ℂ𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕔 ℚ𝕦𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕤

"A single tear shed at the remembrance of the Passion of Jesus is worth more than a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, or a year of fasting on bread and water." - St. Augustine of Hippo

"The Lord overcame the world, not by arms, but by wood; not by violence, but by dying." - St. Augustine of Hippo

℣. Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the Saviour of the world. ℟. Come, let us adore. (from the Liturgy of Good Friday)

"Fix your eyes on the crucified Christ, and everything becomes small for you." - St. Teresa of Avila

"I tell you truly, my beloved, that our carelessness and our humiliation and our turning aside from the way are not a loss to us only, but they are a weariness for the angels and for all the saints in Jesus Christ. "Our humiliation gives grief to them all, and our salvation gives joy and refreshment to them all." - St. Anthony the Great

"Make yourself familiar with the angels, and behold them frequently in spirit. "Without being seen, they are present with you." - St. Francis de Sales

"I call upon the angels and saints, who fly like eagles straight toward their fiery goal; their protection will defend me against the birds of prsy that threaten to devour me. "The spirits of evil cannot claim me for their own; I belong only to You, Jesus, You who have Your nest up there in the sun of love." - St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"If you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good angel and charge him to pray in your stead." - St. John Vianney

"From what does such contrariness arise in habitually angry people, but from a secret cause of too high an opinion of themselves so that it pierces their heart when they see any man esteem them less than they esteem themselves?" - St. Thomas More

"You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity." - St. Angela Merici

"I bind to myself today the power in the love of the Seraphim, in the obedience of the Angels, in the ministration of the Archangels, in the hope of Resurrection unto reward, in the prayers of the Patriarchs, in the faith of the Confessors, in the purity of the holy Virgins, in the deeds of Righteous men." - St. Patrick of Ireland

"What is hatred, after all, than all, than anger that was allowed to remain, that has become ingrained and deep-rooted? "What was anger when it was fresh becomes hatred when it is aged." - St. Augustine of Hippo

"Anger is a kind of temporary madness." - St. Basil the Great

“When we go to church, we don’t go to church to worship simply as an individual but as a family. "We go together as the congregation which is called by God." - Cardinal Roche

"An angel is put in charge of every believer, provided we do not drive him out by sin. "He gaurds the soul like an army." - St. Basil the Great

"The deadly cancer of anger from which so much harm grows: It makes us unlike ourselves, makes us little timber wolves or furies from hell, drives us forth headlong upon the points of swords, makes us blindly run forth after other men's destruction as we hasten toward our own ruin." - St. Thomas More

"There is a holy anger, excited by zeal, that moves us to reprove with warmth those whom our mildness foiled to correct." - St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle

"Why lose your temper if by doing so you offend God, annoy other people, give yourself a bad time. . .and in the end have to find it again." - St. Josemaria Escriva