PEACE & JUSTICE
"To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world."
~Karl Barth
"The source of justice is not vengeance but charity."
+St. Bridget of Sweden
"Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace."
+St. Thomas Aquinas
"Don't wait for people to be kind, show them how."
~Unknown
"There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up."
~John Holmes
"Live simply so that others may simply live."
+St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these."
~George Washington Carver
"The law of freedom is studied by means of true knowledge, it is understood through the practice of the commandments, and is fulfilled through the mercy of Christ."
+St. Mark the Ascetic
"The world would have peace if only men of politics would follow the Gospels."
+St. Bridget of Sweden
"Men desire authority for its own sake that they may bear a rule, command and control other men, and live uncommanded and uncontrolled themselves."
+St. Thomas More
"A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, "You are mad; you are not like us."
+St. Anthony the Great
"God overthrows the thrones of those who are disobedient to His law. My political views are those of the Our Father."
+St. Avitus of Vienna
PRO LIFE
"Precisely in an age when the inviolable rights of the person are solemnly proclaimed and the value of life is publicly affirmed, the very right to life is being denied or trampled upon, especially at the more significant moments of existence: the moment of birth and the moment of death."
+Bl. Pope John Paul II
"We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary."
~Pope Benedict XVI
"Every law made by men has reason to be law in that it is derived from natural law. If, on the other hand, something is opposed to natural law, then it is not law but corruption of the law."
+St. Thomas Aquinas
"The laws and maxims of Jesus are very mild and holy and reasonable. The standards of the world are laws and maxims of hell, and are diabolical, tyrannical, and finally unbearable."
+St. Jean Eudes
"This shameful font of indifferentism gives rise to that absurd and erroneous proposition which claims that liberty of conscience must be maintained for everyone. It spreads ruin in sacred and civil affairs, though some repeat over and over again with the greatest impudence that some advantage accrues to religion from it. "But the death of the soul is worse than freedom of error," as Augustine was wont to say. When all restraints are removed by which men are kept on the narrow path of truth, their nature, which is already inclined to evil, propels them to ruin." - Mirari Vos, no. 14
+Pope St. Gregory XVI
"When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society."
+Bl. Pope John Paul II
"As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities."
~Voltaire
"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
"The power of evil men lives on the cowardice of the good."
+St. John Bosco
"In our time more than ever before, the chief strength of the wicked lies in the cowardice and weakness of good men. . . All the strength of Satan's reign is due to the easy-going weakness of Catholics."
+Pope St. Pius X
SUFFERING
"The true servant heart is oblivious of the sacrifice."
~Unknown
"If you see that you have not yet suffered tribulations, consider it certain that you have not begun to be a true servant of God; for the Apostle says plainly that all who choose to live piously in Christ, shall suffer persecutions."
+St. Augustine
"The Everlasting God has in His wisdom foreseen from eternity the cross that He now presents to you as a gift from His all-knowing eyes, understood with His Divine mind, tested with His wise justice, warmed with His loving arms and weighed with His own hands to see that it be not one inch too large and not one ounce too heavy for you. He has blessed it with His Holy Name, anointed it with His grace, perfumed it with His consolation, taken one last glance at you and your courage, and then sent it to you from heaven, a special greeting from God to you, an alms of the all-merciful love of God."
+St. Frances de Sales
"Invisible in His own nature, He became visible in ours. Beyond our grasp, He chose to come within our grasp. Existing before all time began, He began to exist in a moment in time. Incapable of suffering as God, He did not refuse to be man, capable of suffering. Immortal, He chose to be subject to the laws of death."
+Pope St. Leo the Great
"Whenever we ourselves have to suffer some disgrace, let us think of Christ, remembering that his whole life was filled with insults. He was continuously hearing himself called a madman, deceiver, and sorcerer, by the very people among whom he went about doing good, for whom he performed miracles, and to whom he revealed the works of God."
