The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on her course. (Saint Boniface, +754)
Quotes
There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us. ~ Saint Jean Vianney
No one who is rightly minded turns from true belief to false. (Saint Justin Martyr, +165)
Each person considered in himself is entirely God. . . the three considered together. . . I have not even begun to think of unity when the Trinity bathes me in its splendour. I have not even begun to think of the Trinity when unity grasps me (Saint Gregor of Nazianzen)
All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today. (Pope Saint Paul VI)
Christian joy is a gift of God flowing from a good conscience. (Saint Philip Neri, +1595)
Meditating on the close relationships between Mary and the Church, for the glory of the Virgin Mary and for our own consolation, we proclaim the Most Blessed Mary Mother of the Church, that is to say of all the people of God, of the faithful as well as of the pastors, who call her the[…]
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. A blessed Pentecost to one and all! +
How should you conduct yourself if you want to follow in the footsteps of Jesus? You must strive to be saints…walk their same paths, renounce yourself completely, strive only for God’s glory, the good of the Church, and the salvation of souls (Saint Eugene de Mazenod)
The name of Jesus is the glory of preachers, because the shining splendour of that name causes his word to be proclaimed and heard…Was it not through the brilliance and sweet savour of this name that God called us into his marvellous light? When we have been enlightened, and in that same light behold the light[…]