The Saint Archive

"Do whatever he tells you."

"We were like two bodies with a single spirit... our great ambition was to be called Christians."

"The Name of Jesus is not only light, but also food; it is also medicine."

"Be children of the Church."

"Deprive me of everything, my God, but not of the desire to unite my will to your will in perfect resignation!"

"Look then on Jesus, the Author and Preserver of faith: in complete sinlessness He suffered, and at the hands of those who were His own, and was numbered among the wicked."

"For the chief service of my life that I owe to You, O God, is that every word and thought of mine should speak of You."

"I saw all the snares that the enemy spreads out over the world and I said groaning, 'What can pass through such from them?' And I heard a voice saying to me, 'Humility.'"

"I have ever prayed for your welfare, and for the peace of the empire; but I worship no other God than the one true Creator of all things."

"The peace of the Church is the gift of the Spirit."

"Christ is my lover, He is my spouse. He has placed a ring on my hand, and has crowned me with the jewels of his kingdom."

"I am ready to suffer everything for the name of the Lord Jesus Christ."

"A spoonful of honey attracts more flies than a barrel of vinegar."

"It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me."

"Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity."

"Do now what you will wish to have done when you are dying."

"All that I have written appears to be as straw to me, in comparison to what I have seen."

"Work, prayer, and humility are the three things that will make you advance in the ways of the Lord."

"Lord, now let your servant depart in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation."

"If you wish to see the light, do not be afraid of the darkness of the prison."

"I have no other aim than to make known the true God and the way of salvation to all men."

"Lord, my Creator, You have protected me from the cradle; You have taken me from the love of the world and given me patience to suffer. Receive now my soul."

"The only reason for my being killed is that I have taught the doctrine of Christ. I certainly did teach it. I thank God it is for this reason I die."

"If I were to meet those slave traders who abducted me, and even those who tortured me, I would kneel and kiss their hands, for if that did not happen, I would not be a Christian and a Religious today."

"Let the little ones come to me, for they find in me great mercy."

"I asked you, and you would not listen; so I asked my God and He did listen."

"I do not promise to make you happy in this world, but in the other."

"Do you not see that the rain falls from God equally on all? Does not the sun shine on all? Do we not all breathe the same air?"

"I have chosen you to be my first Servants, and under this name you are to till my Son’s Vineyard."

"It is not the length of time, but the fervor of the soul that counts before God."

"You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."

"Eighty and six years have I served Him, and He has done me no wrong. How then can I blaspheme my King and Savior?"

"Receive with sweetness, Lord God Almighty, the bitter complaints of my troubled soul; look with pity upon my face of shame."

"After God, we must fear nothing more than sin."

"Stand fast in the faith, and love one another, and be not offended by our sufferings."

"Labor without stopping, do all the good you can while you still have the time."

"A married woman must, when called upon, quit her devotions to God at the altar to find Him in her household affairs."

"Above all be very gentle and courteous toward the people you serve; love them tenderly and respect them deeply."

"I am a sinner, a most uncultivated man and the least of all the faithful, and extremely contemptible in the eyes of many."

"The bread which is seen is not bread, though it be sensible to the taste, but the Body of Christ; and the wine which is seen is not wine, though the taste will have it so, but the Blood of Christ."

"He did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took his wife."

"Time is not our own, and we must give a strict account of it."

"Aspire not to have more, but to be more."

"Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word."

"To touch the hearts of your pupils and be the means of their salvation is the greatest miracle you can perform."

"I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. For this also I believe: that unless I believe, I shall not understand."

"I am a servant of Christ, my God, and trusting in Him, I have come to bear witness to the Truth."

"Into thy hands, Lord, I commend my spirit."

"Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire."

"Lord, increase my pains, but increase my patience."

"Joseph did as the angel of the Lord commanded him."

"The Son of God became man so that we might become God."

"Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us."

"Say the Rosary every day, to bring peace to the world and the end of the war."

"We must combat our flesh and treat it without indulgence, not ceding to it for the sake of pleasure, but we must make the soul grow by faith and knowledge."

"The Name of Jesus is the glory of preachers, because the shining splendor of that Name causes His word to be proclaimed and heard."

"I spent my whole life in the same monastery, and while attentive to the rule and the daily service of singing in the church, my constant delight was learning, or teaching, or writing."

"My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior."

"No one who is rightly minded turns from true belief to false."

"You are burning me, but it is as if you are pouring water over my body."

"Let us stand fast in what is right and prepare our souls for trial, for the time of tribulation is at hand."

"Exhort them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose."

"Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak."

"I am a piece of twisted iron; I entered religion to be made straight."

"He must increase, but I must decrease."

"The glory of God is a living man, and the life of man is the vision of God."

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."

"My Lord and my God!"

"I forgive Alessandro Serenelli... and I want him with me in Paradise."

"Let them prefer nothing whatever to Christ, and may He bring us all together to everlasting life."

"I am no longer my own; I have given myself to Jesus. He must be my only love."

"In all these things, seek rather the flame than the light, rather the fire than the shine, rather the devotion than the intellect."

"I have seen the Lord."

"We can."

"The parents of Mary trusted God's promise in their waiting."

"Yes, Lord; I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world."

"Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam."

"He who prays is certainly saved; he who prays not is certainly damned."

"The Eucharist is the sun of the world; everything revolves around it."

"I entreat you to keep the faith with all vigilance, to preserve harmony, to be earnest in prayer, and to remember us at all times."

"The priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus."

"Virgo Maria, tibi Xystus nova templa dicavi."

"Lord, it is good for us to be here."

"I see my Savior poor, and shall I strive to be rich? I see Him insulted, and shall I desire to be honored?"

