Mother Angelica

“I cannot bring Christ to my neighbor and to the world if I have not first given him to my family.”

“Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one.”

“Jesus feels my sorrow greater than I, for his love is infinite, and he suffers in an infinite way.”

“Jesus did not always like the Apostles' way of acting, but by adapting himself to their temperament, praying for them to his father, giving them a holy example of conduct, he loved them, and that love changed them.”

“When man invents or produces anything of any value, volumes are written on the subject.”

“Love fills and empties simultaneously. It makes us reach out to God, ready to be pruned, recklessly desiring whatever the cost. It soothes the aching heart and then makes it thirst for more.”

“Mary's life was a perfect imitation of Jesus. She was humble, hidden, sorrowful and afflicted, but she also knew joys that never entered the heart of man. She is all things to all men that she might understand their failings, though she failed not.”

“Jesus made Himself available to everyone. Unlike former prophets and the religious men of His day, who often kept themselves aloof, Jesus was easy to approach and always ready to give his help.”

“The Christian experiences and lives a paradox. He possesses joy in sorrow, fulfillment in exile, light in darkness, peace in turmoil, consolation in dryness, contentment in pain and hope in desolation.”

“Love has been defined, analyzed, explained and excused. It has been the cause of wars, feuds, heroism, martyrdom, inordinate passion, and beautiful friendships. It pulls two people of opposite temperaments together into a married state and permits them to live happily. It makes friends understand each other without the necessity of words.”

“Today's man of the world proclaims that sin, and his enterprising in sin, are a part of modern living, but it is not modern. It goes back to Adam and Eve - to desire and the temptation to know - to experience evil.”

“Every retarded, deformed, crippled, handicapped, or senile person, who has been baptized, is a powerhouse for good in a wicked world by reason of the grace of God that dwells in his soul.”

“The wisdom of God is so great that He also knows exactly what I would think and do under every possible circumstance and situation, and he placed me in that state of life and situation best suited for my salvation.”

“God knows Himself and every created thing perfectly. Not a blade of grass or the tiniest insect escapes His eye.”

“No man can see God in this life and live because His glory would annihilate our poor, weak human nature.”

“Even if my fellow man has proven faithless time after time, I can at least retain a hope that he will improve, pray for him, and think kindly without frustration and disappointment.”

“To a pagan, there is no purpose to suffering. As a result, he lives a life of loneliness and frustration.”

“Healing and miracles have been a mystery to men of all times. To some, the phenomenon is frightening, while others find it exhilarating.”

“Family life is the backbone of mankind, and that life is dependent upon mutual giving, sharing, and receiving from each other. It entails the proper use of each other's successes and failures for mutual up-building.”

“Holiness of life is not the privilege of a chosen few - it is the obligation, the call, and the will of God for every Christian.”