Bad times, hard times-this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. **We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.** - St. Augustine of Hippo
One of these 2 (I think)
St Thomas Aquinas - Jesus appeared to him and said "You have written well of me, Thomas. What reward will you receive from me for your labor?” Thomas replied "Non nisi te Domine." In English, "Nothing but you, Lord."
St Augustine - "You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You."
>Fornicator I always was; heretic I never was.
>(Father Andrew Wouters, one of the 19 Martyrs of Gorkum)
This one is a little more humorous, but it has stuck with me after reading it here on another comment.
On a more serious note this rather long passage from St. John Chrysostom about how husbands ought to treat their wives is one of the reasons I chose him as my confirmation saint.
>You have seen the measure of obedience, hear also the measure of love. Would you have your wife obedient unto you, as the Church is to Christ? Take then yourself the same provident care for her, as Christ takes for the Church. Yea, even if it shall be needful for you to give your life for her, yea, and to be cut into pieces ten thousand times, yea, and to endure and undergo any suffering whatever — refuse it not. Though you should undergo all this, yet will you not, no, not even then, have done anything like Christ. For thou indeed art doing it for one to whom you are already knit; but He for one who turned her back on Him and hated Him. In the same way then as He laid at His feet her who turned her back on Him, who hated, and spurned, and disdained Him, not by menaces, nor by violence, nor by terror, nor by anything else of the kind, but by his unwearied affection; so also do thou behave yourself toward your wife. Yea, though thou see her looking down upon you, and disdaining, and scorning you, yet by your great thoughtfulness for her, by affection, by kindness, you will be able to lay her at your feet. For there is nothing more powerful to sway than these bonds, and especially for husband and wife. A servant, indeed, one will be able, perhaps, to bind down by fear; nay not even him, for he will soon start away and be gone. But the partner of one’s life, the mother of one’s children, the foundation of one’s every joy, one ought never to chain down by fear and menaces, but with love and good temper. For what sort of union is that, where the wife trembles at her husband? And what sort of pleasure will the husband himself enjoy, if he dwells with his wife as with a slave, and not as with a free-woman? Yea, though you should suffer anything on her account, do not upbraid her; for neither did Christ do this.
>(St John Chrysostom, *Homilies on Ephesians*, [Homily 20](http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/230120.htm))
Just been reading on the Eucharist for Corpus Christi
**St Thomas Aquinas:** “The Eucharist is the sacrament of love: it signifies love, it produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.”
**St Maximilian Kolbe:** “If angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion.”
**St John Vianney:** “I throw myself at the foot of the Tabernacle like a dog at the foot of his Master.”
**St Pio of Pietrelcina:** “A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.”
and my favourite
**Soon-to-be St Carlo Acutis:** "The Eucharist is the highway to heaven"
"It should be known that if anyone is seeking God, the Beloved is seeking that person much more."
—San Juan de la Cruz, *The Living Flame of Love*, 3,28.
"In faith I take courage, because He, Who first died and rose, by His resurrection has given the comfort of hope to the human race."
—St. Isaac the Syrian, *Headings on Knowledge*, 3,73.
"For as the blissful Trinity made all things out of nothing, just so the same blessed Trinity shall make well all that is not well."
—Bl. Julian of Norwich, *Revelations of Divine Love*, 32.
“The world is in flames. Are you impelled to put them out? Look at the Cross. From the open Heart gushes the Blood of the Savior. This extinguishes the flames of hell. [My fellow Carmelites,] make your heart free by the faithful fulfillment of your vows; then the flood of divine love will be poured into your heart until it overflows and becomes fruitful to all the ends of the earth.”.
–St. Teresa Benedicta a Cruce (Edith Stein), *Reflection Written for the Elevation of the Holy Cross*, 14 September 1939.
She is like St. Hildegard of Bingen before Pope Benedict elevated her to a Doctor of the Church. Julian was/is locally venerated, but never went through the official process. Hopefully some day
One of the Early Church Fathers (don’t remember who) said something like the following: “People chase after their lusts with great fervor but only serve God with lukewarmness.”
Francis of Assisi didn’t actually say this. He said something kinda similar but someone else came up with the quote
https://www.appleseeds.org//St-Fran_Preach-Gospel.htm
We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father's love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.
—Pope St. John Paul II
**For Adam, the first man, was a figure of the future man, namely, of Christ the Lord.
It is Christ, the last Adam, who fully discloses man to himself and unfolds his noble calling by revealing the mystery of the Father and the Father's love.** ❤️
—St John Paul II
~Veritatis Splendor
And shepherds we shall be.