+St. John Chrysostom
"To suffer contempt in silence is the key to Jesus' Heart and the means of uniting with Him."
+St. Anthony Mary Claret
"He who suffers wrong and does not demand any reparation from the man who wronged him, trusts in Christ to make good the loss; and he is rewarded a hundredfold in this world and inherits eternal life (cf. Mark 10:30)."
+St. Mark the Ascetic
"Besides pardoning those who persecute us, we ought to feel pity for the delusion they are labouring under."
+St. Philip Neri
"If a man is treated with contempt by someone and yet does not react with anger in either word or thought, it shows he has acquired real knowledge and firm faith in the Lord."
+St. Mark the Ascetic
MISC
"It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes."
+St. Thomas Aquinas
"Out of gratitude and love for Him, we should desire to be reckoned fools. Laugh and grow strong."
+St. Ignatius of Loyola
"No one is a martyr for a conclusion, no one is a martyr for an opinion; it is faith that makes martyrs."
~John Henry Cardinal Newman
"Serve God first."
+St. Joan of Arc
"You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you."
+St. Augustine
"May the will of God be done, may the Lord be forever blessed. I wish neither more nor less than the will and the good pleasure of God, whether in time or in eternity; I can will only that which my God wills."
+St. Paul of the Cross
"Holy Scripture by the manner of its language transcends every science, because in one and the same sentence, while it describes a fact, it reveals a mystery."
+Pope St. Gregory the Great
"For from the greatness and the beauty of created things their original Author, by analogy, is seen."
Wisdom 13:5
"Every Christian must be a living book wherein one can read the teaching of the gospel."
+St. Joseph of Leonissa
"Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words."
+St. Francis of Assisi
"Hide yourself in Jesus crucified, and hope for nothing except that all men be thoroughly converted to His will alone."
+St. Paul of the Cross
"You say you are my judge. Take care what you are doing; for in truth I am sent by God, and you place yourself in great danger."
+St. Joan of Arc
"God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination."
+St. Augustine of Hippo
"No one is as good and merciful as the Lord. But even He does not forgive the unrepentant."
+St. Mark the Ascetic
"Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved – do not despair. One was not – do not presume."
+St. Augustine
"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
"Do you find it an oppressive burden to denounce those who commit these sins? It is an oppressive burden to remain silent. For this silence makes you an enemy to God and brings destruction both to you who conceal such sinners and to those whose sins go unrevealed. How much better it is to become hateful to our fellow servants for saving them to provoke God's anger against yourselves. Even if your fellow servant be vexed with you now, he will not be able to harm you but will be grateful later on for his cure. But if you seek to win your fellow servant's favor, if you remain silent and hurt him by concealing his sin, God will exact from you the ultimate penalty."
+St. John Chrysostom
"He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent."
+St. Augustine
"Everyone -- past, present, and future -- will be judged. Now, then, is the time for mercy, while the time to come will be the time for justice only. For that reason, the present time is ours, but the future time will be God's only!"
+St. Thomas Aquinas
"Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy. Believe it firmly. Do not doubt, do not hesitate, never despair of the mercy of God. Hope and have confidence in confession."
+St. Isidore of Seville
"The essential thing is to strengthen our trust in God, feed upon his truth, dedicate ourselves to his glory as our sovereign love, love him in everything, everywhere, and above everything!"
+St. Peter Julian Eymard
"Hope expands the heart, increases courage, and lovingly places us in the hands of God."
+St. Paul of the Cross
"Hope is the physician of each misery."
~Irish Proverb
"If you do not hope You will never find what is beyond your hope."
+St. Clement of Alexandria
"A person can fail many times, but they are not really a failure until they start to blame someone else."
~Unknown
"Noscam Te, noscam me --- May I know Thee; may I know myself!"
+St. Augustine
"Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person."
+St. Therese of Lisieux
"Faith has no questions; doubt has no answers."
~Unknown
"A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it."
~Jean de La Fontaine
"The maxims of men disclose their hearts."
~French Proverb
