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“Hear Mass daily; it will prosper the whole day. All your duties will be performed the better for it, and your soul will be stronger to bear its daily cross. The Mass is the most holy act of religion; you can do nothing that can give greater glory to God or be more profitable for your soul than to hear Mass both frequently and devoutly. It is the favorite devotion of the saints.”

Giving Soul Whole Inspiration Faith Can Do Greater Duty Bears Holy Mass Glory Crosses Stronger Catholic Saint Devotion Your Soul Profitable Glory Of God

Author:Peter Julian Eymard

“Do everything calmly and peacefully. Do as much as you can as well as you can. Strive to see God in all things without exception, and consent to His will joyously. Do everything for God, uniting yourself to him in word and deed. Walk very simply with the Cross of the Lord and be at peace with yourself.”

Wells Inspiration Faith Walks Lord All Things Crosses Catholic Strive Deeds Christian Inspirational Exception Consent Uniting

Author:Saint Francis de Sales

“If God causes you to suffer much it is a sign that He has great designs for you and that He certainly intends to make you a saint. And if you wish to become a great saint, entreat Him yourself to give you much opportunity for suffering; for there is no wood better to kindle the fire of holy love than the wood of the cross, which Christ used for His own great sacrifice of boundless charity.”

“Don't sow your desires in someone else's garden; just cultivate your own as best you can; don't long to be other than what you are, but desire to be thoroughly what you are. Direct your thoughts to being very good at that and to bearing the crosses, little or great, that you will find there. Believe me, this is the most important and least understood point to the spiritual life. We all love according to what is our taste; few people like what is according to their duty or to God's liking. What is the use of building castles in Spain when we have to live in France?”

“I will not doubt, though sorrows fall like rain, And troubles swarm like bees about a hive; I shall believe the heights for which I strive Are only reached by anguish and by pain; And though I groan and tremble with my crosses, I yet shall see, through my severest losses, The greater gain.”

Believe Pain Faith Fall Loss Doubt Greater Trouble Sorrow Gains Rain Crosses Strive Height Bees Anguish Swarms Hives

Book:Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)

Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)

“Christ did not come to straighten out the natural, but to "CROSS" it out.”

Faith Christ Natural Crosses

Book:Moody Classics Complete Set

Source: Moody Classics Complete Set

“Where are the marks of the cross in your life? Are there any points of identification with your Lord? Alas, too many Christians wear medals but carry no scars.”

Christian Faith Religious Lord Crosses Mark Scar Alas Medal Identification

Author:Vance Havner

“Faith, in order to be genuine and of any real value, must be the offspring of that divine love which Jesus manifested when He prayed for His enemies on the cross.”

Real Values Faith Order Jesus Enemy Divine Crosses Genuine Divine Love Offspring Real Value

Author:Hosea Ballou

“The very fact that faith looks to a power beyond itself means that it is continually subject to loss of control. So if you're looking to get control of all your problems, forget Christianity. If you're looking for success, happiness, or freedom from pain, forget Christ. The way of Christ is the cross, and the cross spells weakness, poverty, failure, death.”

Ifs Way Looks Mean Facts Problem Pain Faith Christ Religious Loss Forget Christianity Poverty Subjects Weakness Crosses Spells Success Happiness Freedom From Pain

Author:Mike Mason

“Take away material prosperity; take away emotional highs; take away miracles and healing; take away fellowship with other believers; take away church; take away all opportunity for service; take away assurance of salvation; take away the peace and joy of the Holy Spirit... Yes! Take it all, all, far, far away. And what is left? Tragically, for many believers there would be nothing left. For does our faith really go that deep? Or do we, in the final analysis, have a cross-less Christianity?”

“I believe it is in the national interest that government stand side-by-side with people of faith who work to change lives for the better. I understand in the past, some in government have said government cannot stand side-by-side with people of faith. Let me put it more bluntly, government can't spend money on religious programs simply because there's a rabbi on the board, cross on the wall, or a crescent on the door. I viewed this as not only bad social policy - because policy by-passed the great works of compassion and healing that take place - I viewed it as discrimination.”

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

“Making the sign of the Cross - as we will do during the Blessing - means saying a visible and public "yes" to the One who died and rose for us, to God who in the humility and weakness of his love is the Almighty, stronger than all the power and intelligence of the world.”

World Inspiration Faith Love Is Humility Weakness Crosses Died Stronger Catholic Christian Inspirational Visible His Love Risen Omnipotent

Author:Pope Benedict XVI

“The cross means there is no shipwreck without hope; there is no dark without dawn; nor storm without haven.”

