Even amid the “busy-ness” and the stress of our daily lives, we need to make space for silence, because it is in silence that we find God, and in silence that we discover our true self. And in discovering our true self, we discover the particular vocation which God has given us for the building up of his Church and the redemption of our world.
–Pope Benedict XVI (1927-
Jesus gives all to those who surrender all.
–Saint Bernadette (1844-1879)
Nothing is more certain than death, nothing more uncertain than its hour.
–Saint Anselm (1033-1109)
Just as a city is not built in a day, do not think that you can achieve, in a day, this peace, this interior calm, because it is within you that a home must be built for God, while you yourself become his temple. And it is the Lord himself who must handle the construction. Without him your work would not exist.
–Jacques Philippe (1947-
Peace is the simplicity of spirit, the serenity of conscience, the tranquility of the soul and bond of love. Peace is order, it is the harmony in each one of us, it is a continual joy that is born in witnessing a clear conscience, it is the holy joy of a heart wherein God reigns. Peace is the way to perfection, or, even better, in peace dwells perfection.
–Jacques Philippe (1947-
No matter how sinful one may have been, if he has devotion to Mary, it is impossible that he be lost.
–Saint Hilary of Poitiers (c. 300-368)
