All beginnings are somewhat strange; but we must have patience, and little by little, we shall find things, which at first were obscure, becoming clearer. (Saint Vincent de Paul, +1660)
Quotes
How I grieve, my God, that you are not known, that this savage country is not yet wholly converted to faith in you, that sin is not yet blotted out! (Saint John de Brébeuf, +1649)
The most beautiful act of faith is the one made in darkness, in sacrifice, and with extreme effort (Saint Pio of Pieterclina)
But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, `I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners. (Mt 9:12-13)
He cannot have God for his father who has not the Church for his mother. (Saint Cyprian of Carthage, +258)
Do not be surprised, brothers, that Mary is said to be a martyr in spirit. Let him be surprised who does not remember the words of Paul, that one of the greatest crimes of the Gentiles was that they were without love. That was far from the heart of Mary; let it be far from[…]
So great and outstanding a possession is the cross that he who wins it has won a treasure. Rightly could I call this treasure the fairest of all fair things and the costliest, in fact as well as in name, for on it and through it and for its sake the riches of salvation that[…]
O Blessed Mary, whoever loves you honors God; whoever serves you pleases God; whoever invokes your holy name with a pure heart will infallibly receive the object of his petition. (St. Bernard of Clairvaux)
You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God (Saint Jean Vianney)
We must speak to them with our hands by giving, before we try to speak to them with our lips. (Saint Peter Claver, +1654)