Confession, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
The present time is the time for confession. Confess what you have done, whether by words or by actions, whether by day or by night. If you confess at the acceptable time, you will receive the heavenly treasure on the Day of salvation.
–Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 313-386)
Church, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
That little ship offers us a figure of the church, for she is tossed by sea (that is, the world) and by the waves (that is, persecutions and temptations), with the Lord patiently sleeping, as it were, until awakened by the prayers of the saints, he checks the world and restores tranquility to his own.
–Tertullian (c. 160 – c. 225 AD)
Church, Discipleship, Page: Quotes
The Lord does not say that the proof of his disciples’ faithfulness will be the working of wondrous miracles . . . What does He tell them? “You shall be known as my disciples if you love one another.”
–Saint Basil the Great (330-379)
Adversity, Church, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
The whole course of Christianity from the first… is but one series of troubles and disorders. Every century is like every other, and to those who live in it seems worse than all times.
–Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
Acceptance, Adversity, Page: Quotes
Comfort in tribulation can be secured only on the sure ground of faith holding as true the words of Scripture and the teaching of the Catholic Church.
–Saint Thomas More (1478-1535)
Adversity, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life), Suffering
You may rest assured that God will not allow you to be tried beyond your strength. It is when we are powerless that God does all, and thereby manifests His power and goodness in a striking manner.
–Saint John Baptist de la Salle (1651-1719)
