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Deacon St. Lawrence while being roasted alive for his faith: "Turn me over. I am done on this side."
Jesus said, "the poor you will have with you always." If that is true (it must be) then what expectation can we have that we will end abortion by economic means alone as advocated by Prof. Kmiec and others?
Bl. John XXII: "Remember death, than which nothing is more certain, judgment, than which nothing is more strict, hell, than which nothing is more terrible, and heaven, than which nothing is more delightful", and you'll be fine (or words to that effect).
Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frieghten you; all things are passing; God alone never changes.- St Teresa of Avila
on Zenit today: from Saint Bonaventure,Franciscan master of thought and spirituality:inviting Christians to recognize the inadequacy of"reading without repentance, knowledge without devotion, research without the impulse of wonder, prudence without the ability to surrender to joy, action divorced from religion, learning sundered from love, intelligence without humility, study unsustained by divine grace, thought without the wisdom inspired by God."
poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
-St Thomas Aquinas
If there be no enemy, no fight; if no fight, no victory; if no victory, no crown. -Fra Girolamo Savonarola
Love is not loved. St. Francis of Assisi
"We are the ones we've been waiting for" - St. Obama.
Oooops, got a bit confused there.
How about:
"The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are." - St. Edith Stein.
LOVE is always patient and kind; it is never jealous; Love is never boastful or conceited; it is never rude or selfish; it does not take offense, and is not resentful. LOVE takes no pleasure in other people's sin but delights in the truth; it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. LOVE does not come to an end. In short, there are three things that last: faith, hope and love; and the greatest of these is LOVE. Without Love, I am nothing.
For there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.We know that by turning everything to their good, God co-operates with all those who love him, with those that he has called according to His purpose. They are the ones he chose specially long ago and intended to become true images of his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest of many brothers. He called those he intended for this; those he called he justified, and those he justified he shared his glory. With God on our side who can be against us? Nothing can EVER come between us and the love of God made visible in JESUS CHRIST our LORD.
If your lips confess that JESUS is Lord and you believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, then you will be saved.For everyone that calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
What about Preach the Gospel daily and if necessary use words. I believe that was St. Francis or at the very least it's attributed to him.
or this one:
Eat me- Jesus. Ok ok, it really says in John's Gospel "I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."
I usually get a chuckle out of the teens when I say Jesus said Eat me!
"I am the King's good servant but God's first."
St Thomas More
"[The Legion] does not require from its members wealth or influence, but faith unwavering; not famous deeds but only unrelaxed effort; not genius but unquenchable love; not giant strength but steady discipline. A legionary service must be one of holding on, of absolute and obstinate refusal to lose heart. A rock in the crisis; but constant at all times. Hoping for success; humble in success; but independent of it; fighting failure; undismayed by it; fighting on, and wearing it down; thriving upon difficulties and monotony, because they give scope for the faith and effort of an enduring siege. Ready and resolute when summoned; on the alert though not called upon; and even when there is no conflict and no enemy in sight, maintaining a tireless precautionary patrol for God; with a heart for the impossible; yet content to play the part of stop-gap; nothing too big; no duty too mean; for each the same minute attention, the same inexhaustible patience, the same inflexible courage; every task marked with the same golden tenacity; always on duty for souls; ever at hand to carry the weak through their many weak moments; vigilantly watching to surprise the hardened at their rare moments of softness; unremitting in search for those that have strayed; unmindful of self; all the time standing by the cross of others, and standing there until the work is consummated."
Servant of God Frank Duff. It applies to all Catholics, not just to Legionaries
I almost forgot St. Therese's "I will spend my Heaven doing good upon earth." and her little way. ;)
"I am the King's good servant but God's first."
Obama's Catholic subjects should think about that one.
Mother Teresa -
"It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."
"You don't need to change to believe in My love, for it will be your belief in My love that will change you." - Mother Theresa writing Christ's thoughts in the poem 'I Thirst'
hold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves
so that
He Who gives Himself totally to you
may receive you totally.
-St. Francis of Assisi
"The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them."
- St. Thomas More
"We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds."
- St. Thomas More
"Young people, be strong!"
- The first words of Pope John Paul II at the closing Mass of WYD '02. We spent the day before in the heat, then the night under the rain, and the morning in the cold and the wind. Personally, I was quite tired.
With those four words, our Pope rallied me completely. He said to think of the rain as the waters of Baptism and to think of the wind as the power of the Holy Spirit.
Thinking of those words again brings a smile to my face.
You should all agree among yourselves and be sympathetic; love the brothers, have compassion and be self-effacing. Never pay back one wrong with another, or an angry word with another, instead, pay back with a blessing. That is what you are called to do, so that you inherit a blessing yourself.
wonderful, wonderful quotes.
"Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine,
There's always laughter and good red wine.
At least I've always found it so.
Benedicamus Domino!" --Hilaire Belloc
"Dieu premier servi"- God served first
St. Joan of Arc
"I know God will never give me more than I can handle, but I sometimes wish He didn't think so highly of me." - Mother Teresa
"Conscience has rights because it has duties." - Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman, C.O.
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