Fr. Gabriel: Live for God 1 comment

There is only one choice: to live for self or to live for God.

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St. Augustine: Goodness without Christ Add a comment

When will one find goodness without Christ? When will a person find evil with him?

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St. Francis de Sales: Let us be who we are 1 comment

Let us be who we are, and be that well, so as to honor the Master Worker, whose handiwork we are.

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Pope Leo I: He that sees another in error Add a comment

He that sees another in error and endeavors not to correct it, testifies himself to be in error.

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Pope Benedict XVI: Silent adoration Add a comment

In a world where there is so much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a need for silent adoration of Jesus concealed in the Host. Be assiduous in the prayer of adoration and teach it to the faithful. It is a source of comfort and light, particularly to those who are suffering.

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Pope St. Gregory: Three states of the converted Add a comment

There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning, they experience the charms of sweetness; in the middle, the contests of temptation; and in the end, the fullness of perfection.

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St. Cyprian: Pure white crown Add a comment

May all Christians be found worthy of either the pure white crown of a holy life or the royal red crown of martyrdom.

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St. Gregory of Nyssa: Source of holiness Add a comment

If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and thus show ourselves to be worthy bearers of his name. For the quality of holiness is shown not by what we say but by what we do in life.

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Father de Caussade: Occupied with God Add a comment

When you happen to be entirely unoccupied with created things so that you seem to be thinking of nothing and desiring nothing, you should know that then your soul in unconsciously occupied with God and in God.

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St. Basil: Return thanks Add a comment

We should not accept in silence the benefactions of God, but return thanks for them.

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St. Pacian: Christian is my name Add a comment

If you want to know who I am,” he said, “Christian is my name, Catholic is my surname.

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St. Martin de Tours: Your will be done Add a comment

Lord, if your people need me, I will not refuse the work. Your will be done.

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St. Bruno: By your work 1 comment

By your work you show what you love and what you know.

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St. Dominic: Governs his passions Add a comment

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.

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St. John Berchmans: Saint when I am young Add a comment

If I do not become a saint when I am young, I shall never become one.

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St. John Vianney: Find myself in God Add a comment

I wish I could lose myself and never find myself except in God!

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Blessed Pedro Castroverde: Lord may I Add a comment

Lord, may I think what you want me to think. May I desire what you want me to desire. May I speak as you want me to speak. May I work as you want me to work.

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St. Thomas Aquinas: Glory within us Add a comment

Grace is nothing else but a certain beginning of glory within us.

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St. Benedict: Good work Add a comment

Whenever you begin any good work you should first of all make a most pressing appeal to Christ our Lord to bring it to perfection.

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Luke 17:10: Unprofitable servants Add a comment

We are unprofitable servants, we have done what we were obliged to do.

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