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J.R
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What is your favorite quote from a Saint? By my signature below you can tell it’s one of my favorites.
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Alison
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**I have two favourite quotations: **
“Preach the gospel at all times; if necessary use words” (St. Francis of Assisi)
“You are called to be faithful, not succesful”- Blessed Mother Theresa
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“Preach the gospel at all times; if necessary use words” (St. Francis of Assisi)
“You are called to be faithful, not succesful”- Blessed Mother Theresa
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edward_george
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Since I am devoted to St. George, I’d have to say it’s this profoundly simple battle cry, uttered shortly before he fought the dragon…
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Just kidding.
Our Blessed Mother said two very important things in Scripture.
At the wedding at Cana, she told the waiters “Do whatever he tells you” before Jesus turned water into wine. We would do well to heed this advice and do whatever he (Jesus) tells us.
At the Annunciation, when the Archangel Gabriel told her she would be with child, after asking how it could be, she gave this simple profession of faith and act of submission to the Father: “Behold, his handmaid I am. Be it done to me according to your word.”
So here we have a commandment and a method of prayer–do what Jesus tells us, and pray for God’s will for us…not for our will for God.
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Just kidding.
Our Blessed Mother said two very important things in Scripture.
At the wedding at Cana, she told the waiters “Do whatever he tells you” before Jesus turned water into wine. We would do well to heed this advice and do whatever he (Jesus) tells us.
At the Annunciation, when the Archangel Gabriel told her she would be with child, after asking how it could be, she gave this simple profession of faith and act of submission to the Father: “Behold, his handmaid I am. Be it done to me according to your word.”
So here we have a commandment and a method of prayer–do what Jesus tells us, and pray for God’s will for us…not for our will for God.
-ACEGC
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Della
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One appropriate for Christmas: “The flesh of Mary is the flesh of Jesus”–St. Anselm.
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Honoria20
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“Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in you.” ~ St. Augustine
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Didi
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“If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He has great designs for you, and that He certainly intends to make you a saint. And if you wish to become a great saint, entreat Him yourself to give you much opportunity for suffering; for there is no wood better to kindle the fire of holy love than the wood of the cross, which Christ used for His own great sacrifice of boundless charity.” – St. Ignatius of Loyola
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Tedster
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“If I were worthy of such a favor from my God, I would ask that he grant me this one miracle: that by His grace He would make of me a good man.” ~ Saint Ansgar
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LSK
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This is going to be a paraphrase, because I don’t have her book in front of me, but it is from St. Theresa of Avila, right after she found herself in the mud after being thrown from the carriage on her way to either found another convent or visit one - I cannot remember which:
“If this is how you treat your friends, Lord, it’s no wonder you have so few of them”.
My other favorite one is from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. Now I know she is not a cannonized saint - YET! - but it is still something I love:
“I understand that God only gives us as much as we can handle. Sometimes, however, I wish He did not think so highly of me”.
“If this is how you treat your friends, Lord, it’s no wonder you have so few of them”.
My other favorite one is from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. Now I know she is not a cannonized saint - YET! - but it is still something I love:
“I understand that God only gives us as much as we can handle. Sometimes, however, I wish He did not think so highly of me”.
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Flopfoot
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Prolly my favorite is this -
In all trials, I will say always: “Lord, Thy Will be done”. - St. Gerard Majella (1726 - 1755)
By the way, in the same calendar, for the previous month, it has this quote which I don’t quite get. Can anyone explain it to me?
At this very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God. - St. Augustine (354 - 430)
In all trials, I will say always: “Lord, Thy Will be done”. - St. Gerard Majella (1726 - 1755)
By the way, in the same calendar, for the previous month, it has this quote which I don’t quite get. Can anyone explain it to me?
At this very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God. - St. Augustine (354 - 430)
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BarbaraTherese
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I have three favourite quotes, one from a Blessed and the other two from Saints:
Blessed Mary MacKillop: “love one another and bear with one another and try at least to excuse what you cannot understand”
(I am South Australian, and Blessed Mary MacKillop and a fellow South Australian looks like being our first Australian Saint. She founded the religious sisters of St. Joseph here in Australia)
St. Augustine: “Love and do what you will”
St. Albert: “Common sense is the guide of all the virtues”
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Blessed Mary MacKillop: “love one another and bear with one another and try at least to excuse what you cannot understand”
(I am South Australian, and Blessed Mary MacKillop and a fellow South Australian looks like being our first Australian Saint. She founded the religious sisters of St. Joseph here in Australia)
St. Augustine: “Love and do what you will”
St. Albert: “Common sense is the guide of all the virtues”
Barb
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blourdes
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I like this quote from St. Teresa of Avila!
“when the devil reminds you of his past, remind him of his future”
LOVE IT!
“when the devil reminds you of his past, remind him of his future”
LOVE IT!
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Isidore_AK
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My Sig.
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Flopfoot
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Actually, St. Mary MacKillop was canonised about 10 years ago. She is our first and at the moment our only Australian saint.
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bauerice
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My signature as well as “pray,hope and don’t worry” St Pio
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seagal
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This is a paraphrase from something I think is from St. Augustine – “If you think you understand the nature of God, that which you think you know is not God.” It reminds me that however I conceive God, he is so much more.
Another favourite is from Mother Theresa: “We can do no great things, only small things with great love.”
Another favourite is from Mother Theresa: “We can do no great things, only small things with great love.”
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Jim
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Not a saint yet, but here are some quotes by Dorothy Day:
“Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We scorn nobility in name and in fact. We cling to a bourgeois mediocrity which would make it appear we are all Americans, made in the image and likeness of George Washington.”
“We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.”
“Don’t call me a saint. I don’t want to be dismissed so easily.”
“Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We scorn nobility in name and in fact. We cling to a bourgeois mediocrity which would make it appear we are all Americans, made in the image and likeness of George Washington.”
“We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.”
“Don’t call me a saint. I don’t want to be dismissed so easily.”
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stbruno
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Whether I hear it sung or said…I love these words of St.Richard of Chichester.
Thanks to you, my Lord Jesus Christ,
for all the gifts you have won for me,
for all the pains and insults you have borne for me.
O merciful Redeemer, friend and brother,
may I know you more clearly,
love you more dearly,
and follow you more nearly,
for ever and ever.
St Richard, cited in Praying with the Saints
I also like St.Bruno’s quote:
The cross still stands firm forever
Jesus is the Same yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Thanks to you, my Lord Jesus Christ,
for all the gifts you have won for me,
for all the pains and insults you have borne for me.
O merciful Redeemer, friend and brother,
may I know you more clearly,
love you more dearly,
and follow you more nearly,
for ever and ever.
St Richard, cited in Praying with the Saints
I also like St.Bruno’s quote:
The cross still stands firm forever
Jesus is the Same yesterday, today and tomorrow.
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Alberich
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“I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.” --St. Francis of Assisi
…and though not a saint…
“You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.” --Meister Eckhart
…and though not a saint…
“You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.” --Meister Eckhart
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cardenio
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St. Augustine:
“If you understood him, it wouldn’t be God.”
St. Teresa of Avila (my confirmation):
“God alone suffices.”
Those two have pulled me out of a lot of garbage…
stbruno - wasn’t that one in a movie? day by day by day by day… by day…
Can’t remember what movie it was, though.
“If you understood him, it wouldn’t be God.”
St. Teresa of Avila (my confirmation):
“God alone suffices.”
Those two have pulled me out of a lot of garbage…
stbruno - wasn’t that one in a movie? day by day by day by day… by day…
Can’t remember what movie it was, though.
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opticks
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“Live simply so that others may simply live.” ~St. Francis of Assisi
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