Mother Angelica

“For thirty years, Jesus never allowed his divinity to manifest itself. He was infinitely superior to everyone but never showed it.”

“Saints are ordinary people who love Jesus, try to be like him, are faithful to the duties of their state in life, sacrifice themselves for their neighbor, and keep their hearts and minds free of this world.”

“From the time of Adam and Eve, man has tried to escape suffering in any form.”

“Like Jesus, every human being has enough memories in his past to occupy his time and thoughts continually. It is not the remembrance of these incidents but the reliving of them that creates havoc in our souls.”

“Salvation brings the soul a deep awareness of God's love. Life takes on more meaning, for it now has a purpose.”

“There are many who are not guilty of doing anything wrong but very guilty of sins of omission - the things they neglect to do - the good things - the kind, thoughtful words, compassionate thoughts and hopeful attitudes they might have had towards their neighbor.”

“People live, work, walk, play, shop, study, and eat with other people. There are few desert dwellers who live alone without depending in some way on people.”

“For me, a thing must exist before I know it, but with God, it is different - he must know it before it has existence.”

“Each angel that God created was in himself a masterpiece. Each one possessed his own degree of intelligence and his own beauty.”

“To God, all things are present; there is no past or future - it is all now.”

“Our lack of forgiveness makes us hate, and our lack of compassion makes us hard-hearted. Pride in our hearts makes us resentful and keeps our memory in a constant whirlwind of passion and self-pity.”

“God has given each one of us a gift greater than a thousand I.B.M. machines. It is called a memory, and everything that passes through our five senses is stored in this faculty.”

“Man can and does rationalize his sins. He finds reasons for all his weakness, invents excuses that first calm and then deaden his conscience. He blames God, society, education, and environment for his wrong doing.”

“A sacrament is a visible sign of an invisible reality.”

“The proud intellectual seeks knowledge about God, but he never knows God, because he cannot accept the mysteries that he is unable to fully comprehend.”

“Jesus was happy when people acknowledged his dignity and saddened when they did not, but he never sought their esteem or regard.”

“A family spirit is not always synonymous with family life. Bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh makes for brothers, sisters and relatives, who may be as distant as strangers in a foreign land.”

“Each one of us sees Jesus in a different way. To some, He was prophet, for they needed to know the kingdom was at hand. But most of all, He was the son of God, and He came to experience the consequences of the curse the Father had put upon mankind when Adam and Eve disobeyed.”

“I do not ask for the riches that perish or the fame that fades away like a morning mist.”

“I must listen as God speaks to my soul through good thoughts, inspirations, and intuitions.”