Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life), Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Spiritual communion is highly beneficial; through it you can recollect yourselves in the same way after Mass, for the love of this Lord is thereby deeply impressed on the soul. If we prepare ourselves to receive Him, He never fails to give in many ways we do not understand.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
John Vianney (1786-1859), Page: Quotes, Quote Author
The family is the most ancient institution which God founded in Paradise, when He called the first pair of human beings into existence. The first blessing which God gave was for the wellbeing of the family. With family life, the history of the world commences.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), Page: Quotes, Quote Author
God is no blind moneychanger; he values love’s works more than its words.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Silence, Struggle (with Sin)
When you feel the assaults of passion and anger, then is the time to be silent as Jesus was silent in the midst of His ignominies and sufferings.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
Page: Quotes
A river that is deep does not make waves when someone throws a stone into it. The same applies with us. If you get angry at insults thrown at you, you are a puddle.
–Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
Fulton Sheen (1895-1979), Grace, Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.
–Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)