1. “The important thing is to do charity, not to talk about charity. We must understand the work with very poor people as God’s chosen mission.”
Irmã Dulce Lopes Pontes
2. “The reason for our existence is to quench the thirst of Jesus. When he asked for water, the soldier gave him vinegar to drink—but his thirst was for love, for souls, for you and me.”
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
3. “God will give eternal life to those who convert sinners and bring them to the right path.”
Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan
4. “Jesus loves hidden souls. A hidden flower is the most fragrant. I must strive to make the interior of my soul a resting place for the Heart of Jesus.”
Maria Faustina Kowalska
5. “This morning my soul is greater than the world since it possesses you, you whom heaven and earth do not contain.”
Margaret of Cortona
6. “Take heart! First of all it is God who sends things forward and not me. And then from paradise I can do more than I do in this world. When I will no longer be, believe also that it will be better than it is done now.” (Her deathbed words)
Giuseppina Vannini
7. “He loves, he hopes, he waits. Our Lord prefers to wait Himself for the sinner for years rather than keep us waiting an instant.”
Maria Goretti
8. “Our Lady…told us she would come and take Francisco to heaven, and she asked me if I still wanted to convert more sinners. I said I did.”
Jacinta Marto
9. “Receive every trial, every annoyance, every lack of courtesy in the light that springs from the Cross; that is how we please God, how we advance in the ways of love.”
Elizabeth of the Trinity
10. “I pray God may preserve your health and life many years.”
Junipero Serra
11. “How could I bear a crown of gold when the Lord bears a crown of thorns? And bears it for me!”
Elizabeth of Hungary
12. “Charity enters heaven when humility opens the door.”
María Natividad Venegas de la Torre
13. “The Lord has called us from different nations, but we must be united with one heart and one soul.”
Maria Elizabeth Hesselblad
14. “My joy is in leading a hidden life unknown to others.”
Euphrasia of the Sacred Heart
15. “This is a serious warning cry: Surrender without reservation to the Lord who has called us.
This is required of us so that the face of the earth may be renewed.”
Edith Stein
16. “Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.”
John Paul II
17. “I can have no other spouse, but Jesus Christ. I have considered myself content to live in poverty and misery for his love.”
Kateri Tekakwitha
18. “Let us make the best use of the fleeting moments. They will not return.”
Marianne Cope
20. “As I hope in thee, O Lord, inspire me with that confidence, which brings me to thy holy mountain.”
Agnes of Assisi
21. “The most deadly poison of our times is indifference. And this happens, although the praise of God should know no limits. Let us strive, therefore, to praise him to the greatest extent of our powers.”
Maximilian Kolbe
22. “Whatever troubles may be before you, accept them cheerfully, remembering whom you are trying to follow. Do not be afraid.”
Mary MacKillop
