Catholicism Quotes
334 Catholicism quotes by 168 unique authors
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I shall spend every moment loving. One who loves does not notice her trials; or perhaps more accurately, she is able to love them. I…
— Bernadette Soubirous
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If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and thus…
— Gregory of Nyssa
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Ever since the days of Adam, man has been hiding from God and saying, 'God is hard to find.
— Fulton J. Sheen
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May the Heart of Jesus be the goal of all your aspirations.
— Pio of Pietrelcina
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To the irreligious person heaven would be hell.
— John Henry Newman
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The saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.
— John Vianney
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Unless we believe and see Jesus in the appearance of bread on the altar, we will not be able to see him in the distressing…
— Mother Teresa
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We all must have the faith of children, but the doctrine of theologians.
— Josemaria Escriva
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During a frustrating argument with a Roman Catholic cardinal, Napoleon Bonaparte supposedly burst out: Your eminence, are you not aware that I have the power…
— Ross Douthat
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And I have found that when we Catholics, in the spirit of love and charity, declare our faith boldly and with conviction, we are more…
— Benedict Groeschel
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The forgiveness of God is one thing, but the proof that we want that forgiveness is the energy we expend to make amends for the…
— Fulton J. Sheen
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God always forgives when you are totally repentant and you desire to change. He forgives...and He never gets tired of forgiving. Never. You may get…
— Mother Angelica
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It was easy to know the doctrine. It's much harder to help a billion people live it.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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I begin each day with holy Mass, receiving Jesus hidden under the appearance of a simple piece of bread. Then I go out into the…
— Mother Teresa
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Prayer is helplessness casting itself on Power, infirmity leaning on Strength, misery reaching to Mercy, and a prisoner clamoring for Relief.
— Fulton J. Sheen
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That there should be some fire even after this life is not incredible, and it can be inquired into and either be discovered or left…
— Saint Augustine
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Temporal punishments are suffered by some in this life only, by some after death, by some both here and hereafter, but all of them before…
— Saint Augustine
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It was in His flesh that Christ walked among us and it is His flesh that He has given us to eat for our salvation;…
— Saint Augustine
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Whoever prays is certainly saved. He who does not is certainly damned. All the blessed have been saved by prayer. All the damned have been…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
— St. Jerome
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We, as Catholics are not permitted to believe anything of our own will, nor to choose what someone has believed of his. We have God's…
— Isidore of Seville
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It is this one Spirit who makes it possible for an infant to be regenerated . . . when that infant is brought to baptism;…
— Saint Augustine
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Such then in number and importance are the precious ties belonging to the Christian name which keep a believer in the Catholic Church, as it…
— Saint Augustine
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And so, lastly, does the very name of "Catholic", which, not without reason, amid so many heresies, the Church has thus retained; so that, though…
— Saint Augustine
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In the Catholic Church, there are many other things which most justly keep me in her bosom. The consent of peoples and nations keeps me…
— Saint Augustine
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