Mean Inspiration Faith Dark Havens Crosses Catholic Storm Christian Inspirational Dawn Without Hope Shipwreck

Author:Pope John Paul II

“When I think of that dear rugged cross where the dear Saviour gave his all... When I feel like I'm on my last go round, see me through.”

Thinking Feels Inspiration Lasts Faith Crosses Rounds Dear Christian Inspirational Saviour Rugged

Author:Van Morrison

“The "door of faith" (Acts 14:27) is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering entry into his Church. It is possible to cross that threshold when the word of God is proclaimed and the heart allows itself to be shaped by transforming grace. To enter through that door is to set out on a journey that lasts a lifetime.”

Heart Inspiration Lasts Faith Church Grace Doors Journey Crosses Lifetime Christian Inspirational Word Of God Offering Communion Transforming Entry Threshold Communion With God

Author:Pope Benedict XVI

“For just as some people want a purely spiritual Christ, without flesh and without the cross, they also want their interpersonal relationships provided by sophisticated equipment, by screens and systems which can be turned on and off on command. Meanwhile, the Gospel tells us constantly to run the risk of a face-to-face encounter with others, with their physical presence which challenges us, with their pain and their pleas, with their joy which infects us in our close and continuous interaction.”

Source: The Joy of the Gospel

“We are not masochists - the cross is not an end in itself; it is for glory. We Christians are not looking for suffering, but for joy. God, living in joy, wanted to communicate it to all people. This is why he sent it down into our misery, nailing it to the cross. At that point, the cross became the way toward joy. Christianity is not at all morality and prohibitions - first and foremost it is wonder before things.”

People Way Firsts Ends Inspiration Wanted Christian Joy Suffering Faith Wonder Christianity Morality Glory Crosses Misery Communicate Prohibition Joy God

Author:Fabrice Hadjadj

“The Church does not engage in proselytism. Instead, she grows by "attraction": just as Christ "draws all to himself" by the power of his love, culminating in the sacrifice of the Cross, so the Church fulfills her mission.”

Doe Inspiration Faith Grows Christ Church Sacrifice Draws Crosses Missions Attraction His Love

Author:Pope Benedict XVI

“In the sacrifice which Jesus Christ makes of Himself on the Cross for His bride, the Church... there is entirely revealed that plan which God has imprinted on the humanity of man and woman since their creation.”

Men Inspiration Faith Humanity Jesus Christ Church Plans Sacrifice Creation Men And Women Jesus Christ Crosses Brides

Book:Pope John Paul II Speaks on Women

Source: Pope John Paul II Speaks on Women

“O Priest! Take care lest what was said to Christ on the cross be said to you: He saved others, himself he cannot save!”

Said Inspiration Care Faith Christ Crosses Take Care Saved Priests Christ On The Cross

Author:Norbert of Xanten

“To believe Christ's cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith”

Believe Faith Christ Special Crosses

Book:Joshua redivivus: or, three hundred and fifty two religious letters ... To which is added, the Author's testimony to the covenanted work of reformation, between 1638 and 1649 ... As also, a large preface and postscript ... by the Rev. Mr. McWard. The tenth edition

Source: Joshua redivivus: or, three hundred and fifty two religious letters ... To which is added, the Author's testimony to the covenanted work of reformation, between 1638 and 1649 ... As also, a large preface and postscript ... by the Rev. Mr. McWard. The tenth edition

“No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ.”

Helping Inspiration Faith Christ Prayer Share Victory Crosses Weak Catholic Christian Inspirational Denied

Author:Pope Leo I

“We've backed off in good faith to try and give you a chance to straighten this problem out. But I am going to beg with you for a minute. I'm going to plead with you, do not cross us. Because if you do, the survivors will write about what we do here for 10,000 years.”

“Believest thou? then thou wilt speak boldly. Speakest thou boldy? then thou must suffer. Sufferest thou? then thou shalt be comforted. For faith, the confession thereof, and the cross do follow one another.”

Suffering Faith Speak Crosses Confession

Author:Martin Luther

“God hates the LUKEWARM GOSPEL OF HALF-TRUTHS that is now spreading over the Globe. This gospel says, 'Just believe in Jesus and you'll be Saved. There's nothing more to it.' It ignores the Whole Counsel of God, which speaks of Repenting from former Sins, of Taking up your Cross, of being conformed to the Image of Christ by the refining work of the Holy Spirit. It is totally silent about the Reality of Hell and an After-Death Judgment.”

“As Elisabeth Elliot points out, not even dying a martyr’s death is classified as extraordinary obedience when you are following a Savior who died on a cross. Suddenly a martyr’s death seems like normal obedience.”