Funny Saints Quotes

[Nelka]

I came across these two just now and they made me laugh, have you read any others?

Men are like wine – some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.

St. Pope John XXIII

 

[Jump4Joy]

I love Fulton Sheen

 

[Jump4Joy]

Where can I read more about this?

 

[SonofJoseph]

There is one from St. Teresa of Avila that I really like. One day she was riding on a carriage and it hit a bump of some sort. She fell off and said, “Lord if this is how you treat your friends, it’s no wonder you have so few of them.”

 

[Jump4Joy]

I remember that one. I liked it.

 

[LilyM]

Got to go with St Augustine - “Lord, grant me chastity and continence - but not just yet!”

 

[Jump4Joy]

Haha. One of my favorites

 

[anna]

When Timothy Cardinal Dolan was Archbishop of Milwaukee he had an audience with Pope John Paul II ‘"Your Holiness,the archdiocese of Milwaukee is growing and expanding, " to which the Holy Father responded. " so it seems, is the new Archbishop. " I think we all know John Paul II hade a great sense of humor’ I miss His Holiness, but I do ask for his intercession. God Bless.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

I liked the Blessed Titus Brandsma quote somebody posted a while back where he was telling his fellow prisoners in the Nazi camp to pray for their captors and the prisoners objected and he said, “Well you don’t have to pray for them all day. One prayer is enough.”
He’s not a saint yet but almost.

 

[LilyM]

When Timothy Cardinal Dolan was Archbishop of Milwaukee he had an audience with Pope John Paul II ‘"Your Holiness,the archdiocese of Milwaukee is growing and expanding, " to which the Holy Father responded. " so it seems, is the new Archbishop. " I think we all know John Paul II hade a great sense of humor’ I miss His Holiness, but I do ask for his intercession. God Bless.

John XXIII also had a fantastic sense of humour - supposedly a visitor once asked.him “how many people work at the Vatican, your Holiness?” His reply was “Oh, about half …”