"Ah! why do we not place our perfection in prayer? Why do we not direct our studies, our virtues, to increase the state and the practice of prayer in ourselves? We employ our time and our graces in correcting some defects; but even should we not leave a single one, we must not pause there, [...]
"Any great love… makes the lover indifferent to physical hardships and sordid surroundings. The hovel of a man and wife who love each other is a far more joyous place than the rich apartment of the couple who have lost their love. Love of God begets an even greater indifference to our environment: a saint [...]
"May the message of mercy reach everyone, and may no one be indifferent to the call to experience mercy. I direct this invitation to conversion even more fervently to those whose behavior distances them from the grace of God." Source: Pope Francis, Misericordiae Vultus: BULL OF INDICTION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY JUBILEE OF MERCY [...]
"When a just man cannot see any excuse for what is done by a person in whose general worth he believes, he still refrains from judging him, and leaves all to God’s Judgment." Source: St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Random House, Inc., 2002.
"From the moment I came to love suffering, it ceased to be a suffering for me. Suffering is the daily food of my soul." Source: St. Faustina, Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul
"The tendency to avoid the word eros, together with the new vision of love expressed through the word agape, clearly point to something new and distinct about the Christian understanding of love." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, God is Love: Deus Caritas Est, Ignatius Press, 2006.
"Ah! it is the Holy Spirit who desires to pray in us! Of ourselves, we are incapable of doing so; but the Spirit of Jesus Christ, who abides in us, wishes to help our impotence and to pray by His ineffable groanings. Then, let this Spirit of love speak and pray. The prayer that comes [...]
"Humility is truth about ourselves." Source: Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, Way to Happiness, St. Pauls, 1998.
"You must not think that you have made any progress until you look upon yourself as inferior to all others." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, 1940.
"Cannot the Church leave this service to the great variety of other philanthropic organization? The answer is No, the Church cannot do this. She must practice love for neighbor as a community, too, or she would proclaim the God of love in an incomplete and insufficient way." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, God is Love: Deus Caritas [...]