Favorite quote from a Saint?

[Flopfoot]

“I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.” --St. Francis of Assisi

Do I not get something here? That quote sounds a lot like St. Francis in a moment of low self-esteem, rather than some great inspiring quote. Maybe it’s just his humility taken a bit far - but why can’t he accept that there’s some positive quality he has that makes it so that God can work through him more so than for others?

 

[stbruno]

Part of the quote is from the song…Day by day…It is in the musical
Godspell.
Even the lyricists recognized the power behind St.Richard’s words.

Peace to you this advent.

 

[SeekerJen]

A paraphrase from St. Augustine: “To sing is to pray twice.” (This has been used by our parish music director to encourage us in the choir, to great effect.)

 

[Agricola]

My favourite quote from a saint is:

“Turn me over, I’m done on this side!” and “It is cooked enough.” ~ St. Lawrence.

He said these things as he was being roasted alive on a grill. The story of his martyrdome goes something like this… The greedy Prefect of Rome asked Lawrence to bring him the treasures of the Church. Lawrence said he would in three days. Three days later Lawrence shows up with all the poor of Rome and says “This is the Church’s treasure!” The Prefect condemns Lawrence to a slow and painful death. Lawrence keeps his humour throughout.

Imagine the clarity of mind and joy of heart that you’d have to have to be able to comment like that when you are in such excruciating pain!

God bless,

Agricola

 

[mjdvike]

Actually, St. Mary MacKillop was canonised about 10 years ago. She is our first and at the moment our only Australian saint.

Just googled St. Mary MacKillop and your post came up. She was declared Venerable in 1992, beatified on January 19, 1995. She was canonized October 17, 2010. Her feast day is August 8th.

So, when the post was written (Dec of 2005) it was incorrect - as she was still then Blessed Mary MacKillop and not St. Mary MacKillop.

There is a difference between the two steps. There are 3 steps in the process: Venerable, Blessed, and Saint.

Thought I would put that out there - so that incorrect information is not further distributed on the www.

 

[nuntym]

+JMJ+

“Put your heart aside. Duty comes first, But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps.” (St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way, #162)

This quote has healed me so much.

God bless.

 

[Karenanna]

Just googled St. Mary MacKillop and your post came up. She was declared Venerable in 1992, beatified on January 19, 1995. She was canonized October 17, 2010. Her feast day is August 8th.

So, when the post was written (Dec of 2005) it was incorrect - as she was still then Blessed Mary MacKillop and not St. Mary MacKillop.

There is a difference between the two steps. There are 3 steps in the process: Venerable, Blessed, and Saint.

Thought I would put that out there - so that incorrect information is not further distributed on the www.

I was at the beatification of Mary MacKillop (with my husband and some of my children) on January 19, 1995, in Sydney, Australia. It was my daughter’s birthday.

This daughter was born with autism and due to prayer she has received a healing. We were recently interviewed by a Sydney newspaper regarding my daughter’s healing. (The healing was partly due to Mary MacKillop but due to other saints also; one of these being St Therese.)

The link to the newspaper story is here:

smh.com.au/national/miracle-for-battler-mum-20101009-16d1z.html

Here is my favourite saint’s quote:

Promises of Saint Therese of Lisieux

“I will spend my heaven doing good upon earth.”

“After my death I will let fall from heaven a shower of roses.”

The “roses” that Saint Therese referred to in the prophecy quoted above: is the term which she used to describe her miracles and favours. The feast day of Saint Therese is celebrated on October 1.

(Mary Ann)

Another matter
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(Please let others know about the Holy Souls in Purgatory web page and the answers to prayer (book), web page, so that they can benefit from these.)

 

[jcian12]

I have many favorites but I can only recall a few. One is on my siggy
And what the Blessed Virgin said on Lourdes "I do not promise to make you happy in this world, but in the next. "
And what she said on Fatima “Do not offend Our Lord any more; He is already much offended,”
Such great words from the Virgin Mary