Catholic Quotes

I was raised by the Christian Brothers, who believe in that, fortunately. They were, to me, the most rebellious arm of the Catholic Church - and one of the most liberal and forward thinking.

Those who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near and dear ones, but have been won for them, because it is our vocation to intercede to God for everyone.

All the things that are now worrying you can be put into a smile which shows your love of God.

And I myself a Catholic will be, So far at least, great saint, to pray to thee. Hail, Bard triumphant! and some care bestow On us, the Poets militant below.

Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith.

Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to being Catholic.

As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.

God is very generous and does not deny His grace to anyone. Indeed he gives more than what we ask of Him. Faithfulness to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit-that is the shortest route.

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction

The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.

Believing is an act of the intellect assenting to the divine truth by command of the will moved by God through grace.

Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love.

Faith is a beam radiating from the face of God.

Love of Christ does not distract us from interest in others, but rather invites us to responsibility for them, to the exclusion of no one….

I was raised Catholic and I'm Presbyterian now, but I've always been a Christian, regardless of denomination. I believe that Jesus is the way.

I can't get divorced because I'm a Catholic. Catholics don't get divorced. They stay together through anger and hatred and festering misery, just like God intended.

We live in a culture in which condoms can be handed out in schools and Bibles can't. And I think that tells you everything you need to know about our society.

Grace flows through wounds.

All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.

Catholic extremism should be resisted as fiercely at home as we oppose the Taliban abroad.

Power isn't having the world at your fingertips; it is having the world at your fingertips and being able to give it up!

But above all preserve peace of heart. This is more valuable than any treasure.

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

Lord, if your people need me, I will not refuse the work. Your will be done.

The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be yours for ever.

By heart we believe and by mouth confess the one Church, not of heretics but the Holy Roman, Catholic, and Apostolic Church outside which we believe that no one is saved.

At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.

Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.

All the evils of the world are due to lukewarm Catholics.

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

Filthy talk makes us feel comfortable with filthy action. But the one who knows how to control the tongue is prepared to resist the attacks of lust

The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.

Happy is the soul that knows how to find Jesus in the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in all things!

You have no idea how much nastier I would be if I was not a Catholic. Without supernatural aid I would hardly be a human being.

I was raised Catholic and I have a lot of respect for the good in the Catholic Church. But I don't go to church.

The coming of the kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, 'Look, here it is,' or, 'There it is.' For behold, the kingdom of God is among you.

If God is not a Trinity, God is not love. For love requires three things: a lover, a beloved, and a relationship between them.

A joyless Catholic is the devil's best tool. A joyful Catholic is God's greatest instrument.

It is easier to live as a Protestant, but better to die as a Catholic.

The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.

Love endures everything, love is stronger than death, love fears nothing.

The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.

Any appellative at all savouring of arbitrary rank is unsuitable to a man of liberal and catholic mind.

No one can be, at the same time, a sincere Catholic and a true Socialist.

The nation doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.

Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity.

When you see the storm coming, if you seek safety in that firm refuge which is Mary, there will be no danger of your wavering or going down.

I wanted to be a nun. I saw nuns as superstars. When I was growing up I went to a Catholic school, and the nuns, to me, were these superhuman, beautiful, fantastic people.

We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God

The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision.