Faith is an act of the intellect, assenting to the divine truth, by command of the will, moved by God through grace (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
Quotes
We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe (Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman, +1890)
A spiritual guide should be silent when discretion requires and speak when words are of service. Otherwise he may say what he should not or be silent when he should speak. Indiscreet speech may lead men into error and an imprudent silence may leave in error those who could have been taught. (Saint Gregory the[…]
All grace flows from mercy, and the last hour abounds with mercy for us. Let no one doubt concerning the goodness of God; even if a person’s sins were as dark as night, God’s mercy is stronger than our misery. One thing alone is necessary; that the sinner set ajar the door of his heart,[…]
What a man is in the sight of God, that he is, and no more. (Saint Francis of Assisi +1226)
Be not sad, for the joy of the Lord is our strength. (Nehemiah, 8:11)
My Guardian Angel has been my friend since my infancy (Saint Padre Pio)
For if, as Paul says, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God, and if the man who does not know Scripture does not know the power and wisdom of God, then ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. (Saint Jerome, +420)
To pretend that angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don’t see ourselves sleeping (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
Had I many thousands of lives I would offer them all for him. Never shall I apostatise. You may kill me if that is what you want. To die for God – such is my will (Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, missionary and martyr, +1637)