The more we pray, the more we wish to pray. Like a fish which at first swims on the surface of the water, and afterwards plunges down, and is always going deeper; the soul plunges, dives, and loses itself in the sweetness of conversing with God.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Beg God for the gift to love one another. Love all people, even your enemies, not because they are your brothers and sisters but so they may become such.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
The Lord has given us His Body and His Blood under the species of bread and wine, and as the bread is made out of many grains and the wine from many grapes, so the Church of Christ is made out of the multitude of the faithful united by charity.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Do not live in fear of the last day, as though it were a thief coming to wreck your house while you sleep; but keep watch, and amend your life this day. Why put it off till tomorrow? If your life is to be long, let it be happy as well as long. No one puts off a good long dinner; and you would like a long evil life! If it is to be long, it will be all the better for being good. If it is to be short, it is as well that its fruits should last.
— Saint Augustine (354-430)
In Silence God ceases to be an object and becomes an experience.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
