Saintly Quotations

Detachment, if practiced perfectly, includes the other two necessary virtues, love of others and true humility. ~St. Teresa of Avila...

We can do little things for God. ~Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection

When a soul gives herself wholly to God, He manifests Himself by letting the soul discover infinite horizons of love that will unite her m...

The soul in which God alone dwells has no other function than that of an altar on which God is adored in praise and love. ~St. John ...

... in prayer God teaches the soul, and through prayer the soul detaches itself from created things and unites itself to God. ~St. Mary...

Think nothing else but that God ordains all, and where there is no love, put love, and you will draw out love. ~St. John of the Cross ...

...I try to keep up my effort in the practice of those virtues that can render me a true copy of my dear God. ~St. Teresa Margaret Redi...

I have no other desire than to unite myself to the Heart of Jesus. ~St. Teresa Margaret Redi  

OUR FATHER, Most Holy, our Creator and Redeemer, our Savior and our Comforter. WHO ART IN HEAVEN: Together with the angels and sain...

What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ, and that we love him in return. In comparison to the love of Jesus, everything ...

When making the Sign of the Cross, therefore, we confess three great mysteries: the Trinity, the Passion, and the remission of sins, by whi...

Suffering borne with love is happiness most pure. ~ St. Therese of Lisieux

If you were able to stir your heart a little more deeply to the practice of meekness and true humility, you would be courageous. But you mu...

What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ, and that we love him in return. In comparison to the love of Jesus, everything ...

Mothers are the heart of the home; they build family life by wanting, loving and taking care of their children. . . .  Recently, in L——...

Come, Lord, work upon us, set us on fire and clasp us close, be fragrant to us, draw us to your loveliness, let us love, let us run to you....

It is true I am not always faithful, but I never lose courage. I leave myself in the Arms of Our Lord.  – St. Therese of Lisieux

Your soul is called to raise itself to God by the elevator of love and not to climb the rough stairway of fear.  - St. Therese of Lis...

I think the world today is upside down, and is suffering so much, because there is so very little love in the homes and in family life. We ...

When your glory is seen, I shall be satisfied It is fitting that the end of all our desires, namely eternal life coincides with the w...

Charity gave me the key to my vocation. I understood that the Church being a body composed of different members, the most essential, the mo...

He does not call those who are worthy but those whom He pleases. - St. Therese of Lisieux

When we do not give up praying, confidence works miracles. - St. Therese of Lisieux

If you do not practice sweet silence, it is impossible to taste the things of God. - St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi

I realize better than ever before how tender and merciful Our Lord is;  He has sent me this cross when I am capable of bearing it,  wherea...

Faith is lacking because there is so much selfishness and so much gain only for self. But faith, to be true, has to be a giving love. Love ...

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfe...

The world's thy ship and not thy home. - St. Therese of Lisieux

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely. - St. Thomas Aquinas ...

A most powerful and efficacious remedy for all evils, a means of correcting all imperfections, of triumphing over tem...

You aspire to great things? Begin with little ones. - St. Augustine of Hippo

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.    - St. Francis of Assisi        

I do everything for God, and in this way I lose nothing, and I'm always well repaid for the trouble I go to for other people.  ...

How great the dignity of the soul, since each one has from his birth an angel commissioned to guard it. - St. Jerome

We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather we must be simple, humble and pure. We should never desire to be over othe...

Our Lord died on the Cross in agony, and yet this is the most beautiful death of love. To die of love is not to die in transports.  ...

Oh my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understa...

Are you making no progress in prayer? Then you need only offer God the prayers which the Savior has poured out for us in the sacrament of...

I rejoice my dearest son, in your devoted good will regarding both your generous almsgiving and your gentle rule. All this surely pleases G...

The Apostle affirms that “no man can say the Lord Jesus but by the Holy Ghost,” and “there is none that doth good, no not one.” Whosoever, ...

He who enters into the secret place of his own soul passes beyond himself and truly ascends to God.  Therefore, banish from your heart ...

Imagine yourselves to be spiritual beggars in the presence of God and his saints. You should go round from saint to saint, imploring an alm...

Be assured that you are not alone. God is never far from those who suffer. If you know how to find him, then you will experience him. The...

Be cheerful! Jesus will take care of everything. Let us pay no attention to people who do not know what they are talking about. Let us tr...

Jesus offers you the cross, a very heavy cross, and you are afraid of not being able to carry it without giving way. Why? Our Beloved H...

Let's continue to be strenuous in pursuing virtue. Let's not grow tired of seeking it, for our Lord has become a guide for us and...

Remember the goodness of the Lord in his treatment of you up until now. He will continue his work of perfection to your benefit. He will ...

The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he wills it; and thirdly, to do it ...

Jesus is honey on the lips, melody in the ear, joy in the heart. Yet not alone is that name light and food. It is also a remedy. Is any...

God accepts our desires as though they were of great value. He longs ardently for us to desire and love him. He accepts our petitions for...

Virgin Immaculate, perfect lover of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, we ask you to obtain for us the graces we need to become true ador...