'Any time spent before the Eucharistic presence,
be it long or short, is the best-spent time of our lives.'
St. Catherine of Genoa

'The Saints are the sinners who keep on trying.'
Unknown

'Trust the past to God's mercy, the present to God's love and the future to God's providence.'
St. Augustine

'Read some chapter of a devout book.....
It is very easy and most necessary,
for just as you speak to God when at prayer,
God speaks to you when you read.'
St. Vincent de Paul

'God sees me for what I will become.
God accepts me for who I am today.
God forgives for what I have been in the past.'
Victor M. Parachin

'If you put all the love of all the mothers
into one heart it still would not equal the love of the Heart of Mary
for her children.'
Saint Louis Marie de Montfort

'Work as if you were to live a hundred years, pray as if you were to die tomorrow.'
Benjamin Franklin

'If we really want to love we must learn how to forgive.'
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta

'Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything
that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great
peace.'
St. Theresa of Avila

'If you ate only one meal a week would you survive? It is the same for your soul.
Nourish it with the Blessed Sacrament.'
Blessed Brother Andre Bessett

'Everything that the Son asks of the Father is granted.
Likewise, everything that the Mother asks of her Son is also granted.'
St. John Vianney

'I am probably not getting anythingout of the rosary
because I am not putting anything into it.'
Brother Juniper (A. Goukassian)

'We need to find God,
and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass-
grows in silence;
see the stars, the moon and the sun,
how they move in silence...
We need silence to be able to touch souls.'
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta

'She (Mother Mary) is an echo of God, speaking and repeating only God.
If you say "Mary" she says 'God'.'
Saint Louis Marie de Montfort

'Tell Jesus everything.
If you have some troubles,
if your heart is full of hope....
confide even those worries that
you date not say to anyone.
Tell Jesus everything.'
Blessed James Alberione

Little headaches, little heartaches
Little griefs of every day
Little trials and vexations.
How they throng upon our way.
Yet all life is formed of small things.
Little leaves make up the trees.
Many tiny drops of water blending
Make the mighty seas.
Asking him for grace sufficient
To sustain us through each loss
And to treasure each small suffering
As a splinter from His cross.
(parts taken from MARY'S CALL, p.56)

'Christ comes to visit me in the Holy EucharistI repay the visit by going to find Him in the poor.' Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

'I will remember how St. Peter,
at a blast of wind, began to sink because
of his lack of faith,
and I will do as he did:
Call upon Christ and pray to him for help.
And then I trust he will place his holy hand on me and in the stormy seas
hold me up from drowning.'
St. Thomas More

'Cast yourself into the arms of God
and be very sure that if he wants anything of you,
he will fit you for the work and give you strength.'
St. Phillip Neri

'God, my God, because you are mine, I lack nothing.'
St. Gertrude the Great

'The Christ of Bethlehem is the Christ of Galilee, is the Christ of the Crucifixion,
is the Christ of the Resurrection, is the Christ of the Eucharist.'
John Cardinal O'Connor