Every piece of my flesh, every drop of my blood will tell you that I am Christian (18-year-old Xi Guizi, Martyr of China, after his persecutors had chopped off his arm and were preparing to flay him alive)
Quotes
He loves, He hopes, He waits. Our Lord prefers to wait Himself for the sinner for years rather than keep us waiting an instant. (Saint Maria Goretti, +1902)
To live without faith, without a patrimony to defend, without a steady struggle for truth, that is not living but existing (Bd. Pier Giorgio Frassati, +1925)
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me. (John 14:5-6)
My Lord and My God! (Saint Thomas, Apostle)
There is one day for the passion of two apostles. But these two also were as one; although they suffered on different days, they were as one. Peter went first, Paul followed. We are celebrating a feast day, consecrated for us by the blood of the apostles. Let us love their faith, their lives, their[…]
Because of his boundless love, Jesus became what we are that he might make us to be what he is. (Saint Irenaeus of Lyons, +202)
Indeed the mystery of Christ runs the risk of being disbelieved precisely because it is so incredibly wonderful (Saint Cyril of Alexandria, +444)
To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints. (Saint Josemaria Escriva, +1975)
He must increase, but I must decrease. (John 3:30)