Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy. (Saint Faustina Kowalska, +1938)
Quotes
You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them (Thérèse of Lisieux, +1897)
My God, it grieves me greatly that you are not known, that in this savage wilderness all have not been converted to you, that sin has not been driven from it. My God, even if all the brutal tortures which prisoners in this region must endure should fall on me, I offer myself most willingly[…]
Always remain close to the Catholic Church, because it alone can give you true peace, since it alone possesses Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, the true Prince of Peace. (Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, +1968)
To see a deeper understanding of the great celebration Matthew held at his house, we must realise that he not only gave a banquet for the Lord at his earthly residence, but far more pleasing was the banquet set in his own heart which he provided through faith and love. (Saint Bede the Venerable, +735)
If, then, placed as we are in this world full of danger and misery, we do not know the Lord our creator, what is the point in having been born? Our life is pointless. Thanks to God, we have come into this world. Also thanks to God, we have received baptism, we have entered the[…]
On the last day, when the general examination takes place, there will be no question at all on the text of Aristotle, the aphorisms of Hippocrates, or the paragraphs of Justinian. Charity will be the whole syllabus. (Saint Robert Bellarmine, +1621)
O crux benedícta, quæ sola fuísti digna portáre Regem cælórum et Dóminum, allelúia. – O blessed cross, which alone was found worthy to bear the King of heaven and the Lord! Alleluia!
Prayer should be the means by which I, at all times, receive all that I need, and, for this reason, be my daily refuge, my daily consolation, my daily joy, my source of rich and inexhaustible joy in life. (Saint John Chrysostom, +407)
In dangers, in anguish, in doubt, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Let her name be ever on your lips, ever in your heart; and the better to obtain the help of her prayers, imitate the example of her life. Following her, you do not stray; invoking her, you do not despair; thinking of her,[…]