Catholic Quotes - Page 10

• For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Prayer, Heart, Acceptance

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• The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them.

  Mother Teresa

  Greatness, Generosity, Giving

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• In the poor and outcast we see Christ’s face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Religious, Jesus

  Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.107, SPCK

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• Let us learn from Christ how to pray, to forgive, to sow peace, and to be near those in need.

  Pope Francis

  Forgiveness, Christian, Religious

  Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.158, SPCK

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• How powerful prayer is! May we never lose the courage to say: Lord, give us your peace.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Religious, Peace

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• Christmas celebrations are often full of sound. It would be good for us to make room for silence, to hear the voice of Love.

  Pope Francis

  Love, Christmas, Christian

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• Let us never give in to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day. Do not give in to pessimism and discouragement. We have the firm certainty that the Holy Spirit gives the Church with His mighty breath, the courage to persevere and also to seek new methods of evangelization, to bring the Gospel to the ends of the earth.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Religious, Courage

  "Vatican denies claim that Pope Francis failed to protect Argentina priests" By Laura Smith-Spark, Hada Messia, www.cnn.com. March 15, 2013.

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• Christ leads us to go out from ourselves more and more, to give ourselves and to serve others.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Jesus, Giving

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• In this Year of Faith, we pray to the Lord that the Church may always be a true family that brings God’s love to everyone.

  Pope Francis

  God, Faith, Christian

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• We all have in our hearts some areas of unbelief. Let us say to the Lord: I believe! Help my unbelief.

  Pope Francis

  Faith, Christian, Religious

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• Miracles happen. But prayer is needed! Prayer that is courageous, struggling and persevering, not prayer that is a mere formality.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Prayer, Struggle

  Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.72, SPCK

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• Gratitude is a flower that blooms in noble souls.

  Pope Francis

  Gratitude, Flower, Being Thankful

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• Our prayer cannot be reduced to an hour on Sundays. It is important to have a daily relationship with the Lord.

  Pope Francis

  Relationship, God, Christian

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• You know my God. My God is called love

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Inspirational, God

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• There is no such thing as low-cost Christianity. Following Jesus means swimming against the tide, renouncing evil and selfishness

  Pope Francis

  God, Faith, Christian

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• We cannot be part-time Christians! We should seek to live our faith at every moment of every day.

  Pope Francis

  God, Faith, Christian

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• From the Cross, Christ teaches us to love even those who do not love us.

  Pope Francis

  Love, God, Christian

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• ...whoever is guided solely by his own judgment and decision will never climb up to the summit of perfection and will not fail to be the victim of the devil's ruinous power to delude.

  John Cassian

  Christian, Failure, Power

  John Cassian, Colm Luibhéid (1985). “Conferences”, p.79, Paulist Press

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• As soon as I came to believe there was a God, I understood that I could not do otherwise than live only for him.

  Charles de Foucauld

  God, Faith, Christian

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• Let everyone who has the grace of intelligence fear that, because of it, he will be judged more heavily if he is negligent.

  Bridget of Sweden

  Religious, Fear, Judging

  Saint Bridget (of Sweden), Marguerite Tjader Harris, Albert Ryle Kezel (1990). “Life and Selected Revelations”, p.136, Paulist Press

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• Absolute atheism starts in an act of faith in reverse gear and is a full-blown religious commitment. Here we have the first internal inconsistency of contemporary atheism: it proclaims that all religion must necessarily vanish away, and it is itself a religious phenomenon.

  Jacques Maritain

  Faith, Religious, Atheist

  Jacques Maritain (1966). “A Maritain Reader: Selected Writings”

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• Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort me and restore me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

  Saint Patrick

  Faith, Christian, Jesus

  Saint Patrick, Charles Henry Hamilton Wright (1885*). “The Writings of Patrick: The Apostle of Ireland. A Revised Translation with Notes Critical and Historical”

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• I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.

  Edna O'Brien

  Long, Guilt, Ireland And The Irish

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• If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Friendship, Positive

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• We should not bear it with bad grace if the answer to our prayer is long delayed. Rather, let us, because of this, show great patience and resignation. For He delays for this reason: that we may offer Him a fitting occasion of honoring us through His divine providence.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Prayer, Long, Grace

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