A Rotating List of Citations from the Writings and or Biographies of the Saints CURENTLY: Citations are from QUOTES FROM THE SAINTS by Thomas Thigpen. GENTLENESS----------GLUTTONY----------GOD FAITH AND SACRED SCRIPTURE GRATITUDE----------HEAVEN AND DIVINE REWARD MORTAL SIN-------PRAYER PREACHING--------PURITY REPENTANCE--------SADNESS THE SOLDIER OF CHRIST---------SUFFERING THE TIMES-------TRUST IN GOD---------TRUTH-------VAINGLORY VOCATIONS--------WEALTH--------THE WORLD WORRY--------YOUTH FAITH AND SACRED SCRIPTURE It is good to read the testimonies of Scripture; it is good to seek the Lord our God in them. As for me, however, I have already made so much of Scripture my own that I have more than enough to meditate on and turn over in my mind. I need no more .  .. I know Christ, the poor crucified One.  -------St. Francis of Assisi Saint Paul tells us, "The letter kills, but the spirit gives life" [2 Cor 3:6]. A man has been killed by the letter of the Sacred Scripture when he wants to quote it only so that people will think him to be very learned, . . . when he has no desire to follow the spirit of Sacred Scripture, but wants to know what it says only so he can explain it to others.  -------St. Francis of Assisi GOD One must see God in everyone. -------St. Catherine Laboure GRATITUDE In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks. -------St. Teresa of Avila HEAVEN AND DIVINE REWARD His Majesty [the Lord] . . . rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God. -------St. Teresa of Avila That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works-----I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones. -------St. Teresa of Avila May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds. -------St. Teresa of Avila MORTAL SIN We should all realize that no matter where or how a man dies, if he is in the state of mortal sin and does not repent, when he could have done so and did not, the Devil tears his soul from his body with such anguish and distress that only a person who has experienced it can appreciate it. -------St. Francis of Assisi PRAYER How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer. -------St. Teresa of Avila Don't imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well. -------St. Teresa of Avila Jacob did not cease to be a Saint because he had to attend to his flocks. -------St.  Teresa of Avila The most potent and acceptable prayer is the prayer that leaves the best effects. I don't mean it must immediately fill the soul with desire . . . The best effects [are] those that are followed up by actions-----when the soul not only desires the honor of God, but really strives for it. -------St. Teresa of Avila We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend upon material success . . . but on Jesus alone. -------St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Anyone who has the habit of speaking before God's majesty as if he were speaking to a slave, careless about how he is speaking, and saying whatever comes into his head and whatever he's learned from saying prayers at other times, in my opinion is not praying. Please, God, may no Christian pray in this way. -------St. Teresa of Avila I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me. -------St. Teresa of Avila Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it, be his life ever so wicked; for prayer is the way to amend it, and without prayer such amendment will be much more difficult. -------St. Teresa of Avila Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don't call prayer-----however much the lips may move. -------St. Teresa of Avila You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him. -------St. Teresa of Avila PREACHING Be sure that you first preach by the way you live. If you do not, people will notice that you say one thing, but live otherwise, and your words will bring only cynical laughter and a derisive shake of the head. -------St. Charles Borromeo When I see the need for Divine teaching and how hungry people are to hear it, I am atremble to be off and running throughout the world, preaching the word of God. I have no rest, my soul finds no other relief, than to rush about and preach. -------St. Anthony Mary Claret PURITY Those whose hearts are pure are the temples of the Holy Spirit. -------St. Lucy REPENTANCE I wealthiest am when richest in remorse. -------St. Robert Southwell Where sin was hatched, let tears now wash the nest. -------St. Robert Southwell SADNESS Leave sadness to those in the world. We who work for God should be lighthearted. -------St. Leonard of Port Maurice THE SOLDIER OF CHRIST Refusing further service as a Roman soldier: I am a soldier of Christ: combat is not permitted to me. -------St. Martin of Tours SUFFERING One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more truly than one who goes away by himself and meditates his head off, and, if he has squeezed out a few tears, thinks that is prayer. -------St. Teresa of Avila Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer. -------St. Teresa of Avila Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal. -------St. Teresa of Avila THE TIMES Truly, matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in earnest to reform ourselves, a really good beginning will have been made. -------St. Peter of Alcantara TRUST IN GOD I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us. -------St. Teresa of Avila Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change. -------St. Teresa of Avila TRUTH Truth suffers, but never dies. -------St. Teresa of Avila VAINGLORY We should let God be the One to praise us and not praise ourselves. For God detests those who commend themselves. Let others applaud our good deeds. -------Pope St. Clement I VOCATIONS Our Lord has created persons for all states in life, and in all of them we see people who who achieved sanctity by fulfilling their obligations well. -------St. Anthony Mary Claret WEALTH We should have no more use or regard for money in any of its forms than we have for dust. Those who think it is worth more, or who are greedy for it, expose themselves to the danger of being deceived by the Devil. -------St. Francis of Assisi Our greatest gain is to lose the wealth that is of such brief duration and, by comparison with eternal things, of such little worth; yet we get upset about it and our gain turns to loss. -------St. Teresa of Avila  THE WORLD This world and the world to come are two enemies. We cannot therefore be friends to both; but we must decide which we will forsake and which we will enjoy. -------Pope St. Clement I WORRY By the anxieties and worries of this life Satan tries to dull man's heart and make a dwelling for himself there. -------St. Francis of Assisi For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway. -------St. Teresa of Avila YOUTH Let us teach the young in the school of the fear of the Lord. -------Pope St. Clement I DOWNLOAD THE DESKTOP FOR 14440 RESOLUTION NEXT takes you to previous quotes. HOME--------------IMAGE AND QUOTE OF THE WEEK www.catholictradition.org/Saints/saintly-quotes.htm