“You, Lord, turned my heart toward you so that I would seek you and find no rest until I rest in you.”

— Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430)

“Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in You.”

— Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430)

“Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action.”

— Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910–1997)

“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”

— Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910–1997)

“He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbour.”

— Saint Bede the Venerable (672–735)

“Where there is love, there is God.”

— Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910–1997)

“Love is the most necessary of all virtues. Love in the person who preaches the Word of God is like fire in a musket.”

— Saint Francis de Sales (1567–1622)

“If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world ablaze!”

— Saint Catherine of Siena (1347–1380)

“Faith lifts the soul. Hope supports it. Experience says it must. And Love says let it be!”

— Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821)

“For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.”

— Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897)

“Pray, hope, and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.”

— Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968)

“Prayer is the breath of the soul.”

— Saint John Chrysostom (347–407)

“We must pray without ceasing, in every occurrence and employment of our lives — that prayer which is rather a habit of lifting up the heart to God.”

— Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821)

“One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more truly than one who goes away by himself and meditates his head off.”

— Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582)

“You must speak to Jesus not only with your lips but with your heart; actually, on certain occasions, you should speak with only your heart.”

— Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968)

“Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you.”

— Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274)

“My past, O Lord, I entrust to Your mercy; my present, to Your love; my future, to Your providence.”

— Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968)

“Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.”

— Saint Jerome (347–420)

“It is because of faith that we exchange the present for the future.”

— Saint Basil the Great (330–379)

“You must surrender everything but your faith: money, body, even life itself. For faith is the head and the root; keep that, and though you lose all else, you will get it back in abundance.”

— Saint John Chrysostom (347–407)

“He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts in God can do all things.”

— Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696–1787)

“In the preaching of the holy Gospel all should receive a strengthening of their faith.”

— Saint Leo the Great, Pope (400–461)

“Every word of God has the power to transform life.”

— Saint John Chrysostom (347–407)

“To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek Him the greatest adventure; to find Him, the greatest human achievement.”

— Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430)

“I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God.”

— Saint Dominic Savio (1842–1857)

“Pain is never permanent.”

— Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582)

“Apart from the cross there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.”

— Saint Rose of Lima (1586–1617)

“God had one Son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.”

— Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430)

“Suffering is a great favour. Remember that everything soon comes to an end and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.”

— Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582)

“If God sends you many sufferings, it is a sign that He has great plans for you and certainly wants to make you a saint.”

— Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556)

“He knows that suffering is the only means of preparing us to know Him as He knows Himself, and to become ourselves divine.”

— Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897)

“We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.”

— Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582)

“When it is all over you will not regret having suffered; rather you will regret having suffered so little, and suffered that little so badly.”

— Saint Sebastian Valfre (1629–1710)

“Even if I must suffer greatly, thanks be to God’s mercy, I will not lack courage.”

— Saint Genoveva Torres Morales (1870–1956)

“Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave!”

— Saint John Chrysostom (347–407)

“Have you sinned? Go into the church and wipe out your sin. As often as you fall in the marketplace, you pick yourself up again. So too, as often as you sin, repent. Do not despair.”

— Saint John Chrysostom (347–407)

“Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.”

— Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430)

“Go to the poor: you will find God.”

— Saint Vincent de Paul (1581–1660)

“In a marvellous way God’s mercy arranged that the disbelieving disciple Thomas, in touching the wounds of his master’s body, should heal our wounds of disbelief.”

— Saint Gregory the Great, Pope (540–604)

“Nothing afflicts the heart of Jesus so much as to see all His sufferings of no avail to so many.”

— Saint John Vianney, the Curé of Ars (1786–1859)

“Even if a person has committed the most terrible sins, if he comes to My mercy, I will give him great graces of soul.”

— Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938)

“The greater the sinner, the greater the right he has to My mercy.”

— Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938)

“If we wish to serve God and love our neighbour well, we must manifest our joy in the service we render to Him and them. Let us open wide our hearts. It is joy which invites us.”

