Catholic Quotes - Page 18

• There are no part-time Christians.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Religious, Believer

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• As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Flower, Shining, Soul

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• No one is truly poor but except the one who lacks the truth.

  Ephrem the Syrian

  Poor

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• O Lord, if I could fly to my people and tell them of your goodness at the top of my voice, oh how many souls would be won!

  Josephine Bakhita

  Voice, People, Soul

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• I tell you that victory consists in conquering self. That is the greatest enemy.

  Paul of the Cross

  Self, Enemy, Victory

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• The coming of the kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, 'Look, here it is,' or, 'There it is.' For behold, the kingdom of God is among you.

  Luke the Evangelist

  Looks, Kingdoms, Kingdom Of God

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• Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Love Is, Crosses

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• Though I have usually posed as a Catholic, I have not done my duty for 15 years, and have not the slightest tincture of faith left.

  James Connolly

  Years, Done, Duty

  James Connolly's letter to John Carstairs Matheson (January 30, 1908), as quoted in "The Connolly & religion debate" by Niall Mulholland in "Socialism Today", No. 103, www.socialismtoday.org. September 2006.

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• I was an altar boy. My mother wanted me to be a priest. I am very Christian and Catholic. ... I'm very faithful. I believe in God, in Jesus Christ.

  Hugo Chavez

  Christian, Mother, Jesus

  "Larry King Live", www.realclearpolitics.com. September 24, 2009.

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• When I was a kid I went to Catholic school, and they used to drag us out to pro-life rallies and stuff full of crazy people.

  Tim Heidecker

  Crazy, School, Kids

  "How Herman Cain Became a Tim and Eric Character". Interview with David Weigel, www.slate.com. November 12, 2011.

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• Shame is something you'll find a lot of - particularly Catholic - girls feel about their bodies, about their sexuality, about their diet, about anything you like. Shame is the way you keep them down. That's the way to crush a girl.

  Rachel Cusk

  Crush, Girl, Body

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• Faced with the election of a Catholic, our culture is at stake.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Culture, Election, Stakes

  "The Religious Issue: Hot and Getting Hotter". Newsweek, September 19, 1960.

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• I would like to grow less afraid of dying. I am infinitely less afraid today than I was 15 or 25 years ago. I was most afraid of dying when I was 33, because I come from a Catholic family.

  Sidney Poitier

  Years, Dying, Today

  "Oprah Talks to Sidney Poitier". O Magazine Interview, www.oprah.com.

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• For those who use their intelligence and their study as a weapon, the Rosary is most effective. Because that apparently monotonous way of beseeching Our Lady as children do their Mother, can destroy every seed of vainglory and pride.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Mother, Children, Pride

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• Above the clouds the sky is always blue.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Faith, Inspiration, Clouds

  St. Therese of Lisieux (2013). “The Poetry of St. Therese of Lisieux: The Complete Edition”, p.206, ICS Publications

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

  Pope John Paul II

  Faith, Inspiration, Mean

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• The great method of prayer is to have none. If in going to prayer one can form in oneself a pure capacity for receiving the spirit of God, that will suffice for all method.

  Jane Frances de Chantal

  Faith, Prayer, Inspiration

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• Prayer is the oxygen of the soul.

  Pio of Pietrelcina

  Faith, Prayer, Inspiration

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• At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.

  John of the Cross

  Faith, Inspiration, Charity

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• Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man's entire relation to God and to his neighbor.

  Aelred of Rievaulx

  Love, God, Faith

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• What will be the crown of those who, humble within and humiliated without, have imitated the humility of our Savior in all its fullness!

  Bernadette Soubirous

  Faith, Inspiration, Humble

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• 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.

  Paul of the Cross

  Faith, Baby, Jesus

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• Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Faith, Inspiration, Self

  Saint Therese of Lisieux (2007). “The Story of the Soul”, p.206, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Prayer reveals to souls the vanity of earthly goods and pleasures. It fills them with light, strength and consolation; and gives them a foretaste of the calm bliss of our heavenly home.

  Rose of Viterbo

  Faith, Prayer, Inspiration

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• 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.

  Dominic Savio

  Faith, Inspiration, Water

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