Inspirational thoughts

“Love your children. In them you can see baby Jesus. Pray for them a lot, and every day put them under Holy Mary’s protection.”

• St. Gianna Molla

“Bad times! Troublesome times! This men are saying. Let our lives be good; and the times are good. We make our times; such as we are, such are the times.” – St. Augustine

“Our business is to gain heaven, everything else is a sheer waste of time!” St. Vincent de Paul

“Not to oppose error is to approve it; and not to defend truth is to suppress it; and indeed to neglect to confound evil men, when we can do it, is no less a sin than to encourage them.” Pope St. Felix III

“Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly.”

G.K. Chesterton

“Be proud, be proud to be Catholic.” St. John Paul II at Denver, World Youth Day 1993

“It should be known that if anyone is seeking God, the Beloved is seeking that person much more.”
—San Juan de la Cruz

“We should think of others not as objects to be used, or annoying people in the way of realizing our projects, but rather as those whom we are called to serve. Instead of saying, “Why is this annoying person in my way?” we should ask, “What opportunity for evangelization has presented itself?” Has God put this person in your life precisely for this purpose? Reflect: How are evangelization and love connected?” Bishop Robert Barron

“We should fight, not to attain holiness as a result of our own efforts, but to let God act in us without our putting up any resistance against him; we should fight to open ourselves as fully as possible to his grace, which sanctifies us.” Fr. Jacques Philippe

“It is not our abilities that show what we truly are … it is our choices.”

– Dumbledore