"Do not weep, my son; in three days you will follow me."

"I shall be more useful to you after my death and I shall help you then more effectively than during my life."

"God is truth. All who seek truth seek God, whether this is clear to them or not."

"I am well done on this side; turn me over and eat!"

"Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory!"

"In all things, let us have a great heart; let us go to God with great confidence and love."

"Keep the faith in its purity, for the Church is one."

"Love alone creates."

"My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior."

"Be humble in this life, that God may exalt you in the next."

"The Sacred Heart of Jesus is a furnace of pure love. It is the source of all the grace and all the love that is in the world."

"The measure of loving God is to love Him without measure."

"I was born poor, I have lived poor, and I wish to die poor."

"Let the entire human race give honor to the Mother of God, the Lady and Queen of the world."

"Apart from the Cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven."

"Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel."

"Fair son, the first thing I would teach thee is to set thine heart to love God; for unless thou lovest Him, thou canst not be saved."

"If from their earliest years children are diligently instructed in Piety and Letters, it is to be expected that their whole life will be a happy one."

"Son, for my own part I have no further delight in any thing in this life. What I do here any longer, and to what end I am here, I know not, now that my hopes in this world are accomplished."

"Late have I loved you, Beauty so ancient and so new, late have I loved you!"

"He must increase, but I must decrease."

"The proof of love is in the relevant work. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to be love."

"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love."

"Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word."

"We must speak to them with our hands by giving, before we try to speak to them with our lips."

"In dangers, in doubts, in difficulties, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Let her name not depart from your lips, let it not depart from your heart."

"Glory to God for all things!"

"The cross is exalted, and all the world gathers to celebrate."

"Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done unto me according to thy word."

"He cannot have God for his Father who has not the Church for his mother."

"Charity is that with which no man is lost, and without which no man is saved."

"The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity."

"Faith in Christ is stronger than fire."

"Do not be afraid, have a stout heart. Once born, we must die for God to be able to live with Him forever."

"He rose and followed him."

"Pray, hope, and don't worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer."

"We heal the infirmities of men by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, and for this we take no reward, that the grace of the Savior may be known through us."

"Love is creative, even to infinity."

"I am Raphael, one of the seven angels who stand and serve before the Glory of the Lord."

"Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ."

"My way is all confidence and love."

"Their angels always behold the face of my Father in heaven."

"My God and My All."

"By the benefit of this practice, the soul is often made to glow with a heavenly light."

"I am the Lady of the Rosary. Continue always to pray the Rosary every day."

"Contemn the gods which are not gods."

"Christ is the center of the world; everything is directed toward Him."

"Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams."

"Whoever repents has the same liberties as the just."

"Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you, all things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices."

"Behold this Heart which has so loved men that it has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming itself, to testify to them its love."

"I am the wheat of God, and am as it were ground by the teeth of wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of God."

"The Lord is with you and is kind to you."

"My God, my Redeemer, I make a vow to you never to fail, on my side, in the grace of martyrdom, if by your infinite mercy you offer it to me some day."

"Be not afraid! Open wide the doors for Christ!"

"A son of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is a man who is on fire with love and who enkindles wherever he goes; he desires mightily and strives by all means to set the whole world on fire with God's love."

"Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life."

"After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne."

"Compassion, my dear brother, is preferable to cleanliness."

"If a tiny spark of God's love already burns within you, do not expose it to the wind, for it may go out."

"Omnium urbis et orbis ecclesiarum mater et caput."

"Christian, recognize your dignity and, now that you share in God's own nature, do not return by sin to your former base condition."

"Lord, if your people still need me, I do not draw back from labor; your will be done."

"May God grant that I shed my blood for the sake of union and obedience to the Holy See."

"I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus to those who do not know Him or have forgotten Him."

"It is by the path of love, which is charity, that God draws near to man, and man to God."

"O Love, O Fire ever burning, ever shining, O Sweetness of my heart, O Life of my soul!"

"Almighty God, I thank Thee that Thou hast pleased to send me so great a sorrow in my departure, that I may be purified from some of my sins."

"How can I wear a crown of gold when my Lord wears a crown of thorns?"

"I do not love Rome because of the abundance of its gold, but because of those two pillars of the Church that lie there."

"Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word."

"I have an angel of God in my care, who guards my body with great zeal."

"If you want to know the Creator, understand the creature."

"Let us fix our eyes on the blood of Christ and understand how precious it is to His Father."

"The path is narrow, but the end is glorious."

"I have offered myself as a bride to my Lord Jesus Christ."

"O good Cross, made beautiful by the body of the Lord: long have I desired thee, ardently have I loved thee, unceasingly have I sought thee, and now thou art ready for my eager soul."

"Lord, I am here! What do you want me to do? Send me anywhere you like, even to India."

"I do not worship matter. I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake."

"The giver of every good gift asks only that we give to those who have nothing."

"Where Peter is, there is the Church; where the Church is, there is no death, but life eternal."

"My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior."

"I am a nobody, I am a small rope, a tiny ladder, the tail end, a leaf of paper, a thin shadow."

"Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word."

"I, Damasus, would have wished to be buried here, but I feared to disturb the holy ashes of the saints."

"Am I not here, I, who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not the source of your joy?"

"Those who live chastely are the temples of the Holy Spirit."

"Where there is no love, put love, and you will find love."

"If you have too much to do, with God's help you will find time to do it all."

"Fight all error, but do it with good humor, patience, kindness, and love. Harshness will damage your own soul and spoil the best cause."

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory."

"Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God."

"My little children, love one another."

"A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning."

"For the name of Jesus and the protection of the Church, I am ready to embrace death."

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. (John 14:27)"