I am the bread of life. (John 6:48)
Quotes
Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise. – Unknown
I have not even begun to think of unity when the Trinity bathes me in its splendor. I have not even begun to think of the Trinity when unity grasps me… (Saint Gregory Nazianzen, +390)
Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff when they begin a long journey. (Saint Anthony of Padua, +1231)
News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose; for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit[…]
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting on each one of them.[…]
Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. (Saint Norbert of Xanten, +1134)
You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. (Saint Norbert of Xanten, +1134)
The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on her course. (Saint Boniface, +754)
These African martyrs herald the dawn of a new age. If only the mind of man might be directed not towards persecutions and religious conflicts but towards a rebirth of Christianity and civilisation! (Pope Saint Paul VI, +1978)