"Jesus is such a sweet irresistible Lover. How can one fail to love Him with one's whole heart and soul? How can one not wish to be wholly absorbed in Him, and consumed in the flames of His holy love?" - St Gemma Galgani
"True joy, genuine festival, means the casting out of wickedness. To achieve this one must live a life of perfect goodness and, in the serenity of the fear of God, practice contemplation in one's heart." - St Athanasius
"God appeals
to us in his mercy to avoid having to punish us in his severity."
- St Peter Chrysologus
"Your
homes and families must constitute an example of welcoming love and
service that is proper to a Christian family. Do all that you are
able to ensure that the family is seen as the fundamental core of
society and its existence. And that everyone, beginning with public
authorities and the laws of the community, respect the family's
natural rights."
- St.
John Paul II
"An
examination of one's conscience is always a rereading of the deepest
truth about oneself, a truth that can never be erased. The greatness
of man lies in this truth. The dignity of the human being
demands that man be able to call sin by its name, and not falsify
it."
- St. John Paul II
“My past,
O Lord, to Your mercy; my present to Your love; my future to Your
providence.”
—
St Padre Pio
“Paul set no store by the things that fill our visible world, any more than a man sets value on the withered grass of the field. As for tyrannical rulers or the people enraged against him, he paid them no more heed than gnats.”
— St John Chrysostom
“As soon as the living creature (that is, man) comes to be, a power of reason is implanted in us like a seed, containing within it the ability and the need to love.”
- St Basil the Great
“The degree of our love for God at the end of our life will be the measure of our love for God during eternity.”
— St Alphonsus Liguori
“Some men immerse themselves as deeply in prayer as fish in water, because they give themselves totally to God... Saint Francis of Assisi used to see Our Lord and talk to him just as we talk to one another.” — St John Vianney