Mother Teresa

Prayer is a joy.  Prayer is the sunshine of God's love, prayer is hope of eternal happiness, prayer is the burning flame of God's love for you and for me.  Let us pray for each other, for this is the best way to love one another.

St. Jerome

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.

St. Anthony of Padua

The creator of the heavens obeys a carpenter; the God of eternal glory listens to a poor virgin. Has anyone ever witnessed anything comparable to this? Let the philosopher no longer disdain from listening to the common laborer; the wise, to the simple; the educated, to the illiterate; a child of a prince, to a peasant.

St. Francis de Sales

Just be very faithful about staying near God, gently and quietly attentive to Him in your heart, sleeping in the arms of His providence, peacefully accepting His holy will, for all this pleases Him.

Lumen Gentium

For this reason the laity, dedicated to Christ and anointed by the Holy Spirit, are marvelously called and wonderfully prepared so that ever more abundant fruits of the Spirit may be produced in them. For all their works, prayers and apostolic endeavors, their ordinary married and family life, their daily occupations, their physical and mental relaxation, if carried out in the Spirit, and even the hardships of life, if patiently borne—all these become "spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ". Together with the offering of the Lord's body, they are most fittingly offered in the celebration of the Eucharist. Thus, as those everywhere who adore in holy activity, the laity consecrate the world itself to God.

Douglas Mosey, C.S.B.

From the Church Fathers we can take confidence that Tradition is not a static hanging on to the past, but an enthusiastic sense of security and freedom, of being able to develop and grow but knowing from where we come and knowing that we have our feet firmly planted in the rich heritage of the past that has been mediated down through the centuries.

Hans Urs von Balthasar

Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its interpretation from the Resurrection.