THE SAINTS SPEAK-ARCHIVE 2012-2013

THE SAINTS SPEAK ARCHIVES

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Comment by Dawn Marie on October 11, 2012 at 6:53am: 'I cannot understand how anyone conscious of mortal sin can laugh or be merry.'

St. Thomas Aquinas

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'The brightest ornaments in the crown of the blessed in heaven are the sufferings which they have borne patiently on earth.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

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'I know by experience that the greatest punishment that can befall a people is a bad priest. It is best to leave a town without a priest than to send one who is unworthy. If God does not send me men who are truly called, God himself will have to take care of the men and souls by means of his angels. A call is God's gift. I must not bring the unworthy into the sheepfold to destroy it instead of tending it.'

St. Anthony Mary Claret

Comment by Dawn Marie on October 9, 2012 at 6:14pm: OCTOBER 2012

'Because an interval of time elapses between sowing and reaping, we begin to think there will be no requital.'

St. Mark the Ascetic

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'The saints, to obtain salvation, thought it little to give their whole lives to prayer, penance, and the practice of good works. And what do we do for the same end?'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

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'Charity urges and impels me; it makes me run from town to town shouting, "Sinner, my son, look where you're heading; you are about to fall into hell. Stop! Don't take another step!" I often ask God, as St. Catherine of Siena did: "Lord, let me stand at the gates of hell and stop anyone from entering, by telling each of them, 'Where are you going, poor fool? Turn back! Make a good confession and save your soul. Don't come here, to be lost for all eternity!'"'

St. Anthony Mary Claret