to realize he has evil tendencies which must be fought and combated in order that his higher self may emerge.

-- Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Let it be assured that to do no wrong is really superhuman and belongs to God alone.

-- St. Gregory Nazianzen

We are not drawn to God by iron chains, but by sweet attractions and holy inspirations.

-- St. Francis de Sales

My wish for all of you is to die on the cross with Christ in defense of your family's holiness and purity.

-- Padre Pio

Lord, what will Thou have me to do? Here is the true token of a soul absolutely perfect: when one has succeeded in leaving behind his own will to such a degree as no longer to seek, to aim, or to desire to do what he would will, but only what God wills.

-- St Bernard

With regard to doing the will of the Lord, even if someone should be scandalized by what we do, we must not let that hamper our freedom of action.

-- St. Basil the Great

But I would not believe in the Gospel, had not the authority of the Catholic Church already moved me.

-- St. Augustine, Contra epistolam Manichaei

His Majesty, The Lord, rewards great sevices with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God.

-- St. Teresa of Avila

A weak minded person is frequently diverted toward pursuing exterior happiness when the breath of popular favor accompanies his good actions. So he gives up his own personal choices, prefering to remain at the mercy of whatever he hears from others. Thus, he rejoices not so much to become but to be called blessed. Eager for praise, he gives up what he had begun to be; and so he is severed from God by the very means by which he appeared to be commendable in God.

-- Pope St. Gregory the Great

To rely on our talents is a cause of great loss. When soneone places confidence in his own prudence, knowledge, and intelligence, God, To make him know and see his insufficiency, withdraws from him His help and leaves him to work by himself. This is often why our undertakings miserably fail.

-- St. Vincent de Paul

Apostle of My mercy, proclaim to the whole world My unfathomable mercy.

-- Revelation to St. Faustina

Even the heretics appear to have Christ, for none of them denies the name of Christ. Yet, anyone who does not confess all that pertains to Christ does in fact deny Christ.

-- St.Ambrose of Milan

What leper, when he has been healed, turns again and deires to have his leprosy back? You have put off your transgressions in Baptism....forsake them!

-- St.Ephraem the Syrian

The devil is only permitted to tempt thee as much as it is profitable for thy exercise and trial, and in order that thou, who did not know thyself, may find out what thou art.

-- St. Augustine

If I saw the gates of Hell open and I stood on the brink of the abyss, I should not despair, I should not lose hope of mercy, because I should trust in You, my God.

-- St. Gemma Galgani

Our love for the Blessed Sacrament should be carried to the highest degree: the highest degree of love and adoration is the silence which prays and pours itself out in adoration before the grandeur of a hidden God.

-- St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

When they see the Blood of the Lord, demons flee while while angels gather.

-- St. John Chrysostom

Since God is perfect in loving man, man must be perfect in loving his neighbor.

-- St. Vincent Pallotti

We must speak to them with our hands before we speak to them with our lips.

-- St. Peter Claver

Love cannot triumph unless it becomes the one passion of our life. Until we have a passionate love for Our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament, we shall accomplish nothing. Certainly, Our Lord loves us passionately in the Eucharist ; He loves us blindly without a thought for Himself, devoting Himself entirely for our good. We should love Him as He loves us.

-- St. Peter Eymard