As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary. (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
Quotes
When the soul reflects on the fact that it has given itself to the Immaculate, and that whatever happens to it occurs by her will, it is filled with a very great peace (Saint Maximilian Kolbe, priest, missionary and martyr +1941)
martyrs of love suffer infinitely more by staying alive to do God’s will than if they had to give up a thousand lives for their faith and love and loyalty (Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, +1641)
There is absolutely no kind of human beings, my dearly beloved, who need to despair of their vocation; Christ suffered for all. It was very truly written about him: who wishes all men to be saved, and to come to the acknowledgement of the truth. (Saint Augustine, from a sermon on Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr)
the Cross is not the end: it is lifted up and shows us the way to heaven. It is not merely a sign, but Christ’s undefeated weapon: it is the shepherd’s sling with which the divine David battles the evil Goliath. With it, Christ knocks loudly at the door of heaven and opens it. (Saint[…]
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine. (Saint Thomas Aquinas, Dominican priest, +1274)
Everyone, dedicated to the Lord with full faith and total courage, may rejoice in this confession and not fear it, for they know that the soldiers of God and Christ are not destroyed, but crowned. (Saint Cyprian of Carthage, +258)
Jesus goes before us to show us the way, both up the mountain and into heaven, and – I speak boldly – it is for us now to follow him with all speed, yearning for the heavenly vision that will give us a share in his radiance, renew our spiritual nature and transform us into[…]
Mary, Mother of God, we salute you. Precious vessel, worthy of the whole world’s reverence, you are an ever-shining light, the crown of virginity, the symbol of orthodoxy, an indestructible temple, the place that held him whom no place can contain, mother and virgin. Because of you the holy gospels could say: Blessed is he who[…]
There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us. (Saint Jean-Marie Vianney, +1859)