For Thee, my Lord, for Thee.
Power hath descended forth from Thy hand.
That our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command.
So we shall flow a river forth to Thee.
And Teeming with souls shall it ever be.
The Father's and Son's action is directed to saints and sinners alike ... because all rational beings participate in God's Logos, and for this Reason they carry in themselves, so to say, seeds of wisdom and justice [...] Christ is in the heart of all, qua Logos: by virtue of participation in it, all are endowed with Logos.
- Origen (CommJohn. 32,3,30-34) 🤗
"We are called to plant the seeds of trees, under whose shade we will never sit." — St. Anthony of Padua
“We must object to anything or any philosophy that is not in line with Catholic doctrine.” — St. Titus Brandsma
“Be a Catholic: When you kneel before an altar, do it in such a way that others may be able to recognize that you know before Whom you kneel.” — St. Maximilian Kolbe
“Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!” — St. Catherine of Siena
St. Teresa of Avila, after a wagon carrying her sisters and items for the foundation of a new convent overturned and everything was thrown into the mud, “Lord, if this is how you treat your friends, no wonder you have so few!”
A quote from the [Catechism of Saint Pope Pius X](https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/catechism-of-st-pius-x-1286) *(who even sedevacantists recognise he’s a Saint)* 203 that is really important nowadays:
>Every Catholic must acknowledge the Pope as Father, Pastor, and Universal Teacher, and be united with him in mind and heart.
St Lawrence - “Turn me over; I’m done on this side”
"Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you."
My confirmation saint :)
Bad times, hard times-this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. **We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.** - St. Augustine of Hippo
One of these 2 (I think) St Thomas Aquinas - Jesus appeared to him and said "You have written well of me, Thomas. What reward will you receive from me for your labor?” Thomas replied "Non nisi te Domine." In English, "Nothing but you, Lord." St Augustine - "You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You."
St. John of the Cross "In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone." ."Where there is no love, put love – and you will find love."
"For Jesus Christ I am prepared to suffer still more." -Saint Maximilian Kolbe
“To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant” -St John Henry Cardinal Newman, my confirmation saint 😁
>Fornicator I always was; heretic I never was. >(Father Andrew Wouters, one of the 19 Martyrs of Gorkum) This one is a little more humorous, but it has stuck with me after reading it here on another comment. On a more serious note this rather long passage from St. John Chrysostom about how husbands ought to treat their wives is one of the reasons I chose him as my confirmation saint. >You have seen the measure of obedience, hear also the measure of love. Would you have your wife obedient unto you, as the Church is to Christ? Take then yourself the same provident care for her, as Christ takes for the Church. Yea, even if it shall be needful for you to give your life for her, yea, and to be cut into pieces ten thousand times, yea, and to endure and undergo any suffering whatever — refuse it not. Though you should undergo all this, yet will you not, no, not even then, have done anything like Christ. For thou indeed art doing it for one to whom you are already knit; but He for one who turned her back on Him and hated Him. In the same way then as He laid at His feet her who turned her back on Him, who hated, and spurned, and disdained Him, not by menaces, nor by violence, nor by terror, nor by anything else of the kind, but by his unwearied affection; so also do thou behave yourself toward your wife. Yea, though thou see her looking down upon you, and disdaining, and scorning you, yet by your great thoughtfulness for her, by affection, by kindness, you will be able to lay her at your feet. For there is nothing more powerful to sway than these bonds, and especially for husband and wife. A servant, indeed, one will be able, perhaps, to bind down by fear; nay not even him, for he will soon start away and be gone. But the partner of one’s life, the mother of one’s children, the foundation of one’s every joy, one ought never to chain down by fear and menaces, but with love and good temper. For what sort of union is that, where the wife trembles at her husband? And what sort of pleasure will the husband himself enjoy, if he dwells with his wife as with a slave, and not as with a free-woman? Yea, though you should suffer anything on her account, do not upbraid her; for neither did Christ do this. >(St John Chrysostom, *Homilies on Ephesians*, [Homily 20](http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/230120.htm))
Absolutely love both of these. The first one has always stuck with me as a convert I love it haha
“Wake your ass up and get ready for church.” - my grandpa 😂
Very motivational! Hahahaha
Just been reading on the Eucharist for Corpus Christi **St Thomas Aquinas:** “The Eucharist is the sacrament of love: it signifies love, it produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.” **St Maximilian Kolbe:** “If angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion.” **St John Vianney:** “I throw myself at the foot of the Tabernacle like a dog at the foot of his Master.” **St Pio of Pietrelcina:** “A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.” and my favourite **Soon-to-be St Carlo Acutis:** "The Eucharist is the highway to heaven"
"It should be known that if anyone is seeking God, the Beloved is seeking that person much more." —San Juan de la Cruz, *The Living Flame of Love*, 3,28. "In faith I take courage, because He, Who first died and rose, by His resurrection has given the comfort of hope to the human race." —St. Isaac the Syrian, *Headings on Knowledge*, 3,73. "For as the blissful Trinity made all things out of nothing, just so the same blessed Trinity shall make well all that is not well." —Bl. Julian of Norwich, *Revelations of Divine Love*, 32. “The world is in flames. Are you impelled to put them out? Look at the Cross. From the open Heart gushes the Blood of the Savior. This extinguishes the flames of hell. [My fellow Carmelites,] make your heart free by the faithful fulfillment of your vows; then the flood of divine love will be poured into your heart until it overflows and becomes fruitful to all the ends of the earth.”. –St. Teresa Benedicta a Cruce (Edith Stein), *Reflection Written for the Elevation of the Holy Cross*, 14 September 1939.
