The reason these things… are called Sacraments is that in them one thing is seen, another is to be understood. What can be seen has a bodily appearance, what is to be understood provides spiritual fruit.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
The words of those who bring up children will be as milk if they be good, but as deadly poison if they be evil.
–Saint Gregory the Great (c. 540-604)
The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.
–Saint Gregory the Great (c. 540-604)
On the Way of the Cross, you see, my children, only the first step is painful. Our greatest cross is the fear of crosses. . . We have not the courage to carry our cross, and we are very much mistaken; for, whatever we do, the cross holds us tight — we cannot escape from it. What, then, have we to lose? Why not love our crosses, and make use of them to take us to heaven?
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Everything is a reminder of the Cross. We ourselves are made in the shape of a cross.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
