Catholic Quotes - Page 3

Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.

The man of impure speech is a person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to vomit its impurities upon the earth.

The celebration of Holy Mass is as valuable as the death of Jesus on the cross.

I place trust in God, my creator, in all things; I love Him with all my heart.

Only God knows the good that can come about by reading one good Catholic book.

My longing for truth was a single prayer.

Though I have usually posed as a Catholic, I have not done my duty for 15 years, and have not the slightest tincture of faith left.

Love our Lady. And she will obtain abundant grace to help you conquer in your daily struggle.

We must speak to them with our hands by giving, before we try to speak to them with our lips.

Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.

Jealousy is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

Girded with faith and the performance of good works, let us follow in his [Jesus] paths by the guidance of the Gospel.

Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.

Before everything else, fidelity to the Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. Jesus did not found several churches, but one single Church.

When Hitler came for the Jews... I was not a Jew, therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics, I was not a Catholic, and therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the unions and the industrialists, I was not a member of the unions and I was not concerned. Then, Hitler attacked me and the Protestant church - and there was nobody left to be concerned.

One must see God in everyone.

We were looking for a 'good shepherd,' and instead we got a German shepherd.

The Mass is the most perfect form of prayer.

The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?

Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.

I have my own religion. I'm sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish.

I have a mustard seed; and I am not afraid to use it.

The world would be better off if people tried to become better. And people would become better if they stopped trying to become better off. For when everybody tries to become better off, nobody is better off. But when everybody tries to become better, everybody is better off.

Catholicism is more than a religion, it is a political power. Therefore I'm led to believe there will be no peace in Ireland until the Catholic Church is crushed