Saint Biographies

“I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God’s will.”

“Everything, even sweeping, scraping vegetables, weeding a garden and waiting on the sick could be a prayer, if offered up to God.”

“I make myself a leper with the lepers to gain all to Jesus Christ.”

“For by doing what God demands of us with total surrender of our innermost being, we cause the divine life to become our own inner life.”

“The Most Blessed Sacrament is Christ made visible. The poor sick person is Christ again made visible.”

“There is nothing more dangerous to the spiritual life than to wish to rule ourselves after our own way of thinking.”

“Run while you have the light of life, lest the darkness of death overtake you.”

“Gratitude for suffering is a precious jewel for our heavenly crown… Man should always firmly believe that God sends just that trial which is most benefici...

“I embrace the Cross of my Jesus. I will carry it like Him in pain and ignominy. I wait at His hands, triumph and glory in the hereafter.”

“The Eucharist is a never-ending sacrifice. It is the Sacrament of love, the supreme love, the act of love.”