Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven. (Acts 1:11)
Quotes
Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed[…]
Go forward bravely. Fear nothing. Trust in God; all will be well. (Saint Joan of Arc, +1431)
And when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven?[…]
First let a little love find entrance into their hearts, and the rest will follow. (Saint Philip Neri, +1595)
What we commemorate before Easter is what we experience in this life; what we celebrate after Easter points to something we do not yet possess. This is why we keep the first season with fasting and prayer; but now the fast is over and we devote the present season to praise. Such is the meaning[…]
It is enough to notice that if some small mistake were made in doctrine, huge blunders would be made in human happiness. A sentence phrased wrong about the nature of symbolism would have broken all the best statues in Europe. A slip in the definitions might stop all the dances: might wither all the Christmas[…]
God is as really present in the consecrated Host as He is in the glory of Heaven (Saint Paschal Baylon, +1592)
Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. (Romans 12:2)
God wants to establish devotion to My Immaculate Heart in the world. If you do what I tell you, many souls will be saved and you will have peace. (Our Lady of Fatima)