Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
I am a Catholic because I choose to be a Catholic. And then I go to the Mass because I choose. It… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“It’s not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it’s the most patriotic thing we can do.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For everyone, whatever his state--single, married, widowed, or priest-chastity is a triumphant affirmation of love. — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
Euthanasia and assisted suicide are never acceptable acts of mercy. They always gravely exploit the suffering and desperate, extinguishing life in the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you,… — Isaiah Copy Share Image
I was married awfully young and I felt trapped. My wife had been divorced and all the time we were married we… — Don Adams Copy Share Image
My mother was the youngest of 11 kids and I grew up in her family's household. I was blessed to have my… — Jameis Winston Copy Share Image
I'm able to laugh now, because I've gone through a lot of mental and physical therapy to heal over the years, my… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Stop entertaining those vain fears. Remember it is not feeling which constitutes guilt but the consent to such feelings. Only the free… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
I'm an agnostic in the truest sense of the word. I think about these things - I grew up Roman Catholic, I've… — Ronald D. Moore Copy Share Image
I protect my right to be a Catholic by preserving your right to believe as a Jew, a Protestant, or non-believer, or… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
I was ordained into the ministry through my local church in February of 2000. I had already been doing a lot of… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
In the Catholic Worker we must try to have the voluntary poverty of St. Francis, the charity of St. Vincent de Paul,… — Peter Maurin Copy Share Image
I'd grown up in a Presbyterian church, but I really didn't know Christ personally in my heart. I knew him, but I… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
It seems that the problem with government as an institution is uniformly bad, worldwide. It may be the ONLY thing that binds… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
I don't attend any particular church now. I don't believe in denominations, nor do I believe in organized religion. — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
“I have a confession to make.121 Almost every time I tune in to religious radio or TV, I want to change my… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Because of its divine institution for the propagation of man, the seed is not to be vainly ejaculated, nor is it to… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
“So are we actually cooking Radiasure?" Carols asks as he plops on his brother's bed. "Because if Mom and Dad catch us… — Natalie Whipple Copy Share Image
My mom juggled working as a home health care aide with managing her own hair salon, often working every day except Sunday,… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
I didn't put Priest down. He was just trying to get out. His deeds weren't noble ones, but he was making money,… — Curtis Mayfield Copy Share Image
My mother is not a Catholic, but she's always tried to drag my brother and my sister and I to church from… — Sophie Kennedy Clark Copy Share Image
My father's religious life was not Biblically centered. He was a saintly man, whom I could never emulate, so I went into… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
To the extent that I come from a deeply religious tradition and have been contending with those beginnings all of my life… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
Poor God, how often He is blamed for all the suffering in the world. It's like praising Satan for allowing all the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have no salaries. When one says he is from a good Catholic family and says he wants to help us, why… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I don't really go down one path. I wouldn't call myself a Buddhist, or a Catholic or a Christian or a Muslim,… — Dean Cain Copy Share Image
I was raised by both parents up to 17. We had a good family. We had a middle class family, good teaching… — Deontay Wilder Copy Share Image
I have always believed. I grew up, you know, my parents were a good Christian people. They showed us love in the… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
I am the Democratic Party's candidate for president who happens also to be a Catholic. I do not speak for my church… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Nicaea really was, after all, a sort of “coming of age” for the Church—and like many adolescents, she hesitated to leave childhood… — Rod Bennett Copy Share Image
God has chosen, through his son Jesus Christ, this time, this place for all Christians - Protestants, Catholics and Orthodox - to… — William H. Pryor, Jr Copy Share Image
I was raised Irish Catholic and went to Holy Names Academy, an all-girl's private Catholic school. I loved the nuns there and… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share Image
We are Christians and Catholics not because we worship a key, but because we have passed a door; and felt the wind… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
My interest in art must have started with my Catholic upbringing. Art was everywhere: churches with its paintings, sculptures, stained glass, textiles,… — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
I wasn't really aware they were a religious organization for quite some time. But my grandparents were very devout and ran a… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
You carry your snare everywhere and spread your nets in all places. You allege that you never invited others to sin. You… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of… — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
