Quotes

Faith is an act of the intellect, assenting to the divine truth, by command of the will, moved by God, through grace (Saint Thomas Aquinas)

Laugh and grow strong (Saint Ignatius of Loyola)

Land of our ancestors, Glorious deeds circle your brow, For your arm knows how to wield the sword, Your arm knows how to carry the cross; Your history is an epic of brilliant deeds (from the original version of O, Canada)

The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church – Tertullian (+240 A.D.)

We are celebrating a feast day, consecrated for us by the blood of the apostles. Let us love their faith, their lives, their labours, their sufferings, their confession of faith, their preaching. (Saint Augustine)

Our Lord Jesus Christ is nonetheless one, the one true Son, both God and man; not a deified man on the same footing as those who share the divine nature by grace, but true God who for our sake appeared in human form. (Saint Cyril of Alexandria, +444)

Don’t wait until you are old to start becoming a saint. Begin right now. Cheerfully and joyfully, by fulfilling the duties of your work and of your everyday life. (Saint Josemaria Escriva, +1975)

He must increase, and I must decrease (Saint John the Baptist)

One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated. (Saint Thomas More, +1535)

There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us. (Saint Jean Vianney)