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"Get used to lifting your heart to God, in acts of thanksgiving, many times a day."
St Josemaria Escrive (via catholic-inspiration)
"Do you really know the living Jesus - not from books but from being with Him in your heart?"
Mother Teresa (via catholic-inspiration)
"Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, …faithful perseverance in waiting for you and a hope of finally embracing you."
St. Thomas Aquinas (via thefullnessofthefaith)
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"Evil always takes advantage of ambiguity"
G.K. Chesterton in Eugenics and other Evils (via gkchestertonquote)
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In the course of history, there have been exaggerations in devotion to Mary, but it was not the Church that made her important; it was Christ Himself. The Church has never adored Mary, because only God can be adored. But she, of all creatures, was closest to God. Without her as the key, it is difficult to discover the treasures in the vault of Faith.
God who made the sun also made the moon. The moon does not take away from the brilliance of the sun. The moon would be only a burned out cinder floating in the immensity of space, were it not for the sun. All its light is reflected from that glowing surface. In like manner, Mary reflects her Divine Son, without whom she is nothing. On dark nights we are grateful for the moon; when we see it shining we know there must be a sun. So, in this dark night of the world, when men turned their backs on Him Who is the Light of the World, we look to Mary to guide our feet while we await the sunrise.’
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Archbishop Fulton Sheen (via thefullnessofthefaith)
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"Our Church is a Church of immigrants. It always has been. Just as America has always been a nation of immigrants. Except for a few, all of our saints, blesseds and venerables were immigrants. Some, like St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, were canonized for their service to our immigrant communities. Today we seem to be losing this sense of America’s heritage — as a land of missionaries, immigrants and saints. A land where men and women from every race, creed and nation can live as brothers and sisters."
Archbishop Jose Gomez (Los Angeles)
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"You are what you are before God. That and nothing more."
St. Francis of Assisi (via thefullnessofthefaith)
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"It has long been confirmed that no one’s head is large enough to fit the world’s problems in it, let alone to solve them! Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, give to God what is God’s (all the world’s problems and most of yours), and give to yourself as your duty the daily good God wants you to accomplish with peace of mind, trust, and a joyful heart."
Interior suffering can be more purifying than any other form of pain because we are forced to cope with it. We can distract ourselves and forget a sprained ankle, but when dryness, weariness, sadness, worry and fear assail us, they hound us wherever we go.
We must understand why God permits…
