Mother Angelica

“We live in an age that stresses personal goals, careers, happiness, work and religion. The emphasis is on the individual and how best that individual can satisfy himself.”

“Any form of over-indulgence creates within the body warning signs of destruction.”

“The heart of Jesus is compassionate and understanding. It has felt the sting of ingratitude, and when my heart suffers from that same offense, I can turn to him, and he understands my feelings.”

“St. Paul did not want the sufferings encountered by being a Christian to discourage or dishearten anyone. He realized that when the Christian saw the blessings and grace that poured upon him after his trials, he would gain courage to suffer in his turn.”

“I must not permit the evil capabilities of human nature to sour my faith in the tremendous good that is possible despite the frailty of that nature.”

“Death at times seems like a dark tunnel to be traveled, and the future seems bleak.”

“Men climb mountains, scale heights, venture into the unexplored to prove to other men it can be done.”

“My failures may be my greatest successes. It is in failure that I have often drawn closer to God, learn to depend more on Him than myself, gained self-knowledge, and seen things in their right perspective.”

“No creature, not even the most exalted angel, can understand God or have perfect knowledge of Him.”

“We must look at the personality of Jesus and see him under various circumstances - circumstances not unlike our own - and then praise him by imitating him to the best of our ability.”

“I am a mirror to my neighbor, and in that mirror, he must see a reflection of Jesus. If that mirror is cloudy or distorted, Jesus' reflection will be so vague it will hardly be seen.”

“Jesus wants us to trust him to take care of all our yesterdays and tomorrows.”

“Jesus showed me what it means to be holy - he did his father's will no matter how difficult it was to accomplish.”

“Every Christian is important - important to God, to the world, and to the kingdom.”

“Neighbors are competitors instead of partners, suspicious instead of trustful, indifferent instead of helpful, cold instead of loving, greedy instead of generous. We no longer consider ourselves living in neighborhoods, but only as living next to 'hoods.'”

“Humility is preserved when I give credit where credit is due - to God.”

“No matter what Jesus did, someone found fault with it.”

“God has always worked wonders through his prophets to increase the faith of His chosen people or to correct their disobedience.”

“Every moment of life is like a sacrament in which we can receive God. It is a channel through which God speaks to us, forms us, and directs us.”

“Two of man's basic needs are to love and to share. Both of these needs are satisfied in greater or lesser degree by friendship.”