Quotes

I only beg, for the love of God, that anyone who does not believe me will put what I say to the test, and he will see by experience what great advantages come from his commending himself to this glorious patriarch and having devotion to him (Saint Teresa of Avila, +1582)

The wider our contemplation of creation, the grander is our conception of God. (Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, +386)

Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort and restore me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger (Saint Patrick,[…]

But you have come to Christ, the true high priest. Through his blood he has made God turn to you in mercy and has reconciled you with the Father. You must not think simply of ordinary blood but you must learn to recognise instead the blood of the Word. (Origen of Alexandra, +253)

Some Saints are privileged to extend to us their patronage with particular efficacy in certain needs, but not in others; but our holy patron St. Joseph has the power to assist us in all cases, in every necessity, in every undertaking. (Saint Thomas Aquinas, +1274)

On the head of religion alone I am condemned, and for that I would willingly and joyfully pour forth even a hundred lives. Snatch away that one which I have from me, and make no delay about it, but my religion you will never snatch away from me ! (Saint John Ogilvie, +1615)

A married woman must, when called upon, quit her devotions to God at the altar to find him in her household affairs (Saint Frances of Rome, +1440)

Lord, Your thorns are my roses and Your suffering my paradise. (Saint John of God,+1550)

If the physician presumes to take into consideration in his work whether a life has value or not, the consequences are boundless and the physician becomes the most dangerous man in the state. (Dr. Christopher Huffland, +1836)

What does it take to become a saint? Will it. (Saint Thomas Aquinas, +1274)