Catholic Quotes

1306 Catholic quotes by 675 unique authors

Holy Purity is granted by God when it is asked for with humility. — Josemaria Escriva
To be pure, to remain pure, can only come at a price, the price of knowing God and loving him enough to do his will.… — Mother Teresa
When you see the storm coming, if you seek safety in that firm refuge which is Mary, there will be no danger of your wavering… — Josemaria Escriva
Feelings come to us, passively; love comes from us, actively, by our free choice. — Peter Kreeft
Badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only… — C.S. Lewis
I want to give moral relativism the good spanking it deserves. — Peter Kreeft
Why was Christ so compassionate towards sexual sinners, especially women? Think of the woman caught in adultery. Think of the prostitute who wept at his… — Christopher West
In a world that has lost a sense of sin, one sin remains: Thou shalt not make people feel guilty (except, of course, about making… — Christopher West
Love one another as I have loved you. — John the Apostle
The free exchange of consent properly witnessed by the Church establishes the marriage bond. Sexual union consummates it - seals it, completes it, perfects it.… — Christopher West
Marriage is a living sign that truly communicates the love of Christ and the Church. — Christopher West
[Speaking of marriage and family] In this entire world there is not a more perfect, more complete image of God, Unity and Community. There is… — Pope John Paul II
Marriage is the most basic expression of the vocation to love that all men and women have as persons made in God's image. — Christopher West
Marital love is a reflection of how God loves. It is free, total, faithful and fruitful. — Christopher West
So the divine love is sacrificial love. Love does not mean to have and to own and to possess. It means to be had and… — Fulton J. Sheen
We should not bear it with bad grace if the answer to our prayer is long delayed. Rather, let us, because of this, show great… — Saint John Chrysostom
Communion with Christ gives us our strength, our joy, and our love. — Mother Teresa
Faith in action is love, and love in action is service. By transforming that faith into living acts of love, we put ourselves in contact… — Mother Teresa
A clean heart is a free heart. A free heart can love Christ with an undivided love in chastity, convinced that nothing and nobody will… — Mother Teresa
Thus to share in the sufferings of Christ is, at the same time, to suffer for the kingdom of God. In the eyes of the… — Pope John Paul II
And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the powers… — Pope John Paul II
Jesus Christ has taken the lead on the way of the cross. He has suffered first. He does not drive us toward suffering but shares… — Pope John Paul II
There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us. There is no enemy that Christ has not already conquered. There… — Pope John Paul II
Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff when they begin a long journey. — Anthony of Padua
In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity, of the heights to which he is raised, of the surpassing worth… — Pope John Paul II

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