One should always endure any trial for the sake of God with gratitude. Our life is a single minute in comparison with eternity; and therefore, according to the Apostle, “The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” (Rom. 8:18)
— Saint Seraphim of Sarov (1754-1833)
When a person is no longer imprisoned by attachment to anything he or she become free to enjoy them for what they truly are.
–Abba Moses (330-405) A Desert Father
Three things we owe God: love, service, and reverence.
–Saint John of God (1495-1550)
The preaching of the faith has lost nothing of its relevance in our times. The Church has a sacred duty to proclaim it without any whittling-down, just as Christ revealed it, and no consideration of time or circumstance can lessen the strictness of this obligation.
–Saint Martin (d. 655)
You need not cry very loud; he is nearer to us than we think.
–Brother Lawrence (1614-1691)
There is no prayer or good work so great, so pleasing to God, so useful to us as the Mass.
–Saint Lawrence Justinian (1381-1456)
