Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.St. Ignatius of AntiochAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Catholic voices and reflections
Short selections recovered from GADEL’s original collection. Wording is kept as found; the archived attribution is not a verification of authorship.
Jesus, Whom I know as my Redeemer, cannot be less than God.St. AthanasiusAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin Mary too much.St. Maximilian KolbeAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Pray, hope and don’t worry. Anxiety doesn’t help at all. Our Merciful Lord will listen to your prayer.St. Padre PioAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Humility is the only virtue that no devil can imitate.St. John ClimacusAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.St. JeromeAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.St. John of the CrossAttributed in the original GADEL collection
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.St. Augustine of HippoAttributed in the original GADEL collection
I know well that the greater and more beautiful the work is, the more terrible will be the storms that rage against it.St. FaustinaAttributed in the original GADEL collection
It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.St. Ignatius of LoyolaAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Since Christ Himself has said, “This is My Body” who shall dare to doubt that It is His Body?St. Cyril of JerusalemAttributed in the original GADEL collection
My confidence is placed in God who does not need our help for accomplishing his designs.St. Isaac JoguesAttributed in the original GADEL collection
If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world ablaze!St. Catherine of SiennaAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The creator of the heavens obeys a carpenter; the God of eternal glory listens to a poor virgin.St. Anthony of PaduaAttributed in the original GADEL collection
All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.St. Francis of AssisiAttributed in the original GADEL collection
To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.Bl. John Henry Cardinal NewmanAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Tribulation is a gift from God – one that he especially gives His special friends.St. Thomas MoreAttributed in the original GADEL collection
It is better to say one Our Father fervently and devoutly than a thousand with no devotion and full of distraction.St. EdmundAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Nothing is far from God.St. Monica of HippoAttributed in the original GADEL collection
If there be a true way that leads to the Everlasting Kingdom, it is most certainly that of suffering, patiently endured.St. ColetteAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Charity is that with which no man is lost, and without which no man is saved.St. Robert BellarmineAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Love is the most necessary of all virtues.St. Anthony Mary ClaretAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Whether, therefore, we receive what we ask for, or do not receive it, let us still continue steadfast in prayer.St. John ChrysostomAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Don’t you long to shout to those youths who are bustling around you: Fools!St. Josemaria EscrivaAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Charity is certainly greater than any rule. Moreover, all rules must lead to charity.St. Vincent de PaulAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The nation doesn’t simply need what we have. It needs what we are.St. Teresia BenedictaAttributed in the original GADEL collection
We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.St. Bernard of ClairvauxAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Give something, however small, to the one in need.St. Gregory NazianzenAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Christ said, “I am the Truth”; he did not say “I am the custom.St. ToribioAttributed in the original GADEL collection
If we wish to keep peace with our neighbor, we should never remind anyone of his natural defects.St. Philip NeriAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Pray with great confidence, with confidence based upon the goodness and infinite generosity of God and upon the promises of Jesus Christ.St. Louis Marie de MontfortAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.St. Rose of LimaAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Not the goods of the world, but God.St. Vincent PallottiAttributed in the original GADEL collection
We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend on material success; nor on sciences that cloud the intellect.St. Frances Xavier CabriniAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Whatever you do, think not of yourself, but of God.St. Vincent FerrerAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin.St. Isidore of SevilleAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Prayer reveals to souls the vanity of earthly goods and pleasures.St. Rose of ViterboAttributed in the original GADEL collection
It is by the path of love, which is charity, that God draws near to man, and man to God.St. Albert the GreatAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?St. Gerard MajellaAttributed in the original GADEL collection
He loves, He hopes, He waits.St. Julian Peter EymardAttributed in the original GADEL collection
To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.Bl. Mother TeresaAttributed in the original GADEL collection
He that sees another in error and endeavors not to correct it, testifies himself to be in error.Pope Leo IAttributed in the original GADEL collection
If God created shadows it was to better emphasize the lightPope John XXIIIAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to heaven.Pope St. Pius XAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The family is the first essential cell of human society.Pope John XXIIIAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Divorce is born of perverted morals and leads to vicious habitsPope Leo XIIIAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Silence gives consentPope Boniface VIIIAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Of all human activities, man’s listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.Pope Paul VIAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The truth is not always the same as the majority decision.Pope John Paul IIAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The first reaction to truth is hatredTertullian of CarthageAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Whatever a man seeks, honors, or exalts more than God, this is the god of his idolatry.Archbishop William UllathorneAttributed in the original GADEL collection
To understand how indispensable the Eucharist is to the practice of Christian chastity is to understand the meaning of Christianity.Fr John Hardon S.J.Attributed in the original GADEL collection
How I hate this folly of not believing in the Eucharist, etc.!Blaise Pascal (Pensées)Attributed in the original GADEL collection
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.Flannery O’ConnorAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Little by little, one travels far.J. R. R. TolkienAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Original collection & source
Original title: Exclusive Catholic Quotes
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