“Our life, in order to be Christian, has to be a continual renunciation, a continual sacrifice. But this is not difficult, if one thinks what these few years passed in suffering are, compared with eternal happiness where joy will have no measure or end, and where we shall have unimaginable peace.” -Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Run, run to Mary, our dearest Mother. Cling to her all-powerful arm. Take shelter beneath her mantle; invoke her with all your heart and she will come, full of compassion, to sustain your wavering strength.
– St. Louis Guanella
Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with perfect confidence. – Saint Francis de Sales
“No husband and wife ever loved one another so much as Joseph and Mary” – Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.
“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” – St. John Paul II
Saint Joseph, my loving father, I place myself forever under thy protection; look on me as thy child, and keep me from all sin. – St. Clement Mary Hofbauer
“O my mother, it is your heart that I came to lay down the anguish of my heart; it is there that I draw strength and courage”. – St. Bernadette
“I plead with you never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never be discouraged. Be not afraid. Rather, open wide the doors to Christ”. – St. John Paul II
“We should show our affection for the angels, for one day they will be our coheirs just as here below they are our guardians and trustees appointed and set over us by the Father.” — St. Bernard of Clairvaux