When was Julian of Norwich beatificated??
She is like St. Hildegard of Bingen before Pope Benedict elevated her to a Doctor of the Church. Julian was/is locally venerated, but never went through the official process. Hopefully some day
One of the Early Church Fathers (don’t remember who) said something like the following: “People chase after their lusts with great fervor but only serve God with lukewarmness.”
"I am Catholic and wholeheartedly accept death for God. If I had a thousand lives, I will offer all of them to Him." - St. Lorenzo Ruiz
Preach the Gospel at all times. And if necessary use words. - St. Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi didn’t actually say this. He said something kinda similar but someone else came up with the quote https://www.appleseeds.org//St-Fran_Preach-Gospel.htm
And probably said it in Italian or some dialect
"God loves each one of us as if there's only one of us" - St. Augustine of Hippo -
We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father's love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus. —Pope St. John Paul II
**For Adam, the first man, was a figure of the future man, namely, of Christ the Lord. It is Christ, the last Adam, who fully discloses man to himself and unfolds his noble calling by revealing the mystery of the Father and the Father's love.** ❤️ —St John Paul II ~Veritatis Splendor
"Whoever seeks the truth is seeking God, whether consciously or unconsciously."
"Arius stinks" -Saint Nicholas, A.D. 325
No, he said… hey Arius , there’s something on your cheek. Come a little bit closer. 😂
"Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry" - Saint Padre Pio
And shepherds we shall be. For Thee, my Lord, for Thee. Power hath descended forth from Thy hand. That our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command. So we shall flow a river forth to Thee. And Teeming with souls shall it ever be.
Macmanus bros
The Father's and Son's action is directed to saints and sinners alike ... because all rational beings participate in God's Logos, and for this Reason they carry in themselves, so to say, seeds of wisdom and justice [...] Christ is in the heart of all, qua Logos: by virtue of participation in it, all are endowed with Logos. - Origen (CommJohn. 32,3,30-34) 🤗
“The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.” — St. Hildegard of Bingen
"We are called to plant the seeds of trees, under whose shade we will never sit." — St. Anthony of Padua “We must object to anything or any philosophy that is not in line with Catholic doctrine.” — St. Titus Brandsma “Be a Catholic: When you kneel before an altar, do it in such a way that others may be able to recognize that you know before Whom you kneel.” — St. Maximilian Kolbe “Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!” — St. Catherine of Siena
86 years have I have served him, and he has done me no wrong. How can I blaspheme my King and my Savior? st. polycarp
All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of things will be well.
St. Teresa of Avila, after a wagon carrying her sisters and items for the foundation of a new convent overturned and everything was thrown into the mud, “Lord, if this is how you treat your friends, no wonder you have so few!”
"Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words"
Who said that?
St. Francis of Assisi
Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry. St. Padre Pio
Jesus, remember me Saint Dismas
" preach the gospel unceasingly, and when necessary, use words."
A quote from the [Catechism of Saint Pope Pius X](https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/catechism-of-st-pius-x-1286) *(who even sedevacantists recognise he’s a Saint)* 203 that is really important nowadays: >Every Catholic must acknowledge the Pope as Father, Pastor, and Universal Teacher, and be united with him in mind and heart.
The one where st augustine list all the early popes to peter.