— Saint Peter Claver (1581–1654)

“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.”

— Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)

“I want to suffer and even rejoice for love, for this is my way of scattering flowers.”

— Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897)

“Praise and bless my Lord, and give him thanks and serve him with great humility.”

— Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)

“Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.”

— Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910–1997)

“Glory to God for all things.”

— Saint John Chrysostom (347–407) — his last words

“You must ask God to give you power to fight against the sin of pride which is your greatest enemy — the root of all that is evil, and the failure of all that is good.”

— Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430)

“Humility is the mother of all virtues.”

— Saint Benedict of Nursia (480–547)

“Always humble yourself lovingly before God and man, because God speaks to those who are truly humble of heart.”

— Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968)

“True greatness of man lies in his humility.”

— Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274)

“Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies.”

— Saint Ambrose of Milan (340–397)

“He who possesses God lacks nothing: God alone suffices.”

— Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582)

“It is characteristic of God and His angels to bring to the soul, when they occupy it, true happiness and spiritual joy.”

— Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556)

“It isn’t good to let our thoughts disturb us or worry us at all.”

— Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582)

“Walk in the way of the Lord with simplicity and do not torment your spirit.”

— Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968)

“Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be — and becoming that person.”

— Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897)

“The world offers you comfort. But you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.”

— Pope Benedict XVI (1927–2022)

“God is served only when He is served according to His will.”

— Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968)

“If we only knew how God regards this Sacrifice, we would risk our lives to be present at a single Mass.”

— Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968)

“If the words of Elijah had power even to bring down fire from heaven, will not the words of Christ have power to change the natures of the elements?”

— Saint Ambrose of Milan (340–397)

“To feed on the Word of God is to nourish the soul.”

— Saint Jerome (347–420)

“His devotion to the written Word of God was matched by a love of the Eucharist and of divine worship.”

— Said of Saint John Chrysostom (347–407)

“The Eucharist is the sacrament of love; it signifies love, it produces love.”

— Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274)

“When you have received Him, stir up your heart to do Him homage; speak to Him about your spiritual life, gazing upon Him in your soul where He is present for your happiness.”

— Saint Francis de Sales (1567–1622)

“Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.”

— Saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894–1941)

“Mary, who is the Virgin Most Pure, is also the Refuge of Sinners. She knows what sin is, not by the experience of its fall, but by seeing what it did to her Divine Son.”

— Venerable Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979)

“To Jesus through Mary — that is the surest, easiest, shortest and most perfect way of becoming a saint.”

— Saint Louis de Montfort (1673–1716)

“The Rosary is my favourite weapon.”

— Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968)

“No one has access to the Almighty as His Mother has; none has merit such as hers.”

— Blessed John Henry Newman (1801–1890)

“We can never give enough honour to Mary, because she gave us Jesus.”

— Saint John Vianney, the Curé of Ars (1786–1859)

“Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary, use words.”

— Attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)

“He who serves others serves Christ himself.”

— Saint Francis de Sales (1567–1622)

“The rich man is not one who has much, but one who gives much.”

— Saint John Chrysostom (347–407)

“If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world ablaze!”

— Saint Catherine of Siena (1347–1380)

“Each generation is converted by the saint who contradicts it most.”

— G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936)

“Service is the path to perfection.”

— Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910–1997)

“Christ is risen, and the demons are fallen. Christ is risen, and the angels rejoice. Christ is risen, and life flourisheth. Christ is risen, and there is none dead in the grave.”

— Saint John Chrysostom — Paschal Homily (347–407)

“There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge: that is curiosity. There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others: that is vanity. But there are those who seek knowledge in order to serve: that is love.”

— Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153)

“If we really want to love, we must learn how to forgive.”

— Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910–1997)

“He longs to give us a magnificent reward. He knows that suffering is the only means of preparing us to know Him as He knows Himself.”

— Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897)

“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.”

— Saint John Paul II (1920–2005)

“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and Alleluia is our song!”

— Saint John Paul II (1920–2005)