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“Don't you long to shout to those youths who are bustling around you: Fools! Leave those worldly things that shackle the heart - and very often degrade it - leave all that and come with us in search of Love!”

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Author:Josemaria Escriva

“On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.”

Needs Mean Ends Spiritual Love Is Catholic Saint Neighbor Catholicism Commandments God Is Love Catholic Saint Means To An End

Author:Edith Stein

“The nation doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.”

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Author:Edith Stein

“We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.”

Source: Honey and Salt: Selected Spiritual Writings of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

“We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.”

Suffering Christ Religious Bears Catholic Saint Trials Catholicism Closest Affliction Headstone Catholic Saint

Book:Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila

Source: Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila

“If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!”

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Author:Teresa of Avila

“You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.”

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Author:Therese of Lisieux

“Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.”

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Author:Therese of Lisieux

“Love God, serve God; everything is in that.”

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Author:Clare of Assisi

“Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.”

“The creator of the heavens obeys a carpenter; the God of eternal glory listens to a poor virgin. Has anyone ever witnessed anything comparable to this? Let the philosopher no longer disdain from listening to the common laborer; the wise, to the simple; the educated, to the illiterate; a child of a prince, to a peasant.”

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Author:Anthony of Padua

“Charity is that with which no man is lost, and without which no man is saved.”

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Author:Robert Bellarmine

“Whether, therefore, we receive what we ask for, or do not receive it, let us still continue steadfast in prayer. For to fail in obtaining the desires of our heart, when God so wills it, is not worse than to receive it; for we know not as He does, what is profitable to us.”

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Author:Saint John Chrysostom

“Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to heaven.”

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Author:Pope Pius X

“Love is the most necessary of all virtues. Love in the person who preaches the word of God is like fire in a musket. If a person were to throw a bullet with his hands, he would hardly make a dent in anything; but if the person takes the same bullet and ignites some gunpowder behind it, it can kill. It is much the same with the word of God. If it is spoken by someone who is filled with the fire of charity- the fire of love of God and neighbor- it will work wonders.”

“True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over.”

Evil Winning Catholic Charity Saint Catholicism Doing Good Catholic Saint

Author:Alphonsus Liguori

“I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God.”

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Author:Dominic Savio

“Lent stimulates us to let the Word of God penetrate our life and in this way to know the fundamental truth: who we are, where we come from, where we must go, what path we must take in life.”

Knows Way Inspiration Faith Path Our Lives Catholic Fundamentals Christian Inspirational Who We Are Word Of God Penetrate Catholic Saint Catholic Faith Where We Come Lenten

Author:Pope Benedict XVI

“The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.”

Love Inspiration Christian Faith Love Is Catholic Saint Proof Christian Inspirational Cease Great Things Catholic Saint Catholic Faith Lenten Proof Of Love

Author:Pope Gregory I

“Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?”

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Author:Gerard Majella

“Celebrate the feast of Christmas every day, even every moment in the interior temple of your spirit, remaining like a baby in the bosom of the heavenly Father, where you will be reborn each moment in the Divine Word, Jesus Christ.”

“Nothing seems tiresome or painful when you are working for a Master who pays well; who rewards even a cup of cold water given for love of Him.”

Wells Inspiration Seems Faith Given Water Pay Masters Cold Catholic Rewards Saint Painful Cups Tiresome Catholic Saint Cold Water

Author:Dominic Savio

“Those whose hearts are pure are temples of the Holy Spirit.”

Heart Inspiration Spirit Faith Holy Pure Catholic Saint Holy Spirit Temples Catholic Saint

Author:Saint Lucy

“Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. Blessed be you, my God, for having created me.”

Made Inspiration Mother Faith Love You Holy And Love Blessed Saint Be You Protected Catholic Saint

Author:Clare of Assisi

“It is because of faith that we exchange the present for the future.”

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Author:Fidelis of Sigmaringen

“Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul.”

Ifs Men Soul Inspiration Faith Fairs Roots Catholic Riches Hollow Snaps Pierce Exterior Reeds Swamps Catholic Saint

Author:Anthony of Padua

“Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.”

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Author:St. Catherine of Siena

“Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind.”

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Author:St. Catherine of Siena

“Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.”

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Author:Ignatius of Antioch

“Give something, however small, to the one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God, if we have given what we could.”

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Author:Gregory of Nazianzus

“He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.”

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Author:Ignatius of Antioch

“No earthly pleasures, no kingdoms of this world can benefit me in any way. I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire. Do not talk about Jesus Christ as long as you love this world.”

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Author:Ignatius of Antioch

“Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.”

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Author:Francis of Assisi

“Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.”

Source: Where There Is Love, There Is God: A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others

“In a world where there is so much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a need for silent adoration of Jesus concealed in the Host. Be assiduous in the prayer of adoration and teach it to the faithful. It is a source of comfort and light, particularly to those who are suffering.”

“Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.”

Whole Body Speak One Thing Catholic Dresses Tongue Purity Display Modesty Chastity Catholic Saint Impurity Chastity Purity Purity And Love

Author:St. Jerome

“We must practice modesty, not only in our looks, but also in our whole deportment, and particularly in our dress, our walk, our conversation, and all similar actions.”

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Author:Alphonsus Liguori

“I will go peaceably and firmly to the Catholic Church: for if Faith is so important to our salvation, I will seek it where true Faith first began, seek it among those who received it from God Himself.”

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Book:Elizabeth Ann Seton: A Woman of Prayer : Meditations, Reflections, Prayers, and Poems Taken from Her Writings

Source: Elizabeth Ann Seton: A Woman of Prayer : Meditations, Reflections, Prayers, and Poems Taken from Her Writings

“There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning they experience the charms of sweetness; in the middle the contests of temptation; and in the end the fullness of perfection.”

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Author:Pope Gregory I

“He loves, He hopes, He waits. Our Lord prefers to wait Himself for the sinner for years rather than keep us waiting an instant.”

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Author:Maria Goretti

“Where sin was hatch'd, let tears now wash the nest, Where life was lost, recover life with cries.”

Sin Tears Saint Nests Catholic Saint

Author:Robert Southwell

“Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.”

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Author:Saint Francis de Sales

“Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak.”

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Author:Anthony of Padua

“To love God as He ought to be loved, we must be detached from all temporal love. We must love nothing but Him, or if we love anything else, we must love it only for His sake.”

Ifs Ought Sake Saint God Love Detached Catholic Saint

Author:Peter Claver

“Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make his spirit, his devotion, his affections, his desire, and his disposition live and reign there.”

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Author:John Eudes

“The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.”

Praying Catholic Method Saint Rosary Catholic Saint Blessed Mother Powerful Weapons Holy Rosary Praying The Rosary

Author:Saint Francis de Sales

“Love our Lady. And she will obtain abundant grace to help you conquer in your daily struggle.”

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Author:Josemaria Escriva

“You carry your snare everywhere and spread your nets in all places. You allege that you never invited others to sin. You did not indeed, by your words, but you have done so by your dress and your deportment.”

Done Sin Catholic Dresses Spread Purity Modesty Invited Chastity Snares Catholic Saint Impurity Chastity Purity Purity And Love

Author:Saint John Chrysostom

“Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.”

Catholic Sufficient Purity Modesty Catholic Saint Incitement

Author:Ignatius of Loyola

“Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry”

Spiritual Worry Praying Catholic Saint Catholicism Catholic Saint Sainthood Hope And Pray

Author:Pio of Pietrelcina

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