Catholic Saint Quotes - Page 2

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.

Edith Stein

Spiritual, Mean, Love Is

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Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to heaven.

Pope Pius X

Holy Eucharist, Christian Inspirational, Heaven

"Quotable Saints". Book by Ronda Chervin, p. 79, 2003.

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

Mother Teresa

Smile, God, Mother

Mother Teresa (2010). “Where There Is Love, There Is God: A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others”, p.289, Image

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All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

Francis of Assisi

Inspirational, Cheer Up, Positive Thinking

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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.

Ignatius of Loyola

Catholic, Saint, Hard

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He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor.

Venerable Bede

Love, Faith, Christian

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Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.

John of the Cross

Religious, Catholic, Suffering

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To love God is something greater than to know Him.

Thomas Aquinas

Faith, Inspiration, Catholic

St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 3 (Part II, Second Section)”, p.1302, Cosimo, Inc.

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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.

Pope Gregory I

Love, Faith, Christian

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The Blessed Eucharist is the perfect Sacrament of the Lord's Passion, since It contains Christ Himself and his Passion.

Thomas Aquinas

Faith, Blessed, Inspiration

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

Ignatius of Loyola

Catholic, Modesty, Purity

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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.

Anthony of Padua

Faith, Inspiration, Men

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Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity.

Saint Augustine

Heart, Humble, Fire

"Why Do Christians Fast? Three Reasons Explained by St. Thomas Aquinas" by Gretchen Filz, www.catholiccompany.com. March 23, 2017.

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All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.

Thomas Aquinas

Philosophical, Thoughtful, Love Is

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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

Thomas Aquinas

Faith, Powerful, Thoughtful

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Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.

Thomas Aquinas

Powerful, Ethos, Catholic

Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1955). “Theological texts”

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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.

Pope Benedict XVI

Faith, Inspiration, Catholic

Pope Benedict XVI's Address delivered during The General Audience on Ash Wednesday In St. Peter’s Square, zenit.org. March 1, 2006.

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When the Mass is being celebrated, the sanctuary is filled with countless angels, who adore the Divine Victim immolated on the altar.

Saint John Chrysostom

Christian, Angel, Sanctuary

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My confidence is placed in God who does not need our help for accomplishing his designs. Our single endeavor should be to give ourselves to the work and to be faithful to him, and not to spoil his work by our shortcomings.

Isaac Jogues

Faith, Inspiration, Giving

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

Robert Bellarmine

Religious, Men, People

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He (Mohammed) seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh urges us. His teaching also contained precepts that were in conformity with his promises, and he gave free rein to carnal pleasure. In all this, as is not unexpected; he was obeyed by carnal men. As for proofs of the truth of his doctrine, he brought forward only such as could be grasped by the natural ability of anyone with a very modest wisdom. Indeed, the truths that he taught he mingled with many fables and with doctrines of the greatest falsity.

Thomas Aquinas

Teaching, Men, Religion Of Islam

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There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.

John Vianney

Sacrifice, Holy Eucharist, Holy Mass

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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.

Pope Benedict XVI

Jesus, Prayer, Holy Eucharist

Address by the Holy Father during pastoral visit of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in Poland at the meeting with the clergy, w2.vatican.va. May 25, 2006.

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As Lent is the time for greater love, listen to Jesus' thirst...'Repen t and believe' Jesus tells us. What are we to repent? Our indifference, our hardness of heart. What are we to believe? Jesus thirsts even now, in your heart and in the poor -- He knows your weakness. He wants only your love, wants only the chance to love you.

Mother Teresa

Jesus, Believe, Love You

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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.

Pope Gregory I

Perfection, Temptation, Catholic

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