Cheerfulness strengthens the heart and makes us persevere in a good life; wherefore the servant of God ought always to be in good spirits (Saint Philip Neri, +1595)
Quotes
Winter has passed, and spring has come. The seeds you have sown with tears will bear fruit very soon. (Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun)
You must know that when you ‘hail’ Mary, she immediately greets you! Don’t think that she is one of those rude women…on the contrary, she is utterly courteous and pleasant. If you greet her, she will answer you right away and converse with you! (Saint Bernardine of Siena, +1444)
Help me to journey beyond the familiar and into the unknown. Give me the faith to leave old ways and break fresh ground with You. Christ of the mysteries, I trust You to be stronger than each storm within me. I will trust in the darkness and know that my times, even now, are in[…]
Say the Rosary everyday to obtain peace for the world. And after each decade, say the following prayer: ‘O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy’…My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that[…]
In 100 years we have gone from teaching Latin and Greek in High School to teaching remedial English in college. (Joseph Sobran)
If you see a man pure and humble, that is a great vision. For what is greater than such a vision, to see the invisible God in a visible man, the temple of God (Saint Pachomius, +348)
Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.” Napoléon Bonaparte, + May 5th, 1821)
The saying is sure: If any one aspires to the office of bishop, he desires a noble task. Now a bishop must be above reproach…(and) they must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. (1 Timothy 3)
The Catholic Church is an institution I am bound to hold divine but for unbelievers a proof of its divinity might be found in the fact that no merely human institution conducted with such knavish imbecility would have lasted a fortnight. (Hilaire Belloc +1953)