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

“… the gifts of grace increase as the struggles increase.” 

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St. Rose of Lima

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“I die with joy, for I desire to be united to my God. Live so as not to fear death. For those who live well in the world, death is not frightening, but sweet and precious.” 

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St. Rose of Viterbo

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“Lord, I lean on You alone for strength. Give me your arm to support me, your shoulders to carry me, your breast on which to lay my head, your Cross to uphold me, your Eucharist to nourish me. On you Lord, I shall sleep and rest in peace.”

“He who has Jesus has everything.”

“Learn to let others do their share of the work. Things may be done less well, but you will have more peace of soul and health of body. And what temporal interest should we not sacrifice in order to gain these blessings?”

“It fills me with joy to realize that I can lay down my life daily for God, that I can sacrifice it willingly for Him. I may not be a martyr for the faith, but I can be a martyr of charity.”

“Let us bear our cross and leave it to God to determine the length and the weight.”

“There are no difficulties except for those who worry too much about tomorrow.”

“Do not look back to the past, nor forward to the future. Claim only the present, for it holds God’s will.”

“Never forget that the road to Heaven is the Way of the Cross. Jesus has called us to follow Him, bearing the Cross as He did.”

“The more I reflect on the graces I have received, the more they astonish me and make me tremble.”

“If you have no earthly consolation, why do you not seek consolation in the Heart of Jesus? To love him is truest joy.”

“We may not understand His Will for us in time, but in eternity the veil will be drawn and we shall see that He acted only for our happiness.”

“If we love Jesus, we shall be loved in return by Him, and that is perfect happiness.”

“He will never let the trial surpass the strength He gives you, and at the very moment you think yourself overwhelmed by sorrow, He will lift you up and give you peace.”

“Love aright and you will never be sad.  Embrace God’s will and you will be filled with joy and peace.”

“God alone and the desire of His glory nothing else matters.”

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St. Rose Philippine Duchesne

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

“And as for a book from which to grow in the love of God, there is no better book than Jesus Christ crucified.”

“The greatest poison of our time is indifference.”

“I prayed very hard to Our Lady to tell me what would happen to me. She appeared, holding in her hands two crowns, one white, one red. She asked if I would like to have them—one was for purity, the other for martyrdom. I said, ‘I choose both.’ She smiled and disappeared.”

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St. Maximilian Kolbe

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“I want eternity. I was born for greater things.” 

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St. Stanislaus

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“Nothing is far from God.”

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St. Monica

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“Mary’s maternity is the model of all motherhood.”

“If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.”

“Love is an end already, since God is love.”

“Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it.”

“God is there in these moments of rest and can give us in a single instant exactly what we need. Then the rest of the day can take its course, under the same effort and strain, perhaps, but in peace. And when night comes, and you look back over the day and see how fragmentary everything has been, and how much you planned that has gone undone, and all the reasons you have to be embarrassed and ashamed: just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God’s hands and leave it with Him. Then you will be able to rest in Him — really rest — and start the next day as a new life.”

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St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)

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“The Holy Spirit also gives you the grace to discover the image of the Lord in the hearts of men, and teaches you to love them as brothers and sisters. Again, He helps you to see the manifestations of His love in events. If we are humbly attentive to men and things, the Spirit of Jesus enlightens us and enriches us with His wisdom, provided that we are imbued with the spirit of prayer.”

“The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility…..Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man. It risks being vain and sterile.”

“This world in which we live needs beauty in order not to sink into despair. It is beauty, like truth, which brings joyto the heart of man and is that precious fruit which resists the wear and tear of time, which unites generations and makes them share things in admiration.”

“No more war, war never again. It is peace, peace which must guide the destinies of peoples and of all mankind.”

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St. Paul VI

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“The devil may try to use the hurts of life, and sometimes our own mistakes to make you feel it is impossible that Jesus really loves you, is really cleaving to you. This is a danger for all of us, and so sad, because it is completely the opposite of what Jesus is really wanting, waiting to tell you…he loves you always, even when you don’t feel worthy.”

“The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace.”

“I can do the things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.”

“If you ever feel distressed during your day, call upon our Lady, just say this simple prayer: ‘Mary, Mother of Jesus, please be a mother to me now.’ I must admit, this prayer has never failed me.”

“When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then. When you look at the Sacred Host, you understand how much Jesus loves you now.”

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St. Teresa of Calcutta

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“As soon as we know the will of God, we ought without delay to follow it.”

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St. Paul of the Cross

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